BowNut

No Tags for me!! Congrats to everyone else who drew and Good Hunting!

Here it is guys Just want to thanks everyone that was at the meeting. The new area talked about in this letter looks good. Our only hope it that the Game and Fish Commission will give the OK to take over and move the range. Thanks for your help guys Dallas Daily Usery Mountain Archers Vice President Plans for Closure of the existing Usery Mountain Archery Range Hello All, If you care at all about archery/bowhunting please take just a couple of minutes to read this and send a brief e-mail to our Game & Fish Dept. about this issue. Some of you are aware that Maricopa County is trying to close Usery Mountain Archery Range to replace it with a visitors center and amphitheater. Usery Mountain Archery Range is considered by many to be the best archery range in Arizona and the home for a lot of large archery events and clubs. The AZ Game and Fish Department, AZ Bowhunter's Association, Usery Mountain Archers, and others have been working with Maricopa County on this issue trying to come up with some alternative plan. There was a public meeting last Monday evening at the Mesa Game and Fish Dept. with representatives from all of the above-mentioned groups and other concerned individuals. Although the majority would prefer to have everything stay as is, the county is scheduled to start construction of new facilities this summer and a portion of the existing range will close at that time. Taking this into consideration, the consensus of the majority at the meeting was that the best alternative was to build a new range on the park in an area that consisted of 370 unused acres. This area is west of the existing range (west side of Usery Pass Road) and just South of the rifle range. The existing range is only 178 acres. This new area would be leased to the Game & Fish Dept. for 25 years with an option to renew. There would be an all new archery range, etc. built on these 370 acres with a lot of room for future growth. The money to build the new range would have to come from Game and Fish budgets, grants, donations, etc. All Game and Fish assistance would be subject to Commission approval. Maricopa County has no money in there budget to assist. This new range could become even bigger and better than the existing range over time and is a lot better alternative than just shutting down the existing range with no plan to build another one. Yes, Maricopa County has the ability to do that...they own the property. Game and Fish (or anyone else) has no rights to stop Maricopa County from shutting down the existing range but thank God, they got involved and worked with Maricopa County to come up with this alternate plan. There is a lot more involved with this issue than what you have just read but there is something you can do right now that might make a difference! There is a Game and Fish Commission Meeting this Friday (March 9th) in Tucson. This issue is way to new to be officially on the agenda but Ty Gray (AZ Game & Fish Dept. Education Branch Chief - In charge of all the shooting ranges) will be making a presentation to the commission about the Department activities related to shooting range support and development statewide. Send Ty an e-mail and let him know that you really appreciate Game & Fish getting involved in the Usery Mountain Archery Range closure issue and you hope that the Department and Commission will work together to quickly move forward on building a new archery range. E-mail: tgray@azgfd.gov Sorry for the short notice but if you don't send an e-mail right now it will not likely get to Ty in time for him to tell the Commission that he has gotten a lot of support from the archery/bowhunting community on this issue and would only delay the process. Remember, Game and Fish has nothing to do with the existing range being closed but they have already worked hard with Maricopa County to come up with an alternative plan and have proven that they are committed to expanding archery in AZ. There will be a representative(s) from the ABA attending the Commission meeting this Friday to support this plan. Please forward this to every bowhunter and/or archer that you know. Thank You!

Rinehart 100 3D Archery shoot Hosted By Usery Mountain Archers March 17th and 18th At Usery Mountain Park 6 Miles North of US 60 on Ellsworth Road There will be a $5.00per archer entry fee enter the park For More Information And Pre-Registration Go To http://www.r100.org/ This Is A Fun Shoot So Bring The Whole Family And Join The FUN!!!!!!!

We have scheduled some Sat. shoots this year for that very reason. We have one this Saturday the 17th. You can contact Maricopa County Board of Supervisors or Anthony Chavez he is the one helping us at G&F.This is a link to the board of supervisors I found. Not sure if these are the guys but it looks like it. Also there is a board of supervisors meeting Wednesday Feb 21st at 9:00am http://www.maricopa.gov/county_glance/defa...p?link=govtBody

Just an update. Usery Mountain Archers has met with Game and Fish and valley archery shops to talk to the park to see what we can do to convince them this is a bad idea. We are doing everything we can to save this range. The visitors centers are going in all the Maricopa County Parks we are just trying to get them to move this one to a different location in the park. It does not look real good at the moment but they are willing to talk to us and that is a good thing. As you now this is very important to us to keep archery alive in the east valley. Currently we are the only archery club that holds shoot at Usery and we would like to keep doing that. I will try to keep you informed on what is going on as soon as I get more info. We are getting a meeting lined up with the Parks Dept., Game and fish, our club and local shops to get it worked out. In case you are wondering why we contacted G&F they have a group that works to better shooting facilities and they work with local archery shops to get youth archery groups started in schools and at local ranges etc. G&F will be meeting with us to talk to them about making more money and getting more use out of the range year round and not just around hunting season. Since that is what seems to be a big part of the reason for putting it in that location. We will know more after the next meeting. I will try to keep you all informed on what is going on. Thanks Dallas Daily Usery Mountain Archers Vice President

The owner was shooting in the Vegas tournament. And I believe all the guys that help him out were there also.

Here is our schedule for the year at Usery Park Usery Mountain Archers 2007 Shoot Schedule January 22nd…………….……… First Leg-Warm up January 27th and 28th...… 2nd Annual Cactus Classic February 17th………….….……………….Trophy Shoot March 17th and 18th ……..………………..Rinehart 100 April 15th……….………………….Grand Canyon Games May, June, July………………….………...Night League July………….……....3rd Leg Warm-up Watch for Dates August 26th........………..…..Deer & Javelina Warm-up October 6th…………………………………...Trophy Shoot November 11th…………….……….Ham & Turkey Shoot December 9th………….……..Deer & Javelina Warm-Up For More Information Contact Us At: umacarchery@netscape.com

This is one of my hunting partners this year with his pig he got Wednesday. I had to work so his guide for the day was Carl AKA bowhuntcoues took him out to harvest this hog. Hope he does not mind me posting his picture. By the way he is the one on the right not the one in front. I don't know what it is about this guy but when he is with us someone gets a pig. But NOT me. I think he needs to share some of his MOJO with me.Hope to add my picture soon.

It all started Friday when we finally found the pigs! After two days of hiking and glassing we had found them.The bad part was they were about a mile and a half away and the mountains around us were all but gone behind rain and snow clouds and it was starting to rain again. The pigs were spooked a bit for some reason so we decided to come back another day. We past on going back Saturday because of the snow we had hit on the way home. Big Mistake!! Headed back out Sunday around 5:00 AM got to the spot we had seen them two days earlier. Made the 45 Min. climb up the ridge to where they had been on Friday. As we reached the crest of the hill a half a dozen crows flew from the ridge above us. Got to the top and there was a gut pile and a pig carcase with the head still attached and no pigs to be found. Time to start glassing again. I was hunting with two good friends Robert and Bill and my sister(here first hunting trip)she was not hunting just along for the hike. We had split up to glass a couple different areas and I could tell my sister was getting a little board just sitting there looking through her bino's. At about 11:30 I told my sister I see a deer!! She said were? On the other side of the canyon where we were when we spotted the pigs from on Friday. I let her get behind my bino's on the tripod to see it. She said how in the heck did you find that!! It was bedded under a tree and when it would turn his head I could tell it had antlers even from that far away so I knew it had to be a good buck. Robert and bill had come to see what we were looking at. I told them if I was on a rifle hunt I would have been on my way over there. My sister looked at me and said WHY! LETS GO! I knew it was not going to be easy but we were off. We got to the creek at the bottom and we had to loose some clothing it was getting warm and I was starting to sweat with my thermals on. With the guidance of the the little voice in my ear I was guided within 200 yards of the bedded deer. That is when I had to reply back to my spotters Huston We Have A Problem.We were 200 yards from the deer and we had a 25 to 30 foot drop in front of us.But he had not moved. As we sat there trying to decide what to do the deer started to move away. I pulled my grunt call out and gave it a blow. My sister and my spotters said he was coming at us. There was a lane between the trees he we walking down and it looked like he was on a leash coming to me. That was when I realized how big he was and I started to shake. I pulled up my range finder and started to range anything I could were he may come out on the other side of the revine between me and him. The closest shot was 60yards but I was not sure I could make that shot as bad as I was shake'in. He had cut the distance to about half then stopped flagged and headed back up the hill. I told my sister its over he winded us. Thats when my little voice said you are not going to believe this he just bedded back in the same spot! You are going to have to come back here and start over again with a laugh. Not a chance I was going in. Well I started move'in up the ravine to find a spot to cross. I was now about 100 yards from the deer and had not found a great place to cross. So I called them and said I was going to cross tell me if he gets up. Worked my way to the bottom with no reply back. Worked my way up no reply back. I was now about 75 yards away and I could see the tree he was bedded under. I moved up 15 yard and the little voice in my ear said STOP he is standing up and looking at you. A bowhunters worst nightmare busted standing out in the open 60 yards from a 95 to 100 in. coues and I still could not make him out in the brush until he turned his head to run. He came out into an opening I let out a grunt and he stopped. Pulled out the range finder 95 yards to far for me to shoot. Three and a half hour stock and no shoot. The fist thing my sister asked would you do it again I told her in a heart beat but not today I was beat!! This was one of my best unsuccessful hunts ever. I could not have gotten that close if it was not for the little voice in my ear and the man behind the bino's guiding me there. If anyone see's my deer don't shoot but tell him I will be back O'yes I will be back! Here are a couple pic's I took before I started my three hour tour.

Not sure about the Bowtech or the AR. When it comes down to actually hitting the deer I will trust my Hoyt.LOL My broadheads are only sighted in to 80 yards yes 80 yards! Don't ever plan on shooting at anything but a target that far but I know that they will group and hit were I want them to that far. So 95 was just out of my range no matter what bow I was shooting.Plus I don't think the Hoyt Rep. would like it if I sent him pictures of myself and my deer with a Bowtech or an AR. This is a pic that should show a little of how it went down. Any more comments please feel free. By the time I got over there all I was thinking about was the wind and getting close and taking it all in as it happened.And also that beef stick and cheese stick I had for breakfast 5 hours ago was not enough! This was only my second stalk on a buck in this type of terrain so any help for the next time would be great!

Man great hunt! Sounds like you guys had a blast.

Here ya go bowtech guys!

There are tons of shoots! I got all them off the Hoyt web site. I don't see any of the others giving who won and when they just advertise a % like you said. This is a hunting site anyway I should have left that off my post anyway.

2 problems with that. 1) I gave them WILD meat, they gave me back farm raised. 2) You have no idea the condition of the meat that is being mixed in with yours. This processor is in Queen Creek. There is no "problem" with the meat, per se, it's just not mine. I would ask the processor how he does his sausage. I think that most add farm raised (fat and or meat) to most wild meat for sausage. You have to do this or your sausage will have no taste and will be as dry as sawdust. Not sure how much they add % wise you should ask them. Also when they make sausage they do not make your 10# order of sausage they make a number of orders at one time. It is not logical time wise to make 20 batches for 20 different customers. I have had other processors tell me this. I'm sure that is how most work.

Treestandman where did you get that info, from bownut. Did not come from me! I would have Bowtech on top before I would ever have put Mathews on top above a Hoyt! I can not wait until they do it with the "07" bows. I'm sure they will pick the worst Hoyt they make to give the others a chance. WAIT!! Hoyt does not make a worst they all are better then the rest!

Heck Ya!! Weather it's the bow or the Pro Staff "You Get What You Pay For"

Great job! We went out with no luck Mon. Had a guy move in on us and let loose on his varmint call for about 30 min. or longer had to move on. Going to hit it again on Fri.

That is correct to a point. There are some bows that just may not shoot well for some people. Be it the grip, the draw or whatever else. But I thing all of the top manufactures make bows that a good shooter could win a tournament or hunt very well with. They all make great bows but Hoyt bows ROCK! LOL

Bownut, need I say more,not a tournament shoot, but a real, live field test by an AR Shooter, Josh Epperson. Way to go,Josh!!!! Was not directed to take away from Josh's buck at all hope to kill one like that(or bigger sorry Josh) soon but with a Hoyt of course. All those tournaments were real,live shoots against some of the top shooters of all the other bow companies.

Need I say more! »Hoyt shooters dominate Face 2 Face tournament - Dec 12, 06 »Reo Wilde shoots perfect score to take Archery World Cup- Team Hoyt sweeps event - Oct 22, 06 » Hoyt Shooters dominate European Championships - Sep 22, 06 » Dave Cousins Achieves NFAA and NAA Shooter of the Year - Aug 04, 06 » Hoyt's Van Natta eclipses FITA World Record - Aug 02, 06 » Dan McCarthy Named 2006 IBO Shooter of the Year - Aug 01, 06 » Team Hoyt Sweeps NFAA Outdoor Nationals - Aug 01, 06 » Alicia McHenry Crowned 2006 IBO National Champion - Jul 17, 06 » Hoyt's Petersson takes first in European Circuit - Jul 12, 06 » World Records fall to Team Hoyt - Jun 26, 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- » Hoyt Compound Shooters Conquer European Grand Prix - Jul 15, 05 » Hoyt Dominates Nimes 2006 European Tournament - Feb 02, 06 » Hoyt Shooters Dominate NAA Indoor Nationals - Mar 16, 05 » McCarthy and McHenry Conquer Harrisburg ASA - Jun 06, 05 » Hoyt Shooters Rise to Montreal Challenge - Mar 30, 06 » Hoyt Outperforms at NAA Nationals, McGlyn Honored - Aug 11, 04 » Team Hoyt: Total Domination at Face to Face Tournament in Netherlands - Nov 28, 05 » Hoyt Shooters Shine in Gold Cup! - Aug 03, 04 » Hoyt Shooters Sweep US Indoor Nationals - Mar 15, 06 » Team Hoyt Sweeps Arizona Cup - Apr 18, 05 » Hoyt shooters dominate World Cup phase 2 - Jun 13, 06 » Hoyt Shooters Breeze Through Texas Shootout - May 01, 06 » Team Hoyt Victorious at World Field Championships - Aug 11, 04 » Cousins and Van Natta Prevail at National Fields - Jun 16, 05 » Team Hoyt Recurve Men Strike Gold in Italy! - Jun 28, 04 » Cousins and Van Natta Crowned National Champs - Aug 05, 05 » Hoyt’s Broadwater and Cousins Triumph Over Lancaster Shoot - Jan 27, 05 » Hoyt’s Reo Wilde Grabs Idaho Open Title - Dec 15, 05 » Team Hoyt Dominates 2004 NAA Indoor Nationals! - Jun 14, 04 » Archer's Choice Receives Coveted Golden Moose Award! - Mar 01, 06 » Hoyt’s Gellenthien and Zorn Strike Gold at Texas Shootout - Apr 04, 05 » Hoyt Shooters Triumph at European Championships - Mar 21, 06 » Hoyt Sweeps 2nd Leg of IBO; Braden Wins Again! - Aug 11, 04 » Team Hoyt Saturates Standings in Pittsburgh - Apr 25, 06 » Team Hoyt Earns Three Gold Medals at First European Grand Prix - May 09, 05 » Hoyt Shooters Sweep Gold Cup - Jun 05, 06 » Team Hoyt Dominates NFAA Redding Tournament - May 11, 06 » Gellenthien, Grant Crowned Collegiate Archery’s Best - May 23, 05 » Victory Flows for Team Hoyt at Gold Cup - May 31, 05 » Michael Braden Claims 1st Leg of IBO Triple Crown - Aug 11, 04 » Team Hoyt Medals Six Times at 2nd European Grand Prix - Jun 06, 05 » Cousins, Broadwater Team Up at Nationals - Aug 11, 04 » McCarthy and Blanton Blaze Through Metropolis ASA - Jun 27, 05 » Hoyt's Michael Braden Wins Louisiana ASA!! - Jul 14, 04 » Outdoor Nationals Brings Another Victory for Hoyt’s Dave Cousins - Jul 29, 05 » Allen Conner Triumphs at ASA World Championships - Oct 31, 04 » McCarthy Dominates ASA World Championship; Runs Away with Shooter of the Year Honors - Aug 15, 05 » Hoyt’s Natalia Valeeva Breaks Own World Record - Jun 14, 04 » Hoyt’s New Trykon: The Ultimate Bowhunting Machine - Nov 28, 05 » Hoyt’s McCarthy and McHenry Prevail at Kinder ASA - Mar 07, 05 » Jeff Fabry Selected as 2005 USA Archery Athlete of the Year/Paralympian of the Year - Jan 31, 06 » Hoyt’s Dan McCarthy Wins First ASA of 2004! - Jul 14, 04 » Hoyt’s Jesse Broadwater Wins Vegas! - Feb 13, 06 » Hoyt Shooters Shatter Two More World Records at World Indoor Championships - Mar 29, 05 » Hoyt’s Braden Gellenthien Makes Collegiate Archery History - Mar 06, 06 » Hoyt Shooters Successful in NAA Field Nationals and World Field Trials - Aug 11, 04 » Total Hoyt Domination at NFAA Indoor Nationals - Mar 20, 06 » Hoyt’s Broadwater Wins Pittsburgh with Nerves of Steel - Apr 18, 05 » McCarthy Two-for-Two on Southern Triple Crowns - Mar 30, 06 » Hoyt Shooters Finish 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Atlantic City! - Aug 11, 04 » Team Hoyt Shines at Augusta ASA - Apr 03, 06 » Hoyt's Oak Ridge Boys Capture 1st, 2nd at Tennessee ASA - May 02, 05 » McCarthy Sweeps Southern Triple Crown Series - Apr 25, 06 » Hoyt’s McCarthy Claims Third ASA Title in Metropolis - Jul 14, 04 » All-Academic Winners Choose Hoyt - May 03, 06 » Cousins Sets World Record at World Team Trials - May 12, 05 » Hoyt's Petra Ericsson Outshines All in Field - May 31, 06 » UltraElite: 1400+ Out of the Box - May 30, 06 » Hobbs Shines at West Coast Triple Crown - May 19, 05 » Hoyt’s Hendrix Shines Again at ESPN Games - Aug 11, 04 » Hoyt Shooters Shine in First Prestigious Tournament of 2004 - Jun 11, 04 » Hoyt Shooters Re-Write Record Books in Vegas! - Jun 28, 04 » Hoyt's McCarthy and Duncan Crowned King and Queen of Virginia ASA! - Aug 11, 04 » Team Hoyt Takes 1, 2 and 3 in IBO Triple Crown Standings; Dominates Team Event - Aug 11, 04 » Hoyt Archers Saturate U.S. World Teams - May 16, 05 » Hoyt's Hendrix Conquers ESPN2 Competition - May 30, 06

Its hard to beat a Scott Little Goose or LiL Bitty Goose for hunting. I use my Carter Chocolate Addiction to hunt with and to shoot 3D with.

Didn't even need to take any practice shots with my Hoyt to know your wrong! Keep practicing while we are all hunting. You will need to be the best you can be to make up for what your PSE is lacking. LMAO!! Sorry man could not help my self I love post like this its all in fun. Good luck to you also this Jan. We have not found the pigs yet ether. But that will change!

Hope its ok to post this here. Come on out and enjoy the fun. There will also be a Warm-up shoot the Sunday before at Usery. For more info just send me a PM. If you have not ever shot a 3d shoot they are a lot of fun and great practice for hunting. The 2nd Annual Cactus Classic Western States Triple Crown 3D Championship Archery Shoot Hosted by Usery Mountain Archers And The Arizona Christian Archers January 27th-28th At Usery Mountain Park 3939 N. Usery Pass Road Mesa Az. 85207 40 Competitive Targets and 20 Fun Targets and Novelty shoots For Registration and Rules Go To: www.arizonabowhunters.org

Not sure that deer would have made it to my truck. I don't think I could touch it!!!!! Yuck!!!

Why do people buy new rims and tires for a new car? Because they can. Why would I put an muzzle brake on my .270 Because I can. But the most important reason why is for what it was designed for to reduce recoil. Whether its a 300 win. or a 270 win. that is what they were designed for. Or I may do it just to P&^% off the guys at the range because its so loud!LOL!