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Unit 1 Second Hunt. Back into 16A for Rifle Javi. I'll try not to break my other ankle this time.

Wife killed this stud this past weekend, made a perfect shot at 550 yrds. What do you guys think he scores? This bruiser finally came home from Mogollon Taxidermy, unfortunately we didn't make the 110" mark, if he had longer eye guards we would have been there. 104 2/8 was the net score. Thanks to everyone and their kind words, going to be a tough one for the wife to beat!!! Thanks Clay for another beautiful mount.

Wanted to share my sons first buck he took the opening day in 22 on the jr deer hunt.

Unit 1 Turkey first hunt and Archery Javelina. Hopefully the start of a great year!!!

Check your portals

I had Todd South, Southern Xpress Rifles, build me a custom black powder rifle. Before it was finished I put in for Mule Deer at the very last moment. To my surprise, I got drawn. Todd helped me plan my hunt since he was much more familiar with that area. We are pretty close and he took time off just to help me out. Our experience was something a movie could be made from. Almost no deer, or tracks, a crazy lady shooting her pistol a couple of times and demanding we speak with her, a AZGF officer who was very humourous about my minor violation (hadn't signed my tag quite yet). A wonderful Mule Deer camping out behind our cabin in town, finding four bucks but too late to shoot, losing my glasses, but finding them again, and shooting a nice Buck at 320 yards with a gusting 15 to 40mph cross wind. Eternal thanks to Todd South for his great knowledge and help. I thought we were going to be out there 10 days, done in 4!

Seen 2 FJB pumpkins in my neighborhood last night

Complete package Rifle & Scope less than a year old, have boxes and manuals for both Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 in 300 WM. This rifle has 20 rounds down the barrel for break-in and 20 to 30 for start of load development. Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24X50. 20 MOA rail, Harris Style Bi-Pod, soft carrying case Hornady Custom Grade Dies 42 pieces of ADG brass (cleaned, sized, and primed w/fed215) Hornady 212 gr. ELD-X bullets (94) Hornady 200 gr. ELD-X (45) Hornady 180 gr BTSP (43) Hornady 180 gr. SP (70) I have at least $1700 in complete package, will sale all for $1500. Cash

This thread has certainly been derailed.

No gun in it. Just the case.

I came across a good size herd north of Williams just past the railroad tracks

Last Tuesday we got hit for 2 javi tags in 37A, no luck on turkey, super excited…..……until my buddy checked his bank account on Saturday and got hit for 3 turkey tags for unit 27. Can’t wait, especially after winning the Franchi Affinity 3 Max5 20g shotgun at the Elk Foundation raffle. Next year is gonna be gooood!!!!!

Casey, I'll take both Dutch Ovens. Not sure when/how I can come get them. Can you do PayPal? I might be able to meet up this weekend.

3c first hunt turkey woo hoo

even after 12 years you've never seen any!

Hi all I’ve got a 2015 Can Am commander 1000xt FOR SALE asking $11500 378Hrs/4205 miles This has been a great machine I bought it brand new in 2015. I have kept up all the maintenance it has served me well and I don’t really want to get rid of it but I’ve got other priorities right now and need to graduate to a 4 seater. It has been the perfect hunting rig. It has a 2 in lift. Aluminum roof. Half and full windshield. 4500lb warn winch.Reverse lights .Tires have less than 200 miles on them. Battery and belt was replaced last year. Machine is ready to go. Everything works as it should. Title in hand. If you have any questions or want more pics text or call . 505-six3five3six three 3. Thanks also have UTV backseat kit with roll cage and 4 point harnesses would include to buyer for additional $500 (they are $1700+ new.) back seat has worked great for the kids. Will sell backseat kit for $800 to someone who wants it separate. It fits 2014-2020 can am commanders and commander max . Can send pics

Yes, I did draw 2nd choice but that's the archery hunt that always has the most leftovers.

its a sad day when you cannot even draw an archery javelina tag with 2 bonus points. Thanks, NEWBERG!! 😃

First off, glad to hear your wife is home and doing better. I'm in frontline healthcare and work in a destination hospital. So I've seen the worst of Covid. Hope she's well soon. It can take a while. Congrats on a successful Kaibab hunt! Great buck. I'm an AZ resident and still waiting on my Kaibab tag. 6 points and counting. Hopefully this year. On a side note. My wife and I just bought a property in PA (wife grew up in State College. We are....). I'm 3 years from retirement and plan is to live part time in PA. Hoping to do some eastern whitetail hunting in future.

Found this southern az buck today

My best freind is getting into that business, his sister and brother both have cabins in Munds park and Forest lakes. They rent them out most weekends and alot of weekdays and save some for themselves and still pay all operating costs along with mortgages. Seems like a pretty good deal, the 3rd party does all the leg work and a private cleaning company takes care of in between care. They use a 3rd party that runs through all the major short term companies so they are not locked into just one. Pretty popular strategy since the Air bnb craze started.

Alright so I got lucky and drew unit 10 early archery with 7 points and have never hunted this unit ever for anything! I had no idea where to start. After purchasing a unit map I realized just how large this unit is, at the same time I realized half of the unit is privately owned “ 700,000 acres just in the Boquilla’s, which after the fees you can gain access to. After many hours staring at maps and going back and forth we opted to start out in the Big Bo not knowing what to expect. First day Wednesday-went to seligman access point and drove about 8 to 10 miles back picked a campsite.Thursday Scouting- Not a single elk to be seen , no cows, no bulls, no nothing not even other hunters! Thursday night- packed our shoot and decided to move to new area lol! Midnight Thursday- set up camp and three out some cow calls for the heck of it , and we get an instant response! We call a bull literally into camp! Which was exciting to say the least. Friday opening day- Shafer access point- get out to sign in and threw out another cow call and a bull screams out 100 yds from the gate! We decide to go after him. He was a nice 6x6 we decide was a shooter! He screamed at every cow call but never committed just eventually headed away. As we walked back to the truck we called once more and to our surprise another bull 300 yds away answered. After 45 min of chasing this bull he also wouldn’t fully commit. So we went to him and got within 80 yds and then cow called , that got his attention and He came right in 60 yds and stood there! 6x6 , I drew back and wanted this bull, when I did my more experienced hunting buddy said he’s not the one, don’t shoot! So I filmed him instead with my phone! So to speed this up 6 more days go by with bad positions, other hunters messing things up , and I start to regret passing on day 1. Day 7- we find 10 to 15 bulls bugling during the middle of the day back and forth but not moving So we decide to stay out and see how things okay out . Just before sunset 2 bulls start just bugling non stop at each other , one is on our side of the ridge and the other is on the east side of another ridge, when all of a sudden the one in the east side comes running across without stopping with 8 cows ahead of him and he is a Beast, huge 6x7 runs straight at the other bull and they’re in a full on fight! At that moment I ran as fast as I could to close the distance before sun went down as I was 5 minutes to late. Next morning- we get to same spot early before sunrise and wait like most hunters would do right? Well as there was just enough light to see across the flats , we see a bunch of cows and all of a sudden he steps out and it’s the same big 6x7 from night before And he’s cows are leading him right to us. As we wait we see a white Dodge Ram road hunting and stop right in between us and the elk . Completely screwed our hunt. We watch as they try to make a move on them and end up pushing them away. 2 hours later after chasing other bulls at that point, we’re back at our truck and decide we’re gonna make a move on those bulls where I think they’re bedded. I cow call and sure enough he’s 100 yds away where they had pushed them. We get within 50 yds in thick juniper and I here a guys voice trying to get us off these bulls! Well I keep calling anyway and the satellite bull walks 25 yds behind some bushes and can’t get a shot off . We end up pushing all the elk from this heard across the canyon where I watch them bed . The other 2 hunters never saw this happen and they think the the bulls are still on this side haha. Evening hunt now- we get set up 1 pm same spot - we see these assholes 4 hours later park 5 ft from out truck , same white Dodge Ram with firefighter stickers in the back and walk up the same area where they chased them in the morning. All of a sudden 2 bulls start going at it again and they’re heading for a fight right now! We rush to get in position and see the bull with all the cows and it’s him !!! The heard bull from earlier . He’s 80 yds and closing fast , we opt to stay quite and let them go at it. 40 yds his cows stop and I start to draw back and my release malfunctions and my arrow flys 10 ft , wtf, and spoons the cows. My heart pounding because the bull is seconds from stepping out where they were . All of a sudden there he is oblivious to me just screaming at this other bull and I draw back aim at his lower shoulder area and release! So much adrenaline running through me I didn’t know if , or where I hit.. we look for blood and we have specks only and I’m dying !! Suns going down and we have hardly any blood. We track for 40 yds when we find him standing against a tree. I went to put another arrow in him but I’m shaking so bad I can’t draw my bow back! Adrenaline is dumping and I have the shakes LOL. The shot ended up double lung and all the blood was inside the cavity. Had a great time with friends and family , frustrating at times but that’s what makes the memories!

Seligman is correct. Roadkill Cafe

If anyone comes across a hitch on winter road with sway bar attachments let me know! I lost mine saturday night. I posted on the campfire too. There is just more traffic here. I know some of you want to comment and say I need to post this somewhere other than the classifieds... Go back to your cave trolls.

Look into a quality mitt to wear for your hands. First lite makes a brooks down mitt. Always found them warmer then gloves where your fingers are separated. Not ideal for shooting but you can put a thin glove underneath when the time comes.