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congrats on the triple....were you guys in a ground blind? You said shot from the same stand so I was wondering....looks like you are in a thick drainage....the herd I got my pig from went to "guard" the injured one until they heard another shot.

Congratulations! Nice shirt looks like you were using a traditional bow? how far was your shot?

Wow, I have never seen a shed like that. Probably not fatal because the pedicle is elevated above the top of the skull so that piece on the shed would be part of the pedicle and not the top of the skull. But that is interesting for sure! Shed hunt in there next year and see if his next shed does the same thing.

Wow, those are awesome, congratulations!!

I never have one in the chamber unless I am ready to shoot. Don't forget the safety on the gun can fail....I had an experience with that during my deer season. I had borrowed a rifle and when I shot my coues this fall, I put another round in the chamber to ready for a 2nd shot if needed. It wasn't needed and so I stood up and was going to remove the round that was in the chamber. All I did was move the safety and the gun went off totally unexpected. SCARED ME TO DEATH! Luckily for me and my hunting buddies, I had the barrel pointed in a safe direction. I have never had that happen before but it was a good reminder why I don't hunt with one in the chamber. I always ask those that I am hunting with to do the same.

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your adventures!

My husband found this camo bag that looks about the size for the back of an ATV. We are guessing the ATV was loading in a truck/trailer and the back flew off it. He found it on the highway somewhere between Globe and Superior. here is a picture. Tell me what is in it and it's yours!

I will be in 36B with several friends....if you see a maroon jeep with CWT sticker, that's me

A few more pics from Bill Deshaw

Glad you guys like the loop ropes, I think they are awesome! Thanks for the thorough review Jim! Looks like you put them to great use. Can't wait to see pics of them holding some giant coues or elk on your backpack!

Hey Rian, Thanks for sharing you story and pics!! I am so glad you had a good time and learned so much! can you email me those pics you shared so I can keep them with the others I have? amanda@coueswhitetail.com

LOL!! You crack me up Bill....thanks for making time to come out and sharing your expertise and your favorite javelina hunting spots! The ladies loved hanging out with you!

I would guess young buck with good nutrition that let him grow large thin antlers....

Spend time scouting water holes or feeding areas looking for fresh sign. Once you find it, then find a nearby glassing hill and try glassing from there.

The 3rd annual ladies javelina hunting camp was a great success! We had 28 students and 27 mentors, plus another 15 or so husbands and boyfriends that came along for support as well. So in total we had about 70 people at camp. We had three additional ladies cancel at the last minute....one of which cancelled because her husband had gotten her a surprise trip to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows over Valentines Day weekend. I told her she should renew the vows at camp! How cool would that be? She really wanted to, but figured her husband was looking forward to the Vegas trip. Of the lady hunters we had 9 who had ZERO hunting experience and often with ZERO camping experience. Then we had another 11 ladies that had between 1-3 years hunting experience (which generally meant they had gone quail hunting once or had attended one of our camps previously). And then we had about 8 with 4 or more years of hunting experience. We had several ladies that were over 60 years of age and they loved the experience! We held the camp down on the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge (thanks to the refuge for accommodating us). Thanks to AZ Game and Fish for providing funding. And a huge thank you to Bobby Boido and the AZ chapter of Safari Club International for driving their trailer down there and providing all the gear needed to cook and serve food to so many people! Youth Outdoors Unlimited provided additional tables and a canopy. And the food was mostly prepared in advance by Barbara Kennedy who is a phenomenal outdoor cook! She really helped us out and the food was delicious! We had several volunteers who worked hard in the kitchen….thanks to TJ and Peg, Ilene and Roger, and Doug Burt from AGFD. Many thanks to Carl Young and Team Younggunz for pre-camp planning and coming out to help. They provided not only mentors but knowledge of some great javelina hunting spots for other mentors. Thanks guys! We wouldn't have such a successful camp without all our mentors and at the end of this post I have provided a list of all of them. Many thanks to them for giving so generously of their time and talents to this camp! Several of us went down on Wednesday and at least one of the ladies got to start hunting on Thursday morning, while most everyone else arrived later on Thursday. We hunted all three units, 36A, 36B, and 36C. We had perfect weather for this hunt, which was a big relief since the last two years we have had wind and rain and cold interfering with the hunt. This time it was excellent weather….cold at night but warm (not too hot) during the day. In total we had 8 ladies kill a javelina and several others had shot opportunities. We had two husbands who had tags and one of them killed a javelina also. I don’t have pictures yet of all the ladies that killed but here are a few. On the last day of the camp we had two ladies kill out of a large herd which made for an excellent way to end the camp. Many thanks to all our great mentors who take time away from their families to come and help at this camp. Each one of them uses their own gear (not only for themselves but for their students too) and spends quite a bit in gas money to make this camp happen. I think we have outstanding mentors who are committed to teaching ethical hunting and who are also good at finding game! We had a raffle with items donated by volunteers, AGFD, and Cabelas….so the ladies got some very nice items! Thanks to those that donated items. Thanks to all the mentors that volunteered! Amanda Moors Carl Young + 9 of his team younggunz guys Linda Dightmon Tom Joiner and Peg (peg worked hard cooking for everyone!) Deb Wesch Tracy and Angie Cindi and Corky Richardson Ilene hailey (and her husband Roger worked hard in the kitchen!) Gerald Perry + 2 other excellent mentors (Mark and Kelly) Bill Deshaw Michelle Crabb (from AGFD) Jon Vance (drove all the way from Yuma to mentor!) Jerry Gollubier Stan johnsen David (friend of stan) And some pics of the ladies with javelina (I don't have pics of all of them): Joanne following some javelina tracks Gr8whitejr skinning a pig: Larissa reporting a sighting of several drug smugglers to Border Patrol (they didn't catch them, but they responded very quickly to our call and they did catch several in another area) Team Younggunz glassing with their hunters: Bill Deshaw and two lady hunters sneeking in on javelina (there was a third there too). Thanks to Stan for the pics! Roger and Ilene helping with cooking Javelina bed we found one moring....very fresh some food pics... boneless chicken and veggies and the peppermint chocolate bark and the cranberry/pistachio chocolate bark I made was enjoyed by everyone...yummy dark chocolate covered with white chocolate and goodies mealtime with the ever present THINK SAFETY sign that my husband found on the side of the road sunset as I was driving home:

I wondered if that was you! We were headed down to the women's javelina camp....thanks for waving! I didn't hear the honking.....

I finally got the new order of CouesWhitetail.com hats in. You can order them through the store. store.coueswhitetail.com we have them in Stone and Camel colors (otherwise known as White and Brown, hehehehe). The logo on the front is the design by Bill Quimby and there is text on the back that has the website name. Gino picked the hats (says they are extremely comfortable and his favorite type of hat). Thanks to everyone for your help getting the hats done!

If you want a camel colored hat with brown logo, I can get you one what shade of brown were you thinking of?

I just got home late last night, so I will post some pics and summary later today.....it was a great camp!

I love stories like this where CWT members are helping each other! Glad you were able to get some help and I hope the truck gets fixed.

Love that tiny shed.....good eyes finding that one!

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/38355-draw-deadline-being-extended/

thx Bass for confirming it first.....Bonecollector just confirmed it with me and said he was gonna post on the CWT FB page....

yes, i can confirm.....it has been extended. AGFD is asking everyone to spread the word. They just posted the announcement in the campfire section of the forum.

just an fyi, I bought mine license at the mesa office and it didn't show up online automatically. I had to enter it in.