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Cleaning out my office & have a box full of miscelanious stuff left over from when I tried to open a little shop several years ago. I'm too busy to mess around with taking pics & trying to sell it on ebay, etc, so if anyone wants it, all they have to do is come & get it, otherwise I'll be tossing it all on Monday night. I have: Brand new stuff: 1 doz raw shafts Easton 2512 xx78 superslams (Aluminums) 1/2 doz. raw shafts Easton 2315 xx75 (Aluminums) 1 doz raw shafts Beman Black Max 400 (Carbons) Bohning 5-arrow quiver Kwikee 6-arrow quiver Specialty ARchery, featherlite adjustable stabilizer various smaller items like peep sights, bow jacks silencers, etc. bunch of AAE fletchings, various colors & sizes Used stuff: couple different PSE 2 piece quivers 2 Wildview original trail cams (were still working, haven't tried them in a while) Jo-Jan 6-arrow fletching jig (the big aluminum one) old arrow straightener 11 Easton ACC 3-60/340s cut to 28", different fletches, couple w/ busted nocks 14 PSE Radial X-weave Pro 200's, different fletches, a few need new fletches. Come get it before the trash guy does. Matt

Ok, a couple of the guys that wanted some stuff couldn't make it out, so I still have the following items left over: Brand new stuff: 1/2 doz. raw shafts Easton 2315 xx75 (Aluminums) 1 doz raw shafts Beman Black Max 400 (Carbons) various smaller items like peep sights, bow jacks silencers, etc. bunch of AAE fletchings, various colors & sizes Used stuff: couple different PSE 2 piece quivers old arrow straightener 14 PSE Radial X-weave Pro 200's, different fletches, a few need new fletches.

You said it, they're neat, but expensive. I've hit 4 myself, but now shoot at different spots if I'm closer than 40.

Thanks for the suggestion. Does anyone happen to know if they're a franchise or a proprietorship? I'd much rather deal with small business owners then prostitute myself out to the larger corporations who are breaking small shops.

Nobody asked specifically for those arrows so you guys can have them if you want them.

Looks like one guy wants the cams, another is going to snatch up the Bemans & another wanted to swing buy tomorrow & pick up whatever was left. Thanks for the interest. I'm sick of my office being cluttered, but have a hard time tossing anything I paid for. I'm glad someone else will get some use from this stuff. Matt

Heck, I'm easy. I'd love to get any bear (that didn't come from build-a-bear) with my bow. On second thought, I'd take one from build-a-bear too if it gave me a clean shot. Great pics man, I always love seeing bears on the cam & even more in person!

Thanks. I've got a couple toys & have been known to dabble.

I used to be all about the spot & stalk game & managed to work my way into a couple of shot opportunities. The last couple years, though, I've switched to glassing as a scouting tool, along with trail cams, & sitting ambushes during the actual season. The main reason for my switch is that the area that I normally hunt has a good deer population, but it's very difficult stocking country. Almost impossible to close the gap undetected. In other units, stalking may be a better fit. Anyhow, I'd say the proper tactic depends on the hunter & the area together. Spotting & stalking, you'll see a lot more deer. Sitting ambushes, you'll get more close encounter & shot opportunities. Just my 2 cents.

you can still find 2010 & 2011 Diamond Black Ice bows on ebay for smoking prices. I'm currently shooting an 08 model & it's the best bow I've ever had. Smooth, pretty quick, lite weight & very accurate. Don't know why Diamond discontinued the model, but it was a mistake. Best bow they've made so far.

Ain't that the truth. About every three weeks I rotate my cams to other spots looking for that big KAHUNA! I'm constantly looking for new spots, but have a few spots that I work every year over & over again. I've yet to latch on to a true monster, but I usually get some pics of quite a few decent bucks. It's fun to get familiar with specific deer too. There's a couple deer in my area that I recognize on site, including a dog-eared doe that I think I may have lost this year, but I saw her w/ fawns for three years in a row prior. I saw her in person a few times & I got a few trail cam pics of her. There's also a certain buck with an easily identifyable rack running around. Not very long points, but good with & lots of them. I've seen him for about three years now & he was still going strong in Jan of this year.

i've currently got 3 out & am thinking about adding a couple more. Can't cover too much ground.

I've killed a half dozen large animals using NAP Nitron 100's. The thing I like about these is that they are made out of 100% steel & have a very short profile. While no fixed blade broadhead really flies like a field point, these are the ones that I've used that fly the closest, due to the short profile & relatively small surface area of the blades, yet they still have a 1 1/16" cutting diameter. This year I switched to using G5 T3's (mechanicals). Again, these are all steel construction & have a very large cutting diameter, I think around 1 1/2". I made the switch after gut shooting a string-jumping coues buck last Jan that I was unable to recover after more than 4 hours of tracking. I figure that a bigger hole can only help my cause if I make another bad hit. I've yet to kill something with the T3 broadhead, but I missed a spike with one & the arrow deflected off a juniper branch & bounced off some rocks & resulted in only 1 broken blade. The key for me is that I almost always hunt in rocky, nasty canyons & so I need something tough (i.e. using all steel heads). I shot Muzzy's & Thunderheads many, many years ago & didn't like them, because they were made with mushy aluminum ferrules & did not stand up well to missed shots. I'd stay away from anything that's made out of aluminum if you're hunting in the desert. Matt

Way to go Dougie! That's how you start the new year.

Bought a foreclosure that needs some fixin up & I had some electrical work done that required some holes in the sheet rock. Now I need somebody to patch it up. If anyone's interested or knows someone who does this type of work, they can contact me at (602)908-2931. I'm willing to pay a fair price or will swap for some custom machine work if there's a tinkerer w/ a project in mind.

My company is looking for someone who is an experienced Swiss Style Lathe machinist to program & set-up a new machine we are purchasing. At this point I'm not certain if it will be a Citizen or Tsugami brand machine, but certainly one of those two. We prefer someone w/ at least 5 years of experience, but will consider someone with less experience if they are talented. Must be comfortable working with tight tolerances, as most of what we do is aerospace work. We will also consider assisting with relocation for the right candidate. Anyone interested should send their resume to m.stevens@jrthunt.com. Thanks. Matt Stevens GM / Manufacturing Engineer JRT Hunt, Inc. (480) 968-5928 x112

anyone who has eaten from a street stand in Rocky Point has already had cat, dog, rat & anything else that can be "acquired" economically. Those tacos sure are good, aren't they?!

Where are these dogs located? ARe they in Thatcher? I've called the number twice now & still no one has picked up. Thanks.

My bowhunting resume is very modest myself. I've only nailed a couple deer, a couple javis & a couple dozen rabbits. I'm very, very far from expert on anything related to hunting, but I'm more than willing to share the mistakes I made & learned from. I missed a lot of deer early on due to poor distance judging when all I had to do was practice at some longer ranges & use a dang range finder... STUPID! & as for trailcams, well aside from scouting benefits, they're just a great hobby all in their own right. I've got 9 or 10 out right now, all of which are currently on dead batteries, but I know I'll have some great shots whenever I make it out to refresh them.

Spot on... as usual!

I love getting kitties on camera. He looks like a biggin for sure!

I hear ya & see your point w/ a newbie. If you'd of talked to me about 6-7 years ago, you'd not even think you were speaking to the same person now, in regard to bowhunting. I wouldn't even use a sight w/ more than 3 pins, because after all, if you're shooting more than 40 yards, you might as well be rifle hunting. Use a laser rangefinder or electronic scouting camera?! Are we hunting or waging international espionage against those animals! I had a lot of ethics & high standards, but what I didn't have were any kills with my bow. At some point I got smart & realized that we all work, have families, etc. Our time is limited & it's worth while to buy some gadgets & try some new tricks to get the most out of that limited time in the field. Needless to say, I put a lot more arrows in animals the last few years than I ever did back then. Anyhow, I would never suggest for anyone to take a shot outside of their confidence zone, but I would encourage everyone to try to extend that zone. Killing deer in Az w/ a bow & arrow is tough, especially in the desert. We've got the lowest success rate for do-it-yourselfers in the country. You guys work hard at your scouting, work smart at the practice range & make the most out of every opportunity you get, because most people don't get that many in a season. Good luck!

I've done some backpacking up in the Pinalenos & don't think I'd go that road for a rifle hunt. There's deer up there for sure, but not much visibility to glass. Seems more like treestand & salt country to me. I have glassed up some nice bucks south of 266, but only in January, don't know what it'd be like in Oct.

Making blanket statements on the internet based on your opinions rather than facts is dumb. I shoot 68lbs. & get great penentration out to 80 yards. Probably wouldn't shoot that far at a big animal like an elk that has thick hide & heavy bones, but on small deer, like coues, there's no reason not to except for the obvious reason: you simply can't hit the mark. The topic of long archery shots is probably one of the more highly debated on the internet. Bottom line, in my opinion, is if you can hit the target at 100 yards, then your arrow will do the job once it gets there. Ethical/ unethical, smart/dumb, all depends on the situation (wind, animals' level of alertness, visibility, etc.), skill level of the shooter & the confidence level the shooter has at that moment. If you're sure you can make the shot, then I say take it & live with the results, good or bad. If you think you'll probably miss, but take it anyway just so you can say you had a shot, that's probably a poor decision.

I've killed deer w/ my bow in that unit the last two years & had a chance to make it three this Jan, but let a little guy walk. As already stated, glass, glass, glass... then when you're butt's too sore to sit any longer, spend about 5 minutes stretching, then plop ur rear down & start glassing some more. Tip #2, if you don't like crowds, get away from the roads (especially on the south end of the unite between Superior & Gonzalez pass), but if you can deal w/ the crowds, you can see some nice ones w/out too much hiking..... if you glass enough. Tip #3, the two I killed were at 50 yards & 78 yards, so make sure you have a good range finder that's easy/quick to use & practice your 40+ shots like crazy. Forget you even have a 20 & 30 yard pin.