Hatchet Jack

thanks for the input fellers. I have gone back and forth about ten times but i now think i've settled on the 15's. Of course i gotta wait until i've finished paying off the wife's student loans this summer before i buy a pair. that'll give me plenty of time to mull it over whether i wanna break the bank and go w/ the SLCs or settle for the zeiss or meopta

the only reason I'm not jumping on this is cuz I've yet to look through a pair myself, but if what I've heard of them is true this is a smoking deal.

Got my javelina rifle tag in the mail the other day, never got charged for the tag but they did charge me twice for the application.

cool, thanks for the pointers. i'll put up some pics if I'm successful.

5guys those are sweet. Do you just use peroxide to whiten them? Also is it easier to get the brain out before or after simmering?

Long time listener, first time caller... This is my first year hunting az, I drew the 27 late rifle bull tag. I've heard some horror stories on how crowded it gets, anybody have any insight on what to expect as far as crowds go? I've done a good amount of scouting and know where I want to focus my time, I just don't want to see 399 other hunters in that canyon opening morning. The areas I plan on hunting have very little road access, and i'll be getting in there at least a few miles on foot to glass. I'm hoping most of the people are road hunters. I know the country fairly well and where I expect to find elk, I just don't know what to expect once you throw in the chaos of 400 hunters. Anybody have experience here? many thanks in advance.

well fellers I made a trip this weekend... put on several miles on the boots, most of them off the rim. Saw a group of cows w/ a raghorn was all for elk. Did turn up some nice rams and 4 bears so it was still a good weekend. There's got to be elk in there, just couldn't find them. Maybe they're still hanging top... Oh well we'll find em. They are where they're at.

That's a bad feeling. I hit a really good non typical buck this year and couldn't find him. found blood and everything, zig zagged that side hill and the bottom 4 times. it was just thick and I was by myself. I even went back the next weekend and looked for crows and hiked the canyon again but didn't see anything.

Thanks for the input guys. My last late elk hunt was in Wyo a few years back. I believe it got to -13 one day, plus that wind. Killed one about a mile and half from the road in about 18 inches of crusted snow. that pack out sucked. I imagine this will be much worse if i'm lucky. that's half the fun right?