Str8Shot

hunt the same as all the rest ...All Day Hard !!! In 36B weather can be crazy( may be really so this El Nino) and deer movement even crazier... Don't Shy away from the thick well shaded cuts and once the hunt begins the nastier the terrain the better the bucks ( usually ) look for Ocotillios and put on some miles you will get your crack at em !

I thought all game from last week forward will be called "CECIL" ?

You can get the Harbor freight 150PSI model like the Viair ( a little less CFM) for 59 bucks .... I have had no issues and have been using the same one for last 5 years... with 33" tires it takes about 5 mins from 10 - 35 LBS The Viair may save you a couple minutes ... But as someone, crack another beer ! Look up the Q industries too .. That is what my dad runs and has Same specs as Viair for about $80

From what I understand the pictures circulating is of a previous lion Kill ... supposedly It is is a Palmer official that has stated a crossbow was used .. lark is right about us all getting drug through the Mud and liberals choose to ignore how majority of big game hunts fuel the conservation programs and economies of many African regions. This is a bit strange for me , since my daughter and sister (both shoot, hunt and fish) are in SA right now and yesterday were walking lions.

dang ... heck of a paddle board ride ... Insane !

I wish I lived in Heber ! Well, at least half the year .... as for low moral fortitude it does not take rants about missing cams to see that, unfortunately I hate that includes fellow hunters who despite knowing a law choose to break it because it benefits them. I am not berating someone for using a cam , I have friends that use them without having to bolt them to trees and to my knowledge none have lost a cam yet. laws can be amended if you are all so passionate about it take the steps to try to change it ... If enough people keep ignoring the law and they decide to do something about it, I am sure it will something that will really be upsetting to all that use them , even the guys that do it following the rules.

AWESOME !

Someone beat me to the punch on this response but what about the situation of the guy that shot that sheep with Sonoran outfitters? He went back to them 2 or 3 times until the sheep incident happened. Should he have to suffer the consequences? This guy was not a novice or new to Trophy Hunting Africa and while I believe it would be hard if not impossible to make any poaching charge stick to him since he can use the fact he was guided and thought it was legal, something tells me a guy that got a year probation for lying to feds about location of harvesting a bear may have had an inclination that what was happening was not 100% legit ... I know for dang sure if I am handing anyone $55,000 or even $5,000 to hunt that way I am going to see the tag and proper paperwork before day one of hunting. From all I have read about the hunter with Sonoran, he was naive and got taken advantage of, something I doubt he lets happen again. I wish I could say I thought the same way about this dentist, but for me something seems off about the whole situation... I may be wrong and honestly Hope I am , but the damage the liberals love to see is done...

I am on the side of Hunters being ethical and not making us all HUNTERS look bad... not breaking the rules and putting Hunting in jeopardy ... It is ILLEGAL IN AFRICA TO KILL COLLARED BIG GAME.... this is not a novice hunter at crossbow range on a cat that every picture and video shown up to weeks before anyone could easily see the collar breaking his mane and hanging below his neck ... You may not like laws/rules ( I do not like them all either) but when individuals choose to look the other way and break them it does have the potential to affect us all. p.s. you probably believe Tom Brady had nothing to do with deflating balls

What facts are missing ? He had a collar ... AT crossbow range they did not miss seeing the collar ... Pretty sure all involved were aware of what they were doing ... This is not the dentists first time breaking a law and he is not new to hunting Big Game in Africa ... I say give him a knife and drop him off with it in the middle of the Savanna

heck of a deal right there... Enjoy

Well here are the transcripts from May,2 2014 Marlon A. Holden Docket # 2014-0035 Holden pled not guilty in the Wilcox Justice Court for Citation 225917: Count A: Fail to tag immediately (mule deer); Count B: Invalid use of tag; and Citation 225919: Count A: Take over limit of mule deer; Count B: Possess unlawfully taken wildlife; and Count C: Export unlawfully taken wildlife. Court findings: All charges dismissed without prejudice; no conviction. This hearing before the Commission is held pursuant to the provisions of ARS. § 17-314. The Department asserts that Marlon A. Holden was responsible for the loss of one (1) trophy mule deer. Holden was not present. The Department received a letter from Mr. Holden’s attorney that Mr. Holden declined to be present. The case officer was present and answered questions for the Commission. Motion: Madden moved and Mansell seconded THAT THE DEPARTMENT BE DIRECTED TO COLLECT CIVIL DAMAGES OR TO BRING CIVIL ACTION AGAINST MARLON A. HOLDEN TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT OF $8,000.00 FOR THE LOSS OF ONE (1) TROPHY MULE DEER; THAT HE BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE, AND PROVIDE PROOF TO THE DEPARTMENT’S LAW ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, BEFORE APPLYING FOR ANY OTHER LICENSE TO HUNT IN THIS STATE; AND FURTHER MOVE THAT THE DIRECTOR, AS SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION, BE DIRECTED TO SIGN AND ISSUE A FINDING OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND AN ORDER IN THIS MATTER PURSUANT TO THIS MOTION. and this is from the official public record ... looks like no criminal but Civil Fines and Provisions were cited before being able to Hunt in AZ again

Great tent ... can't go wrong at that price !

That hunt can not come fast enough for you Murphy .... Some Good Looking Bulls with velvet peeling from tips are getting ready to start abusing trees ... Good luck on that Hunt

JP .. I never said you can not use trail cameras .. but under the Law .. trail cameras are personal property that once left unattended for more than 24 hours considered abandoned... and cutting or defacing of a live tree is in violation...

For those who say they know the rules.... How many have read them ... These are the general rules and definitions and each category including Timber and Other Forest Products 261.6... http://www.fs.fed.us/lei/forest-rules.php ... Like I said I do not make them and I do not think as many Hunters are ignorant to them as much as they choose not to follow them ... p.s. a CWT brawl in a National Forest would be breaking the law

The ignorance and idiotic remarks are comical ... I am sure the Dentist in Minnesota played dumb about not knowing it was illegal to kill Collared Big Game in Africa .... Ignorance is BLISS! , right ?

yep. i gave the forest service guy some crap at saguaro lake years ago when they came up with the passes and boat stickers. he said it was because they were subcontracting cleaning up the lake and what not. so wtf do they do now, just collect fees? They collect the fees to fund Obama's Golfing and travel Fund !

well right now it's like 30 guys vs 2 so probably not good I like those odds .. would get a handful to join me in the hospital before I went down .... Of course like any wolf pack take out the Alpha and the rest turn tail confused ! Though these days I like keeping a hold of my guns would not be worth losing them over 30 upset camera guys !

Go to Top of the World and head North West a little

If you think I am justifying the taking of someone's cam because it is drilled into a tree , then you have not read what I have written ... I have no respect for thieves ... but i do not like hypocrisy and do look at the way laws are written .... simply pointing out facts and stating the truth

Come on guys! is that the best you can do to someone pointing out the facts .. Trying to call me a woman or stupid .... I know you gotta be a little more edumucated than that ... I mean at least lark would have some good witt served up in his comments. I Know most you master-baiters and cam users got your panties bunched up when the bait ban happened but if you want to try and insult me saying I am a woman, then this is one woman who would make your wives lesbians !

LOL... ghost, if I make bad choices I do not blame others for it ... I speed plenty but do not cry if I get caught and have to pay ...

I hope someday they make cam Users register their cams sounds like a good TAX imo.... and then really enforce the laws already on the books ...

No crying just showing how much ignorance embraces so many hunters that choose to ignore laws because it benefits them ! ... Working on premier status ...