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I know a guy shot a javelina and they coulnt find entrance or exit. Hung him by gambrels and when they started to open him up he woke up and started squealing and kicking, pissin all over himself. They put one in his head and finished up. Best he figured the projectile grazed the skull and knocked him out.

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.

Ya…no. Like I said, zero interest in a guide. I will just go with what I had planned. Thanks for responses.

Looking to move a couple items to fund other projects. Swarovski 95mm objective with original box, paperwork, and swaro soc. Excellent condition, always kept in stay on case with protective caps, coupled with btx, when not in use. - Sold Zeiss Victory RF 10x54 comes with original box, paperwork, and outdoorsman stud. Small scratch on left objective lens, doesn’t affect the view just unsightly. Tried to show it in pic. I didn’t even realize that it was there until I looked them over to get ready to list. Always kept in a marsupial enclosed bino harness. $2,200.00 Located in Heber but make occasional trips to mesa/phoenix area. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Call/text 928-358-3258. If I don’t answer, leave a message and I will return your call. Thanks for looking.

This is a older Bonanza Press pre Forster Press is in Great shape $250. A New Forster if you can find them, are $360 to $450 Location North East Scottsdale

About $3000.......Tag is $800. Hunting License is $160. Flights are about $1000. The rest is luggage,/cargo fees, food and fuel costs. We shipped extra food and supplies to some folks up there.

Could have hit the "no-man's land" just under the spine and above the lungs. Nicked a lung just enough to cause the deer to bleed some and pass out. Deer got his wind back, and boogied out. I have seen that happen before.

I'll call seconds on the Berger 210 VLD's, if for some reason it doesn't work out.

It's always fun to read all of the different opinions and see what pops up out of the wood work. I really enjoy this forum.

I've done both. I'll take the woods.

Have you ever been to NYC? First, you couldn't be alone on one of those subways at that time if you wanted. Half the people in the city are just heading home from work at that time. Second, it just isn't scary. Not much different than walking back to the truck in the dark out in the woods. I'm self assured enough to know I am capable of either.

I’ll answer your question with a question. What kind of speeds should I want? Lol

Why would you want a 26” barrel? What kind of speeds are you trying to get? Lol.

I'm guessing they are still waiting on Newberg to get back to them with which ones he wants so they can set them aside before publishing the list. He is probably out of service range on one of the many other tags they have gift wrapped for him.

In today's market what is reasonable?

https://youtu.be/AvUNLRBT5vo Just wanted to share the success of an impressive youth hunter with everyone. Toby made an amazing shot on this buck to make it a VERY efficient and hunt!!! Congrats Toby!!!

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.

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

Never had an issue with my four season trailer

Sako Vixen, .223, 55 grain Hornady, FoxPro CS-24-C playing Lucky Bird, came in at about the twenty-minute mark, died at about twenty yards from the caller.

Taken a couple of weeks ago. Sako Vixen, 55grain Hornady. Fifty-yard shot, came in slow and crouching as he neared the caller/decoy.

If this guy shows back up I will contact you.

AZGFd= profit>Animals

There is an easy fix to the current abuse of the Point Guard system If ONE person on the application turns back their tag, ALL people on the application have their tags withdrawn also. Allowing one of the four turn back their tag for the points is where the abuse starts.

Some Grays from the past few weekends...and a couple yotes...