Jay Scott

Here is the video of the great buck Kit Critchlow was able to harvest in Mexico with us this last week. View the full article

Colburn and Scott Outfitters had another great hunt in Sonora, Mexico for coues deer. We had the pleasure of taking father and son, Kit and Paul Critchlow. Each harvested nice bucks. Kit's scored right at 110 inches. The weather was very warm and made deer movement a little slower than usual. We tried to keep track of bucks from our trip and the count was well over 100. With the warmer temps and coming bright moon it seemd as though the bigger bucks were slow to move around. Darr captured both harvests on video and we will be posting soon. More to come....... View the full article

We just got in from Sonora, Mexico and Kit harvested a great buck. More pics and video to come tomorrow! Happy New Year! Feliz Ano Nuevo! View the full article

Brody and I headed out to find a cow on Sunday. We failed. We did see 9 bulls, about 100 mule deer with 2 shooter bucks. I managed to get a little footage of the better buck. At first glance, he's no gawker, but after closer examination, I believe he has broken off both of his G2's. This could make him a dandy and certainly one to find next year. It's always nice to see a couple that have survived! Happy New Year! View the full article

Between guiding late hunts in Colorado and Arizona, I was able to sneak away to Nebraska for three days for the opening weekend of rifle season. I went with Brody Henderson of Eagle, CO. We rolled in late the night prior to the opener. Having no time to scout, we studied our maps and picked out a likely looking area about a mile and a half from the nearest road. We hiked in an hour before daylight, found good vantages, and waited. Soon after daylight, the deer started moving, and we were seeing lots of deer. Unfortunately, we also were seeing lots of hunters. It was a real pumpkin patch! Looking 360 degrees, I could see 14 hunters, some as close as 250 yards. By 8:30 am we decided it was time for a different scene. We knew we could find a spot with less pressure than that. We studied maps again at the truck and decided to try plan B and scout some good looking stuff from the road on the way over. We arrived around noon and headed up the nearest ridge to get a look and feel for the new area. No sooner did we top out, we spooked a nice buck and doe that were bedded at the top of a burned draw. We reminded ourselves to slow down. We hadn't seen another hunter yet, and the place had plenty of fresh sign. Five more minutes of still hunting led us to peek into another burned out bowl. I still can't say if we bumped these deer or if they were just up feeding in the middle of the day, but the bowl was holding five does and three bucks. They caught our movement and a couple white flags went up, luckily the whole group wasn't in on it and that bought us enough time to survey the deer. The group started to crest the rim of the bowl and I was worried that I might be denied a shot because the deer would be skylighted. I picked the closest buck and, as I was getting my gun up, the buck did a 180 and thought he would just slip out the backside. That brought him off the skyline. I took a knee, aimed and fired. The buck stood motionless, trying to disappear. It was a clean miss. The buck just stood there, I believe this was his survival tactic. Unfortunately for him, it allowed me enough time to cycle the bolt, lean into the closest deadfall snag and steady my rifle. The second shot connected and he crumpled. Brody and I looked at each other in awe, not believing we had just waltzed into 8 deer that had not yet been pressured. He immediately took off to try and see where the rest of the group was going. Once Brody cleared the rim, I took off to see what I had. As I neared, the buck stood on his front legs. The shot had dropped him, but not killed him. I put one in his neck to finish the kill. I was packing my 300 WSM with 180gr. Accubonds that day. Some might say that's overkill for a Whitetail, but in this case it made the difference. At a distance of about 150 yards, my first shot was a miss, the second shot, once I steadied, was a hit but nowhere close to the vitals. The spine shot that had dropped the buck, was closer to his rear quarter than his shoulder. I'm guessing an easy 18" from my point of aim. Had I been packing a lighter caliber, the hunt might not have ended that quickly. Although not dead, the .300 WSM had anchored him. I'm usually not one for rushed shots. I'd love to always lay over my pack and touch one off prone, but sometimes you just don't have the time. This was certainly a "flash" hunt. We were only hunting three days, opening morning had been a pumpkin convention, and we had just bumped a buck. I was feeling the pressure to shoot. I shoot a fair amount of rounds through my CZ American .22LR and know my offhand capabilities. 150 yards off the knee is certainly stretching it for me. In retrospect, I should have shown the animal a little more respect and found a better rest for that distance. Maybe I should have crept along a little slower so as not to be detected in the first place. I put some lead in the air that day and ended up killing a dandy buck. A little luck is always appreciated, but I'm reminded that the more I practice, the more I shoot, the more I hunt, the less luck will be needed. Had that buck slipped out somehow, I still would have learned a lesson in still hunting and the buck might have been around the next day to chase again. AS HE LAY Dragging this buck out, I stripped down to my KUIU 250 wt. merino and never got over heated.   Outerwear: Stormy Kromer cap, KUIU Guide Jacket, Sitka 90% pants, Lowa Ranger boots. Baselayers and midlayers, including socks: all merino wool from quality manufacturers including Smartwool, KUIU, and Icebreaker. At 18 1/2" inside, he's my widest whitetail to date. He grosses roughly 138". I think the B&W photo shows how both the KUIU Vias camo and the Sitka Optifade break up my outline in this open, burned country. View the full article

I've shot elk with rounds as small as the .270 and as big as the .300 Weatherby. I know lots of folks that have killed elk with even smaller rounds and certainly plenty of bigger ones. Unfortunately, I can't afford to own a gun collection so I'm always trying to find the perfect elk round. I know this is a subject that will be debated until the end of time, but this is my current favorite. The .300 WSM. I've now owned two Winchester model 70's chambered in .300 WSM and both were tack drivers. The .300 WSM seems to be a near perfect combination of a lightweight action, a heavy bullet(if wanted), enough powder for long distance, and minimal punishment on the shoulder(My "long distance" is out to 500 yards). My bullet of choice on any elk is the Nosler Accubond. I'm a fan of heavier bullets for elk, so I was loading 200gr. Accubonds but switched to 180gr. to pick up a bit of speed. With 69gr. of IMR 7828, my 180's are going 3000 ft/s. To date, all the elk I have shot with an Accubond bullet have died quickly and the bullets were never been recovered as they have all been pass through shots. Here are the results from this year's hunts with my Winchester M70 in .300 WSM.   The Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather SS, chambered in .300 WSM, topped with a Leupold VX-3 4.5-14x40. So far, a great mountain hunting set up. 300 WSM with 180gr. Nosler Accubonds Cow elk: Walking at 250 yards. 3 shots: one in the paunch, one in the shoulder, and one in the neck; in that order. All pass throughs. Cow went 50 yards downhill. Bull elk: bedded at 80 yards. One shot in the forward part of the shoulder; pass through. Bull went 10 yards. My cousin's bull: Feeding at 171 yards. One shot behind the shoulder, through both lungs; pass through. Bull went 40 yards. NE Whitetail buck: Standing at 150 yards. 3 shots: one miss, one spine and one finishing shot in neck. Dropped in his tracks but required follow up. As you can see the 180 grain Accubond performed well at distances as close as 80 yards and as far as 250 yards. When the bullet hit bone there was considerably more damage and larger exit wounds than on the meat only type hits. In any case, the bullet held its path and mass to create a wound channel all the way through. I'm a fan! View the full article

Friend of JayScottOutdoors.com, Mike Tenney, shot a nice AZ coues buck,"Here are a couple pictures of the buck I was fortunate enough to harvest this week. I want to thank all those who helped with the pre hunt preparation and the advice on which areas to focus my efforts on, I couldn't have done it without your help! I would also like to express my extreme gratitude towards my brothers Scott and Kevin and of course my dad Arlee who to this day still amazes me with his ability to always find the shooter bucks. I feel extremely fortunate to be surrounded by people in my life who support me and my efforts in hunting these magnificent animals." Great job Tenney! View the full article

Great Gnarly buck! Oink...Oink Congrats!!

This probably doesnt help much but I think he shot a good ram. I think there was an article in Kingman paper that said he shot a ram around 168. Sorry this isnt much info. I am sure this will get to him in some way. Hope you catch up with him. JS

Guys if you like Desert Bighorn sheep and specifically Arizona rams then please read, "As most of you know, Tom Saad and I have been laboring on a book on Arizona desert sheep since January. The book will be over 400 pages with more than 365 COLOR photos, including 91 of the top 100 rams ever recorded in AZ. This includes 31 rams that have never been entered in any record book, and 5 of those are in the top 10 in the history of AZ. The book will feature well over 200 rams with many stories as well. We have also included several color unit maps, tables such as the top 100 list, and notations of rams that have won FNAWS medals, B&C awards, Arizona Wildlife Federation annual contests, and rams that were taken on auction or raffle permits. We’re in the final editing phase and hope to be ready to print within 2 weeks or so. I wanted to start with a relatively short list of friends and lucky hunters that have rams featured in the book and explore the possibility of a pre-sale. If we can sell 200 copies relatively quickly, that will fund the cost of printing, which is very high. We expect to have a website up shortly and will post a piece of the book to view, but trust me when I say it is extremely impressive. In the event we can’t fund the printing by pre-selling 200 books, we may have to go with a different printing option to print fewer copies and the price would go up. Please respond with your interest, and pass the word on those sheep nuts you know that will also want a copy. Cost is $125 plus $10 shipping ($25 outside U.S.), which can be waived for local guys that we can get these to in person. The books will be signed and numbered and as incentive, we will issue the numbers in the order that we sell them in. Pre-selling the first 200 is the key to keeping cost down and pushing this baby to the printer by early July. Your support is appreciated – I hope to hear back from you!" Geof Moss Cell: 602-432-4170 For more info go to this link, http://littlehornoutfitters.blogspot.com/2011/06/az-desert-bighorn-book-pre-sale-notice.html THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BE AWESOME GUYS SO GIVE GEOF A CALL AND ORDER ONE! JS

Great video! He is mauling that barrel cactus for sure. I am going to guess 155-158. Nice work.

This book has exceeded my expectations! Geof and Tom did a fantastic job. I don't know that anyone could ever top this book. I would venture to say that this will be the most important books for desert sheep hunters ever produced.

Ernesto thanks, not sure about the video its a tough market out there. Who knows.... Good Huntin' to you guys!

Darr and I are going! cant miss Mexico for sure. good Huntin to all you guys!

Guys apparently the printing is done on the book and it is being bound now. Sept 10th is the date I am being told. Should be the best book ever compiled on desert Bighorn Sheep! I am pumped about it.

Well said Amanda!

I would bet if truth be known Mr. Hamberlin has dontated more money to our wildlife than any other person in history. Not only has he dontated lots of money but he has given tons of his time. I say job well done to Mossback Arizona and Mr. Hamberlin! Congrats to all involved!

Nice video! That bull had no idea he was ever being shot at! I would hate to have been the tree he crashed into. Cool stuff. Great job Jed and congrats to the hunter

Here are the reasons I would go with Swarovski. 1. Swarovski has best customer service in the business. 2. Light transmission is better in the 15X Swarovski than any of the competitors. (try them against the competitor at low light) Hands down difference IMO. 3. Clearest and cleanest image of any binoculars on the market. Swarovski stands behind their product 100% where the competitors only do it some of the time. Good Discussion fellas! Good Huntin' to ya

YOU KNOW ME GINO...A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.

Fellow hunters, my Coues Wagon needs help! I have a 2007 Yamaha Rhino. I am looking for someone in the Phoenix Metro area that works on Yamaha Rhinos. I need Rear Brakes, brake wiring harness and a few misc. maintenance stuff done. I had a great place but they must have went out of business. The big shops labor prices seem to be a complete ripoff and the upsell is hard to take. Looking for a good honest hard working tech. email at js43560@cox.net or call cell 602-803-0223. Thanks and Good Huntin'

THANKS AGAIN MORE D! ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS?

Thanks Coues AZ! Anyone else have suggestions. Thanks to all.

I am looking for someone in the Phoenix Metro area that works on Yamaha Rhinos. I need Rear Brakes, brake wiring harness and a few misc. maintenance stuff done. I had a great place but they must have went out of business. The big shops labor prices seem to be a complete ripoff and the upsell is hard to take. Looking for a good honest hard working tech. email at js43560@cox.net or call cell 602-803-0223.

God Bless our troops!