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Moving to a fifth wheel at Tonto Basin with my dog Cooper last weekend. Came back to a friends house in Mesa Sunday where I have been living. Dog got sick and was wobbling back and forth and falling down. I thought he was having heart problems so dropped him off at the vet Monday. Vet called and said he was high from marijuana. The owners of the house and their DIL use pot gummies and I am sure the dog found some left over from their thanksgiving. Vet said he is getting more pets now with the same problem. I don't use the stuff but after fluids and some time the pup is fine. Keep that stuff out of the reach of kids and dogs. Cost me $150.

Arrived Tuesday , got set up , and then the rains came. Quite the downpour , some moisture inside as well. Wednesday morning sunshine . Coyotes were heard frequently and on a morning sit, 5 went by me about 20 ft away. The last one stopped to look at me. Sorry I didn’t get a pic. Ran into a herd (?) of coatimundi, 20 plus. Was surprised that the east side of 4186 burnt again. Had not known of a wild fire there this summer. F 35 flying , A10’s and border patrol helicopters. Spectacular moon rise and sun sets. Always a treat and pleasure to watch . Does were everywhere. Did not see a Buck until day 5 of my 6 days to hunt. 8:45 , he is walking down a draw and put him down at 174yds. As I watch him drop, I see a much larger /wider Buck go back up the mountain. Lesson learned, maybe glass behind the 1st Buck you see. My Buck was a 3 pt with a kicker on the right side on front side of brow tine. Drug him down the wash , about 3 hours back to camp and butcher up. I love this unit with or without a harvest. BTW, that is my happy , excited look.

Late tag holders had some great weather the last few days. Anybody hear of some of the bucks taken so far?

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.

If i don't have time to finish it, I'll use my 340.

You’re unhinged if serious to the bolded, you need some new friends or better hiring tactics. I assure you there’s plenty of hardworking white guys on this forum.

I'm interested! Can you text me 480-825-8530 your PM's are full

I'm building one right now. Hope to use it on my brown bear hunt

Yes

I did, posted it under Black Friday buck in the Muley section

I’m going to the pintas next week for a few days. Ram szn

Ah yes, purple microdot. And the ever-popular window pane. More like the 60s.

My contribution during scouting IMG_2855.mov 90BC1EB1-2FB4-4C88-9346-859237464D98.mov

I think people just need to call you if they can’t find their elk, you got the knack for sure. Thanks for making the effort.

That’s not very cool

Any of the border units will have plenty of access for a 2wd. Border Patrol is all over the place so most of the roads are well used. Plus if you hike a bit you will be even better off.

I had someone from this site do the same thing about 8 years ago. I had lost my tripod without even realizing it until I saw a post and it was mine. Met up and offered money and he declined my money. Good stuff right there!

Ya Well we went down south finally and got him a coues deer ..... I haven't done a write up in a while but I decided to this time. Well with all of my son's obligations this year for school and sports we were having a hard time figuring out what days, if any we were going to be able to hunt. We planned out to hunt Saturday and Sunday only at first, he is a senior this year but had college classes he couldn't miss on Friday. He also had a cross country event Friday evening that he could not miss, he is the team captain. Right before we left, he got permission from his college teacher that he could actually miss a couple days and he would let Curtis make it up. Day 1 We got there Saturday morning and went straight to hunting, we didn't even set up camp yet.... we found plenty of doe in the area we wanted to start focusing on. Same in the evening. Day 2 We moved to our second area the next day and we saw a bunch more doe until last light. We saw two deer top over the ridge towards us. It was so dark I barely put horns on one of them. Day 3 So ... the next morning rolled around and nothing but does in the morning again. Mid-day my boy said dad I need to get a workout in since I am missing two practices( he runs at the state meet this Saturday) ..so we go back to camp and he goes for a 5 mile run up and down the road by camp ( I kept thinking it would be funny if border patrol was watching him run back and forth and to be able to hear them talk about him). Yes he is crazy and dedicated to his sports and everything he does. We get back out that evening and were able to relocate the same two deer. They were both bucks almost identical in size, No difference that I could tell... Curtis looks him over and says he likes the one on the left. I get him ranged while he gets prone on my pack and gets set up and comfortable. He is able to get on him in the scope and said he is ready. He sent a shoot once the buck stopped to graze. Then dropped the buck right there. We still had a little bit of light to get to him, which was of course at the very top of the mountain. We got to him before dark, but had to do all of the work in the dark and hike out and down in the dark. My son said the buck met his expectations for the time restraints we had on this trip. We are pleased and glad we were able to get him his first coues deer. Sorry for brags, but I'm so proud of the young man he is becoming and the memories we have able to make together. Thanks to everyone over the years and the support from everyone along the way.

Got out for the opener on Friday. The morning was good with a few smaller bucks found. All day long I kept watching some does get up and reposition in the little draw next to me. I told my buddy that I was gonna sneak up to the edge and peak in the bottom to see if anything else was in there. I even joked and said "I am going to leave my gun here just to make sure there is a big buck in there." Snuck up to the edge and found the bedded does again then looked down to the right about 250 yds and found this guy up on his feet at 3pm. I snuck out, ran back and grabbed the gun. My buddy came up with me and spotted for the shot. One shot, buck down. We hunted the next few days and were able to fill his tag too. Another great trip with a great friend!

Congratulations. I didn't see where anyone asked what you thought. Some people are cheap. Some get it. Good day.

Yes this is a forum, people like to get better deals then the store, I think is overpriced

i think you are a little overpriced, i just got lapua brass from bruno's and they are $110.00 and the eld-X are $47.95.

Killed my buck on Jan 10th as he was trailing a doe. Saw other buck and doe combinations a few days prior to that see pics. I am sure the rut is in full swing as usual for this period of time.