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Hey Everyone My 83 year old mother was taken Monday morning to the hospital.. She has pneumonia in both lungs. And had a stroke yesterday afternoon.. she can knowlonger swallow or eat . She has lived with me the last 14 months and I've been talking care of her . Watching her slowly slip away and watching her dying has been torture to Me. but the time we have shared together has been very satisfying.. it has definitely been a rollercoaster or emotions.. but a experience I wouldn't trade for anything.. My mother is the most loving and giving person you would ever know.. So hers a big shout out to Mom /aka Joan Cornwell.. I love you Mom and praying fora speedy recovery and hope you will be home soon 😥. Please everyone if you have time and a extra prayer or two My mother and my family could all use one right now.. Thank you all Bill

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you were all able to enjoy a nice day giving thanks with family and friends. As has become tradition for the past few years, I’ve posted a “semi live” thread for anyone who is interested in following our hunts. I know when I’m not out hunting, I enjoy hearing about how you all are out doing on your hunts. I was lucky to be drawn for two late bulls hunts in 2019 and 2020 and then an October whitetail hunt in 2021. Well this year, the one to finally get drawn was my wife! I was super excited when she finally drew, and she’s been getting more and more excited over the past few months. We’ve scouted our unit several times since July, and we have a good idea of the canyons and areas we want to be hunting in. Last weekend during our final scouting trip, we found a decent bachelor group with at least one shooter. Hopefully we can turn up those same bulls tomorrow morning. While I’m not sure anyone likes getting up before 4am, I know I’ll be looking forward to it as I hope my wife is able to fill her first ever tag!! If we can’t find that group of bulls tomorrow morning, that’s ok. We have 5 1/2 days to get it done, and lots of family and friends to share the experience with. I’ll post an update at least once per day (maybe twice) depending on service. Thanks for following along!

I got my first couse deer out of skeleton canyon last week. I backpacked in for three days from geronimo trail. Hike 25 plus miles and found a nice buck to pack 5 miles out.

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Get yourself a beretta A400 , you’ll never need another shotgun👍 , they are not inertia driven but they are waaaaayyyy smoother than inertia guns I’ve shot, and very reliable ,I’ve shot a couple of my buddies benelli’s next to mine and they are very rough in comparison, and they will jam with smaller loads sometimes too

The way things have gone over the last few years, I hate to throw info out on the Internet but I also don't want to be the guy that doesn't give an update. The guys that said they would be in the usual spots were kind of half right. There was a rain/ice/snow storm the Wednesday before the hunt. We didn't see an elk until Saturday afternoon. Sunday was a nice day with highs in the mid 40's and elk were everywhere in the morning. My brother-in-law scored on a 3x2, his first big game animal. You would have thought he shot a world record, it was awesome. We dropped him and the meat off at my mom's on Wednesday and my wife and I went back for the last day and a half. She was finally able to get it done on a 4x3 the last morning. That was the biggest bull we saw the whole hunt. Other than two days, it was windy and cold. The last day topped out at 50, but started at 19. I have discovered in 20+ years of hunting elk, that they are pretty soft for such a big animal. I have witnessed a bad rain storm(with some hail) drive them into the canyons to hide. This hunt was no different. The storm(and the snow storm the week prior) drove the elk lower. The big bulls never came back. I am not a biologist, but it makes sense to me that after expending so much energy during the rut, once they went lower, the big bulls weren't going to expend energy to travel back and/or to fight the cold. Everyone we talked to said/saw the same things we did. No elk, then cows and spikes/rag horns. In the end, I am glad we were able to give my brother-in-law a good experience and that we filled the freezer again. We want to shoot big elk as much as the next guy/gal but the meat and the opportunity to get in the woods is the most important. Definitely learned some lessons, as I do every elk season. Happy Thanksgiving and good luck to those that still have tags. I don't know what's going on with the pictures. I know this is a common problem, but not one I have ever had before. But, you get the idea. I

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Thank you all for being so great! Thanks for your patience. Thanks for your corrections. Thanks for your kindness. Thanks for the purchases. Thanks for the sales. But most of all, thanks for being the great people that you are! And thank you Amanda and the moderators! Have a Very Merry and Safe Thanks Giving. May God, or your Diety of choice, bless you with Happiness, Good Health, Safety, and Success.

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Looking for a scope to put on my AR, I am just gonna use it for predator hunting, prefer a good quality scope that tracks well and holds zero, looking to see what others are using that works for them?

I bought a Remington Versamax 2 years ago and it has been perfect. Duck, quail, dove, turkey. Shoots everything wonderfully.

We got a Franchi Affinity for our son when he was shooting trap and skeet. Ran like a champ and he shot a lot!

Great tent!

Happy thanksgiving and good luck to anyone with a late general tag. Hope to see some nice bulls hit the ground.

I was called this AM and notified that Merle Saldeen from Young Az. passed last night. He ran Merle & Kathy's Bar in Young Az for over 45 years. May he rest in peace.

Great write up and congratulations on the bulls.

We gave one a ride to Yuma from the Kaibab. My wife peeled her first tag ever.

Don’t do it man lol

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Not to mention we are talking 10 year Olds in their first big game hunt. I'm more concerned with a clean shot than showing his level of marksmanship by shooting from an advanced, non-supported position. Hes not Hatchcock.

Most of the shots I have had kids take are from a bipod prone or from the tripod with a yoke on it. Best thing I can tell you is do not think any animal is a slam dunk and do not let your haste or frustration show. There has been a few times where an animal should have easily died, however the kid could not locate the animal or get comfortable with the shot. It's one of the most fun hunts I go on and also one of the most stressful. Good luck and whatever you do, let that dang kid shoot any animal he wants to that is legal.

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Some guys on here claim to be the saving grace of the internet and and save us all from the "hassle". Wow. Anyways, I don't know anything about 19A. If I did I'd share with you via PM. Good luck finding your spots and I am glad to see a guy spark up an interest in hunting. Hopefully you can spark that in your own kids someday. Good luck in the draw.

I have never hunted 19A but if I did, i would first scout the areas closest to unit 8 and 6B if possible. Both units have a larger numbers of animals. Find water--- hot during archery season. No reason not to share some basic hunting info to a young new hunter. And I do agree with everyone one else, hunt somewhere else. 19A very tough