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Thanks for the replies...I settled on the Rock Island Arms...The fit and finish of my gun isn't bad... We'll see how it shoots soon enough....... Don

Man, all the OP wanted to do was share an awesome hunt with everybody. Dam jealous trolls can’t just let the family hunt without shitting all over it. What a bunch of peckerheads we have become.

I did a goat the other day too! We should hang out more.

even after 12 years you've never seen any!

It has nothing to do with my wanting or not wanting a spring tag. Solid chance there will be nothing on there I'm interested in. It has everything to do with the fact the azgfd is incompetent. To think you don't have enough of a life to join the 3 page thread to bitch about bitching.

My oldest daughter got her desert at the age of 12. Hope that makes you feel better. Go have another drink.

I had an opportunity to do my 2nd DIY moose hunt in Alaska this year. I traveled to a remote village with an old friend and we spent 6 days with our friends who live in this village. It is always important to be reminded of what it is like to live in the bush and realize how challenging life can really be. This is a special place. But, sometimes the wrong kind of people are discovering these areas. We see how trophy hunters and a few guides have caused quite a disruption to the way of life up here. It is not uncommon to see hindquarters sitting in the sun on a pallet at the airport. Chunks of meat dirty and rotting away. Some guys go out to areas for the sole purpose of shooting a 60 plus inch moose. The problem is that these big bulls need to be left to breed another season. Not to mention, the meat on big musky bulls has to be hung for at least a week in order to get rid of all the smell from testosterone running through their bodies. Most people don't have this kind of time. So leaving a hunt with a 40 to 50 inch bull is okay with me. It equals great meat and a respectable rack. But, most importantly, respect from the locals........ Day 1 - Rain all day, no live bulls seen. Day 2 - Sunny all day. 13 bulls seen. 5 cows seen. One bigger bull passed up due the difficult of the pack out. Three of us in the boat and we are all over 50 realizing our limitations we decided to look for something closer to the river. We spotted a bull feeding in the shallows of the side channel. As we got closer I decided it was a nice bull. I raised the 375 Ultra mag and shot him in the lungs, between 2 ribs. Bull ran and we saw the pink blood. He turned to go into the willows, so I shot again and hit him low in the front leg. He turned again and ran into the main channel. He is running like he was not hit. I waited for him to exit the river and shot him in the head. The last thing we wanted was for him to travel into the wilderness. But, at the same time, you do not want a bull dead in the river. Well, instead of him dropping on the shore, he flew backwards into the river. Trying to keep the motor out of the rocks, reaching for the bull and hanging on to antlers and not having a workable reverse all turned into a challenging situation really quickly. Two of us grabbed the bull, while our buddy controlled the boat and found a piece of shore a few hundred yards down river. Tied up the boat and used a come along to get the bull on shore. One guy working the come along and two of us pulling the moose and we could barely move it. We laid out some tarps and got to work. If you have never handled a moose, here is the break down into 10 manageable pieces - neck, brisket, rump, 2 sides of ribs, 2 front quarters, 2 hind quarters, head. Put all the meat in game bags and on a clean tarp in the boat and got back to the village at dark. Day 3 - Snowed all day and night. Started butchering that night. Day 4 - Snowed all day. Butchered and wrapped meat all day Day 5 - Finished butchering, wrapping and grinding meat. Day 6 - Flew back to Anchorage with 400 pounds of deboned meat. Stayed with another friend in Anchorage and filled up his spare freezer with the meat for the night. Day 7 - Flew back to Phoenix with the meat in totes lined with foam board. Each tote held 90 pound of meat. All the meat stayed completely frozen. My friend and I each lugged a soft cooler of 40 pounds of meat onto the plane. He gave me grief the whole time! Basic hunt. Nothing fancy. Just good, down to earth people and incredibly good meat.

Well, not much of a story on this buck. Didn’t have time to scout much this year and didn’t really see anything when i did. My brother took a friend on the youth hunt a couple weeks ago and kicked this buck up in one of our old honeyholes. Went in this morning and killed him at first light then spent the next several hours packing him out. Lots of mass, blades and stickers on this one. He was an old dude

To bad its not a lefty. That's a great deal for someone...cant believe you still have it.

Oct 10 already happened…?

Very cool!!!

That's incredible. Great story. Can I ask what kind of ballpark something like this cost?

gonna be sick when they get nice one and post pics in this thread. Can’t wait, the haters tears will be biblical. Bob will be punching the sky

You should see how much free money people with kids get in tax money

Why hasn’t anyone invented a breathalyzer for keyboards yet?

Now that I know she took your tag. I feel much better. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

ask her if she gives a crap what a drunk on a hunting website thinks about her getting a tag. who is a real hunter? certainly not your sorry butt.

I have a different perspective than you. This is a great way to get your son/daughter on a start to the Az Big 10 or the North American Sheep Grand slam. Opportunity and time are the largest hurdles as many can't draw tags or end up drawing too late in their lives. Taking a tag from a real hunter? Would it make you feel better if this went to an older hunter who kills a Class II ram? It happens more often than you think and based on your logic, they don't care if they shoot a trophy ram. (!) Entitlement. .

if anybody needs to borrow a buddy heater for a hunt- hit me up

I don’t think you know how their budget works. They don’t get any money from raffle or auction tags. Every penny of that goes to the critter groups.

The week has finally arrived. It’s time to load up and make it happen.

Sounds like the white dude had it coming. Too bad innocent bystanders car got hit. Hope they plea bargain to a lesser charge, and shooter does time, making an example out of these altercations. No new gun laws needed.

I have been a firefighter for 27 yrs...I have personally been on 4 of these calls in that time....In EVERY case the individual that got out of his vehicle and approached the other vehicle was the one shot and killed. They all made the choice to be a tough guy and confront the other person and it cost them there life....Stay in your vehicle and drive away.....Or take the chance of getting killed....Not really a hard decision to make....

My little brother (zackcarp) and his wife found this buck. Unfortunately opening day we got the news that our dad had passed away so we left thinking we were done. Fortunately i was able to return with some friends a couple days later and make it happen. I know that I had my dads help getting it done. This buck will be known as my Dads buck from here on. I got my passion for hunting from my dad and am doing my best to pass it on to my daughters.

I hunt and work down by the border. Generally down by the border is safe, I work down there and see it all and still hunt down there and camp alone. With that being said there is illegal traffic. As a general rule you leave them alone they will leave you alone. Do not leave any valuables in view. Often times camps will be gone through as they will be looking for water or food. Anything north of Tucson should be pretty safe. Depending on where you are hunting on the border there are some common drug and human trafficking routes taken. I would not be too worried about the traffic. Enjoy your hunt and don’t keep anything in camp that you can’t handle losing.