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I've caught several different lions on my cameras recently and am going to give calling them in a try. I have zero experience with these mountain lions and calling respectively, so I'd love some advice if anyone is willing to share. What calls work for you? I'm hoping to borrow a friend's electronic call so it'd be great to know what sound works, what sequence, how long and often to sound it off? Also wondering if time of day and distance from call matter. I've read several forums on this topic from about 6-8 years ago so I'm wondering if there have been any new experiences. (If I'm bless enough to get one, I'll thank you all and post pics.)

Hello, I am wondering if anyone can help put me in contact with an Aldo Lopez from Agua Prieta, Sonora. We heard he may know a mountain range in Sonora that we are interested in. Not much other information is known. Thank you!

Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

I am struggling to find a vendor (e.g. Walmart, Big 5, local sporting good stores, etc.) that is selling OTC deer tags. They are all telling me that they are either out or haven't received them. I live in Tucson but hunt near Sierra Vista so I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Hi all, I am looking to borrow/rent antlers for table decor for my wedding on 11/05/2022 in Flagstaff. I would really appreciate any points of contact to make this happen. We are also in search of other rustic decor, so please feel free to make recommendations. Thank you so much!

@firstcoueswas80 That is hilarious! You know, I was hesitant to get serious with someone who doesn't love hunting, but I saw that he loves God and people very well. It balances out😂

@Vowell He actually does not hunt [anymore] but is in full support of me doing it. Anytime he wants some free time, I'll get to go out and do something hunting related!

@Sharpshooter9 Yes, we would just need to borrow/rent them for the wedding day. So at most three days, depending on where/when we'd need to pick up, and then drop off the day after the wedding.

That's amazing. Beautiful deer!

Praying for the Lord to provide abundant strength, comfort, hope, and His presence. I'll be praying for you continuously. This sermon has been God's saving grace to me when I've gone through deep hurts. I can't recommend it enough!

I bought a camera to film my hunts. Love/d it, but I realize that due to school I'm not getting to use it as much as I'd like. It is awesome (especially for shooting those starry-night time-lapses!) All the details are in the pasted Craigslist URL. Message me for questions, offers, etc. Sony A7SII and Sony Zeiss Vario Tessar 24-70mm FE/4.0 lens. https://tucson.craigslist.org/pho/d/tucson-sony-a7sii-and-zeiss-lens/7118491412.html

What unit is this? Someone stole mine recently and I'd be curious to know if it's related. Sorry to you, though.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have harvested my 2018 spring (really summer) bear. This was the first time I've ever applied for, got drawn for, and hunted bear-- so I went into this with little knowledge, all your guys' advices, and God's good grace. I began hunting out of a blind but the bears tore it down after roughly a week and a half, which made me both amused and a bit nervous. Several encounters of bears coming in between 8 and 20 yards left me feeling blessed, and honestly would have been enough to satisfy my expectations and hopes for my first hunt. Despite the blessings that unfolded, there grew an insatiable curiosity in me: these bears would come in, stop, sniff, smell me, and then leave. I couldn't understand it. I'd used scent spray, avoided excess scents such as deodorant (yes I smelled pretty bad at the end of each day haha), lotion, detergents, etc, paid attention to the wind, and I doused myself in scent cover sprays-- yet my attempts were futile. It was so baffling and yet amazing. What really blew me away was an article that illuminated the following: humans have 6 million olfactory receptors, Blood Hounds 1.8 billion, and bears 12.6 billion. That left me wondering how it would ever be possible to stump their physiology. Additionally, I'd read about, and somehow forgotten on my own, the fact that bears can smell... are you ready to be transfixed... our sweat. Human sweat. My sweat. You guys, I don't know how this simple, simple fact eluded my common sense. I'd been re-wearing several of the same pieces because I thought that the clothes would adopt nature's aromas. Needless to say I learned a lesson. The very next day (July 4th), my dad and headed out with a few new tactics up our sleeves. At this point, my dad had come out with me twice but had yet to see a bear on this hunt, unlike the other company I'd taken, who had all seen bears... including my mom. My poor dad, I kept thinking, the guy who deserves to see these animals the most– for so many reasons– isn't seeing anything. He's going to start thinking I'm making everything I've seen up. Well we hiked our usual route but this time stopped roughly 150 yards before our spot. We took off our clothes, wiped ourselves down with a cold towel to remove the sweat, put on new clothes, sprayed our scent cover, and rubbed mint leaves over ourselves. We then slowly, so as not to begin sweating again, walked into our spot. The first two hours were quiet as far as bears went but screamed with the sounds of other small wildlife. I filled my time with reading my bible and conversation with God, often praying that my dad would get to at least see a bear. Around 8:10am, I swiveled my head to my right, looking to match a sound I thought I heard with the sight of an animal. Nothing was there. But to my left, a twig snapped, and my body rushed with excitement as I turned my head and saw the sun shine down on a beautiful cinnamon bear. She walked in to about 16 yards and stopped to smell around. Her head whirled from left to right and I though for sure she would catch my scent and take off as the others had done before. But that never happened. To my surprise, she lowered her head for a drink, and I drew my bow back as smoothly as I'd ever done. As the pin began to settle around the vitals I told myself just let go...don't wait...she'll run...just do it. The arrow left my bow, passed through her mass, and she took off. I sat there in disbelief. Looking up at my dad, who sat about 10 yards above me, I waited and waited for him to look down at me and... congratulate me, validate me, tell me everything went smoothly and that the deed was all but done? I'm not sure what I wanted, but a palpable sense of eagerness and nervousness overtook me only to disappear roughly a [long] minute later when he finally looked down and gave me a thumbs up. Gosh I love my dad. We spent the next two hours packing up our things, hiking back to the truck, hiking back in, tracking, and finding my girl laying under a tree about 60 yards away. I am very much hooked on bear hunting. There's nothing like getting close to animals of this caliber. I look forward to many more hunts with my dad, spending time with God, and learning just how special these animals are.

In your opinions... When working calls, how long and how frequent are you letting the calls go? If I'm there for 5 hours or so, what do you recommend? And will calling spoke off all the deer in the area? This is my January deer area, unfortunately.

I have a 2014 Bowtech Carbon Knight. I believe the draw is 28'' and set at 50lbs right now.

Sitka Mountain Pants, size 32 --$100 Kuiu Guide Jacket (verde), size Medium --$100 Kuiu jacket --$65 ( I have no idea what this jacket is called and can't find it on their site. It's 100% polyester, lighter in weight, and I emailed to ask them what the name of it is. Will respond when I find out.) Kuiu Teton SS Crew-T, size Medium --$25

Pants and Jackets sold. Shirt is left.

Selling the following: Manfrotto MVH500A fluid drag video head ($100) with MVT502AM tripod and carry bag($150)- $200 together. One of the extensions is loose but can be fixed. I just never looked into it. Manfrotto MK290 BeFREE fluid video head with 290 aluminum tripod- $120 Feel free to message with offers

What camera is that? Great quality!

I have a Manfrotto MVH500A Fluid Drag Video Head with MVT502AM Tripod 🙂

That's ridiculous! Congrats a thousand times over!

Nice bull and a fun unit!

Does anyone know what's going on with this girl? Her neck is pretty nasty in addition to the obvious bulges on both her sides. I know nothing about biological diseases/infections and such so I'd appreciate the education.

Thank you so much, CouesPursuit, Bucks N Bulls, and olmos1010! I appreciate your kind words.

Thanks, so much! Hey if you know anyone in SV looking for a puppy, send them my way! We have two more lab pups we need to find a home for (: