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When the deer draw results came out I was super excited to see I was able to draw a 36c late rifle hunt with my dad, tag 124 and 125 out of 125 permits! We have been in this unit many times in the past and have seen great deer. A little pre-season scouting turned up some bucks. Including a group of 7 bucks in a small rolling canyon that is hard to glass and gets overlooked by most over the years. We chose this to be our opening day starting point, which turned out to be the perfect plan. On opening day before even legal shooting light I was able to glass up deer across the small canyon and as light approached I could tell it was one of the nice 3x3s that we had encountered on our scouting trip. Once it was light enough to shoot my dad was able to drop his buck in its tracks at just under 200 yards on his second shot after narrowly missing just over the deer on the first shot and having it come 50 or so yards closer (he has done this several times over the years and calls it the “Alan method”). After several more days of hunting and many many days passing deer and a few really large deer narrowly avoiding getting shot at, me and my dad headed back to where he was able to get his shot. Almost in the exact same manner I was able to glass up another buck standing no more than 20 yards from where my dad’s buck had been. I wasn’t sure if I was quite done having the fun of chasing these little guys around but the buck just presented too good of a target to pass. After one shot he crumpled up without taking another step.

Perfect way to kick off the new year! Got to our hunting spot by 9am, had two down by 11am and made it back home on time to catch some college football! This was my first Javelina kill, I've hunted them for 3 years now and was finally able to close the deal.

Yep... it'll be at the P&Y Convention, mounted with artificial velvet. There's a short story in the link. Ed F http://www.pope-young.org/information/news_detail.asp?news=140

After locating 3 bucks over 100 while helping a friend on a November hunt, we began this December tag with high hopes. We went down the opening weekend; Saturday and Sunday only due to school. We glassed 6-10 bucks per day, but nothing my 16 year old son wanted to take. He was fortunate enough to harvest a 200 plus inch (gross) mule deer last year and really wanted a 100 inch Coues. As the second weekend approached I was planning our trip down South, and he informed me that he did not want to hunt because he did not want to disappoint the guys at 'work". He volunteers at our Church, and with a million services for Christmas they could not get through without his help. We went back down the day after Christmas with the intention of staying until New Years. The first morning back was good. glassed several bucks in that 80 ish low 90 range. He asking is it over 100 Dad? "Nope". we met up with my best buddy around 3 and decided to go back to a different spot I have not glassed in a long time. 4 of us looking at one look and a friend of mine from work had to be "that guy" and walk a 1/4 mile to look at it from a different angle. He is new to hunting and called on the radio and said, "I have a buck that is big". I walked to his location and after some piss poor communication located the buck. At first glance I said "no, I don't think he is over mid 90's". After some coxing from a couple of buddies, and as the sun was getting low, he and I decided to have a closer look. We closed the distance from 1600 yards to 351. I relocated the buck making a half hazard attempt to birddog does, I said "bud, I still don't think he breaks 100, but look at him and if you want him take him. One well placed shot off shooting sticks with his 6.5 cm $400 cheap rifle, the buck was down. It started to rain and snow on us, but the pack out was awesome. After measuring this buck several times he is 101 and 4/8. Mission accomplished. Thanks for reading Whitey

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This photo was captured by a pilot, just south of Ennis Montana, in the Madison Valley.

Kimber 84M Select Grade, French Walnut with nice figure, ebony forend 22" Shilen Stainless Select Match Barrel, 1 in 8" twist Chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Cerakoted, Dyna-bore-coated. Pillar and glass bedded Leupold DD bases and rings. Bushnell Elite LRHS scope, 3-12x44, FFP, 30mm tube GH2 reticle, 0.1mil clicks, sunshade ($1200 new and in great shape now) $2500 ( I am also set up to accept credit cards through Square for an additional 3%) Located in Flagstaff, can meet in Prescott, N Phx, Page, I have put some small scratches in the cerakote near the end of the barrel.

Went up to 23 yesterday for a day of archery hunting in the snow. Spotted 1 lone javelina heading down the side of a big wash. Worked our way over and found about 7 feeding. LukeDuke worked up to the top while I stayed near the bottom. The javelina worked up to near the top of a snowy knob. Luke drew back and missed his. I had already worked up to the top and across a flat near the edge of the next wash. I found a lone boar standing near the edge and drew back and released an arrow. I heard the arrow hit something but got to where he was standing and no blood. I found blood on my arrow. We looked around and finally 1/2 hour later I noticed him limping at the bottom of the wash. Got into position for a finishing shot and then the long haul/hike back to the FJ. Thanks to Luke Duke for carrying my bow and jacket to the truck and not offering to help carry the pig. Lol! The last picture is where the pigs were feeding.

Shots fired, LOL! That sounds an excellent plan Amanda! Thanks for doing this for us.

Never loaded for cap and ball, but black powder should never have an air gap between the bullet and powder as it does not burn progressively like smokeless and will have major pressure issues. I expect that is why you are hearing reference to fillers for that application. For muzzle loading rifles, at least, there are vented nipples which can help with ignition and some brands of primers are definitely hotter than others.

Well, I went from $450 to $300, That's about as low as I can do. The scope, bipod, case - I'm pretty much giving the rifle away at that price. But I'd love to see it go to a youth hunter.

Adam loves chick colors.

I am going to try something new this time which should make things cheaper for you all and easier for me. The company I have been using to make all our shirts for the last 15 years is CustomInk and they have a new way to allow individuals to order as part of a group. I create the design, give you all options for colors and products and you order and pay directly with CustomInk on our group order form. I will leave the order form open for about two weeks, after two weeks the order closes and all shirts/hoodies are printed and shipped directly to those who bought them. And they ship cheaper than I can! Shipping will be about $4.99 for 1 shirt/hoodie, $7 for two, $8 for three and $10 for four or more items. So you never pay more than $10 shipping regardless of how many items you order. I am working on the options for products you can buy. I added in some ladies hoodies, some longsleeve and shortsleeve tshirts, some performance shirts as well as the hoodies in a variety of colors. Once I have all the options selected, I will create a link to the order form and everyone can review the items and decide what they want and order directly. I expect to post that link either this weekend or more likely on Monday after I talk to their customer service rep to make sure I have everything done properly before launching. Thanks for your patience.

I highly recommend you attend Christian Hunters of America's turkey hunting seminar. It's March 19th 7:00 pm at Calvary Church, I-17 near Thunderbird. Also attend the Marvin Robbins Memorial turkey seminar/camp, especially if you have kids that are hunting or interested. Put on by Arizona Elk Society and other organizations, it's a great camp for learning the ropes. Plus they feed you and it's free. Registration required. Held April 19-21 at Colcord Ridge campground, Young Highway and the 260. Plus it's in Unit 23!

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Regardless of size, they all eat well. Med rare, season, rap in bacon, and grill over charcoal. YUM...........

You can't go wrong with either. But if it were me and I had the 7mm stuff already I would go with a tight twisted 7 mm RM. And shoot 160+ grain bullets. The browning fits that bill also take a look at the Christensen Arms mesa too. Both nice rifles.

Either is a great hunting round!

We used to hunt javelina a lot near Oracle. Lots of cattle. Found javelina around them many times. One particular long weekend hunting them, we would laugh and say "better glass that herd of cows" because we were finding pigs feeding with the cows so often. It made it more difficult to sneak in, as the cows were kind of jumpy and would alert the pigs. We would have to wait for cows to move from behind a pig to get a shot. It seemed the pigs were using the cows as lookouts. Last weekend, in a heavily hunted area, I saw a good sized herd of pigs feeding on the south slope, in the sun, in typical pig fashion. I helped a younger hunter, I just met, get in on them. He was able to get two shots, but missed. It was fun to watch through the binos. I didn't even apply for pig this here. I haven't been that excited about dealing with a dead, stinky pig for a few years now. I've often thought it would be a blast to hunt them with a paintball gun. 😁

Please see below for the units needed, as CHA is the host organization. CHA will be hosting our annual Mentored Javelina Hunt in February and we are currently working with the AZ Elk Society - Heros Rising Outdoors/Hunts for Heros program to have five female wounded warriors in our camp. This will require five permit holders for the general javelina season in unit(s) 19A, 20A or 21 to donate there tags for the wounded warriors. (Hunt date: 2/22/19 - 2/24/19. Hunt #s 5006,5008 & 5011) CHA has been able to donate many tags to this awesome program in the past and we are hoping that some of you that have tags would be willing to give them up to support these incredible ladies that put their lives on the line and were injured serving our country.

Don’t recall the fed premium load. Ended up shooting the hornady eldx. Shot my buck at 250 yards. Was a tough hunt for me. I drove up there with 102 fever. I had the flu and strep throat. My eardrum ruptured the night in my tent before I killed my buck as well which was quite painful. It was a fork. He went about 8 yards from point of impact. Didn’t matter much - just wanted to fill my tag, make a memory and plan my move to Maryland!

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I'm sure just like a goat, which is whenever you're looking at them. Goats are raisinette machines.

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