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Listen to turkey box call maker David Halloran demonstrate different sounds to make on a box call View the full article

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That is a good idea Big Tub but unfortunately this spring we are probably running out of time. Hope you can make it on March 20th.

I am pumped to give the new 12X50 EL binoculars from Swarovski a run through my dusty life. They should be a great addition to the lineup. I can't wait to see how they will stack up against the Swarovski 15X56's and the 10X42 EL's. I am betting they will be the perfect tweener glass! They look so clean and pretty. I am sure the little 12X50's are wondering why they got punished and sent home with me......Thanks to the guys at the Outdoorsmans for all of their cutting edge info! Look for a report on the 12X50's once I get a chance to dirty them up a bit. I am eagerly waiting for the 10X42 EL Range that are coming mid June! They come with some cool gadgets as well!On the left is 10X42 EL and on the right is 12X50 EL On the left is 10X42 EL and on the right is 12X50 EL View the full article

Check out this weeks episode on Cabelas Spring Thunder View the full article

Check out World Champion turkey caller Matt Van Cise demostrating a friction call View the full article

It was actually really good. I am sure I was just camera shy. Steve and his crew are the real deal and lots of fun to be around. Show turned out nice. Just a reminder about our Goulds Hunt giveaway at the turkey seminar March 20th at Bass Pro Shops 6:30-8:30. Someone is going to win that hunt that night. Please see post below to RSVP. Been working on the presentation of video and pics.

moto- the answer to your question is I haven't sold my 15X's yet. But my wife would argue that I am a bit of a bino hoarder. Women have their shoes and I have my binos...... I think what you lose in 3X of magnification you gain in sharpness, light gathering and overall clarity. The 12's are pretty sweet to say the least. I was impressed with the EL Range as well this last season. Not sure I helped..........

Coues Sniper- two words......plane ticket Hope NJ treats you well Jamaro- turn that vehicle west and time for road trip.... Gobble Gobble!

I used them quite a bit this fall and I have to say they are spectacular! Field of view and clarity is awesome.

Check out this cool video of Elk in the RUT View the full article

I had the privilege of being one of the judges at the RMEF world championship elk calling contest again and there were some awesome callers this year. Congrats to all the participants for their courage to compete on the big stage. They had a cool category this year called champion of champions which was won by multiple time world champion Corey Jacobsen. Great stuff! View the full article

Its turkey time! We are excited for another season of Cabelas Spring Thunder The first two episodes are up and running. View the full article

Yes Coues Sniper you have to be present to win. Pretty good odds to win a Free Goulds Hunt!

Those are some sweet looking calls! I bet that sound sweet as well! Very nice job.

Join us for an Advanced Tips and Tactics Seminar for Spring Turkey Hunting on March 20th. We will cover the following topics during the seminar: Scouting Roosting Strategies Setup Tactics Calling Tips Decoy Placement and much more! Date: Wednesday Night March 20th Time: 6:30PM-8:30PM Location: Bass Pro Shops 1133 N. Dobson, Mesa Arizona Come upstairs to the Fine Gun Room Every person who attends will have a chance to win a Free Guided Gould's Turkey Hunt in Sonora, Mexico with Darr Colburn and Jay Scott during the 2013 spring season. One name will be drawn at the end of the night to win this fantastic hunt to go down and hunt for (1) Gould's gobbler with Darr Colburn and Jay Scott! Seating is limited so please try to RSVP by emailing us at jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com Hunt Sponsored by: COLBURN AND SCOTT REAL ESTATE View the full article

Pictured above is Dick Corbett's 420 inch giant AZ bull guided by Darr Colburn Here are a couple of questions that we have received about elk hunting from one of our blog followers. We are getting lots of good questions so keep sending them, jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com BULL ELK IS BUGLING HARD TO EVERY CALL YOU MAKE BUT WON'T COME INTO BOW RANGE? Answer by Jay Scott: I would say first thing I would do is try to sneak in tighter to the bull before calling to him in the first place. If bulls are bugling on there own I don't call at all. Try and get right in his hip pocket before you make a peep. Often times they will come right over if you get inside bow range before making a sound. Another tactic to try that works well on a bull that hangs up is have your buddy fade back and cow call like the cow is leaving the herd. Most of the time the bull will eventually follow. Lots of times they will follow silently because they just can't take the cow walking away. We refer to this tactic as the fade away or floater. Answer by Darr Colburn: If the bull is on the move I would not call and try to loop around and get in front of him depending on the wind. I usually don't call at all if a bull is bugling on his own. I push the envelope and sneak in as tight as I can silently. Once you get inside of 100 yards you never know what can happen. If a bull is screaming and acting very aggressive sometimes raking a tree and sounding like another bull can push them over the edge and get them coming your way. DO YOU COW CALL MORE OR BUGLE WHEN HUNTING BIG BULLS IN ARIZONA? Answer by Jay Scott: I very rarely bugle. I may bugle for location then move in tight and "sweet talk" them. In my opinion, very few guys can bugle good enough to consistently call in big giant mature bulls. If you are trying for younger bulls bugling can be extremely effective. To me cow calling is where it is at. Try to concentrate on soft, sweet nasally sounds. I have found the more natural and real that you sound the more success you will have calling in bigger bulls. Answer by Darr Colburn: I never bugle. I am not a master caller by any means. I usually sneak in silently and only call when I need to stop a bull for a shot. Most hunters I hear call don't sound very good because they don't practice. If the call does not sound good to my ears the elk will for sure know the difference. Practice your calling and listen to the really good callers like Jay and try and imitate the sounds they make. There are some great calls out there that sound good with a little practice. Another thing is elk are usually on the move in the morning and evening. The majority of the time they are traveling into the wind. You need to be in front of the elk in the direction they are traveling to call them in most of the time. View the full article

TJ-I think it is important when trying to get a new person to love the sport you love try to wait until the conditions are perfect including the weather. Cold feet usually turn into poor time. I hope she hooks a lunker! As for the last part of your post, I am honored to be apart of this great site. There are some great people on here and some great info! Tight lines. JS

If this doesn't get you fired up then you might as well forget it. HEADS OR TAILS from Todd Moen Creative on Vimeo. View the full article

We get many great questions emailed to us from hunters all over the country and parts of the world for that matter. We have been keeping track of some of the questions and are going to be starting a new segment here on the JSO Blog. We have been trying to think of a name for the category but have yet to come up with something sharp. So for now we will call it "Ask JSO". Feel free to send any outdoor/hunting related question to us at jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com and we will try to answer as best we can. DO YOU PREFER TO HUNT COUES DEER IN MEXICO OR ARIZONA? Answer by Jay Scott-The answer to this question is I love both for different reasons. We guide/hunt in Arizona and Mexico. If I had to choose one or the other and you take out the economy of hunting in Arizona close to home then it would be Old Mexico without a doubt. The simple reason why I like Mexico better is more bucks. The complex answer is I love the overall quality experience while coues deer hunting in Mexico. Typically, you see many more mature bucks than if you were hunting on public lands. While trophy hunting for a quality buck it is nice to know that you can "leave a buck" and keep searching for a bigger one then if not found return and glass the original buck up. Sometimes this may take a day or two. When hunting public alot of times if you "leave a buck" you never know if he will be there or not when you come back. It makes walking from a buck way more risky. Usually the amount of bucks and overall size of mature bucks can make for a much better hunt. There is something to hunting the animal you are after and not focusing on managing people and other hunters. Sometimes hunting coues on public can be somewhat of a "rat race". I wish that every coues deer hunter could get the chance to experience coues deer hunting in Old Mexico. DO YOU PREFER TO HUNT DESERT RANCHES OR MOUNTAIN RANCHES IN MEXICO? See answer below The four photos above are pictures of a couple of desert ranches in Sonora, Mexico. Answer by Jay Scott-Again the answer to this question is both. If I had to choose one or the other to hunt for the rest of my life it would be a mountain ranch because I like to see lots of deer while hunting. Most mountain ranches have more deer and more bucks. The flip side is desert ranches have less deer but can have some giant bucks. I can see how my answer may breed more questions on this subject and we welcome those. You may ask what do I consider a mountain ranch and a desert ranch. A mountain ranch is one that can be found at say 3000 feet elevation and above. Mountain ranches contain vegetation like oaks, mesquite and yellow grass where a desert ranch has lots of cactus, ocotillo and palo verdes. I do really like mountain ranches that have lots of mesquite and ocotillo country as opposed to all oaks. We have killed giant bucks on both types of ranches but I would say that the desert or "flats" ranches produce more giant bucks than mountain ranches. See the pictures above of Desert ranches and below of Mountain ranches in Sonora, Mexico. View the full article

I had the privilege of being at the contest this year and the quality of turkey callers was amazing. Here is the 2013 NWTF Grand Nationals Senior Finals. This is the event where the best of the best compete. The intro to this video is sweet with all of the past champion callers. All of these 15 callers were unreal. The winner Matt Van Cise is at 1:23. For more competitive calling go to CallingAllTurkeys.com Enjoy! View the full article

We got a call from Dr. Bob Rice from Canada stating that he had drawn a Unit 15D Arizona Desert Sheep permit and he was looking for an outfitter. Darr and I were already committed for other hunts so I told Bob about our good friend Russ Jacoby. Russ is not only a friend but he has helped Darr and I the last two years on the Arizona Super Raffle sheep hunt. I put the two of them together and the hunt was set. This ram was going to be Bob's Grand Slam ram. They had a great hunt and harvested a great grand slam ram. The 9 year old ram was checked out by the AZGFD at 167 3/8 and his right horn was 35 5/8 X 14 4/8 and his left horn was 34 X 14 2/8. Congrats to Dr. Bob Rice on a fine ram. To add a little icing on the cake, Bob had purchased a Mexico Desert tag prior finding out he had drawn his Arizona tag. He went on to kill another great desert ram in Mexico about 1 month later. Special thanks to Russ Jacoby, Dr. Bob Rice and "Uncle" Fred Ashurst for his help on the hunt and friendship! Below are pics of Dr. Rice's Mexico Sheep a couple of weeks later. View the full article

I just returned from Nashville, TN from the 2013 NWTF Convention. We spent all week and had a fantastic time checking out the exhibit hall and listening to all of the great turkey callers. I learned alot and look forward to sharing some pics and video of our trip. I will be posting all of the contests but you need to check out this cool website by Shane Simpson called CallingAllTurkeys.com. I met Shane and he is a great guy and competitive turkey caller from the land of 10,000 lakes. His posts most all turkey calling competitions on his site and it is a great resource. Turkey season is right around the corner! Gobble Gobble! View the full article

Last fall I had the great opportunity of guiding Elk hunts at Buffalo Creek Ranch in Walden, CO. It's hard to know where to start when describing such a phenomenal place and operation. Without going into too many details and specifics, the easiest way for me to applaud BCR is by saying that, if I owned and ran an Elk Outfitter, I would closely model it after BCR. What I loved most about the operation was that the Elk are treated with as much respect as the cattle. Through intense forestry, manager John Ziegman improves the health of the forest, specifically for the creatures that live there. Mostly private land hunting, I rate it a 9/10 for the state of CO. We killed a handful of bulls over 300" which most CO outfitters can only dream of. Especially for a unit that is not a limited draw unit. More importantly the staff rocks. From the management, to the cook, to the guides, everyone works together to make a great experience for the client. Here are a few pics of last year's hunts. Scott Graham making sure the hunters' rifles are hitting spot on. A crucial extra step to a successful hunt. A couple of nice bulls being prepped for skinning. BCR takes amazing care of the meat. Opening morning of 1st Rifle was a snowy one. This bull bugled just enough so we could find him in the near whiteout conditions. Unmatched scenery. If you're interested in a great CO elk hunt, don't hesitate to contact me or go to Buffalo Creek Ranch directly. View the full article

Jim- I am glad you posted this. I used these as well this coues deer season in Mexico and was very impressed. Very versatile.