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Congratulations!

Lightweight tent and sleeping bag combo can turn a cold miserable night into a real comfortable lounge. Small camp stove, food, extra pairs of socks underwear, baby wipes for sure! If you really want go in style, try a tipi style tent with a woodstove. You can dry your clothes and cook over a good woodstove, even a small one. Nice to be able to stand and put your trousers on in the morning too. I'm getting too old to put my pants on lying down like some fat chick trying to squeeze in her skinny jeans!

Congratulations Jim! The Lord works does his work in mysterious ways sometimes. Rejoice in His blessings! Good for you and the Mrs. brother! Nick

Congratulations on your javi! I have taken a couple of bigger critters with my bow, but still haven't gotten a pesky javi! Good job staying with it! Hopefully this is just a first of many successes with your bow.

I used to love 6B when there was only 80 bull and 80 cow tags. Then it went to 100 each. Still a good hunt but not like when there are fewer tags. Someone must really want to hunt with 155 bull tags plus 75 cow tags. 6B is no longer a quality hunt. Kinda hard to find an archery bull hunt that's not packed with hunters these days I guess, unless you want to deal with draw odds less than 5%. And to think there was a time when rifle hunts were harder to draw then archery hunts! Boy those were the good ol days!

Redwing, Chippewa, or Justins. Just be sure to buy something Made in USA!

FYI, these pics are from 2010.

Blazer or AAE Max Hunter

Walk back tuning consists of shooting at one spot on the target from various yardages using the same point of aim (20 yard pin for example). Shoot the same spot from 20 through 50 yards or so. Tuning issues will show a slight diagonal spread, usually getting further from center the farther back you go. Make minute adjustments to your rest until your arrows are lining up vertically with as little horizontal spread as possible. All this assumes decent consistent form while shooting. Hope this helps!

Got a phone call from Jim Ammons last night informing me that the Governor has selected him for the vacant Commission seat. The Governor picked a good one guys! Congratulations Jim! If you want to see Mr. Ammons in action look in the TLO Buffalo hunts. Jake posted a video of his Kaibab Bison hunt. Jim is a true outdoorsman and all around great guy. He has achieved a Grand Slam of NA wild sheep and I believe may only need a Lion to have a Big 10 in Arizona.

I just came across these pics I took scouting for my hunt and recall this thread. Here are some pics of "George" when he was alive before the 2010 hunt. That's the name the mine caretaker gave to his "pet" ram. I shot these photos at 30 yards or so. I believe this is the ram the young man harvested. Maybe his guide might see this and share with the young man.

Oh boy! What a perfect time to draw. Better luck next time! Though I love the photo and looks like a great buck. He'll be back!

Freak Nasty! Great Job getting it done this year!

Wow, back to back! Great work!

Great way to fill in the gaps between the first and most recent editions. I love my copies. Someone needs to buy these!

If you live in Tucson I would most certainly pay PSE a visit and let them set you up.

Willie, I hate to break it to you, but your math is a bit fuzzy. A NR Combo license is $160. The previous price of a NR Hunting License was a bit north of $150. That's less than $10 for the ability to fish anywhere 365 too. The tag prices went up for all of us not just the NR's. It's a tough pill to swallow for our tag fees to go up, I agree with that.

ATTENTION SHEEP HUNTERS, GLASSERS, ETC! Tom (Lv2hnt) is having a tough time on his hunt in the Gilas. We've seen a number of good rams on this hunt, but we haven't been able to get to them to kill one. We need help finding a ram in a shootable position. Time is running out for Tom and his "help" has gone home for the most part. We need your help! If anyone ever wanted to get in on a sheep hunt, here is your chance! Contact me here by PM and I can put you in touch with Tom or let you know where to go. I am positive Tom would be extremely delighted and grateful for any assistance he can get this last week or so. God Bless, Nick

It really depends on the bow and whether or not it needs to be put in a bowpress. Some bows allow you to make draw length changes by removing allen or other screws on the cams and moving the cam to the desired placement and tightening things back down. Other cams require the bow to be put in a bow press before you can move the cam module to the desired location. Other bows have individual cam modules that need to be removed and replaced with the proper module to get the correct length. It shouldn't cost more than $20 bucks or so for the shop to press the bow and move things but if you need to buy a module you might pay $30 bucks or so for the module and a some more to get it installed. This is exactly why many folks recommend going to a reputable pro shop to purchase and set up your bow correctly. It might save you a couple of bucks to get the pro shop to get you situated but you can certainly get it done! Post up what kind of bow we're talking about and someone else might chime in with specific directions. Good Luck!

Very nice! Way to stick with it till the last day of the season.

It's not easy to kill a good buck with a bow. Congratulations on your success!

Very nice buck! Way to stick with it!

Arrived at my camp spot with my cousin Jon around 3PM on the 1st. We had time to get out for a little glassing during the evening hunt. Right before dark I located some javis about a half mile away at the base of a big hill. We figured we'd just find them in the morning. During the night the wind picked up a lot so the thoughts of an easy locate in the morning started to go away as the wind got stronger. The next morning we looked for the pigs right where they were the night before but they must have moved off quite a bit during the night. We hiked around looking for sign and whatever else and started heading back to camp around 1PM. As we were approaching an area where a guy had parked earlier in the morning near our camp, we started hearing squealing sounds that almost sounded like a baby crying. We thought it was probably the guy with the truck doing some predator calling or messing around with a call. The next thing I know is I see my cousin hurdling a fence as he whispers "pigs". Somehow we walked right in on the pigs. Good thing a little one was vocal, because it gave away the herd. So I stalk in on them and only see a half pint sized pig. All of a sudden a bigger one appears out of the bushes right in front of me. I shoot and miss. So at the shot the rest of the herd starts to scatter and another one pops up in the same spot the last one was. Draw back and let one go, whack! I see the pig run off with the arrow sticking way out of him. Oh no, I think to myself! I hit too far forward and too high according to my cousin, who also got a shot and missed. We followed a decent blood trail for about 50 yards where we see my snapped off arrow shaft sticking in the ground with the fletching buried in the dirt. I don't know how the pig managed to bite the arrow off and stick it in the ground but that's what we saw following the trail. We were able to determine that I only got 3-4 inches of penetration including the broadhead. I must have hit shoulder or head. The blood was only basically small drops beyond that, and eventually there was no blood to follow at all. Obviously, I was mad at myself for rushing the shot and not going through my shot sequence correctly and a bit depressed about wounding an animal. This resulted in a hit that was not as fortunate as TJ's. I spent the rest of that day following fresh tracks hoping to get back on a bloodtrail or wounded pig, but there was no more luck to be had. I did bump a sow with piglets at 15 yards or so right at dark, and let them walk. The next morning we had high hopes of finding something else. The morning started good with me glassing up a nice 3x3 buck within minutes of setting up the glass. We watched him haul butt across the desert floor, never stopping much, eventually getting into some really thick cover where we lost him. My other cousin Joe, who arrived the day before attempted a stalk, but never saw him again. Later that evening, I glassed up the herd of pigs again very near where we had the action the day before. We had high hopes to find them again right there in the morning but they relocated again. Dang! That afternoon I saw a smaller 3x3 buck with 3 does but that was the last of the game sightings for me. I had to head home on Sunday, ending another hunt with no pig! So the curse continues...I am totally ashamed to admit it, but this is the exact thing that happened two years ago, and very similar to what happened in 2009 or so. I get in on the pigs, rush the shot and make a bad hit, not able to recover the animal. I know that when you hunt with a bow, these things happen but this trend is very disturbing to me. I know that I need to become a better shot under pressure. I don't seem to know what else to do, other than not give up and stay after it. At least I had a chance I guess. I have never had this happen on any other archery animal I have shot at. Everything else has died right away. I am very perplexed why I can't seem to shoot straight at these darn pigs! Pig Fever I guess, LOL! Thanks for reading! If anyone has any wisdom regarding the normal behavior of javelina during the night I am very interested. Do they normally feed quite a bit after dark during the warmer times during the winter? We were back after them at first light, which is generally early enough to find late rising pigs. We figured that they wouldn't move far after locating them in the evening twice, but they proved me wrong both times. What gives?

Henry Aguilar is a top notch taxidermist right there in Kingman. Maybe he can help? A cheap way would be to put your coffee grounds in an old sock and rub away.

I'll take one. My wife could use that. To pay it forward I have a used but decent shape day pack I'd like to part with to a young or other needy hunter who could use some gear to get started. Let me know if anyone knows someone who needs a daypack.