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An unreal number of hiking miles later I put everything together and shot one of the two bucks I was chasing. I actually missed this buck opening day in heavy winds. Had too much drift and admittedly, I was nervous and blew a quartering away shot. I hunted them for 3 more days and finally connected. He didn't get 50 yards after the shot but I couldn't see him, so I sat forever waiting him out I'm excited to say the least.

After 4 years, finally got drawn for a deer tag! I'll be chasing the grey ghost up in 22 the last week of Oct. Been hunting it since we moved here with otc tags, so I actually have a few spots lined up. Super pumped to finally get to dust off the 7mm Encore and hopefully knock down my first AZ deer! Good luck to everyone else with tags!! Pics to follow, hopefully!

I'll keep it short and sweet. Turns out, it was actually worth the decade long wait for a tag. I had a blast. Got to spend some quality time with my brother which is too rare these days. Almost killed a really good buck the first afternoon. Got to 45 yards from his does but he decided to run off a smaller buck and not come back for hours so I crawled back out and left the does bedded. Turned out to be a good thing because the second day I found my target buck and was able to slip an arrow in him. I was able to creep into 160 yards unnoticed and then spent the following four hours stuck laying on the ground covered in stickers and trying not to melt. They eventually gave me an opportunity to get to 70 and I made the most of the oppurtunity. I didn't get to see him fall but my brother Cole got to watch him flip just out of my sight. He was with 3 does back in a shallow canyon that isn't visible from any roads. He was 3.6 miles as a crow flies from where I first found him in July. He's beyond what I could have ever asked for. I shot him in the that unit that I'm hearing doesn't grow big bucks anymore so I got pretty lucky. I got the very last tag so it must have been meant to be. I feel like I shorted myself only hunting two days but I couldn't pass this buck. Not in a million years could I have passed this buck. Thanks for reading. Creed.

Boil and feed to dogs.

You’ve passed much bigger!

Three of us went out this morning.......60 Eurasians, 25 mourning and 5 whitewings.........called it quits at 9am.

Consolation prize

I only got two birds, but they were already cleaned and won't taste like liver😄

Had a good shoot this morning. Thomas got a nice white pigeon too.

Best action in years. Slow going at sunrise, but once they started coming in for a drink, it was non-stop. Took a bit to get the rust off, but got it done by 8AM.

Sold

Selling a 5-shot .44 magnum single-action revolver w/ free spin cylinder and a custom 6.5" barrel. I purchased the gun new and sent it to Magnum Research to get a 6.5" barrel added. It has seen less than 100 rounds. Get the features of a custom Ruger Super Blackhawk without the wait and cost. This gun is a Magnum Research BFR made with extremely tight tolerances. It is highly accurate, wears the bisley-style grip to soak up the recoil, and comes with a scope mount. I am asking $650 face-to-face in Arizona (meet at Sportsman's on US 60 and Greenfield). If shipping you cover all shipping costs. NO TRADES. PM me with your phone number and I'll give you a call.

I have my father’s early 60’s Remington model 721, chambered in .270. It hasn’t been shot in years, so I’m going to clean it and shoot a few rounds of factory ammo just to make sure it shoots okay. Providing that it’s mechanically sound, my thought is to convert it to a decent youth rifle. It’s never been scoped, but I have a decent 3x9 I can put on it. I reload so I can develop a good lower recoil cartridge for it. I also am looking at the Boyd’s laminated A-1 stock, which is adjustable (I have 5 grandkids about 6 years apart). I thought it it would be cool to have the kids harvest an animal, deer or javelina, with the same rifle their great-grandpa used. Is this a good idea or should I just put it in the safe and buy a new youth rifle chambered at 6.5 CM or another lighter recoil cartridge? Thanks!

Might want to add a muzzle brake, depending on the age and size of the kiddos...

+1

Game over for me fellas. Had a tough hunt. Animals seemed kinda skittish. Played cat and mouse for a few days till we figured out some patterns. I had a crack at the buck my buddy got but I zigged when I should have zagged. Should have, could have, would have. The second time he came by my buddy made good on it. Best action I had was a LONG stalk across a wide open prairie to get into semi hilly area with some rocky outcroppings. This herd was the biggest I have ever seen. At least 25 does and one mature buck. He was a dandy! I got under 100 on him 2x but he never made a move I could work into a shot. Ran out of cover and terrain. Pretty awesome getting in that close to that many. Loved being in that area, but I have to say camping on that prairie sucks!

Cedar plank method

I counted about 165 that he went through!

They are big diggers get ready for it to dig up your yard, that’s how they escape. Guarantee someone is looking for him, put him on Facebook

Put it in your backyard and wait for someone to put reward posters up.

I'll post updates later. Don't really know wh3re I am right now. Took the six mile hike to suicide tank. Hoping there would be water there wasn't. Killed my Saturday. Say six or eight bucks this morning but nothing that was interesting. Headed back into to deep reservation now. Grand canyon ?

There in there, we usually see them on the southeast side of the unit around sycamore canyon usually right on the edges, we have seen them as high whitehorse lake but not often. also seen them as far west government canyon, Saw a small drop tine a few years back while archery hunting elk up that way. if it was me hunting I would hang out around sycamore canyon look out and west along those canyons south of J.d. dang one good places to start is head to the sycamore canyon look out places. just after you leave the pines a few miles before the end of the road, there is a sharp turn south(left) small valley on the east side that goes into the canyon. but get out and go on the west side that drops into the fingers of the canyon . lots of muleys in there also so be very sure what your shooting. good glassing in that area also.

Eat a couple and see if things get groovy.