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Last year we talked to the son of the good outfitter. They own and lease ranches for cattle. They didn't have any openings but said we could hunt on a ranch they haven't had any hunters on before. Problem was there were no amenities, kind of lacking on roads in the area and 3/4 of the ranch his heavy timber so it lacked on glassing. For the price and they were only allowing 3 tags in the area it seemed worth it. When we got there it was pretty thick in alot of areas. Set camp up and we paid the rancher son to find a full time cook so we had awesome food the whole time. We stayed at the ranch hands house but stayed outside in tents. The first even seemed pretty depressing. Hard to glass and wind. Then wind all night and the next day. Ive hunted couse down in the 36s with wind before with no luck. But some of the open areas and lots of cold wind bucks were still on the move and we glassed up lots of deer. My hunting partner brought down an old hunting friend from Utah and has never hunted Coues before. So he was anxious for any respectable bucks. The deer were not really scared at all, never been hunted before, but we couldn't find any big guys, just 60-80" bucks. Right when we jumped in the truck to move on Scott spotted a buck that had some width and we jumped out. He was 160 yards off the road. Just stared at us. After about 25 mins of him and hawing if he wanted it (plus we shorten the hunt by one day, and when Scott came down form Utah he told us he made a mistake and his plane flight leaves on Sunday and not monday so 2 days lost. That gives us 3 days to hunt to fill 3 tags) So with that in his head he decided to shot it. 100 yards and he used my 280 AI 160 TMK ran 20 ft and died. The 160 TMK did its job almost a 4" hole and liquefied the heart. Funny how deer still run with no heart but it stills has some blood in the brain for a few seconds. NO exit but plenty of blood and vitals soup!! The next day the wind calm down. My buddy Kyle put a stalk on a really nice buck, while I watched from 900 yards. He got set up at 300 yards and I watched the deer jump, then a boom and watch it run off injured and around the mountain out of site.. Well that sucks. I guided them in to the spot where he hit the buck and they followed the blood trail After that I hiked down the road to start glassing. Spotted a little spike and then turn 90 degrees to start glassing and glassed up a doe in the open. I ranged her at 260 yards and got my gun out and ready for 260 yards just in case a buck come in. We already watched a big forky mount a doe so bucks are staying close to does. Put my gun in place and got ready. Kept glassing all the bushes and trees around her to find something. Then all of a sudden that spike comes down to her. Right then and there a nice buck jumps out to defend his women and scared the spike off. I thought to myself "oh crap this worked perfectly according to plan" It worked so good I didn't even take time to really break down the buck size and in my excitement jumped on my gun. Laid the gun on the berm and buck fever all over the place and shaking I shoot at 260 and miss!!! Crap!! He ran over 20 feet and stopped. This time I laid out on this slopped berm and really steady ( what a novel idea why didn't i do this in the first place). Put the cross hairs on and shot. Thud of a thuddd hit!!! I was alone so I jumped back on my binos to see where he went. Never moved dropped dead! Radio over to Scott and Kyle I got a buck down. They were excited! But kyle couldn't find his buck. So that sucked The 160 TMK did its job going 3060fps. Lances did his job with my loads, and shout out to Eric from Axis work on the 280AI. Broke the spine in half and liquefied the vitals. Holy crap this round is nice. Ruined some meat but gets the job done Here was my shooting position Some good food from our cook Our cook and we paid him 20 bucks each to clean and boil our heads, well worth it! The ranch hand. He showed us the ranch property and he kept spotting deer with his naked eye out to 500 yards and spotted deer 200 yards out in the shadows with his naked eye and we said your coming with us and tipped him for his services. Over all it was a fun hunt. Never saw any bucks over 95" but an area that has never been hunted I would of thought we would be passing up 90" bucks left and right looking for 105" bucks. Im sure they are there but we never saw them. Im sure if we dedicated a whole week we would of found some big boys but thats how it just how it happen this year. For the price it was still worth it for sure. No hunting pressure, no other hunters or anyone else even on this property. Food was awesome just a great hunt.

Yes, 3' up in a saguaro....

Yeah they should. They’re an invasive species nothing more

You’re right they shouldn’t be there in those numbers but that’s not the reason tags in 3c have been cut. Talk to the wildlife manager and he wants an older age class of bulls. Might want to get the truth making things up

Im assuming that you look down on anyone who made a mistake and payed for it. There are good people in prison and bad people that are not in prison.

I'm not trying to be rude bro. I'm just saying I would get out and not be on this forum if you really wanted to find him. Bro, with all due respect, you post significantly more dickish things on this forum almost weekly than what I just did which is pretty common sensical. If you wanted him truly found you'd post a lot more info or at least I would. If you want to save your hunting spot I get it but I don't wanna impose my ethics on you as you said earlier....

I have said it before. Feed them to the inmates in the state prisons. Win win for everyone.

All good. I glassed that shed up and had to go back for it as I was busy packing this guy out.

the horses on our Arizona ranges serve zero purpose other than the few folks who drive around to photo them. I just don't get people at times, zero common sense on issues. Same goes for the hundreds and hundreds of burros, the larger issue is people though, we are on a one way road as humans to really just ruin this whole dam ride

I figure if people can eat javalina that any other form of meat would be tasty!

I have eaten and prepared many different types of game meat over the past few years but this one is my favorite!!! I take all the meat still on the bone season it with granulated garlic and black pepper. Then I put it in a large catering pan and cover it with green salsa and green chilis. Wrap it in aluminum foil and cook it for approximately 14 to 16 hours at 170 degrees in the oven. The meat should fall of the bone when it's done. Once it is done, I shred up all the meat and then mix it back with some of the sauce it was cooked in. Makes the best green chili burritos!!!

Those horses escaped from the Rez. They’re not wild.

Hey go easy, those whores were someone’s daughter.

I bet you would be surprised

You think there’s more than one 3x3 with a swhacker in the side of its face laying out there? I made this thread in case someone be stumbled on it. And to your comment about me not wanting it to be found so I could upgrade, all I’ll say is you can suck my dick. Why would I even make the thread then. What a douche bag thing to say.

I killed this buck on state land. Real easy DIY hunt.

I saw a pigeon in the front yard a bit ago if that helps.

i would think there would be a lot less pressure in 22.

Rut started when it always does around my place in Cochise county. Bucks were breeding does around Christmas into the last few days of the year. It has dramatically tapered off and many bucks are not with does anymore but still searching a bit. My brother said he saw multiple big bucks today hanging out with another buck and no does. Should be some you young does coming into cycle around the time you'll be down. 28 days after most of the does came Into cycle some of them will come into cycle again so at any point in January you could get into some rutting action.

+ 1 for the Salomon Quest 4d. I just switched to this boot this fall and really liking it so far. I will say it has a wide toe box and that took a little getting used to, but it paid off on steep descents. These boots seemed to breathe well even though they are waterproof. The waterproof also held up great during this year's late rifle bull hunt in unit 8. I've had other boots in similar price range and I like these ones by far. I also have a pair of U.A Valsetz that I wear on the range or dog hunting mid summer. This boot breathes extremely well but they don't last but a year. I believe they only come in black now too. (more of a tactical boot) It has a softer sole, similar to gym shoe, and me feet have paid the price hiking with them in my backyard. Hope this helps

For what you're asking for I would consider soloman quest 4d's. I have a pair and don't use them much anymore because they don't have enough support for what I do, but I wear them on occasion and they are extremely comfortable. They seem to meet alot of your needs minus the gore Tex.

Same here. Pure stupidity to not have one if you go predator calling. No different than going elk hunting, trying to call in an elk without a tag, and then killing it, and then telling G&F it was attacking you. There should be no sympathy for anyone killing one without a tag, if they called it in.

Casey your driving MY truck I have a 97 gmc Z-71 if you need I can pretty much walk you through that repair. it probally takes only about an hour to replace and you need a very small amount of tools to do it pm me and I can tell you everything you need to know. P.S. I was a GM tech for about 3 years before i switched to Volks wagen

Casey what kind of truck do you have, and what happened to it, do you need a fan clutch or a clutch for the compressor, before you do any repairs let someone else check it for you. Take muledeerarea33? up on his offer and let him check it out, I would say to do it yourself, but you might be replacing good parts. I wish I could help you out, but I can't get up there anytime soon.

heck what kind of pickup is it I will drive up there and put it on for you. I do that stuff for a living . and I need to head up that way to do a little early scouting.