elkaholic

what size tires ?

Kinda what I've been doing on and off for a while here and on other hunting sites - to give stuff to the youth camps previous 2 posts in oct - had little effect . Passing it on is a great concept- whom will benefit the most - I think our young hunters need all the help they can get! if all it takes is a new thread - I'd be happily surprised!!

way to go!- tags filled- meat in the freezer - done deal

nice looking buck - right at 100 from the looks of his tine lengths the only reason I ask how far a shot cuz at 300 yrds across a canyon or hillside and you have to circle around to get there - things never look the same

Just for definition - what do you call moving to another spot- 50 yrds - 100 yrds - 1/4 mile or hike the 3 miles back to the truck and drive 5 miles and walk into another hunter in that spot If I'm in a spot and someone sees me I'd rather they turn around and leave instead of coming over and disrupting my hunt. 9 chances out of 10 they will come over chat and still walk in the direction I expected to see an animal coming. never fails Not much anyone can do really - just hope it doesn't happen every day As far as cameras I have a few out and expect them to disappear but so far I've been lucky. while scouting I do chat with others whom happen upon "MY SPOT" and I'm not as honest as they'd like but hey they guess I'm here for a reason and you can bet a dollar to a dime they will return. sharing information goes so far and before you know it one guy tells another and then the word spreads and you have guys showing up - whom never would have -only on the conversation that I seen this guy and he had a camera up - so lets go hunt there, do not let others change your plans - try to be "polite" and adjust your hunt accordingly ! cameras are a tool to get information - they don't claim anything - get over it already I'd be out checking the cameras in "MY SPOT" today but dang head cold and with all the snow - I'll wait a day or 2 - piggy guys will be all over the place and a few deer guys too - hope the roads / snow turned a few back - lol hey naturegirl - does that mean I got to find your camera to get your name and number - lol did you draw a turkey tag ?

if they show up - it will be at homes in the wealthier part of town as they know them there folks would be able to afford the fees . never smell a lot of smoke in n/w phx compared to south and s/west phoenix Last I heard there was only a few of those type inspectors to handle metro phenix and they only go out on complaints and they do not like to go out and spoil their own holidays to screw with people

what I find hard to believe is the wolf travel 450 + miles - no mention of anyone ever seeing it along the travel route - for no apparent reason other than trying to find a breeding partner - give me a break!

oh come on why did game and fish make archery a draw - at $10 processing fee that was only 100,000 + extra income now that's close to 130,000 and they can regulate the # of tags- then they had so many left overs that they allowed 2 piggys we can't have 10,000 + archers getting to hunt for a whole month without getting some extra $$$ in the budget!

that's why its critical that you take a gps cords from your location at the time of shot . it will help -even in the dark to get a better idea of where the deer was located . most have the terrain topo and you can place a pin on your best guess where he was last located. its worked for me before! way to easy to get turned around in the dark - heck I've know guys been off their spot during a lot hunts - pinpointing a spot and finding it can cause problems for anyone keep us posted and hope you have little trouble finding a deer to tag after first light ! how long a shot was it anyway?

Glad you were able to harvest a couple of cow elk on your hunt. a nice herd is usually 40-50 cows in that area but in 10 it's a big herd nowadays

you may find them down along the verde or in areas north/east of chino - should NOT be much pressure

now all they need to do is try to actually go out in the field I'd bet the regional biologist hasn't even been in the unit! G&F has never responded to any of the reports by locals about 5 deer dead - carcasses rotting in field heads gone --- poaching . known fact! no big write up of several deer poached - they never even drove out to investigate - never called back or contacted anyone It's to the point that locals don't even bother because they know - nobody will show up anyway.

I've had a few Christmas Eve Day hunts go wrong and missed Christmas eve- 1- deer hunting in the Haraqualas- dead battery -cables corroded off-not my truck - we got home after 10- had to walked 3 miles to highway - walked another 4 along US 60 nobody wanted to pickup 2 camo'd out guys - go figure? after calling and getting a tow service to actually go on a off road trip up the mtn . to jump the battery.$200 - I wasn't real happy but we got home safe. 2 - Duck hunting on pleasant - before new dam - boat ran out of gas - paddled from humbug/ agau fria river entrance to west side of pleasant . like 4 miles . we spotted a campfire ,an old couple was fishing, we got a gallon of gas and made it home at like 10 so I'm not really allowed to go out hunting on Christmas Eve Day anymore but Christmas Day and New Yrs are fair game - lol taken lots of different game over the yrs on New Years Day because lots of hunter probably partied a little to much on the Eve - an fewer were out hunting

Do your self a favor and get a 14In breaker bar /1/2 inch drive - used for sockets- and a 4 inch extension in 1/2 inch drive and a 1/2 drive socket to fit the lugs easy to keep under the seat and you'll have the right tool to easily loosen / tighten any nut that the socket fits

Sorry to hear - praying for a quick recovery- hang in there buddy!

might be a few 2 yr old and a couple big sows- nothing giant

like anything else its mainly LUCK- and a fair amount of knowledge yes lions can be called in- in many different ways I was lucky enough to spot a lion while coues hunting - watched it for over an hour. It happened to end up in the canyon below me. I had a circe rabbit call in pocket - I called like 15 min none stop - next thing I saw on a small bliuff 50 yrds below me was the lion peeking over the rock pile , it then presented a good shot - I always have a lion tag and a circe call in my pocket, when I'm doing just about any kind of hunting , you just never know when one will showup

Three very generous people - me - myself and I -- it was a learning experience

how does this change plans for Mexico coues hunting?

Prayers are on the way for a quick solution - good things happen to good people - sorry to hear you are in great pain-

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Reminds of a hunting trip where I came across 2 brothers using their dads win mag for elk -- both had perfect 1/2 moon gashes and blood streaming and proud as all get out standing by 2 bull elk down .

I'd be all smiles too grossed 240 ish-

looks to staring right at you - hint green bush

filled the freezer with venison - good job congrats to all 5