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So somewhere around August/September my son Hunter told me he wanted to go hunting. So we made plans while he was on winter break he would do his hunters education. Then we got lucky they held a field day yesterday and now he is ready to hunt anything and everything he can. I tell my kids they don't have to do what I love to do but find an activity they love to do

I'm sure I won't draw but here is a video my best friend since childhood took last fall. I don't normally like to post other people's videos but this one is cool. VID-20210910-WA0001.mp4

We got her home and Twisty (Twisted) is adorable - She fits right in with our other 2 golden's and is part of the family! IMG_3416.heic

She went to Redmans house

So I’m a bit late sharing this so with some down time at work figured I’d share my 2021 solo coues hunt! After years of archery hunting , never putting in for in for rifle hunts and always helping close friends of mine on rifle hunts and always saying to myself that I’m gonna put in for a rifle tag because how much fun I always have on them , I finally put in for a late November tag and drew . With having to move two house into one in the beginning of October and the holidays in a new home ,It didn’t give me much time to scout for this hunt. A good buddy of mine pointed me into a area he had been luck in the past . After spending all of opening day glassing up smaller deer and other hunters it felt there wasn’t much in that area that wasn’t being hunted hard and deer that weren’t pushed all over the place . I went back to camp and regrouped and made a different game plan for day 2. At first light I was on this little hill that gave me a huge view into some great wilderness area . With in 20 minutes I glassed up 4 does 2 miles away on this grassy hill side. I watched them for a good hour off and on as I tried to glass other areas trying to find a good buck. Coming back to them every 10 minutes to finally see 4 deer turn into 7 . At that distance was hard for me to see if there was antlers on any of the deer , but seeing a deer stand in front of a small tree and the tree shaking up and down for about 10 minutes and then seeing another deer chase that deer off I knew there was a decent buck in there. I grabbed my pack and decided to make a move on these deer knowing that they’ve been in the same area for almost 2 hours now. I decided to go strait at them . With 3 different washes and big hills to keep track of these deer as I was making my way to them . I’d cut down a hill ,cross a big wash ,bush whacking my way up another steep hill glassing them back up . After about a 2 hour journey , sweating and breathing hard after cresting this hill I thought I wanted to be on to shoot from I put my binoculars up right when this buck was bedding back down between two small trees . I ranged him at 800 yards a lot further than I’m comfortable shooting at. With one more hill in between us I ranged the tip of the hill at 400 yards . That would put me in a distance I’m comfortable with . Knowing he just bedded back down I made the cut down the hill across another wash and back up to a rock outcrop that would give a great view to where he bedded down . Got to the rock outcrop and saw his antlers shining through the small tree he was laying behind. My head started pounding as I saw the uniqueness of this bucks antlers. Got ready and was able to calm down and get comfortable while I waited for him to stand up at 380 yards . He stood up and buck fever kicked in and started to get shaky again ! I pulled the trigger with excitement and shot just above his back . Knowing I screwed up and pulled to hard , I reracked another round found him standing 5 feet from where he stood up , I put my crosshairs on him and took a deep breath and on the Exhale gently squeezed the trigger. After the recoil of a 300 win mag wasn’t able to see him go down. With doubt cause of my first shot , I made the long walk that seemed forever over to where he was to see him pulled up in the bush ! After breaking him down and getting my pack loaded it was start to get dark . I thanked god for this moment by myself and never felt a more rewarding hunt !

First stand of the morning started before and ended during sunrise. My FoxPro stopped calling with bad rechargeables 8 minutes into the shotgun-friendly stand so I broke out a quick hand call to keep things moving. 2 coyotes snuck into 60 yards during my second breath and the lead male caught the decoy moving nowhere near the cry of my hand calling. Gone. Second rifle-friendly stand had 3 coyotes hung up and circling each other at 275 yards between the 12-15 minute mark with backup batteries. Watching comfortably, I guess jackrabbit didn't sound good for breakfast. I lined up the rifle on a broadside dog and while exhaling, noticed another pacing to the front. After the following inhale, preparation met opportunity and I squeezed it off. One dropped, another stumbled hard, and the third ran straight away. I walked up to finish the second with my 12 gauge just feet away, but consider this to be my first 2 coyote in one shot. Third stand is one of my favorites and almost always produces an opportunity. Today was no different. 5 minutes in and a single coyote was seen charging from several hundred yards away. 2 minutes later, another is walking a ridgeline again 275 yards out. I wait until it stops, shoot, it drops and when the FoxBang kicked in the pup in distress, the original coyote was facing me 10 yards behind the call. Took a frontal shot at 60 yards and another one bites the dust. Fourth and fifth stands were blanks. It was a great morning and weather to be out thinning a predator-heavy hunting ground last called 9 months ago. All coyotes were harmed with leftover 100 gr SGK deer loads from a 243 Win, which has turned out to be an incredible all-around bullet so far.

Case of 1000 $400 each picked up in North Phoenix New and unopened 602-920-8060

Was out chasing mule deer this January and came across this shed! I spent a couple hours looking for the match but no luck.

Leica 12x50 BA binoculars has the outdoorsman stud. $900 firm or willing to trade for 9mm/40/45 or 10x42 + cash 5209542983 Im in the Sahuarita area.

Thats really awesome of you dude!

Awesome! Great accomplishment and the start of a life-long family passion. Well done to son and dad!

Ours too we just call it government

Five you can nap and crap anywhere, anytime.

Probably a split down the middle for me. I go out with family and friends for javelina and rifle deer. Always enjoy the late night conversations around the fire and camaraderie with folks that I may only see once a year. I typically like to solo archery hunt. I like to cover miles before sun up and be on the hillside ready to glass before it is light out. Will walk 8-10 miles in a day and a lot of folks are a hard pass to that. A few years back I got an in-reach mini and have it secured to my bino harness for easy access. My wife knows not to message me unless it is an emergency and she sleeps better at night if I am able to check in on the daily.

gonna be a whole lotta lumps of coal....

We have big camps, big rigs, music cranking beer drinken cigar smoken hoot n and holler n sum beaches. Still ain't seen a deer...must be a bad area...

I hunt alone most of the time. sometimes over a month. Rule at my house is , if I don't come home don't come looking for me.

I predominately hunt and camp alone. When I'm alone I can really immerse myself 110% into the hunt. Every decision becomes my own, how far I hike and how hard I hunt is solely on me. I enjoy that aspect. But my favorite hunt of the year is with a buddy and we always camp together and most days will hunt together as well. The camaraderie is refreshing and time around the camp fire at night is second to none. Both are great, I probably need to do a better job of mixing both styles.

Prayers sent. Very tough for issue for sure - it sound like you have a healthy attitude toward it and are keeping the kiddos as your top priority. Hang in there man. And if she does get dumped by to contractor as others have suggested, and wants to "fix things", just say "No".

Been there done that. Cut ties and move in, hard as it is. Contractor won't leave his wife, bet $ on that. Don't let her back in. Once a snake, always a snake.

Az the year before was 135 and no service fee. Maybe it was the tech I got (not as good as the previous ones I've used there) maybe not. I will not be back.

Even when my feet are in good hiking shape, I'll get rubbing on my heels under a heavy pack, just like you're saying. So now before a heavy hiking/hunting trip, I'll put a piece of leuko tape over my heel where I know I'll have issues. It's a game changer. Ben

That doesn't make sense as rifle tags are limited so they control the overall harvest %. Add more rifle tags and the % harvested with archery goes down. No doubt archery equipment has improved allowing much longer shots. This affects Coues deer hunting more than anything. Just wait till you get crossbows, or those dang airbows. I'd rather see equipment restrictions over tag numbers but that's not perfect either. Why not give traditional archers a longer season, we don't hurt anything The real solution is what Matt Rinella said, stop recruiting new hunters. The US simply doesn’t have the habitat needed to support the wildlife and hunters it used to.

Marsupial for the win.

Marsupial hands down. Made here in AZ and Jim the owner is a good dude!