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I was ar forest lakes this weekend. Elk where going crazy! Got into some bulls and got a few pictures. Today had 1 bug bull bugling till 1 PM. Here is some pics

You'll have a fun hunt. Mule deer are there though. I heard there is a SMALL population of couse deer but you're gonna see Mulies if anything. I was there a ton last year and saw deer everywhere near the elephant rocks golf course including a few bucks. South end of Perrin ranch is very nice too. Found some sheds and they were 4 PT. Not sure about the Gene's there or what units have the good genetics but if you see any 4 PT your son or daughter should pull the trigger! I would even do it on something smaller too. Lots of traffic in those areas. Lots of road hunters! I mean a lot! If you wanna get away from the crowd look into the Boquillas ranch. It opens up the entire west side of the unit and because there is a trespass fee it has less pressure. Not sure what the deer are like there but if you wanna get away from people go there

I was gonna buy some 7 mag a few weeks ago from that website. It tries to make you pay via Visa giftcard. So that way you cant dispute the payment that went through. The prices are too good to be true anyways

Nice! Imma be heading out almost every weekend for the next few weeks to unit 9. I'll pm you what I can find and maybe that'll help you make a good choice! Good luck!

Hey folks! Before I go into detail of my adventure. I just wanna give a few shout outs to everyone who helped and landed a hand to me! Thank you Josiah for helping me on this trip! You're an amazing guide and I hope to see you again soon and hunt with you again at some point! Thank you Damon for leaning as much as offering me your quad! I am sorry I couldnt text you that I didnt need to use it! I lost your number because my phone broke Dave, thank you for some scouting advice back in july! I meant to follow you up on some more pointers but same issue happened with Damon! Last but not least another Dave I met in Peoria! Thank you for allowing me to buy the ammo I desperately needed! It saved my behind! Thank you all! My elk trip was good. Only there for 2 days and saw only 3 elk. 1 bull and 2 cows. Got within 30 of the bull but by the time I saw him he was already running But here we are with my deer hunt story! 11-19-20 I had left a little late but got to my unit around 430 PM drove down the FR22 to camp and I lost phone service. Google directed me to another outfitters camp and we didnt even know till hours later! So I eventually made it to my actual camp right down the road! Almost got myself a nice steal from that first camp lol! 11-20-20 OPENING DAY I met my guide Josiah who was amazing! We left camp at 530 and got out to glassing before shooting light. Saw deer EVERYWHERE and even my biggest buck I had ever seen and he told me it wasnt a shooter. I was mind boggled! But I trusted him! Heard a shot hit a deer near us right at light. Saw 60 deer that morning passed 8 bucks too! Then passed another 2 that evening with seeing another 40 does 11-21-20 DAY 2 We had set a trail cam on a water hole and saw a 210 plus buck on it! So we wanted to sit water that morning. We get there and passed a cool drop-tine buck but the other side had 2 points but still really cool! And saw about 30 does in 3 hours! We decided to stay sitting on the ground with little water, a few small snacks, and no blind or anything all day! So much action. Saw like 10 or 11 bucks that day! And countless does about 100-120 more! Heard some deer fighting that night too! Really fun! 11-22-20 DAY 3 TAG FILLED My guide Josiah was teaching me a lot about hunting, life, God, everything in general! He was an awesome dude! We prayed before every hunt and it made me think and reflect on new things on a new level. And that's a great thing. We decided to leave camp before 5 AM and get there set up with a blind and chair and food before 6 AM. We were prepared for another whole day at the water whole this time! We said prayer at 6:50 AM opened the blind and 2 minutes later I see movement to the left and a doe comes down to water and then a buck. It was so dark all you could see what a silhouette of the deer and some horn. I put my cross hairs on every buck and wait for Josiah to say shoot or dont shoot. And he said shoot...that....buck. I didnt hesitate, I trusted him like family! So I shot immediately! Hit him really good with the .243 bout 100 yard shot! He went around the small hill behind the water with his doe. Then 2 minutes later that doe was hoofing it back the other way! So we left the blind to check and this was our result. After we got pictures we did the gutless method and all the guides helped me at camp because I never quartered a deer before so they taught me! It was a ton of fun! 11-23-20 HEADING HOME Well our guide left early because he had to take care of somethings at home! So me and my girlfriend left that next morning! We packed up tied the skull to my ice chest to show it off to all the cars on the way home. As we headed back into Flag we got into a hit and run. Almost was fatal buck I luckily swerved enough to only get my back quarter of my truck dented. We came out okay. The driver took off into a forest road and some nice folks chased them back out but then that same car hit another on the highway right next to mine! So they had no choice but to pull over! They were just scared! They were younger than me and I'm 19. So we called the police and they helped us all out! Nobody was injured thankfully! But God was protecting all of us in that incident! For all the cars going 65 I would say damage was pretty minimal! But here is pics of all the highlights of our adventure!

He aged at 8.5 years old

I was out at queen valley over on tonto NF and it is allowed over there. Not sure about BLM or anything else though. Pick up your trash if you go! Freaking mess out there!

Last and final update for this story. Just got my buck back from Clay at Mogollon Taxidermy. Came out great! Was told my turn around was 10-12 months but he got it done in like 8 months!! But here is is with my 1st deer from 2015

The rut is coming up soon. Why dont you take a weekend or 2 up there and check em out. That'll give you a decent indicator for what you truly want for next year

Hey guys I have been looking for some 7 mag ammo. I have been shooting Barnes Vor TX 140's from federal lately and I havent seen any online or in store for months. If you got any I will buy it! Or if you have like 3 boxes of a certain type that is similar I'll buy it as well. Thank you guys for the help

Gilbert. How much would you like?

Looks like they are gonna do the same. They had outlets installed where the boards once were

I dont like the new changes. All the mounts on the walls are gone. Bragging board is gone and the fishing reports are all gone too. Isnt the same

What a giant. He must've been all rutted up! Really cool!

Also another question. I have a 12x scope with me on my 7 mag. But since it is really thick. Would it be wise to bring my open sighted 30-30

Sounds great! I never really been a good glasser. Just like to hike a ton so maybe I'll run across one at the right time! Usually how it works for me. "One more ridge wont hurt" then you're 5 miles away from the truck at sunset. I donate like 50$ each time I put in. Maybe thats why lol

Yeah. I was more than spoiled! Would it be wise to shoot the first buck I see? Or my first 4x4 even?

Been an issue the last few games especially. I started to think they had those carnival hoops

Hey guys my buddy drew a late rifle bull tag in a high pressure area that is known to be incredibly hard, but he drew with 1 point so he said he will keep the tag. I am aware being near water will help a ton but one question I have mainly is what elevations should we be looking at. I see most elevations at like 6000-4500 through the unit and some small areas reach almost 7000. Also another thing I had issues with is that my vortext vultures never mounted study enough to glass efficiently. What kinda mount/tripod would work for a 15x56 bino set up? Thank you all very much!

Gotcha that makes sense now! Thank you. I was thinking the actual wilderness area itself. Not the moutains

No they are also in the north too! I got it mapped out. I believe you're thinking of the hellsgate wilderness. That is in the south but not the north

Yes

Man that 12AW hunt is incredible! Best experience of my life! Keep us posted! Congrats on the great tag man

35$ I'll take it!