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My wife has tagged out on 3 nice bucks on opening day the last 3 years since she decided to start hunting. The deer were holding tight at first light due to the wind. When I changed glassing seats I used the chest binos to scan closeby hills and found this fella and another buck at 700 yards. We boogied over there and got nice and close when he was bedded down. The shot was 140 yards.

We got back from Parris island last night. pretty cool butt place. Claudia came back with us We havent seen her since we got back shes visiting friends. lol Wife and I kinda fell in love with South Carolina. mainly due to the trees grass and Buildings/houses. We went to hunting Island for a while to look around that place was incredible. The beach there was just wild, looked like something out of Jurastic park. saw a bunch of swamp deer a badger tried to find one of the many Gators for Anthony to no avail. on the way back to Savannah airport I bet we saw 30 road kill deer a bunch with antlers attached some pretty nice ones. And yes the Kid is Always smiling. Her drill Instructor It'd her for smiling a few times.

we got a call Yesterday from her 1st time we talked since the initial Hostage call they make when they arrive at boot camp. she completed the Crucible sat. in 11 weeks Ive seen a chin a nose or forhead in pictures and wasnt sure it was her. today this was sent to me via txt. we go to her graduation next week and bring her home for 10 days. Final Drill picture this afternoon. went from this to this.

S&W 629 44 Mag 4 inch barrel in great shape. Asking $700. Location Scottsdale

I have a buddy who has a CHAMP license (legally blind). He drew a cow tag this year, and i was determined to get him an elk, as was he. He rigged up an iPhone to his scope,(he was able to magnify the image, and with glasses he could see the screen of the phone) so he could shoot, as looking through the scope alone proved too difficult to see. I took him to the range to see how it would work out, and he was able to shoot really well with this set up, but i was concerned because of how long it took to get the rifle set up. But he was not dismayed. He missed opening day, but on saturday we got out there and had elk right off the bat. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the gun in position so he could see the elk, even though she was only 100 yards away. That evening he sat water with no luck. We went out again on Monday, and blew a stalk. While it looked like we were road hunting, i was careful to explain to others that we had a champ hunter. Even though he had a permit to shoot from a vehicle, that seemed really hard to facilitate. Shooting from the ground would be best. I had a tri-clawps set up on my tripod. But it was really difficult to get animals to sit still while we got the rig set up, as it took a while. One morning we had a really nice set up on an elk, but it turned out to be a bull. Finally yesterday afternoon we spotted some elk about a mile away. Light was fading fast and i knew it would be a tight squeeze making it that far in rough terrain before dark, but he wanted to go. We scrambled as fast as we could to cover some really rough country, but it took a while. Finally, I ranged her at 250 yards, and thought we could close another 50 for the shot, but a bull had us pegged. We were looking at 4 bulls and 2 cows. So we set up. I was somehow able to get the rig set up quickly, and find a cow in the scope/screen. We had trouble with them moving, and i had to keep checking for antlers because bulls kept walking in the way. But he was really patient. Finally i gave him clearance to shoot. I gotta admit, i was really nervous as to how this would turn out. He held for 250 and let her rip. She ran, and the other elk looked our way, bewildered. I thought, that's a good sign, she's the only one moving. Then she stopped, and all the other elk ran. I thought this was even better. We watched her for ever, actually till the sun went down. She didn't move, after all the elk left. I didn't want him to take a follow up shot, because of all the other elk, and i wanted to make sure we only shot one. What if this was the other cow? So we waited it out. By the time we waited for her to fall, and crossed two super nasty, steep washes to get over there, we lost most of our light. All we had was our cell phone lights. We couldn't find blood, or the spot where we saw her go down in the dark. All of our water and supplies were a mile back at the original hill. So with fading cell phone batteries, we decided to stop looking and come back at dawn. I used ONX gps tracking system, and walked right back to the hill in the complete dark. That was kind of cool. I'd still be out there if we didn't have that. I had to work, so i sent his son, who works for me, and my nephew down to look for her. My nephew and his daughter glassed the whole thing from the original hill. I told my nephew to get there at first light, glass up the spot where we last saw her, and then go look. His daughter was to stay back and look through the glasses and guide them in. Welp, it worked. She was right there at the bottom of the wash. The meat was still good. Pics to follow. If you pm me and ask me where those bulls are, i'm not telling. Seems like somebody always does that.

Finally after 2 years no tags, got javi and turkey!

Better eyes than my girlfriend, cheaper to by the dog, and the dog will want to go hunting

1st option is glass the burn. 2nd option is glass the burn. 3rd option is glass the burn. If you get sick of glassing the burn try glassing the burn some more. If you really get bored go low and glass off the highest points you can find downhill. But for the most part find a good vantage point and glass the burn. A tripod and a pair of 15s are a must have.

He made this contraption. It worked.

It isn't really for the youth. It is for people like me that took hunter education when I was 14 in Idaho but need to complete it here too so that I can get my permanent bonus point. I wish it was closer and I would sign up. It is nice that they offer it instead of having to do the entire course again.

Definitely not for me good luck, sounds like it’s not kid friendly. Show be geared towards younger kids, but approval? Oh boy

Congrats Del!

Needs more Airborne! HAHA JK that is awesome. I dont know if I would/could let my daughter sign up, I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there. Your daughter must be one tough woman. Congrats to her and I thank her for her service.

For anyone who followed this and was interested, I purchased the Tikka T3X Stainless in 300 Win Mag. It finally ended up coming in stock, so the decision to go with my original choice was easy. I instantly added the MCARBO trigger spring, and man did it make a difference. Thanks all all for the opinions.

So eating at the “flying V” isn’t a code for something.......?

Creepy! Just kidding.

I don't doubt that but I have seen them hopping around in a foot of snow in Prescott and there are quite a few around Williams.

Just booked Ventana Canyon. Got a mountain view room and sprung for the romantic package. Thanks again for the input.

Ventana Canyon!

Maybe cause the last line in his post says “What do you all think?” I said what i thought, and I wasnt talking to you

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.

Who f'n cares, he is excited about it and its his tag.

Bob ,, You are right on. I am 82+ , and have --zero-- of my hunting friends ;The last two moved upstate . One (lives close to Flagstaff , ask me to stay with him during my (13 SEPT 2013 ) Bull hunt. We did a lot of hunting-past 25 years ago . He ask to go along on the hunt. It's about 20 min. to the area. I did all of his taxidermy. But * Big problem* this last Sat. my wife had a STROKE-DISABLED, THE LEFT SIDE. She is out of the hosp. & making excellent progress using walker. Our son ,said -go do this hunt ,l take care of Mom. They are aware that this is my last hunt. I have survived -Cancer-6 yrs. HEART ATTACK -15 YRS. ABOUT TIME i SLOW DOWN. . But -now I am healthy & All systems(Functions ) work O K. Sorry to hear about your Dad.... It,s all part of that journey -called Life. Don

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