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Last tag for javelina this year. We had some bad winds this week after my wife killed on Friday. I spent the last 4 days wondering if I forgot what a javelina looks like in the binos. My son and I went out everyday after school with no luck. We put on some good miles hiking and glassed til dark each day. Yesterday evening we got an email from the school district that we have a snow day and there’s no school on Thursday. So this morning we booked out for a last day of the season hunt. The morning portion ended up seeing diddly squat. I remembered that last Saturday I spotted a herd 3 miles out but I had no idea how to get there and couldn’t landmark the area. We watched a young lady stalk that herd but couldn’t tell if she harvested anything. When I was running out of options today, We decided to head there and see if we could pick up the herd. I glassed up a single pig moving in a wash bed and we gave chase, got to 30-50 yards but no shots. The pig caught on that he was being chased and eventually ran off. We moved to another glassing spot close by and saw another single pig walking and we gave chase. Snuck in to 85 yards and waited for a broadside shot and got an opportunity and my son (Colby) knocked him down. I’m guessing the young lady got a shot off on Saturday since both pigs were solo and moving. This one is gonna be one of the best snow days Colby’ll have. He was ecstatic with harvesting a pig on the last day of the season. The pig was a nice sized boar 7-8 years old, real stinky. Gotta have been a breeding boar.

Sure do, I joined this site in 2004, long time ago.

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Saw this one today.

2023 youth gun giveaway!!!! This is my second year of donating to get kids hunting. This year's first place gun is a savage 110 classic in 7-08 with a adjustable stock new leupold rings and a new sig buckmaster 3x12 scope The stock is adjustable from 12.5 to 14 inch length of pull. Second place is a new charles daly 20 gauge compact shotgun Third place is a pair of leupold 10x42 binoculars with the included binocular harness and a heratige rough rider 22lr pistol The rules are the same as last year . It's open to kids they must be able to apply for youth only hunts for 2023 .They must have a hunter safety .Per Arizona hunting regs youth can get there hunter safety at age 9 but can't hunt till they are 10 years old.The minimum age for kids is going to follow the regs and they must be 10 by the time of the youth only hunts .Same goes for the max age they must be able to apply for current youth hunts.All guns must be transferred to a legal adult no exception!! I will cover all transfers. You must be a resident of Arizona. Youth hunter safety will need to be shown to claim prizes. If your child has won a gun they are not eligible to win . To enter please email. youthgungiveaway@outlook.com It's all lower case and one word so no spaces. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME THE NAMES AND AGES OF ALL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN AND A PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU IF YOU WIN!! YOU CAN ENTER EACH OF YOUR KIDS !! THIS WILL BE A RANDOM DRAWING SAME AS LAST YEAR. The entry will run till the last day of August and the drawing will be the first week of September winners will be called and there will be a post with all the names of the winners. The contest is open to all Arizona youth Per the rules.

They posted draw results on a Friday in 2013. Fingers crossed I draw, don't care when I find out.

I have caught them on top water poppers at that lake. Walley too.

410 gage reloader sold to wklman ----pending funds

If the gun in question has not been cleaned thus far and is not shooting blackhorn….. op needs a new gun.

Do the years fly. I remember seeing you on here probably in your teens.

I guide in Sonora for the past four years, my boss been down there for 25 years. DM me an I can give you some info with the outfit im with!

Cool. Good to hear of someone actually getting one of them.

My friend’s son got the call yesterday and got a tag. He sent me screen shot of follow up email. The one he drew is a tough hunt for sure.

A buddy of a buddy got the call yesterday for the 28,31,32,37a,37b muley tag. If you didn’t get a call…better luck next time.

2 tags over the counter doesn't help the population. Lots of AZ hunters who didn't draw a Gould's tag looking to go somewhere close. 15A has always been a hard unit for me. Look at some other units with steeper harder to hunt areas where other hunters don't go and you will find more birds, or go deeper into NM. I was always amazed at how many birds we would see just across the border in AZ on our way home.

Are you in the valley? I’m in Mesa if you want to check the tract out

Get closer - you know hunting.

Caught some really nice bass in Gila below Painted Rock in the 80's.

15 or so years ago, I saw more turkeys in unit 34 south of Cloudcroft than any other place I have ever been. The road south out of town goes along a narrow meadow and there were Tom's all along the drive strutting right out in the wide open at multiple spots. We couldn't hunt them because they were all on private land. Unit 34 has lots of private land and got to be such a big hassle that we never returned. Anytime I travel out of state to hunt or fish, I come back with a better appreciation of Arizona and all our public land. Good Luck

For bear there is the holy Trinity. 1. Consistent water.- a water source that is not seasonal and always! Has water! 2. Main food source. Acorns,prickly pear, and to a lesser extent juniper berries. 3. Thick,thick cover.- deep dark canyons and such. If you find a spot with all three you will not only find a bear, you will find many. I live in 7e and that perfect trifecta is lacking. Bears are highly travelsome and almost impossible to pattern. I travel father south to bear hunt.