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Found 4 different 11 pointers and they were all with does. 2 of them were pushing and sniffing pretty hard. It was 29° in the desert This morning. Absolutely love it!

Do I need to affix anything to the animal after I electronically tag it? Yes, the electronic tagging process will include the attachment of a unique validation code that you will be given through the app after a successful harvest. Cell service will not be necessary to receive the validation code. Hunters can choose a material of their choice such as flagging or tape, to write the validation code on, and attach to their successful harvest. The attachment of the validation code will be your legal proof of tagging.

I figured I'd share the story of how it went down. It was pretty amazing. I had the opportunity to hunt desert bighorn sheep in the Cabeza Prieta wilderness of AZ. It was an incredible experience that I will never forget. The Cabeza is rugged, austere and dangerously beautiful. The only thing that really exists out there are the iconic desert bighorn. This story is filled so many nuanced connections between amazing people. From the moment the original hunter decided to donate the tag to me because he got Covid the hunt was meant to be. People that I didn't know I came from everywhere to help me make this a reality. I literally could not have done this without them. And for that I am forever grateful. When I hunt, I'm not the person who is always chasing antler length. I always have "the quality of the hunt" in mind. It's about the experience. This experience was among the best. In previous years of hunting I've had hard earned lessons, I've beat my body up and I've learned to deal with the frustration of failure often. On this hunt everything went perfectly. It culminated when I was able to harvest this 10yr old beat up and broken warrior at 220yds off the desert floor. I had prepared myself to climb on my hands and knees up these steep 1000' cliffs to make it happen. Instead it all happened at the bottom. I'm still in disbelief. The original hunter had 29 year's worth of bonus point for sheep in AZ. I've only been hunting for 4 years so I assumed I'd never hunt sheep. 2 days before the hunt he gets covid and donates his tag to me through Outdoor Experience For All. I was floored and quickly accepted only to find out that 46b west is a wilderness walk in unit. I called the preserve and they granted me access to drive in because of my prosthetic legs. I got out to the area a week after opening with some great dudes helping me. We glassed and saw some good rams over the next few days. On the 4th day we went deep into the unit and spooked3 rams that winded us when we got to the glassing knob. The rams went up a mountain and were not huntable for me. We backed out and drove a ways to a valley to glass. We glassed up those same rams a long ways a way from where they originally were. They ran up a mountain and down the other side then ran over 2 miles across the desert floor to a whole new mountain range. They were laying at the bottom in the sand when we saw them. I made a mile long stalk in to 220yds. Wind was perfect and we dropped into a wash bottom to cover movement. When I got there we couldn't see the big one but the second biggest one was in sight. I was considering taking that ram because he was pretty good but a little younger. Then the bigger on stepped into sight and I was able to take him 20" off the bottom of the desert floor. It was absolutely amazing.

Finally harvested one.

Like Adam previously stated not a coues but it was harvested with a specialty pistol. With 30 BP I finally drew an AZ desert bighorn sheep permit. I used a custom Remington XP-100 in 284 Winchester to harvest my ram at 157 yards.

I saw a post made on HuntAz’s Instagram page. I am not trying to steal anyone’s thunder and I apologize if the hunter did not want any publicity but I think this is just bad butt that he shot this in a super tough unit and did not allow his disabilities prevent him from getting it done. Congratulations to him.

So after chasing mule deer in Dec/Jan archery my wife decided she wanted to try her luck on a desert mule deer during the general hunt. We’ve chased these deer only during archery and had decided to keep tabs through the years. We finally felt we had a solid plan so off we went. We got to her u it the afternoon before and set up camp then went out to glass. On our way to our glassing spot we came across a groups of 4 bucks hanging out in the area we were goi g to focus on. We got up early Opening morning and my wife and son got ready and headed to the area we had chosen to be at sunrise. I went to the glassing spot. At about 0611 I glasses up a group of 5 bucks, one of which was a definite shooter. Once they had formulated and approach everything just worked out perfect. I was bummed I couldn’t be with her when she shot but having just had hernia surgery a week earlier I was relegated to glass duty. 312 yard offhand shot with her 300WSM and the rest is history. Super proud of her!

Very nice condition benelli in 28 gauge. Comes with 6 choke tubes and original case. Awesome handling shot gun for bird hunting. Asking $1200 located in NM but I come to the valley often and can ship as well. 505-330-1009.

But we are not giving up.

I just got off the phone with Wish2hunt he said it’s been tough. it’s possible to get it done solo or with a couple guys but sometimes you need a team on those tougher hunts

So if you don't get service and the first point of business is to tag the animal. Do you load and go with the whole animal and then start the skinng process once you get to the red onion?

This sounds like it should work great…what could go wrong? Just don’t forget to login before you lose service. 😂

A little information on 1100 magnum and 2-3/4” .

Hey Big Tub, the reason my title says magnum is because it is. This may help you. If you are interested now, let me know thanks.

I need jerky. I bet I'm not the only one here that would let the air out of one.

That second 11 pointer has a real good spread! Thats a real trophy buck for any road hunter!

You have to ask that BT when a person today can change their sex at will? 😁 Eddie

Well that's not how it works...at least as of now...so problem solved

I am headed down Saturday to help him

Thanks fellers. It was a heck of a hunt and I'm dang lucky to have been able to pull it off. It wouldn't have been possible to do without so many great people helping me.

Awesome offer. Your sentiment is 180° from 90% of others here.

Sounds like you had a successful hunt!

Pretty Ram. You definitely got a good look!

Sight In using a solid and proper rest, front and rear. Practice shooting in field positions.

Here is my best, but I hope to change that on my first Coues hunt this fall.