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Species Application: TURKEY Drawn Hunt Number: 04018 Permit No: 000153 - Congratulations! Draw Successful. HECK YA!!!! my third turkey tag in 12 years!

My sweet 1969 Winchester Model 94 30-30 TRADED IT OFF This rifle shoots very, very well, I don't think there have been more than 100 rounds through it. Not hardly any wear, barrel is bright and action is super tight. The wood has to have been refinished, it is seemingly perfect. I don't think it has been around since 1969 without getting a ding somewhere. No rust anywhere, there are some small scratches visible in the pictures. I like to show any flaws so there are no surprises. The pictures make the scratches show up worse than they really are. Swivels installed front and rear and are tight. Hooded front sight. Flat older style rear butt plate. This is a great gun. I have owned it less than a year, but I have more 30-30's than I need. Sadly It has to go. Will consider trades for: AR 15 upper OR Lower 308Win/7.62X51 Nato ammo 5.56Nato/223rem ammo Gen 2 AR 10 magazines Another 1895G perhaps some other gun I don't have??? Whatcha got? OR $385 shipped to your FFL PICTURES HERE: Thanks for lookin.

everyday I read this thread and then click directly to this: http://www.azgfd.gov/eservices/draw.shtml Today I found a link and clicked it and got all excited and it was the fall draw LOL! I am way too mouse-clicker-happy sometimes!

Most hunters are good people as far as I have encountered, but there are plenty of jackasses who "also" hunt.

That story is awesome! Congrats old guy, never give it up with luck like yours! One more dead lion too! I love this story! Thanks for sharing.

That is truly bad luck my friend. I think I would have taken my rifle and blown his antler the rest of the way off and let it keep on falling to the bottom. It always makes a person feel bad to shoot one and not be able to recover it. But thats the nature of the beast sometimes. But hey ther are only about 56.3 million more elk out there so . . . Don't lose sleep over it, let them get farther from the canyon before you shoot them I guess?? That is truly a rare loss, thanks for sharing the pictures and risking life and limb to get them.

this story kind of stinks. . . .

I don't know about anyone else, but I have never worn rubber boots. I buy good hiking hunting boots with hard soles and that are waterproof. Once in a while I buy a set of scent lock hunting boots. I have flat worn out several sets of boots, and I find that the stiffer ones last longer. I think that rubber boots are good for scent containment, but lousy for hiking. If you were to sit in a treestand or blind all the time it may be beneficial to buy rubber boots. If you do any hiking/scouting/hunting I would buy a good set of Rocky, Danner, Browning, Wolverine, or even Cabelas waterproof boots with some insulation if you need. The more money you spend the better the boot in my humble opinion of course. Try some on if you can and get a feel for something that fits your feet. My .02

JOSH would have to be Gilligan, tall, skinny, ugly hat . . . . oh yes its you Gilligan!

Congrats, nice bull!

Kudos to you my friend for teaching the youngsters and next generation to carry on the wonderful God given right to hunt. And Archery even better!

Asbolutely awesome! Great shot placement too! Congrats!

Well as luck would have it I filled my archery tag this year. I took my buddy Scott along on my second ever archery Bull tag. (he called in my first ever archery kill back in 02 on a dink 5x6 bull) I got drawn for 7W. We packed up with high hopes and a lot of excitement. We hunted hard for 6 days, hiking, calling, glassing, I even took a shot and missed at a nice Bull on monday. Yes its true, nerves can really ruin a shot for these wapiti ha ha. We were in to elk every day and had some near shots, but never could capitalize. Stalking elk who are not calling can prove to be quite a challenge. So we hunted a nice bull in this large field Thursday morning, never got a shot opportunity. As I watched the bigger bull go bed down atop a large hill a mile away, I heard a small chuckle in the distance. I thought at first it may be yet another hunter making a feeble attempt at calling to the not-yet rutting bulls. We had heard some morning activity, and little evening talk, and pretty much seen a lot of bulls who were un-interested in calls. they might answer, but never did it persuade any of them to change their pace nor direction. As I closed the gap to this bull, I slowed to a creeping stalk. I closed to a narrow 40 yards before I finally caught a glimpse of him. I was not sure of his size, nor did I really care, I am not a trophy hunter by any means, I merely love the hunt, the stories and the learning experience and the friendships made and forged out in the field is what makes hunting so special to me. I saw he was 6x6 and that was good enough for me to shoot for sure! I clicked my rangefinder twice to make double sure he was 45 yards. Only his nose sticking out from the cedar tree. His five cows only ten yards away looked my direction one too many times and caught me in a small movement. The bull needed to take two steps to seal his fate. He did not comply at first and I stood there for what seemed like a year. . . his cows jumped and started walking off. He chuckled with a coarse raspy growl/chuckle and hopped left and then stepped out to the needed distance for me to send my rocket steelhead the now 50 yards into his shoulder and out the other side. Whomp! I could here the wet slumpy sound as my arrow chiseled its way out through the bones and meat. He spun and trotted off about a hundred yards and began to hump up. I rushed to the spot to find my arrow. The line of blood in the grass gave my heart the cool-down signal! "YES"! I hit him good! I began to slowly follow the trail for about 400 yards or so . . there in the field under a small tree I saw my bull give a few gasps and lay down. I dropped to my knees and Thanked God for this perfect day. We roughed him out at 340 and he has character too. I feel blessed to have succeeded in our beloved sport of archery and to be able to share it with anyone else. as Ol Uncle Ted would say "The beast is dead, Long live the beast!" Thanks for listening. here are some pics.

That is a really nice buck man, I would call it a 3x4 though, those eyeguards are huge!

I ate one in boy scouts a few years back . . . pretty good so I remember. Nowadays I blast them back to heck with my 12 guage. Leave em for the dang crows and worms.

Both the skull and JR's Mug look like CARPS to me ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

amen buddy.

Great Elk my friend! Awesome! Congratulations!

Congrats on a great bull my elk slayin-friend

What an awesome buck! Thanks for sharing, and CONGRATULATIONS!

ha ha no!

Thanks Redman! ya his curves are so cool, here is a crappy cell pic of those beam curves.

awesome bull bro!

go to AR15.com and you can read for weeks about eotechs atop all the ar platforms.

welcome aboard, a lot of the people on here "KNOW" coues deer. . . I mean they flat know their stuff! You have come to the right place man! Good luck on your hunt!