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More Fish for San Carlos Lake. 30,079 channel catfish. DAN

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In AZ purple paint mean nothing in regards to trespassing.

Her buck is ready to pick up

Crappie delivered today to San Carlos Lake. DAN

The trees with orange paint are those that are to remain. Any pine tree without paint gets cut.

Fishing wasn’t great but caught one pretty good flathead and a 12lb channel cat. It’s running pretty fast and wide so it’s tough to keep your bait where it needs to be.

4 days before the start of this hunt, Eddie Corona at OE4A contacted me about donating this hunt to me from a very generous person who was unable to hunt. I'm a double amputee combat vet and a diehard bowhunter. Immediately I got to planning. I knew nothing about bison and about bison hunting. Luckily I got connected with Russ and Laura Jacoby. They are bison whisperers. I can truly tell you that I would not have been successful on this hunt without them. Their logistical expertise is on par with extremely complex military deployments that I've been a part of. It's amazing to see what they do. The conditions this year were tough. There is still a ton of snow on the Kaibab. 4'-7' drifts are still present up there. Without a snowmobile or UTV with tracks, it was impossible to reach the blinds and salt. And the road leading in to the north rim is closed until June 2nd. I'm not convinced that the snow will be fully melted in time to get access with a truck. My hunt ended June 6th, so I definitely hired Russ/Laura or else I wouldn't have been able to access the hunt area. As most people know, this particular hunt means you have to sit in a blind, 14 hrs a day for an average of 14 days before you harvest a bison. You have to wait for them to come off the park. I mentally prepared myself for this. And I knew I was going to take the risk and try with my bow. It took us many hours just to reach the spike camp deep in the Kaibab using UTVs with snow tracks. It was slow going, like 9mph for 12 miles slow. After we finally arrived at the camp, Russ sent us 3 hunters out to hunt half a day while he set up the camp. Myself, Randy and Dave set out on the 90 minute ride to the hunt area. Randy and I dropped off Dave and then parked the UTV to begin our mile long walk into the blind. We hunted our way to the blind and as we approached the blind Randy spotted bison already at the water source. We quickly set down our gear. I grabbed my bow and Randy grabbed his rifle. Randy was able to take a quick couple shots and down went one of the bison. One bison ran away into the Grand Canyon park and the other waited by the bison that was laying on the ground. At that point I was able to slip in to 28yds and put an absolutely perfect arrow in the last bison. I shot another arrow and hit low in the sternum, but it wasn't necessary because the first arrow was a kill shot through both lungs. He fell and was dead in 30 seconds. We were ecstatic. We celebrated, hugged, cried and shared our viewpoints on what had happened. It was absolutely amazing! I couldn't believe I had snuck in with a bow, on the rim of the Grand Canyon and perfectly shot a bison!!! It took us long into the night to cut up the two bison and load them on to the snow machines. We used Russ's winches on the UTVs and portable winches to hoist the two bison into trees to make the work easier. Another 24 hrs later we were finally back at the main camp. After our goodbyes I drove home and got to contemplate what had just happened. I think I'm luckier than I should be. I never even stepped foot in that blind. I can't wait to try the bison meat from this harvest and sharing it with friends and family! Other than that...all I can say is that I am so blessed and thankful for OE4A for what they do.

Remington 1903 $400obo

Different subject but can anybody explain all the trees with paint on them after an area gets logged? I always assumed it was trees marked for being cut but it seems there are too many left if this is the reason. Some have 1 line some have 3. I can’t figure out what all the painted trees are supposed to mean. I was camping this weekend in an area that had been heavily logged last year and it seemed like half the remaining trees had orange paint on them

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 wish Az would just go back to being a red state. Just saying...

That whiskey bottle has the kick.up.bottom. very collectable. I found one near Ft Bowie in the 60s.

Found a Prescott az bottle foundry coca cola circa 1920s in 17a and what I believe is a early champagne or beer bottle on a foundation project on Montezuma street in historic whiskey row.

Thanks will take a look at it. I have gohunt maps and onx also.

I don’t have box and/or manuel.

Next, to find a living relative of this man and return them. Contact any Mormon church. They are the experts at ancestry.

Last week while raking behind the old 1899 hotel on US60, I found these early Vietnam Era dog tags. Thanks to the internet, minutes later, found this. Next, to find a living relative of this man and return them. RIP SP4 H. Jarvis, thank you for your service.

I got this same call, supposedly calling back this week to get the credit card info for the tag. Lifetime with 16 points for unit 9 archery.

Neat finds are everywhere. While digging a water line last week, unearthed this medicine bottle. Has the Owen's Glass Co hallmark and a 1920 manufacture date.

I wouldn't even consider parting with this old school tack driver (700P / 308 Win).

Congrats! Very cool. Good work to all parties! I do have to ask though, was hammering one with a rifle premeditated to hopefully confuse them and keep them around? I feel like if I was holding a rifle and hunting with a double amputee with a bow I’d let them try to shoot first and then crush one. Sometimes things happen fast and it sounds like it worked out better for you in the long run but that seems risky!! I sat in a a blind for 158 hours and never had one come into the salt. Ended up killing one in Jackson WY on the elk refuge the next year but bison were kind of a sore spot for me for a while!

That's awesome man huge congrats on getting your target ram. The guide giving you crap torques me off a bit. What business is it of his. What a turd.

I added a couple side views.

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