MULEPACKHUNTER

The volrtex razor will do it without stacking moa on the rail. Way better scope as well and if you want 1500 you can do it. Trust me if your looking for 1000 you will be looking for longer soon enough. Pay ounce cry ounce

This is normal, if you notice at Cabelas on a white board near the gun sales paperwork area they have the hold and wait date posted and update them daily, My dad bought a gun the same day as me and I walked out with mine and he had to wait the 7 days set by Cabelas. Its something from the computer that comes up in the checking and facts and they flag it. Could be anything from traffic tickets to credit issues, who knows. I agree its crap but I think it grabs more bad guys than good and gives the background check time to go over things. Dad was pretty pissed about giving them 1300.00 bucks and not leaving with what he bought. LOL He told them so too.

I wanted to put some information out on a new product I tried on a recent hunt with the mules. 7 days packing in AZ requires alot of feed for your animals along with some grazing if the grass is not too high in sugar. I used Purina Hydration hay for the first time and I will say it was a great addition to my rig. I put six blocks or 6 flakes in a pillow case along with several 1 gallon freezer bags full of sweet and pellets. I put one of these on each side of my pack rig. All that is needed is to add water to the blocks of compressed hay and you get a full feeding. The blocks are compact and weigh about 1 pound each. I use the pillow cases after as game bags to save on room. I use callapsable water buckets (3 gallon) to mix 2 gallons of water with the hay blocks. In about 10 minutes they are ready to feed providing nutrients and water to your animals. Check out Purina for more info. One downside is this is not considered weed free. I called Purina since I was planning on Colorado in the future.

Ive never hunted there but I want to give up a honey hole for some reason. LOL

MPH AND MADX GET IT DONE IN AZ WITH THE MULES. SPOT AND STALK 27 YARDS ARCHERY. 18 IN ROUGH MEASURED SKULL. GOING TO MAKE A NICE RUG FOR THE FIREPLACE. AFTER 30 PLUS MILES OF PACKIN MULES AND 20 PLUS FOOT MILES OF DEER HUNTING WE CAME ACROSS THIS BLACK BEAR AND WHILE STALKING HIM RAN INTO BEAR NUMBER 2 AND GOT A SHOT ON HIM. GOT IN SOME GOOD ELK SCOUTING AND FOUND SEVERAL BIGGER BEARS FOR FUTURE HUNTS. SPECIAL THANKS TO MAX, SCOUT, BUCKY, TATER, TEDDY, FOR GETTING US THROUGH THE RAIN AND MUD BOGS AND ROUGH STEEP MOUNTAINS, EVERYTHING WAS TOUGH GOING AND EVERY DAY OF THE 7 DAYS IN WAS ALOT OF WORK. ALL INVOLED WERE BEAT UP AND NEEDING SOME PATCHING UP BACK AT HOME. HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM THE TRIP

Ya good luck on the elk hunts, I found some big bulls solo and some smaller guys bachelored up and we heard some good bugles so its going to be perfect timing this year on the rut.

TOTAL PACKED MILES INCLUDES IN AND OUT FOR FEED, MEAT HAUL, ETC AND RIDING DURRING THE HUNT. 7 DAYS IT ADDS UP. WE WERENT THAT FAR FROM THE ROAD TRAILHEAD BUT FOUNDER CAN BE AN ISSUE WITH FAST GROWING GRASS LIKE WE HAVE NOW WITH THE RAIN WE DIDNT HAVE LAST YEAR SO WE PACK ALL FEED FOR THE MULES AND WE NEEDED MULTIPLE TRIPS. ALL YOU BEAR GUYS LOOK FOR THE ACORNS, THEY WERE SHAKING THE TREES LIKE XMAS PRESENTS.

White beards are great fro hunting reindeer. LOL

Man great story and congrats.

They will enforce, I went through this this weekend on my pack trip, at the trailhead 3 greedy turds lets call them had their crap set up at the trailhead I am guessing getting ready for this weekend, they never showed for 7 days and then a tow truck was called in. LOL took 2 trailers out and some gear. I parked right on top of them and had my mules crapping all over camp in hopes they would show up. LOL Everyone deserves to camp where permitted to do so but if you cant get there before me you should camp somewhere else. Not fair to leave your crap and block it from others. I know some friends who leave their trailers and they got tickets 2 weeks ago. Don't know how much the fine was. Just stick to the dam rules and clean up your crap and maybe we will have nice forests in the future. Man this weekend it looked like a mass evacuation heading for payson. Bumper to bumper all the way from Rye to the 260 light in Payson. WOW I came down about 7 pm last night and saw it. CRAZY, I will be at home for sure, way too many mechanical devices headed up there for me to enjoy the peace and quiet of which there will be none.

Well we just got back from 7 days, many many stories and pics to come. Look in the bear section soon for more. Yes Big Bear down and packed out on the mules. I agree on the pack forum, just not enough need here. I will just post up on whatever adventures I have.

What do we think about a Packing Forum on Coues? I would love to learn and pass on info for packing and hunting if there was enough interest? I know there are a few guys here that do the horses? Maybe the forum bosses could look into it?

either everyone is hunting or theres not alot of interest. Oh well its tuff keeping up with all the hunting anyway.

QT it is, I checked this morning on the way to work and they had block, thanks

Where the heck can I get block ice? Anyone purchase lately? Leaving Friday night for deer hunt and 2 places I checked didn't have block? Oh and good luck to all Archery deer guys. 8 days in for me or bust.

I will tell you I have not hunted much with the mules actually with me, usually I do my scouting as pack trips with the mules and then backpack in to hunt. This time I am taking the mules along and in 8 days I think I will try every trick I can. I have hauled ice chests but this time they will stay at the truck for meat if I get something. I have even hauled 2 6 gallon water jugs with the mules so its pretty much whatever you want. In az of course we need to haul feed most of the time as well. So I will pack in and then highline/hobble and hunt on foot or ride right at em or rope em or we will see. The icechest haul is more for midnight rides with the buddies and cooler full of beer.

I love the jug and bottle idea but I just dont have the freezer space. I may do some water bottles and I will have to try some more stores for blocks. Anyone ever get block ice in payson or on the way up there?

Chapstick and water for sure

Tent. Made a pack trip for 4 days ounce and forgot the tent. Lucky it didn't rain. Slept under stars on ground old school 4 days.

Jay scott outdoors has a good one as well for the video.

+2 on caseys in flag, I will go out of my way to take meat there.

I am thinking I would have taken the shot, it was just the way I like it. Off the roads on the mules and I did the work and found them.

Headed up top with the mules and had some close encounters. Hard to photo while in the saddle and hold a pack string but heres one of 20 Turkeys in the area. Lots of goblets. Now for the elk pics This was a big guy and I was still mounted. He moved off and I didnt get a good shot of his antlers but he was 300 plus easy. This guy posed a bit as I waited to get the big bull on film. What do you think on the score for him? 240 maybe? There was one great moment not on film, I had a pack mule and then my wife with me and we rode into the middle of about 50 or more cows and calves and I am still getting chills now. We got right on top of them and then the forest erupted with calls and bodies in all directions. Amazing. For 10 minutes they were all around us talking back and forth so we backed out and then my wife says, why didnt you take pictures? OUCH, I was in shock still, I have never seen something like that. The mules did great and stood still as if they knew we were sneaking or something. LOL

Hey madx are those lamas in your avatar? Very cool I like lamas.

I understand on the score but since I am new to this I was figuring it for comparison. So if its was archery would you shoot that bull? I hope I would pass but I like the saying don't pass something the first day you would shoot on the last day.