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Fresh skirt steak ( yesterday's elk) green chilies and a could of serranos not shown

One of the a3 guides involved with the flying lost his guides license today for two years for driving his ranger into a wilderness area while guiding lol

Bear mount. 800 obo DM me if interested

Stainless fluted barrel. Comes with a Sig Tango 1-6x24 illuminated reticle scope and 1 PMag, pictured. Fired about 30 rounds. $1400

I won the lottery this year and drew a late 12AW rifle tag. This fall has been a mess with a lot of family things going on, including my father in law having a stroke, so it’s been very touch and go season hunting wise. I knew going in I didn’t have the full season to hunt so I tried to keep my expectations reasonable. @buglethemin came through and made the trip up, giving up family time and spending thanksgiving in a tent. We saw some huge bucks scouting. Opening morning we saw some does where we had seen a monster buck with does the night before. The does were moving down a finger. We followed the does out, and saw a few smaller bucks and this guy in some oak thickets, but we didn’t get a real good look at him but could tell from the body he was big. They fed down the finger and down the slope to a draw to our right, then up the slope of the next finger. There was a clearing about 175 yards away and he stepped out and we got a better look at him. I decided he was the deer for me, and took the shot. He dropped, and I put another in to be sure. Just like that, the hunt was done. Could not be happier with this guy and can’t wait to go back some day.

I have to start this post with a huge thank you and shout out to @CatfishKev. The man is such a gent and frikken amazing at glassing. It’s a privilege to be learning from you bud! I truly have learnt so much from our outings- here’s to many more! I managed to get some time off work to assist Kev for a weekend on his son, Caliche’s hunt and do some scouting for this hunt. This one was actually my friend’s first big game hunt in Arizona and he’d asked me for some help, of course I reached out to Kev as well 🙂 We arrived on Thursday evening, filled with hope which was actually well placed, as we found about 16 bucks during this trip. On Friday morning we glassed up 4 buck in a meadow. They weren’t big, but they were also a bit beyond a comfortable shooting range. Friday afternoon we visited a different spot where we glassed up some more smaller bucks and quite a few herds of does and fawns. We were also caught in a rainstorm that resulted in one of the most vivid double rainbows I can remember seeing. Saturday morning had us in the same spot, this time with Kev’s hunting pal Bucky the Boston Terrier in tow, where we found 2 beautiful big buck, who were feeding towards us. We made some plans to put our hunter in position but they picked up on something and turned back to where they came from. Feeling our cover blown we visited another area- no deer this time, but we found quite a few javelina and coyotes. Saturday afternoon had us in another spot- loads and loads of does and fawns but no bucks this time. Sunday morning was our last chance. We went to our most promising spot where Kev glassed up a beautiful buck before it was even light. A big Roman nose, big bodied and a good rack. We put a plan in place, but devastatingly bumped some does who ran straight to the buck who hightailed it with them. Feeling rather dejected, we returned to the glassing point to resume the search. We glassed up some sparring spikes very far away, and with the thinking of something is better than nothing again, hatched a plan to put our hunter in position. This time I stayed with Kevin and we guided him in. He managed to get extremely close (from where we were it seemed almost archery range) while they continued. While this excitement was going on- we spotted 4 additional buck, 2 of them certainly big bucks making their way straight to where our hunter was currently hidden. We excitedly told him to wait for them and our anxious wait started. They kept coming closer and closer and it seemed like they were about to step on him while we continued waiting to hear a shot. The hunter then excitedly told us he could see one. It was one of the smaller buck, and the bigger two were still approaching… The smaller one however knew something was up, he backtracked around a bush to get a look from the other side and fortunately one of the big bucks stepped forward and into our hunters target and we finally heard a shot! We waited a few minutes, watching for any movement before we packed our scopes to make our way down to find our happy hunter- with a beautiful, hugely bodied, mature buck. I’m almost convinced it was the buck Kevin had spotted first thing. What a beauty for a first time AZ hunter!

Used Mathews v3 31 for sale. I am the original owner. Bow is ambush green and comes with 75# mod that is 29in draw length. You can buy mods for $55 that will adjust the draw length and poundage for this bow. Bow has custom strings that were put on less than a year ago. Asking $550 for the bow and for $650 will throw in a tight spot quiver. Located in Vail, AZ.

selling my Leica Geovid 10x42 HD-B these are binoculars that have a built in range finder as well as bullet ballistics. asking 2k obo

Older Browning Arms 10 gauge pump shotgun, comes with adjustable choke and scabbard some shells included 750.00. Savage Arms model 24V 20 gauge over/under shotgun .222 cal as second barrel 550.00. Leather Scabbard 125.00. Call for more info. 602-695-3644

Here's a link to the gofundme page. https://gofund.me/cd0d9ff8 Thanks for your donations 😊

You're muledeerarea33? ... I think ....? Your name even has a question mark in it. Maybe you do have amnesia...

Thank you. He will start into it just after finals on the 17th. That was quite the drive. I didn't know how much that area had developed.

A quick lunch put together, tuna with a wasabi, garlic style chimichuri, ginger and a sesame oil, teriyaki and soy sauce!

Things worked out pretty good!!😁

He apologized cuz he got caught, not cuz he was actually sorry?

All of my old spots are closed now. Used to go near the Cow farms by the 202 south. But I found a new spot and I bag out every time I go. Nonstop flying when the sun starts to set

Been out the last three days. 8, 9, 9. All.with retrieves by my Airedale. She loves her job and is getting much better. 20231203_081835.mp4

Never hunted that area, but im always ready to put the versamax and my dog to work!

Haven’t been cooking lately. Just been eating oatmeal. made this Boston cream pie for thanksgiving but I got the icing too thin, then I added some more sugar and didn’t get it mixed good. Now my cake looks like it has worts

Green Chile elk burgers and roasted sweets....

I’m tripping out on how you guys turned this thread from A3 being charged with crimes to azgfd flying to move elk?

why did he have a collar?

Today I completed a goal of getting a Coues Deer with my pistol. It was a lot of fun and challenging. Thanks to everyone who assisted. FYI, its a Savage Striker with a custom Break and Barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor.