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What a fun hunt this has turned out to be, I was a little worried about hunting here again I’ve been in This unit once and it was a zoo. My wife was due late October this year and said I couldn’t put in for September hunts because of how close it was so we opted for a December tag knowing it Would be tough. Myself my son and two buddies got drawn fast forward to the hunt opening day didn’t see anything but quads and a couple really pleasant guides who weren’t to thrilled to see us in the same area. Saturday we finally found elk mostly cows and one spike which we couldn’t get a shot at. Monday morning my son stayed up on a hill we had service at to log into school and get his work done I found another spike that morning bedded him and went back to get my son he had to finish A test so by the time we got back up there it was a little later than I wanted, as soon as I put my binos on the tripod I found him again slowly feeding making his was to water we ranged him at 750 and had the wind in our favor my buddies stayed behind to keep an eye on him while I got my son a little closer. We ended up getting to 350 got him set up and he’s shaking and said his heart was beating like crazy I told him to take his time breath and wait for a clear shot, if you’ve hunted 22north you know how thick it is. He finally turned and his first shot went right over his back the bull looked up and just stood there his second shot hit him in the shoulder. He started to run down hill and he put another one in him dropping him in is tracks, I bet everyone in that unit could hear my screaming and going crazy. This was a moment I will remember forever! Still have three more tags to go so hopefully we can stumble on another one!

Many of you have seen this in the other thread. But here is my sons 2020 buck to add to the array.

They all start that way. But before long guides figure out that there really are no rule because our game and fish Dept relies on the honor system for enforcement. when it’s your livelihood people do what they need to do to take care of them selves and their family. guides have ruined hunting.

Well after looking at all these posts simce i found out i drew i get to add my own pic

This will likely be one of the more unique items I'l be listing here as I go about paring down my accumulated possessions of the last 60 years or so. This clock was handcrafted and signed by the late Al Ellis, who was a very well known and sought after custom rod maker from the 50s well into the 80s. The flies were hand tied by the late Lon Ellington, who was also noted for that expertise. Each of them was instrumental in the early beginnings of the Arizona Flycasters Club which came into being in 1962. Ellis served as president of the AFC in 1964 and Ellington filled that post in 1977. I was privileged to call both of these gentlemen a friend over the three decades that I knew them. In replies to this listing, I'll post some interesting tidbits about each of them. The first AFC banquet was held in a hotel on Central Ave. in downtown Phx in 1970, and that is where I came into possession of this one-of-a-kind item. I attended the gala with my wife and Jim Tallon and his wife. Tallon was the one that had introduced me to Ellis two years earlier, and through him I met Ellington. The emcee that night was none other than the late Bob Hirsch. The clock was on the agenda to be a raffle item, and when my wife saw it, she immediately said "I want that." Sure enough, when Hirsch drew the ticket for the clock, it matched one of Ellen's. Knowing we're both on a limited lease on life, she has now consented to part with it. Thus, someone here can be the new and proud owner. And yes, it still works just fine. It can stand on its own as shown or can also be hanged on the wall. SOLD I will consider reasonable offers but no trades. Payment via PayPal (buyer doesn't need an acct; just a CC or checking acct.) or cash only. Must be picked up near 67th Ave. & Camelback in Glendale, AZ or shipped at buyer's expense. 

Lon Ellington is a practical kind of guy. In fact, that's how he got into the fishing-fly-tying business. "I got tired of losing all of these expensive flies," Ellington says. "So, my younger brother and I started tying our own." Ellington parlayed his hobby into a paid gig, hand-tying commercial flies for Phoenix area shops and, eventually, creating custom flies for clients around the globe. In the fly-fishing universe, Ellington is a big deal — a legend, really. The late outdoors writer Bob Hirsch called him "the grandfather of fly-fishing," and illustrator Larry Toschik drew his flies — they carry monikers such as "Grinch," "Arizona Peacock Lady" (Ellington's most popular fly, invented in 1974) and "Lees Ferry Scud" — for the book Outdoors in Arizona. But if you walk into Phoenix Fishing Supply, where Ellington makes his popular flies, you'd likely never know he's someone. "You don't have to look like you stepped out of an Orvis catalog, you know, with all that gear," he says. "I've been fishing for 70 years, and I've never dressed that way. You can't go walking through the middle of the stream like you're killing snakes. You have to stay in the shadows and keep a low profile when you're sneaking up on trout." — Kathy Ritchie

funny one. Getting the Corona.mp4

Mom is home, Hallelujah! God Bless each and everyone who prayed for us or otherwise sent positive energy our way! I can't thank you enough.

Spent the first few days getting skunked. Finally dug in and got further out there. One shot a piece with a 6.5 creedmoor at 590yards. First one dropped and the next walked out broad side, after impact it took one step then dropped in its tracks. The excitement that came afterwards is something I’ll never forget.

There is no such thing as a total Trail Cam ban!!! Birdwatchers and etc can always put up cameras they have no hunting license. Hmm who is going to hire them on the down low and you will never know! . Hmmm YOU GUYS WILL ALWAYS SEE CAMERAS ON WATER HOLES nothing will change. In fact their gonna make wanna be cops out of the hunters because they will think its illegal to have a Trail cam on that water and steal them or shoot them. And they will just be replaced no problem! A Game Warden cannot take down trail cameras off waterholes or any where else legally. Unless they start an investigation . And they dont have time to be camera cops too. Hello Commissioners your going to make it worse! YOUR GONNA MAKE CRIMINALS OUT OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS! I dont want any comments thank you just more food for thought! Commissioners are reading these posts!

This is how Ray Scott of BASS decided to go with Catch-&-Release tournaments. Origin of Catch & Release from Sporting Classics: “I believe it was 1969 when I got a call from a man named Al Ellis who asked if I would speak at a meeting of the Federation of Fly Fishermen in Colorado. He said they’d get me a room, food and take me fishing. “They called it a river, but you could throw a rock across it. Six or seven of us were lined up with our fly rods and nothing happened for about an hour. All of a sudden on the far end down there, this fella made a sound I’d never heard. A ‘fly fisherman’ sound I suppose. (Chuckle) ‘Yeehah! ‘ or something like that. “Everybody dropped their poles to go watch him fight this fish. After a minute he pulled his net off the back of his waders and scooped this fish up. I promise you, that fish might have been ten, eleven inches long. Looked like a big cigar. I’d never seen such a ceremony in all my life. He took some little pliers from his vest and removed the fly. And all these guys are standing around watching him. “Then he took the trout and put it back in the water, and it swam out of his hand like a flash. I saw six grown men having absolute fits when he released that fish. High fives the whole deal. I’m thinking to myself, ‘Lord God, if they have such a thrill out of that tiny little trout, I wonder what they’d do with a five- or ten-pound bass. That was the moment I had the idea to go back home and find a way to start saving all these fish we’d been killing.” Later that year, at a tournament at Table Rock Lake in Arkansas, Scott addressed 130 or so members of the bass fishing tournament trail. “Boys, I want y’all to listen to me. During these tournaments we are killing too many fish. At our next tournament this coming March, I want y’all to make an effort to keep these fish alive.” There were no built-in “live wells,” so a fisherman had to use his imagination – usually a big cooler and a coffee can to continually refresh it with oxygenated water. “After the tournament, I wrote them all a letter thanking them for their efforts,” Scott recalls. “I told them that at the next tournament, for every fish that lives and can swim off, I would give them a one-ounce credit on their score. Well, you’d think I’d given them a hundred-dollar bill. It really caught on and the whole catch-and-release tournament really was born. Heck, we have people fishing in tournaments now who’ve never killed a bass.” Shortly after catch-and-release took hold, Scott got together with the Ranger Boat Company to create the first built-in live wells. Today, Scott estimates that the tournaments are releasing well over 95 percent of the bass caught.

Sold 2009 Attitude F39TSG, 5th wheel,14' separate garage 7' door,3 slides outs,triple axle w/new 14 ply tires,$3.000 aftermarket hydraulic landing gear front and rear,generator, 2 fridge/freezers,sleeps 10, no leaks, 2nd owner Sold

I will be out, got a rifle tag finally. Not in a hurry to get one. Hoping to find something special.

Killed two good bucks with does on 11/28th in 35b

I’m down in the 34s doing a last minute scout and am happy to see two bucks so far already moving with does. One was 100 yards away and was a slob. Please show up tomorrow... Good luck everyone!

Thanks for the free bumps. All you guys including me is bitch and moan about crap. So my price is what a fair and open free market can support. We have talked many times here about prices being too high, how many times we have said the price/deal is in the eye of the buyer, tons of times. Because you don't like a price, too cheap to pay for it, or have stock piles you wont sell, someone will pay prices set and or negotiate a price. I have paid way higher for items because I needed them ASAP, couldn't find cheaper, or wasnt in stock at the time. Was that a deal for me, heck yah, because I got what I needed, even I paid more for it. Do i need to sell anything, no I don't. This ammo, was stuff i got in trade, and not something I use, so therefore I will sell it. I get low balls and people that know how to negotiate and I often will make someone a really good deal or find a price fair to both. On many items i sell, I tell the buyer, I will make things right if something breaks or if I missed a tear, hole etc... I try to always sell exactly what I say in the for sale section. All this is is with thick skin and I too say smack in ads and have fun with it too.

Awesome scope for the money. Highly underrated. Glws.

Here’s a dumb question if you will. If I put a trail camera out on water in the forest in July , I am not hunting. Possibly littering by the USNFS rules, but I would not be engaged in hunting at that point . Why TF should GF have anything to do with it UNTIL hunting season? Are they going to be enforcing Forest Service rules now? If so start writing people up for driving on closed roads, having fires during fire closures, littering etc. thats like them citing me for having Powerbait in my tackle box at Lee’s Ferry, Possession of the item is not a crime, but how or when you use it is. Last I looked, trail cameras are legal to own in America .

I actually used jed larson and a3

I know all about piece work . In 2006 I was getting paid piece for siding condos , putting decks on , building stairs ,railings , and t and g on the interior in starlight ridge . I had about 12 guys working for me . I would pay them hourly and just not making the money I knew I could . So one Monday morning while driving to Showlow I came up with a plan ! I stopped at circle k bought three 18 packs of beer . When I got to the job they opened up the trailer and saw the beer . I told them if we can get x amount finished by Friday I’ll buy ice and after work you boys can get an early start ! Long story short my 60 bucks a week for beer would make an additional 2 k a week lol . Moral of the story people are stupid and will kill themselves for “FREE” beer !

Good hunters don't need them, hut some good hunters use them, like sir royal..

That is one of the good looking ones, great shooting gun.

The boys got their elk on that youth hunt, But this is my first elk. 7E was a hard hunt for me. I found some water that both cows and bulls were hitting at various times of the day. Total bonus, considering most of these elk are nocturnal right now. So I decided to take a walk and find the best path from the waterhole and do some still hunting. Turns out the Lord guided me to a cow about a mile out And I took her down. Day 4 ends the hunt. Took her back to camp and got her deboned. Tomorrow is elk burgers. The family is really looking forward to it. This was a solo hunt for me,And I forgot how everything freezes when you leave camp. That was a pain in the butt. Looking forward to going home tomorrow.

Because of the pepper spray?