galiuro mountain man

Backcountry, sounds a lot like I do. I like to be the only person around for miles. GMM

I like to be out all day. I usually cold camp in the wilderness so I dont really have anywhere to go. I wake up with the sun and usually start glassing. Then I eat breakfast after glassing a while, summer sausage and crackers. Then I go to the area I want to be most of the day, I still hunt for a while. Snack time is usually jerkey. Still hunt some more, then lunch, sausage and crackers. A lunch I usually try to find a water hole with lots of deer sign to eat by. I glass while I eat and listen carefully, I have had a bunch of deer come in at lunch time. Nap time (only after the second day, when I start to feel all the walking) I usually just crash where I ate. Deer seem to be very active at this time, it seems like I just get to sleep and they come to the water, and trust me, if you are barely waking up and a doe screams at you, you do it back(and might have to change your pants). After nap I glass a while then still hunt. At night I eat sausage and crackers, but I usually carry 2 cans of thick and chunky soup for the 3rd and 4th night, I do get tired of summer sausage.(unless I get lazy and eat both of them the first night because they are the easiest way to take weight out of my pack) 5th day I go home in evening. This is archery deer hunting, I hunt everything a little different. GMM

I was wondering what people were using to handgun hunt on here. I hope to get drawn for a rifle deer hunt this year so I can use mine. I used to use a ruger .357mag, then I gave it to my wife because she can hit stuff with it and I cant. I now use a Taurus Raging Bull 454 casull with a 2x6 power burris scope on it. I can put 10 bullets in a 4" circle at 200 yards with it if the conditions are right. Just wanted to know what you use. GMM

I just looked at 03-04 regs and there were 600 tags available for my first choice hunt in 02 and there was over 2000 people that put in for it. I will probably put in for it again first choice, then try for wt hunts on the rest, heck, I just might get a tag this year. GMM

This next year I will be putting in for whitetail. I have been putting in for unit 32 mule deer. These tags are pretty high demand I guess??? I know I am getting my info right because I had an archery cow tag 2 years ago. I will look at my regs again for last year, but I think there was a high number of apps for these hunts. I know if I can get drawn for this hunt I can probably get a trophy md off of the private land I hunt on. This area has only a few coues on it and the unit gets conjested during wt hunts, that is why I havent put in for wt there yet. GMM

Yes, I have a scope on it. It is a 2-6 power burris. I had another scope on it but it fell apart because of recoil. I had to get a higher quality scope so it wouldnt happen again. I cant wait to get drawn for something, I really want to take my pistol out for something more than coyotes. GMM

I carry earmuffs anytime I have my pistol with me. That 454 is the loudest thing I have ever heard! I usually put them on the top of my head so it is quick to get them on. I started handgun hunting when I was 19, but have never got anything larger than a coyote, I havent been drawn for anything for a few years, so I just archery hunt. I hope I can get drawn for deer or elk this year, so I can use my pistol. GMM

Yes it was on a small tank I know of. GMM

Coues are just now starting to lose their antlers. I blew up a photo from my trail cam, and it is a buck that has lost his antlers. I kind of thought it was because of body size and shape, now I know it is because I can see where the antlers were. GMM

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Well, might have got a bobcat photo last night. I got 3 pics in one night in a wash with a lot of tracks in it. There were fresh coyote and bobcat tracks on my 4wheeler tracks from that afternoon. It was just a one night set up then went and got it this morning, and just set it in my yard, I may get some pics of the squirrel that has been digging holes. I know I will get pics of my dog. Anyways, hope my tips from earlier helps, if I remember any other tips I will post them. So far my setups have worked perfectly, only one photo without an animal in it. Good luck, and good camming GMM

Tips for mounting trail cameras: On a trail- I like to point the camera either up or down the trail so I get pics of them comming or going, and it also gives a little time for the camera to actually catch the animal. Also set it about 15' from a trail, the area the sensor views is cone shaped, and will be very narrow at the camera, something can get through the cameras range quickly up close. At water or feed- choose a point where you feel you will get the best pictures, and center that area in what the picture will be, the camera has a pretty wide view, so you want to find a center point. On these type of setups I set the camera 8' to 15' from what I want a fhoto of. Basic settings- I like to set mine North if I can, they seem to have less problems with the sun setting them off. Try to keep it facing N,NE, or NW. I usually set them between 2' and 4' high, perfect hight for most animals, and it is harder to find. People are generally looking at the ground, or at their eye level, so they may miss it at 2' high. I try to keep them from 8' to 15' away from where I think the animal will be, the beam from the motion sensor will be wider there and the cam will have time to take the picture. I try to limit distance to 15' because of night pictures, most flashes only reach to about 20' so the max distance is 25' that the flash will work somewhat effectively. Birds will set them off too, when they fly through the beam, the camera will take a picture, but the bird is too fast. Hope this helps GMM

vml, Use calls, or a lot of glassing. When calling take someone with you to help you look for them, they are tough animals to spot. The only other way to do it is to get lucky or use dogs. azguide, Iknow what you meen about unit 32, I have hunted the same area for going on 8 years now, and I can see the damage lions have done there. There were 2 lions taken from the area this past winter, but I believe there are 2 more in this one set of canyons, 1 big male and 1 small female. Lion experiences, where to start, Ive been stalked twice, once in unit 32 by a single cat, and once in 31 by a pair, I think it was a mother and about a 6 month old cub. I saw the lions both times. The pair only got 60-70 yards from me. The single cat was about 20 yards behind me when I heard it, then saw it right behind me in some brush right off the trail I was on, so I pulled back my bow and tried to get around the brush to get a shot but it ran off. Other than that, I have glassed 2 and seen one between safford and globe on the highway. I just started hunting them this year, but all the times I went out the weather was bad and made it hard to call them in. GMM

I think one may have been, but it already lost its rack if it was. It had a bigger body than the does did, but I didnt get a good picture of its head. GMM

Here are the links Jesses hags Oh I picked up my camera yesterday, I had a whole roll of film gone. 16 coues photos, 6 of cattle, and 2 of me. It worked great, but it almost drowned. I set it a couple of weeks ago on the edge of a pond about 4 feet high, right above the water line. When I got to it yesterday it was only about 10 inches from the water!! That rain filled all of the ponds where I hunt, I just hope that this weekend wasnt the end of the rain. GMM

TAM, There is always someone selling them also on these sites, I saw a few digitals that someone was selling for $250. The quality of these cams is awsome, and you cant find any decent commercials at this price. You might be able to find one there to buy, or have someone build for you, a lot of the guys on there will put them together if you supply them the parts. GMM

Why dont you build them. I am building 2 digital cams with olympus cameras and when it is all done I will have about $150 into each of them(including price of camera), and they work better than commercially made cameras. You can put any options you want into them, night pics only, day only, delays, slave flashes for long night shots, and even digital video cameras. I have one out right now in the field for testing, of course, two days after I put it up it rains (sure hope I sealed it off good) This camera is a 35mm and it only cost me $69 to build. I am going to get it this weekend and put it in a different box (smaller and lighter one). It worked great in my back yard, so I should get some great photos from it. Oh, about the cams I am building now, I can get about 300 photos on 1 memory card! They also have a time and date on every photo if I want, all I do is set up my camera for it. The whole unit is about 9" x 5". My next ones will only be 4.5" x 3" with a 3mp digital camera! Any one can build these, they are not hard, The more you do, the better you get. They do take a little time, but when you see the quality of photos you get you wont evr buy a trail cam again! WARNING! Building trail cameras is addicting, trust me, I have only been doing it for a month or so, and I have 1 out, 2 on the way, and plans for about 50 more. Good luck GMM I can post links to the sites, if it is ok with Amanda.

Hmm, didnt work for me . Really want to see them. I will try again later. GMM

Well my hometown is Safford AZ, but now I am in Phoenix. Ive hunted coues since I was 14 and could buy myself an archery tag. I hunt just about all of the southern units. Anyways, just wanted to say Welcome, you have joined the best hunting site on the web, and you should have a lot of fun, meet great people, and learn a bunch here. GMM

I just finished building a home made trail camera, now I am going to set it out. I am hoping to get a picture of a lion in my deer hunting area, also some deer pics would be nice. Anyways I hope to have 2 or 3 more by june done. If I get any good photos I will try to post them. GMM

Went and set up my trail cam this weekend. Saw lots of deer. I saw 25 in one afternoon. 19 coues and 6 muleys. I also found lion sign and bear tracks and a tree with scratch marks in it. Very exciting afternoon. I hope to get some good pics to post. GMM

I did, but not for deer. I was lion hunting. It fooled a few coyotes, but no lions yet. I would give it a try and see how it works. good luck GMM

heres wherelink Everyone will help you with it. Its not that hard, I built one so far, and plan on doing a couple more. I am also going to do one with a digital camera soon. Good luck GMM

I would like to see them too. gixxer5@cox.net Thank you

That is awsome that you got your wife a bow. My wife already shot a bow when I met her, now she is shooting my moms. I think after I get her a car, I will get her a brand new bow so she can use it in Aug. I also got my moms rifle for her, and she is going to be lion hunting with me soon. It is awsome to hunt with your wife, we had a blast in dec. even though we froze. Good luck GMM