Yuma Outdoorsman

Looks like there was 1 killed recently. Hunting the desert just isn't as easy as shooting spikes off the side of the road in the mountains or sitting trails coming to and from farmland. The Kofas don't have either of that and the water holes aren't worth sitting due to all the rain that's been had out there. The bucks are in full rut mode out there from what I've been told though and it doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon.

I saw a post made on HuntAz’s Instagram page. I am not trying to steal anyone’s thunder and I apologize if the hunter did not want any publicity but I think this is just bad butt that he shot this in a super tough unit and did not allow his disabilities prevent him from getting it done. Congratulations to him.

Has anybody seen this before? I just saw it on Instagram, pretty crazy.

I forgot how to find bucks so have become a nature photographer. Here are a couple photos of does I took my last time out.

Thank you!

Let them see me before I saw them. They hate that.

Depends on location. I talked to sheep guides scouting for sheep during the rifle deer hunt in the 40's units were seeing bucks in full rut mode back in first week of November. The bucks were full on sparring and getting after it chasing does. They were up where the sheep were though. I have been out twice this archery season and have seen plenty of does but only little spikes/forkies chasing them around so far. I don't think it'll be too much longer before the rut gets wide open and the big boys show up.

Found 4 different 11 pointers and they were all with does. 2 of them were pushing and sniffing pretty hard. It was 29° in the desert This morning. Absolutely love it!

I saw this buck several times during the rifle hunt in November and my 7yr old daughter tried her hardest to get me to shoot him but I told her there was no chance I was going to. 🤣

Great story and glad you were able to get Mr. Big. He is a beautiful ram!

I know somebody who bought a Non-Resident tag and when he hit “submit” at 12:01am, there had already been 1,000 tags processed. Not sure where he saw that number but that’s what he Said.

Dang man what a cool story! That is freaking amazing! Good job and congratulations again.

Sorry to post it without asking man. I did not know you were a member. I can delete this post so you can make a post and story yourself. I just saw it and was blown away. You kicked butt. Congratulations.

You do miss out on a lot of good and bad but I mostly used it to follow hunting and fishing stuff so I avoid a lot of the BS also. I just thought what this gentleman accomplished is worth sharing.

Sportsman’s warehouse in yuma had 8 boxes of 25-06 today. I didn’t notice price or what grain but I did see the caliber.

Walmart In my area usually has a couple boxes from time to time and when they do I started buying them when I saw them.

For those of you who shoot lighted nocks, is there a preference you have found that you like one brand over the other? Is there a noticeable drop at longer distance (50+ yards)? I am thinking on switching to a lighted nock for hunting this season but was just curious what some you have experienced with them. Thanks for any input.

Got the nocks in and finally had a chance to shoot them and they work as advertised. I did not see any drop in my arrows out to 70 yards. They flew the same as my other nocks. Pretty happy with these lighted nocks. Have some friends that bought some so will see how they like them.

Great photos!

Nice buck! Congrats to your wife! She must be extremely happy!

Spring training games are pretty cool for something different. Trout fishing at Big Lake is one of my favorites. Catching a Rodney Carrington show when he’s in the area is always fun!

I ended up ordering those Deepower nocks. See how they work for me.

I think everybody here is happy for you and wants you to be successful in your pursuit for 4 coues in one year. That is seriously quite the accomplishment. I think it rubbed a few guys wrong at first how it seemed you put the cart ahead of the horse claiming you were going to shoot 100" bucks or bust and then settled for something smaller. I don't blame you though. We all have the goal to shoot a "book" buck before our hunts start and sometimes that doesn't work out and you shoot what is available. No shame in that. I hope your next buck is your biggest this year and you accomplish your goal of 4 coues bucks regardless of the scores. Good luck man.

I saw this on youtube and thought it was pretty interesting.

I will check those out!