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When my buddy Jake and I drew our tags, we assumed they were rifle tags. Imagine our surprise when the tags turned out to be out first choice, early archery bull tags! That meant new strings, new arrows, lots of gym time and upcoming 3D shoots in Flagstaff! Unfortunately, the family cabin in Pinetop sold right before the 4th of July Sunrise shoot. On to the hunt. Jake and I were able to get the entire hunt off from work, and we were both pumped! First few days were a little rough, full moon, etc you know the drill. On September 13th, we followed a huge train of elk with many bugling bulls for a few miles. We never truly caught up to them, but we marked the area on the GPS and decided to beat them to the area the next day. As some of you will remember, in 2014 my grandpa passed just a couple days before opening morning. I killed my bull 4 days later, on my moms birthday, September 14th. The next morning (the 14th) Jake, his brother Tate and I headed in to the area where we followed the train of elk, with the idea of beating them to their bedding area. As we approached the area, there was another truck where we wanted to be. We backed off a couple hundred yards and changed our strategy a bit. As we walked to our ambush point, I found a spot that gave me shooting lanes above and below my position, asked Jake his opinion and he said it looked good, so I settled in. After doing a little landscaping, I settled in for the wait. After an hour or so, I hear a bugle right behind me. I grab my bow, turn around, and glass a elk behind me. As I am looking at what appears to be a spike, I see a small 5x5 below him in shooting distance. I went in to this hunt wanting anything 5x or better, as I am not a dedicated archer and the idea of tagging a 5x5 or better on our own sounded plenty fulfilling to me. After assessing that his bull met my reasonable standards I ranged him at 56 yards. As soon as I snapped on to the string, he took a step and exposed his vitals. One Slick Trick Magnum to the top 1/3 of his lungs and he was dead in 75 yards. A quick look at the phone and he was shot and dead at 7:13 Am on 9/14. 56 yards: my sons football number 7:13, my birthday 9/14: my moms birthday. The hunt was fantastic and one of my best times in the woods ever. Fourteen days in the woods is a long time, even in a comfortable trailer! elkhunt1.jfif elkhunt2.jfif elkhunt3.jfif elkhunt4.jfif elkhunt5.jfif elkhunt6.jfif

Jesus

Our thoughts as well.

That member is me. Bull was found on the 15th someone cut its head off on the 16th.

I've got my girl at home. She's great! These pups are going to rock!

Hes awesome.

12s and a spotter for me, for everything. I will be taking my sons 8s with me on my archery elk hunt though. Incase the 12s are too much.

Figure if they are gonna smell the bug spray, they're gonna smell my but.

Ugh don't say that. I hate bugs

When I was a kid, I had a youth cow tag in unit 1. I had killed my first animal, a spike bull the year before in the same area. Opening morning we are driving in and there is a cow 50 yards off the road. "Dad, there is an elk!" "Yep." "Dad, I have an elk tag and a gun." "Yep" And we kept driving. Couple days later after a few close calls, my mom decides to go out with us and we are sitting about 150 yards from a water tank, maybe less. Mom was set up under a big rub, but dad didnt tell her that until later. Out comes 5 elk, all cows and calves. I pick out the dry cow, and let her have it. Since I was only like 12, it took me a few shots. Got her down, shaking like a leaf. That was the first/last/only time I ever had my mom out on a hunt. It was pretty cool. Dad and I joked the cows were coming to see the Avon lady as my mom was putting lotion on right before we left my grandparents cabin.

Gorgeous deer, nicely done!

Ill be up there Thursday!

Not having any beds is probably a good thing to put in the add.

Draw tags and OTC are different tags.

As stated, above buy a Ruger Wrangler use blanks and then use the pistol as an actual pistol later on!

I recently was in this exact same conundrum. I discovered it was cheaper to buy a Ruger Wrangler and just use blanks.

I always knew I liked Terry. Good job old man.

Off the top of my head, I believe this fallacy has been misproven time and time again.

Also, what is the preferred coffee of the homeowner? And, will they hold my cup while I draw my bow?

All I need is a dumb, deaf, and blind one to stand in front of my arrow!

There's a pair for sale on this forum.

So: Ex-wife volunteers and does tremendous work with a local canine rescue (the big mut network). Last weekend a foster for Ender, a 12 week old male great dane went out of town, so I volunteered to take him for the weekend. For whatever reason, his original foster isn't taking him back. I get my Airedale pup on Saturday. Too many dogs in the house Hes a great pup. Very sweet, doesn't ask to go outside, but pees/poops as long as he's let out. Perfectly fine in a kennel over night.

He is currently in a foster home. If they are interested, below is the link to fill out an application. The rescue group will handle the rest from here out. https://petlover.petstablished.com/pets/public/1453166?awo=The+Big+Mutt+Network&widget=false

Only thing i can offer is to come and help you reel in some fatties .