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I had been in this unit several times over the last month as my son and nephew both shot bucks on the youth hunt and my uncle a buck on the first rifle hunt so I was pretty familiar with the area. The first morning was some what slow my brother-in-law, my daughter and myself spent the day in the same general area my uncle had shot his buck at. We were glassing up tons of does throughout the day hoping for any legal buck as my brother in-law only had all day Friday and Saturday morning to hunt. I glasses up a small bachelor group a few ridges over through the spotting scope, a couple small fork horns and some spikes. My brother-in-law decides the juice isn’t worth the squeeze so, we keep looking a little closer to no avail. This is the story for the rest of the day and Friday evening. Saturday morning we head out in a slightly different direction and it’s more of the same does, does and more does. About noon I take him back to camp he packs up and leaves. I head out for the evening hunt in a different area that I hadn’t been to before, as I drive up and setup my tripod I glass up some coatimundi. A few minutes later some cow elk. I keep glassing but can’t turn up any deer. I get a call from my buddies who we’re coming up to help me the rest of the weekend, I tell them where I am and keep glassing up until dark. Last light I finally catch movement a few does and a spike. Buddies never make it up to me for the evening hunt so we meet back at camp and make a game plan for the morning. Sunday morning head back to the same spot I was at the evening before. It looks very promising and produces to a degree. We glass plenty of does and two spikes, I decide I don’t want to take a spike the first morning with extra help. Mid day we head out to another area and glass more deer on several different fingers more of the same does, does and more does. We head back to camp grab a few snacks and head back out for the evening hunt in a completely different area. We spent that evening watching does and elk hoping for that buck to step out and he did…. Right as the sun is setting I pan over to my right and there is a deer standing stills a board staring right at me. After a close look I can see he is a spike. I pull out the range finder and hit him with it, 150 yards broadside. I call my buddy over and he keeps an eye on him while I grab my rifle. I set my rifle on the top of the tripod and put the cross hairs right on him. At this point I’m torn, to shoot or not to shoot. This is a gimmie a once in a lifetime opportunity for me this never happens to me, he’s less than a 200 yards from the dirt road standing broad side at 150 yards. I go back and forth in my head and with my buddy as the spike starts to feed casually. I decided to wait and see if anything else was following behind him. It’s starting to get dark and i loose the spike. I spent the rest of the night hoping I didn’t just blow my chance at a buck as Monday was my last day to hunt. Back at camp we kick around ideas and talk about the spike that got to live another day and make a plan for the morning. I decide we’re heading back to the original spot where I had glasses up the bachelor group on Friday morning. When we get to the spot we start seeing deer right off the bat but you guessed it, does. I pull out the spotter and start looking back to where I saw the bachelor group, after a few minutes I pick up movement a deer steps out and can tell immediately that he’s got antlers then another buck and another. These were definitely the biggest bucks I had seen all weekend and on the previous hunts. We formulate a plan one buddy stayed behind on the spotter and the other took off with me down the finger and up to the other side. The journey there was a pain in the butt cat claw, manzanita, scrub oak. We get to where we are two fingers over from the deer on the same elevation plain. My buddy who stayed back let’s us know he could see us and that he never seen the bucks come out and should still be there in the same spot we all seen them together My buddy starts glassing and I pull out my range finder and start ranging different spots the average is roughly 450. I find a half way decent spot to set up my rifle on the bipod and dial it to 450. We continue glassing for a bit when my buddy says “I got them!” I immediately jump on the rifle and chamber a round. My bipod is just a little to low I have to jump up and get my pack to raise it up a bit. I set my rifle back up on the pack. my buddy is doing a heck of a job explaining to me where the deer are, I finally get one in the scope and watch him walk into thick brush. My buddy tells me “here comes another one and he’s a lot bigger than the last one.” I can see the buck making his way up to the same spot the other deer just stepped into. The buck steps out into a little clearing, my buddy say “he’s stepping out broadside!”Boom! The recoil was just enough it through me off of the buck. The shot felt good. I chambered another round and was back looking for a follow up shot but there was no need my buddy said you rolled him! He’s down I can see him kicking! I stay in the scope for a second just to make sure he’s not going to jump back up. “He’s down, he’s not moving anymore”. My buddy tells me. I get off the rifle we high five and celebrate a little. I call my other buddy who stayed back watching from the truck and he said “you missed! “ “I saw the bucks all walk away.” WTF!? you can’t be serious the shot felt good?! I said. My buddy who was there with me when I shot eased my fears and said to me “I saw the impact he’s dead.”. “Go up there and get your buck”. I trust his word and take off with my pack and he walks me in to exactly where that buck was laying! When they meet me at the buck i had him gutted out already. We took some picture’s and admired him for a little. We hung him up and skinned him and quartered him out on the spot. We split up the meat between two packs and one buddy carried the gear. That pack out was rough to say the least. Thank goodness for great friends. I wouldn’t have been able to kill this buck without them.

I’ll take it if the election continues the way it’s trending

Daughters buck, 175 yards, using her Win Mdl 70FW .308, one shot.

My son was able to harvest this pretty buck here in NM this this past weekend.

Well it was an interesting year and stressful year. Rewind 3 weeks before hunt. People that know me know that I shoot long distance quite a bit even have my own course I shoot by my house. I started shooting suppressed last year and to be honest not sure if it contributed to my issues last year but we missed alot of animals, too close that i'm use to. For elk and deer. Before the suppressor we were 18 for 18 on deer on my 300 win mag from 400-800 yds. With suppressor we missed quite a few. It really messed my head up. Well i headed to the range just to check and make sure i have a perfect zero and first shot i blew my suppressor off my rifle 50 yards down the range. I was extremely happy my son and I were not harmed. See the suppressor in the pic. Well here we are short time before hunt and now i have to re-zero, re-chrono, Check long range on the mtn again. What a mess. Well I was able to get this close as possible for my hunt and hoped for the best. Day 1 on the hunt and its flat out cold. Its my 2 kids and by neighbor who is a Pilot at Luke. Good guy. We found some deer but no bucks today. Day 2 and my oldest boy finds a buck at 840 yds and its a go. We set up and 1 shot he hammers the buck and its down. My 2 boys head over to get the deer and my neighbor and I stay and keep glassing. Well I glass over to the ridge over and I see a giant Mtn lion, and its going right where the deer is junior just shot. I jump on my 300 and my neighbor ranges 500. I have severe buck fever and am shaking. I take a shot and just below. He continues to walk slow and is under a tree at 540. I take my time and BOOM he takes hit (i believe) and hunches and jumps and straight down the hill where my sons deer is. Long story short, never find the lion. Day 3. No bucks in the moring. Later in the evening Junior and neighbor go out on there own and make a nice 330 yd shot. Long night for them Now day 4 with 1 more tag to fill. My youngest son. During the day we come across this bear two times. Click on the Bear Video Link Bear Video.MOV Last light I glass the buck up at 740 yds. My son jumps on the 300 and our scope is 5-25 power. At 25 power you couldnt see at all so we had to move down to 15. I said Dylan can you make a good shot that a long shot at 15 power. He said Dad I'm good and steady. I said OK let her rip. 1 shot and the deer rolled down the mtn. Was a great trip with my boys again. Late night that day and we had Green chile and Fresh deer backstrap when back. f

Mail in balloting is in top 3 worst things to ever happen to this country

Of course there are. First they count the legit ballots, so they find out how many they need to create

Just to let you guys know. My suppressor is a Silencerco and I sent it to them and it was repaired and back in my house in 7 days with no questions asked. Thats amazing to me.

This is why I lurk thru CWT... Ed F

It wasn't broken when she squeezed the trigger, he tumbled down the mountain, and broke it. She found it and we are going to glue it on. I did not participate in her hunt. I am partially crippled and can not do the mountains anymore. But she and I have sat under the same oak tree for over forty years and never failed to kill a buck. She has never missed a deer season since she started hunting, except for the four years in the Army.

CZ 452-2E in .22 WMR. BEAUTIFUL wood stock on this thing. Shoots great. I have the stock wrapped to protect it because I have two knuckleheads who used to target practice with me, who were reliably unreliable in not banging my guns. This gun is a good shooter. Bench shooting with it only. It has a crappy Redfield I inherited from my father on it. I prefer to keep the scope. I have three magazines for it. The prices on these are all over the place online. I know what I have in it, so I am asking $550. Edit: located in Sierra Vista, but willing to meet part way to make a deal. Travel to Tucson regularly. Trips to Phoenix sporadically. Hunting trip in 5b in a few weeks, so can deliver along the way...

So the past year has been a real roller coaster. Last year my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac Disease and it has been super tough on my daughter and family in general. We struck out on all youth tags, but picked up a 3rd choice general hunt coues tag. I wasn't sure my daughter was ready or could handle the challenge. Long story short, I'd like to thank Kev for his help. He found this buck for us opening morning, in a location my daughter would be capable to make a decent shot, and we were able to make it happen. Seeing my daughter being herself again made this one of the most memorable hunts I'll have.

This state is circling the drain like yesterday's chimichanga

Voting machines are the same way. There is a quota for r's, after that you get the second choice.

I spent the afternoon and evening at the strip club, they took my money just fine!

700$ I paid that last year for mine on this site and it sat on here for a few months

went at 6:30 am, filled out ballot ran it through tabulator.... "NOT ACCEPTED"! they said run it through the other direction.... same. Flip it over an try again....same! Now I'm literally saying WTF! Guy says try this other tabulator..... "Accepted" Definitely some shenanigans going on! They know R dominates in person voting. james

Hunting is hard. I don’t particularly think that hunting is “fun.” Especially when it’s mid day and it’s 80 degrees out. It’s usually looking back on the hunt when I think wow, that was pretty cool actually. This hunt was no different. One minute it didn’t look like I’d get one, then the next minute it’s time to break out the havalon. Was with my dad. He’s 67, he can still hike good thankfully because I needed his help. With the moon and how warm it was this morning I wasn’t that hyped about the day. Got out there early, started slow a couple does and some carp. at about 7:45 or so the sun went behind a cloud and all of a sudden the deer started coming out of the bottoms and feeding on the hillsides. My dad said I think I saw a buck running down there. So I start looking and after a while I see a buck standing down in the low hills. Looked good enough for the last day we were hunting (Today). Ranged, 809 yards. I couldn’t get closer there wasn’t any other vantages to shoot from so I had to send it. Shot and hit but he didn’t go down he walked to 776. it’s thick bottom and I got lucky he stopped in a wide open window and I shot again and dropped him.

This all started with a text late on a Saturday night asking if I could build one of these coffins and have it ready by Monday noon🙃! I’ve built four of these in the last month, decided to build one more! I’ve got it listed in the White mountain area for $950 would take $850 from CWT member! Unstained no liner! I know it’s weird but holler if interested! Diagram is for dimensions of the one I have on hand! 928-243-1966 I can make to fit!

I always eat there when I'm in the area or passing between Tucson and Nogales. Decent food and cold beer. Had dinner once and ordered a steak, it was tasty. Staff and service I'd always good.

I eat there any time I help on a hunt in that area. Its always been good.

People can also use this email address to inquire about volunteering as a hunter safety instructor: azhuntereducation@azgfd.gov More volunteers = more classes.

Live in the past

Finally got a solid photo of a mule deer buck and he was still in full velvet. Should be stripping any day now.