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Its a special type of person who will pay tons of money for a special breeded high fence hunt and then they can pat themselves on the back after they shot it. Look there is a monster! Shoot it before its runs away!! Oh wait it can't and its used to people petting it. But all jokes aside I would do private property and high fence in a large plot of land for a cheap price. But spending over 5k to shoot a tame animal not really.

Look on line, and look at craiglist a 3-6 months before the hunt starts. There are owners out there that just sell a few tags. Big ranches usually have outfitters and it will cost you a total probably around 3-5k. Depending on the land size it can cost you from 1k-3k for a landowner tag. You need to be diligent in searching. I paid once for a outfitter the first time. It was 4k. So I searched and searched. I got lucky a guy on a ranch of 50,000 acres was looking for quality safe, ethical hunters he can trust year after year. He refuses outfitters. That add came out on Muley Crazy.com. after a google search. He posted it 15min before and I quickly called him. He is a great guy and he got to hand pick the people to hunt this land that he trust and its the same people every year. So lots of email, lots of phone calls. You might get lucky and find a good ranch at a good price. Good luck

Ok Im a lic plumber and business owner. My best best friend is a lic electrician and business owner. You won't find a 6 figured job unless you travel the country for the union non stop. But if he really wants to apply himself it won't be hard to get a head of piers in AZ. Just take code classes at MCC and some Architectural classes from there too. Soak it up. Apply yourself! If its something he has not done raise your hand and say i want to learn. Business owners love these type of people. In 4 years he can get a JM card in AZ. In 5 years he can own his own business. If not he is already miles ahead in field. He will be making more then most. Keep at it he will be running jobs with 10 people under him. IN 8 years he could have 20 people under him making 6 figures. If he is there just for the paycheck then he is just like everyone else at at 45k-65k. Nothing wrong with that but if he wants it, construction in AZ the hungry person for advancement makes it far!! Some of my good guys are at 66-70k. My real hungry guys for achievement are at 70-90k. And Ive had 2 people work with me that were the best! But they started their own company. That is how AZ works though

Well done

This happen in Aug and really never got around to it. But since I've been home all day for the holidays here we go! Opening morning we got to our high spot and right away looking down I see a decent buck but with nice cutters. I hmm and haw at him and said out loud there is no way this guy is on the Property. Pulled up OnX and lo and behold he is sitting right in the middle of a 1/4 squal mile island of the property surrounded by State land. I put my gun on him and my hunting partner said wait a second I want to film this. I'm on the gun just waiting and waiting. And of course once he is ready the buck started moving after grunting at us the whole time. He ran a bit and stopped. Only at 450 yards I shoot and right over his back. On video it looked like a few inches over his back. He ran off of his little island and back on state land. I thought that was weird how I missed so bad. My hunting partner finds a nice buck a mile out. Through the spotting scope he looked good. He bedded down, So I stayed on the high ground and guided him into him. He gets into 300 yards and sets up waiting for him stand up. After 15 mins or more he stands up. Watching through his spotter I see dust and then a boom. I couldn't believe he missed that buck, then he radios me and says that's not me!!! The buck runs towards him and stops 150 yards in front of Kyle. He radios and says should I shoot him? And then through the binos I watched the buck fall over and then a boom. He radios back and said thats not me!. Some other hunter 600 yards out just shot him. I guess the hunter bedded the buck last night and he told Kyle he was very grateful for not shooting this buck. I guess something like that happen on a bull elk hunt a couple years ago and they got into it with the other hunter that tried to take his elk that he just killed. Well Kyle stayed on the south side of the valley and I stayed on the north side of the property and just worked the valley. I glassed up a nice buck and took after him. In the mean time that same buck I shot and missed started following me staying about 400 yards out and grunting. Can't do anything about he is still on State. I got set up at 600 yards on this bedded buck waiting for him to stand. Once up I made my shot and missed again! Dude what the! What is going on. I hiked back to the truck and picked up kyle. I found a hill and shot at a cow patty at 500 yards and was about 10 inches high. I have no idea why my zero is off. But we go find a spot and re zero it back. Found a soft ball size rock at 500 yards and smack in the center. Ok ok good to go! We made a couple attempts on some bucks but nothing happen. Now its even time and now we are on the bluff looking over the whole area planning for tomorrow. Sure enough that same buck comes off the bluff 500 yards away grunting at us for 20 mins. He slowly comes down. I told Kyle Im going after this SOB. He said he is on state. Yep and he is heading towards the private property. I was waiting for him to get some distance from us. I run down the hill with my gear and the buck goes over this little 4 ft knoll and now he can no longer see me. So I just walk to that knoll. My spotter radios, he is feeding with some does. The 2 does I asked? Yep! Ok perfect because those does are on the property. I come over the knoll and ranged him at 710 yards and can't get prone due to the high grass. So I extend out the bipods to 36" and grab my second hand held bipod and rest it under the rear stock. Boom and dropped him. My 280AI that Lance did the load development shooting 160TMKs at 3100fps has broken every animals spine which has been 5 animals. It does what bergers do but just more! All hits have been center mass and it still breaks the spine or damages the spine. I really need to do a write up on that bullet. But Sadly we haven't seen any of them for over a year now. The next morning we started about 1/2 mile from day 1. Same thing Kyle finds a buck that looks wide and cool looking. We went back and fourth between 2 bucks to go after. He couldn't decide but the wide one bedded down. I told Kyle Just drive the truck around down in the valley and park it 800 yards out. The buck can't see you due to these 15ft high rolling hills that are about 100 yards long. So he does just that and I watch the whole thing again from a mile out. He gets up to a shooting position. Same thing he's waiting for him to stand up. So after 20-30 mins Im bored and start texting Lance what Kyle is waiting for. Lance is now texting me back with questions marks.........anything? Nope but we have truck coming our way. I radio Kyle and told him a truck is coming. Probably be there in 10 mins. Lance texts back and if you can see his vital and have a good shot take it. So I rely back to Kyle if you have a good shot take it. He radios back and says Im getting ready. At the same time im texting Lance whats going on play by play. He shoots and hits him hard. He gets up from the shot and moves 10 ft and sits back down. Kyle re adjust and shoots again and dumps him. Side note Lance didn't have a tag this year gave it to his daughter and helped another youth hunter. With Kyles buck, my buck and the people that was with Lance that was 6 bucks down in 24hrs!! It was a fun hunt! Kyles buck looks cool and looks big in pics but didn't even score 70inchs

Do It!!! I didn't hear how it all went down for you guys

I do everything in this vid and I use the foam technique. I lay in a prone and have the gun in my shoulder where it feels comfortable and move scope forward or back until sight aligns. My back doors are glass sliding and I aim at the block walls where the blocks are level. I level the scope reticles on the block while the gun sits comfortable in my shoulder.

I hope you do!! This is why I go to New Mexico or Wyoming lol

Mosquitoes were bad!! Did you have the white truck?

This is sooo cool!!! Congrats

Great jobs guys

Can't wait for the story!

Well done and congrats

11 pointers taste sooooo good lol

You need to vote for them everyday for a few week. Facebook, messenger, text, and emails he hit me up to vote. I love the dude but it got real annoying

WOW!!! Congrats

Congrats

Im in Gilbert and had to take the course in Safford. The classes fill up right when it opens. I had to keep the page open on my computer and refreshed the page 2-3 times a day to look for an opening. Then Safford open up. But yeah I wish 3rd parties to make these. I would of paid for that.

This is great!!

Well done and congrats

Nice buck congrats

Well done Adam!! Another great trip

Super Proud dad here! Hunted down south day after Thanksgiving. Suppose to meet up with other hunters but went to the wrong pin. It was sketchy with the trailer and didn't want to back out in the dark. So we went solo and took off with the Ranger. Found some good hills and started glassing. A few moments later a solo hunter drove by on his Ranger. We glassed for 30 min and moved to the next vantage point. Minutes later I ran into that other hunter on the Ranger. I haven't been to this part of the unit and he told me it doesn't go any farther. I said is it ok we glass over here. I don't have a tag and its just my 10 year old son who has it and will shoot the first thing with horns. He said yeah I love helping out young hunters. We started talking a bit and getting to know each other. Then my son said 10 feet away on the binos " I see some deer". He glassed up 300 yards away and the other hunter Mark said those are bucks. We were about to hike to them for a shooting position and Mark said they moved east. He has been hunting this spot of his for years. He said follow me I know where they are going. We played cat and mouse with these deer all morning. He then glassed up a nice little 60" buck and we watched him for a bit. 600 yards out my son cant shoot that. Soon we lost that buck and then relocated the bucks my son found earlier. Same thing cat and mouse and then finally he bedded down behind cat claws. We moved north and south trying to get a good shooting spot. Found a 400 yard shot open vitals but we looking into the sun so the glare on the scope and the deer on the north slope in the shade he disappear in the scope. The binos we can see him though. So the shot was blind. I told him Mark since its so windy around 15 mph wind i bet he will let us walk up close. We got up to 250 yards and couldn't get any closer. My son stayed on the gun like below for about an hour. The deer got up and he had it in sights and bumped his gun. I got up to help him and he relocated it. I was next to him when he shot and Mark yelled out right over his back. The buck went behind bushes again back and fourth. A couple times I had to get up and relocate it for my son. I tell you this was hard with a 10 year old. After another hour of this he stepped out and I told my son you need to shoot him now or he will move again. Right through the neck into the vitals since he was quarter facing down hill. He dropped like a sack of potato's. Mark and I were shouting, hoot and howling. My son turned and said did I get him? I said yeah that's why we are screaming with joy lol!!! I have yet sat on my gun that long for a shot and he didn't complain once!! So proud of him. So thankful for the other hunter who wanted to see him get one. True sportsmen right there. I got his info and Im planning on sending him a 100 gift card to Texas Road House for thanks. I don't think Ive could of made it happen on that buck with out his help and locating and relocating the deer. He texted me today he glassed up a 110 and trying to find him again. Best of luck Mark! Thank you.

He got his buck Tuesday even. A nice 80 inch buck

Love it congrats