yotebuster

WOW!!! One of the most beautiful deer/mounts I've ever seen!

I think you're doing pretty good on that one, I always appreciate to have processors err on the side of being to picky and getting less meat. I'd rather have 108 pounds of good meat that you can give to non hunters without fear of them getting gamey or dirty pieces then 140 pounds of questionable meat. I'm picky as heck when I do my own processing, but I've rarely gotten over 100 pound of meat of a mature bull, let alone a small bull. I'd rather just shoot another elk or a few more deer if I need more meat, it's a good problem to have!!!

Kimber Ascent, it's only available in non magnum calibers, but they do make it in the 280 ackley improved. I think it weighs in at 4.5 pounds.

try Home Depot.... not in the store, but out in the parking lot. Should be able to pick one up for $5-$6 an hour.

What unit? Headed out there for first muzzleloader hunt. PM me if you don't want to share it on the WWW. NM can be tough, I've always found that the elk rut is way more predictable and strong in AZ, at least compared to the part of NM I hunt.

I think everyone is short changing you, I'd say 335-340. "Short Beams"? If there's one thing he has it's beam length in my opinion.

I think I have pics of that bull from last year

Did you get an antelope Shrek? Did you use that decoy at all?

I shot six of them this weekend in ND

Good luck! I've got the Feb muzzleloader hunt this year! I wanna see some pics!!!!

They'll be long done by thursday

I would look into colorado OTC hunts or a landowner cow tag in NM, they can be had for a couple hundred bucks. You'll spend more in gas going back in forth up to the verde valley multiple times then it'll take to just drive out to NM and smoke a cow. That being said, they do kill a few elk on those hunts, but I think it's a tough hunt.

I really like a tripod with locking levers on the legs instead of the twist deals, always seems like I'm in such a hurry when I take it down I guess!

310-325? I'm probably off, just wanted to wager a guess and see if I'm at all close, I love "guess the score" games!!!! Looks like a young bull to me with sweet tops, gonna be a toad a couple years!!

ugh.... to late again!!!!!

BOOM!!!!!

I actually prefer a "wet opener"

I may be looking for someone to do the pool service on my house (rented out) in North Glendale (59th/Bell roughly). I took care of it while I lived there and when I moved and rented it out I got a guy to take care of it for me and his work is starting to slide. PM me if you do this kinda work, always like to find someone on here first if possible! Thanks

I thought everything had to be R-134a?

Make sure you test it out first. I was very unhappy with how wide angle the lense is. It's made for videoing things that don't require detail at a distance. Better then nothing of course, but it'll hard to even see an elk on it at over 30 or 40 yards. I would do the head mount if I were to use one though.

Here's a link. http://www.dtechuppers.com/ar-15-wssm-upper-receivers.html

I would go with a 243 WSSM or 25 WSSM. Enough KE for deer easily and way better long range varmint round. Dtech rifles in MN made mine. It's sweet.

Didn't this happen during the spring draw too??? I will take an extra 13A or B tag if anyone has one

Thanks for your comment LEE. I thought this thread was just fine until you piped up. I've had a LOT of critters down in Aug, Sept. I also was in dental school when I shot my bull last year, on the last morning, I literally had to unload my camping gear to get the quarters in the truck as I was on my way out of there that day. I was just speaking of my experience with a certain processor that just so happens to be on the edge of 3C that will hang a bull for you for a fee. Dead elk does not = processing fee, you actually can cut it yourself, even if you use Millers, that's what I was trying to tell them in this thread. You would think a mountain man like yourself would know how to cut up an elk? Thanks again for your input.

There's an outfit out of queen creek that sets up a refridgerated trailer in Forest Lakes. Last year I had them do my elk, they did an excellent job, I would highly recommend them. If I remember right it's Millers Southwestern Processing. They had a fee for hanging quarters in their fridge truck and you just pick them up down in Queen Creek at the end of the season and you can process them yourself. I shot mine in the morning and it was 10 am by the time I got it loaded, the only thing I wasn't happy with was the kid running the set up had just learned to skin, I think my elk was his third. It was 81 degrees out and I wanted it in the trailer asap, so I skinned it myself using their hoist, he was really a nice kid, just didn't have enough experience to get it skinned quickly.