MULEPACKHUNTER

Bananas, blue berries, strawberries, lite yogurt, cup of black coffee, gets me to lunch time.

Awsome hunt, love those wet drizzle days in az

I knew you had a trail cam up there.

65 lb pack up mesquite canyon trail in the white tanks tonight. Ouch

2017 train to hunt, archery deer for 10 days total here in az in Jan, put in for Nevada deer, put in for Kansas deer, put in for elk az, dream of otc elk in Colorado, quail hunt before season ends, archery deer in August, hike Grand Canyon again somewhere in there.

Haha, Monday was good to us, big hike in Tucson with my family along with light Asian lunch and downtaown walking then a few miles in the mall. Big drive home late last night and no snacks other than raw nuts and water. Headed for the range today for a hike and shoot.

Good to see this forum pop back up, I'm right there in the same boat somewhat. I have managed to stay in decent shape but for sure not where I was last year. I too had some major injuries but luckily I was not sick. My life schedule turned around 180 which afforded me double or triple the amount of time in the woods but my fitness schedule went out the window and has not been back. My diet I have managed to keep on the level but alcohol is up in the ranks. Headed out for another backpack hunt next week and I know it's going to be a grind. My 2017 goal is to train and compete in the train to hunt in Tucson this may. I have already started learning some of the workouts and I have been hiking and shooting. If my shoulder holds up I hope to drop 10 lbs and ease back to my 2105 fitness level. My main deal is dreaming of hiking way off in the hills for my some day archery bull tag. I don't want to be behind on fitness when that happens.

Would love to hear the whole story as well at some point.

Hey nick if you don't mind sending me your address I'll send a check asap. Pm of course

Wholly crap dude, nice work congrats.

Hey carter if you do 5bs let me know and I'll offer some help. I put a bunch of time scouting and hunting there and we had a bunch of chances at elk wary archery.

6 in in Heber

Over the years we have pulled away for mainstream and we don't do gifts at Christmas. We make a big effort to spend time with our spread out family instead. With that said we still bring house warmers on occasion. Lol my house will be very warm this season.

Just ordered 2 sets, out of stock though.

Wow sweet buck congrats

Right in my backyard, I can come out and haul steel and spot and film if you guys don't mind a loafer?

Being a glass half full guy I say awsome, more hunting, shoot 2 in one hunt and get away with it? Sounds good to me. Great trip buddy

Hate hate hate it! It hurts bad. Very good for you though.

Made 2 days of glassing and found 1000 quail and 12 pigs with zero deer mixed in there somewhere.

Maybe I am off base and I hope maybe I am. I hope it's just a temporary shortfall of funding but I am thinking commun sense and all possibility of even lackluster management of an agency is completely out the window. America the beautiful pass equals 85.00 plus 15.00 for boating pass and your good for the year on tonto right? Nope , toss that and 85.00 for both! Well I didn't buy this year so 4 dollars is all they got. Now I drive down to the lake and ,,,, oh the gates are locked to the boat ramp? Ok no big deal we launch in the dirt. Fast forward to the next day we come back to pull out and forest service is using the ramp! They pull out and lock the gate back up! I am confused, why exactly am I paying for lake use? I am so pissed right now. The place is a mess, really embarrassing to see , pit toilets are worthless, Ok I'm done but tonto national forest can kiss my bum, coal for Christmas for you dopes.

Yes the sup or stand up boards pay as well. Those are fun and a good workout by the way.

Hey dirtbag my buddy told me his dad killed on day 6 and he was 165. Nice old ram but just didn't have mass like yours. They had a great hunt as well. They rocked 16 mules in there quite a few miles. Congrats man that's a beast for that area.

It's not a ramp fee but a watercraft fee. Believe it or not they charge a family for kayaks. Same a a boat even though it does not need to be registered ( oh and yes you pay for registration of watercraft) Sao wether you launch it or not you pay to get to the water. Cost me some cash to take the kids out with the kayaks last year! Some facilities are well mantained and I have no problem with paying, but Bartlett lake is a joke.

I will say rosy is better but I was at Bartlett lake. Oh and the genius in the forest service boat decides he needs to clean the 300 motor out in the parking lot and fires it up right there out of the water! What a dope. They will be trying to figure out why it's overheating next trip out! Sounded cool thoug. Lol We caught cats all night. Nothing was stolen but I did pull the truck over to an old guy camping and asked him to police the area, he was happy to.