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Fun hunt. lots of deer LOTS OF PEOPLE With weather up high, this could be more the equivalent of an early Kaibab hunt, maybe. This year was very warm and dry and zero snow, even in the very high peaks. Deer started rutting pretty good about day 4, but two point were still the norm.

A tornado hit Star Valley around 11am today. 35 homes were damaged, trees uprooted, roofs gone. No one seriously hurt thank god. Was about a half mile back on moonlight drive behind Pete's place. My good friend lives on Quail hollow and lost his porch and rood, windows and much more. Videos are on star valley yard sale page on face book. I would post but I don't do the face book. Godbless all effected.

Box of stuff, several quality rifle slings, rifle bases, ring sets, nylon holster, gun locks, tree stand bow mount, nylon strap buckles + more. Also includes a LH take down recurve for beginner or youth- Explorer 2 recurve w/arrows. Will not split up, all or nothing. Pick up in South Chandler. Cost. 1 -12 pack of Voodoo Ranger IPA

Several years ago, I started buying WY antelope points for myself and my son. I was able to draw back in 2019, but my son couldn't make the trip so I just kept buying points for him. Fast forward to earlier this year when I learned that WY would be instituting some changes to their non-resident draw program which would have a substantial negative impact on all non-resident point holders beginning in 2024. Even though the WY antelope heard had a substantial winter die-off the previous year. it just made sense to cash in his points and then get out of Dodge. My son drew a buck antelope tag for Unit 75, which is located roughly in the center of WY. We arrived late Thursday night after a 17 hour drive. Friday was spent scouting the unit as best we could. There were planty of buck antelope, but none came close to the trophy we were looking for. We finally located two bucks in different locations later Friday afternoon/evening. Although all the bucks we were seeing had short tops, these two had the most to offer in length above the prong. Buck A was located on leased land that did not allow hunting. Still, he was a decent prospect and we thought we might be able to pressure him off the oil lease land. Buck B was mostly on BLM land and tended to hang near a well-traveled dirt road. My son elected to go after Buck A as we both felt Buck B was an easy target and would be pursued by most other hunters at first light. Opening morning found ourselves glassing the heard of antelope on the oil lease. As it turned out, a couple of other hunters had the same idea. We used each other to try and pressure Buck A into moving off the lease, but that old buck seemed to know the score and hung tight in the middle of the valley. After an hour or so, we left him to go try our luck in an area we had not been able to visit the night before. We found another decent buck, but as soon as he would see our truck, he would leave his does and run like a bolt of lightning in the opposite direction. After three failed attempts on him, we decided to see what had become of Buck B near the dirt roadway. We looked high and low for any sign of him, but he was nowhere to be found. After driving back and forth on the road a couple of times and seeing no gut pile or scavenger birds, we felt he must still be alive and had moved up into one of several arroyos that came down to intersect with the road. We drove to a drilling site / gravel pit that had some elevation and began to glass. After 20 minutes or so of glassing without success, we decided to park the truck and start still hunting each arroyo until we located him. I pulled a quick u-turn to park the truck and just happened to look up. There across the gravel pit stood my son's target buck at 175 yds. He had found this gravel pit and was using it as his hidey-hole. He was by himself and was somewhat startled to see us. My son made a great shot and the rest was history. Although his tops were weak, he is still a great first antelope trophy for my son.

My wife and I got tags together this year for the same hunt for the first time. We were real excited for this hunt, more than usual. Opening day I spotted her buck 2100 yards out and figured he was a mid 80’s buck. We kept an eye on him every 5 minutes to see where he beds down. While keeping tabs on him we saw 10 other bucks but nothing worth chasing after. Once her buck bedded down under a tree, we marked the spot and started the stalk. We snuck into 330 yards and the rest is history. The buck had a bigger body than we thought and scored right at 90. We had a long pack-out back to the ranger and feeling the aches and soreness today. Over the next few days we looked over 30 bucks or so. I was looking for a 4+ year old buck (secretly trying to beat my wifes buck!) I didn’t have any luck. Monday morning came and I spotted a big 2x2 buck that we have seen maybe 8 times and never gave chase to him. He bedded down during grey light and the wife and I took off. We snuck into 380 yards and waited about an hour for him to stand up and the hunt was done. My buddy Christian showed up to help out with the morning Monday hunt, he carried out some weight which was nice! Thanks amigo! Overall deer movement was phenomenal even with the full moon. The freezer is full with our bucks and my sons junior buck. We’ll definitely put in together again next year.

Anyone ever see coues in 3C?

Lots of scouting, long drives, and it all came together opening morning. We found several groups of sheep and 7 rams. My buddy got it done with 1 shot at 392yds. When I glassed him up I knew we was a shooter. He is a 9yo ram.

Conservation groups have been working diligently with the Apache National Forest to remove the feral livestock that has been inundating much of the forest. Sadly, the horse advocates have been working just as hard to stop the removal of said livestock. Photos by the contractor show the advocates opening locked gates to let captured horses free, cutting fences and causing havoc with the contractor. Over the past 14 months the contractor has removed over 350 horses and now has financing to remove even more. Conservation groups in Arizona have contributed over $100,000 to remove the remainder of these horses. Part of the issue is that the horse advocates refuse to accept science and biology as well as a Federal judgement that these horses are "stray", feral, or just plain livestock. I am writing this only to inform those who do not have the time or inclination to follow the drama. Many of us will be elk hunting this fall and we need to be aware of who our "Friends" are and those who only care about horses. It should be noted that the Aspen Lodge in Alpine is the hub of the Alpine Wild horse advocacy. The recent California transplants that purchased the Alpine Lodge have made the determination that these horses should be free and unencumbered by science. Where you spend your money this fall matters. If you are a horse advocate, spend your $$ at the Aspen Lodge. If you want a forest that has only natural wildlife..... then think twice about where you spend your $$. Once the Apache has all horses removed, the Sitgreaves Forest is next for a massive reduction of the invasive horses that came over from the Rodeo Chedeski fire. The White Mountain Apache Tribe has accepted back their cattle that strayed over into the forest, but politely declined to accept horses. The future of hunting units across Arizona need the support of all sportsmen to make sure biology and science rule how wildlife is handled.... and livestock have no place in the forests.

Big solid desk for free you haul it away. Working on disassembly now. Located 67th ave and happy valley posted on other sites as well

Table with granite and magazine rack! All solid steel stock that was hand forged in my shop. Chairs not available PU in chandler

Yes. Big ones. I used to tag along on some apache hunts on the other side of the fence. They would get mad when they shot 105" bucks.

Looked like a really fun hunt congrats!

Was Pete’s Place harmed? also, if Pete’s Place had the roof torn off, would it be a topless, topless bar?

Dam thats crazy! Were you around for it? Glad nobody got hurt.

I'll be cheering for Oregon State next weekend. If they win and a UofA win would get us a rematch with UofW.

It’s trick photography, it’s a stupid black house cat. People are dumb and believe whatever they hear on the news. The fact that game and fish officials can’t see it is hilarious.

These are great presses... GLWS

Maybe ASU can start to turn things around now that this dumpster fire of an AD is gone. It will definitely take time. https://www.azfamily.com/2023/11/13/ray-anderson-resigns-asus-athletic-director/

This guy has great nuts! I bought a lot last year and still have some in the freezer. Buy with confidence.

Went back out today and got 5 more quail. Still tons of birds just terrible shooting today 😂😂🤣😅. I also posted a pic of the prickly pear slime they were munching on.

With elk season over, I moved over to the Turkey thread to build anticipation for Spring 2024 with my son and got a look at this 4 beard. That is Bad A**!!! And at 10yrs!!! Nice sharing, with pics. I’m excited for another Turkey season.

Should use them to feed other countries starving or fertilize fields for future food.

Thank you for starting this tread. As the wildlife manager/ Field Supervisor in Unit 3C for 26 yrs. I saw the end of the horse capturing that the Heber Ranger (Black Mesa) Dist was doing, and the results. It saddens, and angers me to see what these horses have done to the habitat in not only that unit, but also Unit 1. Specifically, the Kettel Holes area. that area has been decimated and all those meadows have been converted from grass land community to noxious weeds. Any business in the white mountains that supports the horses should defiantly be boycotted, especially by hunters, or anyone interested in sound forest management. There is no place on public land for even one feral horse. Besides the habitat issues, thats a lot of high-quality protein on the hoof, that could feed a lot of people!

Patience and glassing is key. Look for springs, tuck yourself about 1000 yds from the water and glass, for hrs and you'll be surprised what you see. These guys where about 600 yds and didn't see them til one moved, about an hour of glassing.