Bigfish86

How did you know those are my favorite things in life

I drew my first antelope tag in general last year and it happened to be a archery tag in unit 10

Possibly for the right price and a RARE antler or two 😂😂

Was just curious how everyone has and is doing with there javelina hunts so far been out scouting a few times and havnt physically seen them but have seen there signs around ( prints, scat, and chewed up forage ) I know there not a big fan of this wet and windy weather from what I have gathered got a hunt in 37a starting on the 22nd and saw we are supposed to get rain starting around the 19th I believe so I'm making sure I pack my rain gear for sure

Its obvious that you sir have a serious eye for collectable RARE things and definitely are a great business man when it comes to these things I hope I can learn a thing or two from you one day.

I mean it got to be in the ball park of $150,725,322.32 being as RARE as it is

Hahahaha I honestly think it's a bighorned desert coues antelope a very rare species that we have in 37A catfish kev

Nice shed I too have found a shed in 37A but it was a few years back and it was a old shed but the first and only one I've ever found it was out at Newman peak got lucky and found it the bottom of a wash.

Yeah I planned on finding fresh tracks if it does rain only bad thing is my wife only has 3 days so I'm hoping we can get on them in that time frame for her first time hunting anything. I've got the whole week so I'm not to worried about myself but want her to tag out first. I've heard that its mixed results this year with javelina so I was just curious. What part of 37b are you in AZJeeper?

I'm new to reloading and was curious how many of you actually reload your own rounds? And the specs of them projectiles weights, powders, primers? I've never reloaded my own ammo before except shotgun shells so was just curious what your test loads were working up to for a starting point.

To be honest I dont want to go heavy with the projectile I see no need for anything over 165g.

I was looking at starting with a 150 and work up a few different loads and then working my way up from there

My buddy that I hunt with has one and hes the one that's gonna help me to learn all these loading tricks so we will definitely be using it.

Thanks whitesheep I appreciate the info I know I will run into diffrent dead ends with reloading I dont have a problem with that I expected it already but I wont give up till I have conquered the Mt. And find that magical load. I also plan on making a load book of all the different loads I make to keep track of all of them.

Thanks ThomC got to start somewhere right? Brent what kind how big? I do alot of fishing as well and always looking for someone to go with me when i go i usually hit saguaro or Bartlett or roosevelt I am a avid bass fisherman but this last summer I started to do more flathead fishing and am on the hunt for one of those AZ Monsters.

To be honest I pulled my elk tag with 4 points and my antelope tag with 3 points. I spoke to a gentleman by the name of Dennis Ward come to find out his son is Stephen Ward with ward outfitters and he said the area we were at the bulls wise up real fast to bugles and shut down during that second hunt and I totally seen it most the bulls we called in were with cow calls. He was a really awesome guy and gave me alot of tips with that being my first elk hunt also. And he also is the inventor of the vortex broadhead and ended up giving me a couple to try out. So gonna try them out this year if I get drawn again.

Well if you ever want to PM me some information I will never turn it down and I appreciate the info

Man I'm in the same boat as you are except I am born and raised here in Az I didnt start big game hunting til I was 25. So I know I got a lot to learn still. I was fortunate enough to draw a archery antelope in unit 10 the first week of Sept and a early archery bull elk tag in 11M the second hunt. My antelope hunt was alot tuffer than I thought it was going to be but still a load of fun and learning after 4 blown stocks I had to call it quits and get back home because of work. So I went 0-4 on antelope. Fast forward to 3 weeks later elk hunt rolls around and day before the hunt starts of corse had a nice 6x6 bull walk about 50 yards in front of me at a watering hole just my luck it was awesome to see one that close and just watch him Waller in the tank. Throughout the week I had 15 bulls come in and only one shot opportunity out of the whole hunt and unfortunately I missed. But I learned a whole bunch about those amazing creatures and it has me fully addicted and wanting to chase them again this year ( fingers crossed ). Met some really cool people up there as well hunting and seen alot of nice bulls and country. And now just waiting for our javelina hunt to start on the 22nd of this month and hoping to tag out on them.

I love my howa hogue 1500 in .308

My twist is 1:10 and as far as a objective consistent I just want a consistent round that I have zero questions about as I will be using it to hunt everything from javelina to deer to elk.

Definitely a hybrid deer believe me I'm a professional

Ok well all this is definitely making me feel better about reloading this round and making it accurate and very consistent, I'm shooting a howa hogue 1500 I absolutely love the rifle and how it shoots but I know it can definitely get more accurate with the ammo aspect of it then the rest is up to me getting use to the rifle since it's new to me.

I'm getting a reloading manual and will be going over it with a fine tooth comb I'm excited to learn to reload and hope it helps with my shooting I'm not bad at it but would like to get more accurate and I feel that factory ammo will only go so far in the accuracy stage

Awesome stinker. Hoping we can get on them during the rifle hunt we drew a 37A tag

Awesome bucks and hopefully one day I'll be able to afford a dream hunt like this