NativeRat

Wow! 20 of the last 20 times archery?

This is typically my unit every year, except this year I finally drew a 12A tag for Kaibab muley. Hre's my .02: Find a buddy to hunt and camp with if possible. This should not be too hard with so many tags. And if no luck, consider crashing someone's camp or just camping near them. They'll understand you don't want to be out alone in that unit, and you'll make new friends and maybe learn about the area. Have the BP numbers stored. Carry a side arm. Glass so you see whatever is out there first. Have fun and good luck. There's a lot of good deer in 36B. Usually there are a lot of hunters, too. The deer run all over the place once the guns start going. There are a lot of places in this unit where there will be a concentration of hunters and you can be that guy who gets up early and sits on the pass, waiting for the bucks to run up. And they will. Oh yeah-- and wear orange or at least carry it to put on if there are other hunters that come in to your area. There is some debate about this from those guys who are especially paranoid about drug runners. But I wear orange. I wish everyone would. I almost shot over a guy's head last year.

Dayum!

Niiiice.

...btw Hendog -- beautiful goat. You should post more and give us your whole set up -- bow speed, bow, what you shoot, how you stalk.

Last year, I tried to switch from 4" to Gold Tips with 2" and I could not for the life of me get things dialed in. Some kid at the Sportsman's bow counter in Tucson swore by the Gold Tips and recommended I buy them, and I later found out he was a rep of some sort for the company. The Gold Tips with 2" flew all over the place. It must have been the wrong combination of things (shaft length, broadheads, bow speed, stance, etc.). I am using 4" again, and I feel more confident with them. I now have 4" Eastman's and 100 grain G5 Strikers and Luminocks. Slow, but good enough in the 20-30 yard range. I'm hitting in the middle area of the "pie plate" from 30 yards with absolute consistency, and feel ready to go. Soooo ready, already!

dayum...

Cool buck. I think I want a horse, too ...

I have a post-Thanksgiving leftover tag in 36B. What are the odds there might be a little rutting activity by then? Seems with this heat, its zip to nada. Whadya'll think?

If you look up the USFS info on lions, they talk about the body language the cats will display when they want to eat you. Basically, once they start crouching and staring right at you or come walking up towards you, its time to shoot to kill or throw rocks --whatever you can do. They can close the distance real fast. Here is a link to the same info: http://www.sdgfp.info/wildlife/mountainlions/language.htm

On its way up, bro.

What a great feeling! Congrats!

Nicely done! Put those pictures on your wall -- what a great memory!

Definitely the back of the Santa Ritas.

Good luck to y'all! Can't wait to see your pics posted. I'll be doing the clean up hunt after Thanksgiving, so maybe you can tie one to a tree for me.