Leaderboard

Turn on the sound... haircut.mp4

Tessa was able to take this gladiator of a bull on Monday morning he was in tact Thursday when we saw him . This is what a few days of fighting will get you almost every bull was broke to pieces . Tessa actually found part of this bulls rack , if you look above his shoulder you can see a broke off point . Going to have to pay the Taxidermest extra to put this one back together .

.

I moved AZ from Oregon in 1978. Moved away in 1995 for work & started a family. I have been stuck in the **ithole of Commiefornia since 99. I have been wanting to move back to AZ for quite some time, but was always a fight with my wife about it. Since the pandemic hit & governor NewSCUM shut the state down I told my wife thats it I am done. Went to AZ to visit my dad & mom in March & made an offer on a house without my wife. Offer was accepted, needless to say my wife was pissed & I was in the dog house!! After some arguing & explaining Cali sucks & is getting worse everyday, my wife opened her eyes! She is now onboard & I have been remodeling the entire inside of the house since I took possession in July. I am just about finished & will be moving in the end of this month. I am so glad to be back home in AZ & cant wait to finally buy a resident hunting license again!! Just got my AZ drivers license last Friday & am now an official AZ resident again. GOOD BYE & GOOD RIDENCE to Commifornia, !!!! It’s sad how they have destroyed Cali with there liberal BS policies. I pray AZ will never ever turn into the **ithole Cali has. SO GLAD TO FINALLY BE COMING HOME!!!!!!

I don't post stories/pics much. (In fact, I don't think I have ever posted anything hunting trip related, other than adventures with my kids.) Anyway, since not many folks get to hunt bison, I thought I would share. I put in on a whim when applying for deer 4 months ago. Just an afterthought, assuming that I would not get drawn, but I lucked-out and got one of 10 tags for the 9/25-10/7 12A cow hunt. Once I was drawn, I decided I would do everything I could to try to give myself the best chance at killing one. I reached-out to, and spent time on the phone with quite a few people who had previously had the permit, including Heat and Catfishkev. I also spoke with Flatlander a couple of times, since he and his son did the hunt in July. In addition, I exchanged messages with several others (couesdeerhntr, and others who are not on cw.com....). I also exchanged info with Jim Mullins, who was very generous with his information/assessment of the hunt. I owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to ALL who spent the time to give me information and perspective! In particular, Kevin spent lots of time with me on the phone/text/e-mail, and in fact sent me the key to a couple of his cameras and gave me the full go-ahead to utilize them for my hunt prep! Super, super generous!!!! Unfortunately, due to personal family commitments over the summer combined with the fact that I started a new job in mid-July, my time was very limited, and I could not spend the necessary 'boots on the ground' time I would have hoped. Finally, I also reached out to Russ Jacoby. Stating the obvious, there are many opinions of Russ and his crew (Just like there are many differing opinions of all of us! ). That being said, I found him to be helpful, professional, sincere, and SUPER passionate about the bison on the Kiabab! When I said I was going on a scouting trip in early July, he invited me to join his crew for a "ride-along" day or two to get to know the vibe and how they operate. That was very valuable time. I ultimately ended-up connecting with him for the hunt. So from here, I'll try make this quick! One of my best friends & hunting/fishing/camping partners drove down from Salt Lake to help me on the hunt. We met-up on Thursday evening and set-up camp. I connected with Russ, and made a plan to meet him early on Friday morning. My buddy decided to pass on the first day in the blind, giving me an opportunity to get the feel of the thing, and he would then join me in latter days. I met-up with Russ in the morning, and he made a suggestion regarding a tank I should sit. Well, 2 1/2 hours into opening day, after seeing several deer and lots of birds, I heard a noise and immediately saw black bodies moving through the trees making their way down the trail to the tank I was on. Within 10 seconds of initially seeing them, there were 12-14 bison of all shapes, sizes, and genders lined-up about 40 yards directly across the tank from me drinking away. I quickly focused-in on one of the cows, and as soon as she turned broad-side, I blasted her right in the boiler-room. As the other's scattered, she took a huge lunge into the tank, then took approximately 3-4 big jumps while turning to get out of the tank. I could see blood on her side as she got to dry ground and started to run/limp up the bank. I shot her again as she was running, and she fell. She started to get-up, so I shot her one last time and she slumped-down for good. From the time I saw them coming through the trees, to the time she was dead was likely no more than 30-40 seconds. DONE!! I walked around sort of dumbfounded and in disbelief for several days regarding the entire thing, specifically how quickly it happened! I went from not even really ever thinking about or considering putting-in for buffalo, to killing a 'once in a lifetime' animal just four months later. Unbelievable! Anyway, thanks again to everyone who spent time with me on text/email/phone to help with information. I'm full of gratitude!!!! S. She was big and old!! (Russ aged her at 10-12 years old.....)

my son's first tag. Can't wait. see you all up there.

At least he (assuming he identified as a he that day) was smart enough to use the door when he left. Leaving through the window could have been dangerous. Eddie

The calmest person in there is the one who actually got jumped over and covered in glass!

And OBVIOUSLY it removes the need for interpretation. 🙄

Try that with a 4b elk and you won't live to tell about it...

I have a Tikka .243 with a compact stock. Has had probably less than 2 boxes through it. $400 for the gun or $500 with leupold 3x9 firedot scope that's currently mounted on it.

Oh I agree the law, as written, might be a bit vague. But as I said, it doesn't matter in this particular incident; no vagueness to the sign.

I've got a couple of personal tales of encounters of the close kind, but I fell and badly messed up my right hand. As a result, I can only type with my left hand a finger at a time. Maybe manana.

Except for the minor detail of a sign that says, "NO CAMPING."

yeah ok, I jumped, I admit it.

Now if the request was the best place to shoot skeet WITH handguns, that would be awesome! Except the current ammo shortage prohibits me in taking part for now......

DPR64 is selling a great 243 in a chassis

Congrats on a fine bull!

Awesome bull. Congrats!

How to know you have a quality tag . . . The local poachers do whatever they can to steer you away.

Who needs those silly magazines when kids have TikTok and Snapchat to pass the time? Whole different world now and many aspects of it are scary as to what direction it's taking the world. Glad some kids still want to get out and enjoy the wilderness.

One more piece of advice, when shooting a .300 WM weight can be your friend.

super cool man im jealous, I think that's one of the first times I have heard of a good experience with those hunts. Congrats

Same two bucks with two more little guys.

Running solo this morning without any velvet.