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Glassed for a couple hours and we didn't see anything but deer. Walked in a little further and looked on the other side, spotted pigs before we even sat down. Stalk was on. Got to about 30 yards, saw a big boar standing under a Ocotillo and let the Dan Wesson eat. Hit him hard. Followed him up, still on his feet in some brush. One more at 5 feet and tagged out at 1015.

I love to do a lot of stuff. I don't want to make it my job though. Turning a passion into a paycheck might not be as fun at the end if the day. The above advice seems spot on.

WHT_MTNMAN is dead on. It is tough to make money as a guide. If you are just looking to spend more time outdoors, there are always people looking for help individually, at youth camps, etc. That may be a good way to start and to see if you really want to jump in. I'm lucky to have some guide friends who take pity on me and allow me to help out with glass for them, check out spots while they hunt others with clients, etc. I don't get any money out of it (no one in their right mind would hire me!), but it gets me in the mountains which is a pretty great reward on its own.

I have helped a bunch of guides and outfitters over the years and without knowing your guiding history, my opinion would be to start guiding for an outfitter. Mainly for these reasons 1. Don't have to worry about permits, Insurance etc... 2. It takes quite a few clients to build an outfitting business with draw odds these days. Unless you have a few dozen clients on stand by it will take a few years to build enough repeat clients and friends of those clients to keep an outfitting business busy. 3. Again unless you have a few really close clients with money that will hire you when they draw, not too many people will drop money on a new outfitter. Most people want to see a strong past history of getting their clients good animals. Not just one or two possibly lucky years. 4. It's one thing to be a good hunter another to be a good guide. You will have to put up with some serious babysitting. If you don't like it or don't want to keep doing it you haven't invested much more than some fuel and the cost of your guides license. I'm sure I'm missing some, those are the first things that came to mind..

Hey buddy I’ll take your chrono.

Don't forget Brownings. They make the BLR in some great Elk calibers.

He’ll draw whichever allows it in the bonus pass.

I am selling my Mossberg 835 Ulti Mag. It takes 3.5 inch shells. I am in Safford but travel often. I am asking $400.

I bought a bag of frozen calamari at winco lol. Wasn’t bad at all tbh. recovered from my binge. Ate 1100 calories Monday night, lost all the water weight.

If you come south to Tucson, I have some 3 inch Remington cases I would trade if interested.

Talk with your accountant. I've had my guides license for 10 or 15 years off and on and have never guided for money, but we can always figure out ways to write off some amount of gear,fuel etc...Even if you took 1 client a year you can take a loss and get a lot of gear written off.. I bet you can "contract" out to an outfitter and write-off more than you think.

I wanted to guide just to scratch the itch and maybe make money doing what I was doing anyway. But there's a lot to be said about just going out and helping friends and family. I'd also lean toward guide for an outfitter as well. Just remember if you decide to be an outfitter you will no longer have to count on only yourself but now other people. As a business owner I can tell you that when you have to count on others (employees) things can get really unfun really fast.

That was the first big game rifle I bought for my son a long time ago. He has never needed to get another rifle and it shoots very small groups.

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Just the dog, and Hynoon. Son gets bored glassing, but loves puddle jumping ducks.

It is possible there were two but I only saw 1. Tracks indicate 2. We had dogs on them for 3 days but the lion slipped away. First loss in 30yrs of raising sheep, goats and mules.

Powder valley has Longshot 8 pounders and ballistic products has shot wads and federal hulls.

Sportsman's in Flag had 4 1lbs. of longshot today for 36.99 each. Pretty sure they only let you buy 1 at a time.

I think I might have some. I’ll look around.

Azgfd will read this and put a red check mark by everyone’s name that commented on this, and they won’t be drawn now.

Sir I was unaware my buddy backed out of the purchase. I told you I would take it and I’ll stand behind that post. Please call me and I will mak arraignments to personally get it from you. Very sorry for the confusion. Dave 602-228-1719

Great to hear about more access!

I heard about this last month and couldn't find any info on where the access gate it. I'll be Javalina hunting in klondyke this weekend and hope to find it once we're out there

Excellent! Hopefully the public dont go in there and ruin things.