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I’m going to place about 500 small salt licks (the little brick ones) all over my favorite ridges to hunt. This will surely keep people out of them and if it doesn’t I’ll claim they are being unethical and I’ll come cry about it on CW. At least i know I’ll have a couple guys on my side, one of which is all about crying. The big problem with the bison is a couple people think they own the rights to every spot they frequent. It is absolute lunacy that people (at least one) think that RJ has rights to basically hunt any spot at any time because he kicks out salt blocks. Man, we really are living in strange times. I would love for someone to try to tell me where or how i have to hunt on my once in a lifetime tag.

I am not sure if I posted this in January or not but I took "the shot" with my camera instead of my bow because when I first saw this buck, he was directly in line with the setting sun and did not look very big. He went behind some trees and then popped out and I snapped these photos at 104 yards. I looked at the photo after I took it on the playback and realized he was a nice 4x4 and had a double main beam. He did not stand there long enough to knock an arrow, much less get a shot off. How wide do you think he is? I was guessing 25-26" possibly but my friends think he's wider. I don't see it but who knows. I will be going back to this area in January in hopes to find him with some ladies.

I have 31 venison kielbasa hanging in the cooler overnight. they’ll be in the smoker tomorrow.

I would have put an arrow on him first, then measure how wide it is later Great buck!

I prefer to bring the water to just below a boil and maintain that heat level until that tissue that covers the the nasal bones and top up the skull split and pull away from the bone (usually 10-20 minutes but the bigger and or older the animal, the longer it tends to take). Once that happens, I remove from the heat and let them sit in that water for at least 30 minutes. The water is slowly cooling, but still working on the tissue without continuing to heat and weaken bone. We then spray with the pressure washer to remove all tissue. If you go careful inside the nasal cavity and know where to spray, you can USUALLY get most of that soft tissue out without damaging those inner nasal coils. Forceps and needle nose pliers will usually take care of the rest. Maceration or beetles is definitely safer for the bone, but if you live in a residential neighborhood like us, maceration isn’t an option. The smells that come off of that are TERRIBLE and carry a fair distance. We have done a handful of bears, lions, pigs, etc. using maceration on a friends property, on rare occasions. Maceration works great, but be prepared to burn all of your clothes after and for your skin, especially hands, to smell awful for a couple of days. Soap alone won’t get rid of it, only time or stronger chemicals. However, with maceration, if done correctly, little to no pressure washing is necessary. Generally most of the remaining tissue will come off with a hose. That and pressure washing with maceration will spray that foul nastiness everywhere and you will be covered head to toe in it. I unfortunately leaned the hard way. We don’t want beetles around our home so go to a friend if that should ever be necessary. If you decide to start doing this a lot, invest in some good waterproof commercial fishing clothing, bib and jacket (like commercial fishermen wear in bad weather) and a face cover (like a clear untinted welding mask). It is worth the investment to keep yourself dry and clean, especially in the colder months. We still kick ourselves for not spending the money on this gear sooner. It makes a HUGE difference when you are spraying for hours. We get some funny looks from people driving by. We have been asked if we are cooking meth by some neighbors in jest (if you have seen Breaking Bad, you know). Good luck, hope some of this helps.

Selling two handguns from my brother in laws estate. The first one (wood grips) is as new in box, un-fired, with papers. The second (Pachmayr grips) has been fired some, but is in excellent condition with box and papers. Both of these are 1976 Bi Centennial models. Unfired model - $725 Used model - $600 Buy both for $1275 FTF sale here in valley. If purchaser does not have a CCW permit, will need to transfer through an FFL at buyers expense. Please contact via PM

First shout out to members Hucker (and Ray), for coming out to help glass when i didnt even know he was gonna be there and Zackcarp for letting me hang my deer in his cooler. I love this website and i am thankful to be a part of it. Awesome guys on here, cant really even put it into words. Well last week i was horn hunting for mule deer, but sunday evening my middle boy Caliche said hed go out for the evening hunt so horn hunting took the back burner. Got to the spot and saw a dude walking up the hill and my heart kinda sank. Turned out member hucker and his buddy were also out there bird hunting and the guy walking up the hill was another archer heading to where we were gonna go. Stayed near the truck to glass but didnt see much. Headed out early the next morning. Got loaded up at the truck, said a quick prayer with my boy and headed out. Once at our spot i could see some black dots out in the distance i knew were deer. We got set up and it looke like they were all does, after awhile we saw a couple were small muley bucks, just then noticed 2 coues bucks coming in from our right. I looked at my phone an saw a text from hucker and ray.. "theres 2 muley bucks out there right now", dang Hucker and Ray came out to glass for me and i didnt even know they were there! We stayed long enough to make sure the big buck i was after wasnt around and decided to give chase. Everything was in my favor, clear path to where to start my stalk, the wind and a perfect little wash that led right to where the 2 bucks were standing. I was able to sneak up to 30 yards. Draw back and let loose, the buck jumped and ran 20 feet and started to hobble around for a second before laying down. I approached slowly to make sure, and he was already expired. Well i didnt know it but Hucker sent me another text while on my stalk "the big buck is out there right now!" Well... never saw the text and later my son was like i saw a big buck out there while you were stalking, i said how big? "He was freakin huge", lol oh well! Im happy and wouldnt trade in a successful stalk for my boy to watch at all, im stoked he was willing to get up early and go hike in the cold just to hang out with his pops. I called momma and she came out with my daughter and my new puppy she got me for Christmas for some pics. Meet Buck my new boston terrier pup. Hes now got to see 2 deer harvests and hes by my side all the time, love that little pup! Like i said, Bucky follows me everywhere...

I have called them in occasionally, never on purpose. Just about any distress call will work.

3000 is great if you know how and where to spray, nozzles to use, etc. If you don't have a lot of experience spraying them, know they weak spots on a skull, and how to avoid them, etc. stick below 2000 PSI. Even then be careful. We see A LOT of skulls with blown out nasal cavities, separated top nasal bones, etc. that can be avoided with a little patience, caution, and experience. Unfortunately we even see this from lots of posts by "skull guys" who rush the job. Hit me up if you have any questions. I'd be happy to help anyone with tips. We, my son and I, have spent the several years doing 1000+ skulls while trying pretty much every method you have heard of. Happy to offer tips to anyone looking to do their own.

I had no booze no drugs no nudity today and I thought it was a negative

Here is my NM muzzleloader coues buck that I was able to harvest this past weekend. Shot him at 52 yards with my paramount.

Youth Gun Giveaway. To premote youth hunting I've decided to donate one of my guns. The winner will receive a sporterized 1903 30-06 .The gun comes as follows 1 1903 springfield- with a muzzle break just installed by axis works 1 vortex 4x12 scope- new with original box 1 skb hard case 2- boxes of ammo 1 trigger lock Dale Medders ( the gun stock refinisher ) has agreed to FREE OF CHARGE make any lenght of pull adjustment and fit a recoil pad of your choosing. Rules are as follows Must be a youth capable of applying in the 2022 youth only hunts. Must have a hunter saftey card or number The gun must be transferred to a parent who can pass the background check. Must be a arizona resident. The winner will be chosen at random and notification will be given March 31. All rules must be followed to claim .if for some reason there Not met a new winner will be chosen. Enter at youthgungiveaway@outlook.com Please leave a contact name and phone number. Deadline to enter is 12.pm Feb 28 Please feel free to share the info as the intent is to get kids hunting!!! Thanks chris

Better late than never right? The wife got it done on the 1st mulie hunt this year. She was a trooper and harvested her 1st animal ever. She claimed she was only other there for me, however has been asking me since she'l tagged out if were gunna do it again next year. Couldn't be more happier for her, big shout out to my brother inlaw Chad for the help.

Should be a lot more then license revocation. A y one of us on the street would be behind bars.

Congrats kev way to get it done!

Casey, tell him to look at the GPO's 12x50. Those are nice.

If you dont find something used and since meopta prolly wont have stuff available for awhile check out Tract. They sell consumer direct, offer and LEO discount. Side by side they are rated very similar to meopta and even a bit cheaper in cost.

Steve Crooks

awesome

Zac, since you were there last did you ask the first hunter politely if you could stay? The ethical thing would be ask if you can stay and give the other guy first shot opportunity. Sounds like you just showed up and decided to stay offering no courtesy. When i had my tag i went early knowing someone else would show up, when Russes guy showed up he was gonna leave, i told him to stay but i asked for first shot opportunity and it was a done deal, everyone wins.

Finally found a couple good bucks this morning. The first one was working a scrape line and the second one was following a couple does. Sequence 01_1.mp4 P1030134_2.mp4

Was a great morning.

just apply in unit 9

1. Private property rights end at the property line. 2. I don’t think anyone is contesting property rights. What is being contested is the rights to the wildlife on the property. If the owners of the ranch don’t want hunters on their ranch, that’s fine and it seems AZGFD is willing to accommodate that. Owning the dirt or the grazing rights doesn’t entitle anyone to the wildlife. 3. I didn’t see anyone propose saying what they could do on their land. However, there are plenty of laws about what we can and can’t do on our own property. The government tells me when I can have a fire, how tall my house can be, where I can put it on my lot, etc. All because my choices, even on my property, impact many other people. This isn’t any different. 4. There are lots of people working on corner crossing right now.

it already is a rich mans sport. and I'm a poor boy. at least i got to experience it once before it was gone