Kilimanjaro

I think they sent you my tag by mistake.. I'll PM ya, and we can get this little problem worked out.. I'll send ya my address.

It's definetely a buck. Look at the lower right hand corner of the second pic & you get a close up of his buttons. antelope does sometimes have horns as well.. It appears to be a doe to me as well.. cool pics!

I just got this emailed to me from a friend.. I couldn't believe it! for all the non believer's out there, check this out.. it is pretty amazing stuff. deer hunting eagle

nice bird!

thought I'd share a few pics of the newest member of the arsenal I just got back today.. I had this gun built on a Rem 700 action chambered in .300WSM by the guys at Match Grade Arms in Spring, TX.. I topped him off with a B&C reticle Leupold in 4.5X14X40.. These guys can build an awesome gun and are world renowed for their custom rifles.. They teflon coated everything metal, added a custom kevlar 13oz. stock with a custom paint job (AWESOME!!) with a pachmayr decelerator pad on the backside, free floated and glass bedded that bad boy, put a super eleminator muzzlebreak on, crowned the end, and added a new Jewell trigger set at a crisp 3lbs.. We'll see how he shoots here in a few days!! This badboy is gonna put some critters in the dirt this season for sure!! We'll see ya'll around!!

Well, I never did figure out how to post a video, so I'm just gonna post a link to to the same email clip I got sent to me.. deer hunting eagle

AZ#1, PM sent your way..

screw it.. I'm pulling my hair out now.. I gotta get some sleep. I'll continue my quest of getting this link to show for everyone tomorrow.. sorry for the delay.

I have tried about every thing I kow to do to get the link to show.. sharing videos is alot harder than pics.. I'll keep trying.

thanks for the sugesstions guys.. I had already tried several of the places that ya'll said would be good, but they had already been booked. . found a place in Pinetop that had an open cabin, so I snatched it up.. gonna be nice to get outta the heat and throw a line in the water..might even throw myself in!! thanks for the help!

thanks Chef.. I think it'll be a tack driver.. I think this was the pic that you were talking about.. my wife took this pic just minutes after I downed the ol' man.. it was a surreal expirence for me and I was glad my wife had taken the pic when we got back.. i didn't even know she had gotten there yet.. She had crept up while I was there all alone with the bull and snapped the pic of me reflecting on what had just transpired.. thanks for remembering the pic.. I haven't looked at it in awhile..

sorry to hear that bud... losing a good dog is an awful feeling.. my condolences to you.. But, look at it on the bright side.. he lived a long and productive life and had a blast with you the entire time!! 13 years as a bird dog is quite a feat.. Here's to the Old Man.. RIP.

I own an Outdoorsman tripod as well.. I have a their pistol grip and love it.. It is super light and is pretty small.. but it works great with the swaro 15's on top.. I love the set up I have and would recomend it to ya if you are looking to get a good product.. pricey, but well worth it.

naw Jason.. I don't think the wool will ever be pulled over my eyes on that one.. Bowhunting is for the birds.. I'll stick to rifles and smokepoles to hunt my billies, thank you very much!! You might as well try and kill one with a pocket knife in those mountains!!

I've drawn my yearly goose egg for NM.. 0 on oryx back in Feb and now another 0 for my ibex tag.. that makes 8 goose eggs I have in the ibex dept.. maybe before heck freezes over I'll get that tag.. MAYBE..

I'm getting pissed off at the NM site.. been trying all day and can't get in.. they just need to go ahead and let me know that my Ibex tag is on its way so I can stop trying to log onto the site!!!

fantastic deer.. Truely a once in a life time buck.. congrats on finding yours.

az, I should have thrown in the subtle hint of SARCASM with my last comment.. How life in the promise land?? You my friend, made the right choice and I comend you for that.. I'm next..as soon as this damned job lets me have my transfer to Montana.

Naw.... there isn't anything wrong with southern AZ. Its a great place to raise a family..

In Jan, we decided to step it up and get the state of WA out of the way and climb Mt Rainier this season.. We did it and came back with all of our fingers and toes.. barely!! rest deleted......

thanks Dan!

thanks alot guys!! I really appreciate it! Younghunter, I want to do Denali in a bad way, but I think I'm gonna wait a few years and get some more high points under the belt before tackling that bad boy.. I think my next high peak is gonna be Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania next year. It is almost 20K and is the highest free standing mountain in the world. Plus, you know me and Africa.. I just can't seem to stay away. AZP&Y.. you are right about traversing those glaciers.. it is one awesome and errie expirence all rolled into one. Shortpants, Nuts? Naw.. just bored and "cursed" with a restless mindset!! I am always trying to outdo myself. And I really have no idea why. I guess its the sado masacist in me coming out.. I enjoy punishing myself! again, thanks guys!!

pretty much par for the course here in southern AZ from what I've seen since moving here 4 years ago..

I shot my first deer at 6 in TX.... not all states run like AZ. that hog looks like he was fed doughnuts in a pen his whole life and then let out to be plugged full of holes..

I hunted them once (1999) in the Candalaria area of far west TX north of the outpost town of Presidio.. Desolate, dry country alot like AZ and the hunting was basically like hunting coues.. lots of hiking and glassing.. I missed my one and only opportunity at a decent buck..