AZbowhntr

Congrats on a beautiful buck.

TJ, I agree. I was out dove hunting this morning and thought that it was cloudy and raining on the Superstitions until it got light enough to see what it really was. I didn't know that there was a fire though until just now reading this post.

Well I had to work early yesterday morning so I couldn't make the opener but we went out this morning and I am sitting here in my office posting at 7:55 am after shooting my limit. They were flying better when we left than when we showed up. Could have slept in an extra hour with no problem. It sure is nice having friends with private property so we didn't have to worry about anyone peppering us or anything. Good times.

I have a friend that went up this last Friday night on a scout campout and he said at about 2 in the morning they started up bugling and went for a couple hours until the coyotes started howling. They kept everyone in camp awake. They were up north of Payson somewhere.

That is an awesome job shooting everything with a bow. You have a couple there that I have never seen before. Never heard of the bushpig. Congrats

I know how you must be feeling. Just went through the same thing with my dog that I had for 11 years. Feels like one of the family. Hang in there it does get easier with time.

Congrats to your son and sorry about the cameras. At least they weren't stolen.

Great bull, it is fun watching them twist their head around as they maneuver through the trees and brush.

I just bought a new bow a couple months ago and when I told the guys at the shop that I use muzzy 100s (which I have always used) they told me that they would not tune. They said after the bows reach a certain speed the muzzy's won't group. With that said I am switching to the Shuttle T-Lock broadheads. We will see what happens.

Already have one and just ordered another. Great scope for a killer price.

azpackhorse, that is the hardest I have laughed in days.

Swaros

Congrats on an awesome buck.

I have the older rhino 110. The thing I like about the rhino's is that you can keep track of the other guys as long as they have them too. Nothing worse than trying to explain where you are to someone when you don't know where they are.

Great buck. This is the best time of the year. It is all started now.

Great story Bill. Isn't it amazing that you can pattern a herd of elk and the day that you have a rifle they change it up on you. Happy birthday also. Hope I'm still running around the mountains at 75.

The important question is, Is there going to be Karaoke on Saturday nights like the old days? Don't know if it will ever be the same but looking forward to checking it out.

Well I drew an archery bull tag so I thought it was time to take the plunge and get out in the unit with a bow during the archery deer hunt and see if I cant find the nice coues buck up close that Chef and I saw a couple years ago.

No tag here. Looked it up on my phone this morning while I was working and again when I got home on the computer. Didn't change one bit.

Congratulations, especially taking everything with a bow.

Those are some great pictures there. Where ever that camera is set up is getting pounded by the elk.

I have hunted the unit in the past and have seen a few nice whitetail. Of course I had a mule deer tag at the time. We took the Brushy Mtn road all the way down until it hits private. Then hike west about a mile and you can drop down south again into the Apache Box area. That area looks awesome for coues deer. Just be sure of the property lines.

I deer hunted 23 a few years ago and saw way more elk than deer. Just north of Alma they were coming into the farmland to feed in the morning. Saw a couple beautiful bulls.

That was the first thing I thought of too. It might get you a few seconds more time to get off a shot. So who knows that may be the next craze.

I was just up there today with Chef and the roads are open. They got a little rain in town yesterday and when I came home this afternoon it looked like it was getting ready for a bunch more. Someone said that they got dumped on up at Kohles Ranch at the northern end of the unit. So it is starting to look promising. As for the roads I didn't see anything about any roads being restricted at all north or south. I have heard that the north side is all tore up but I come in from the south all the time now.