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I recently did a podcast episode (#30) with CWT.com member Devin Beck of Arizona Wildlife Designs Taxidermy. He discussed his strategies for locating, staying on and hunting these giant Coues bucks. Devin has harvested and helped harvest many bucks over 120". I am sure you guys will enjoy this episode! Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast Episode 30: Hunting Giant Coues Deer with Devin Beck Click For Apple Users- Click For Android and PC Users

I uploaded a podcast episode where the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep units of the 2015 fall draw get broken down by myself and Craig Steele. Learn each of our top five units for Mexicana and Nelsoni sheep. Listen for FREE on iTunes and Podbean. Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast Episode 29: What Units to Apply for Desert Bighorn Sheep in Arizona Fall 2015 Draw For Apple Users- For Android and PC Users-

We had a fun time hunting Gould's Turkeys in Mexico with friends Bob and Carole. Bob got his Gould's on the first afternoon with his bow and Carole got a double the next afternoon. Bob's video is unreal with the Magnus bullhead shot to the neck and the blood that is squirting out all over the DSD jake decoy. Pretty Wild! Go to our sister site GouldsTurkeyHunt.com or on our Goulds Turkey Hunt facebook page for more photos on our exciting hunt. Carole, Jay Scott and Hunter Haynes with Carole's first bird View the full article

By Darr Colburn We had a great time visiting family and doing a little turkey hunting on our trip to Nebraska. Here is the video. View the full article

Watch as Jason Hairston of KUIU, reveals the new KUIU tent line for 2015. View the full article

By Darr Colburn My mom and dad both grew up around Kearney, Nebraska. My grandmother who will be 88 soon still lives in Kearney. My boys had never been to Nebraska and I wanted to show them our family roots. Last time I visited I could not believe the amount of turkeys I saw. A trip was planned to visit family and take my boys turkey hunting, two things that are very important to me. We flew into Denver and drove the 5 hours to Kearney. We saw no less than 30 different gobblers on the drive! We got in around 7pm and ran out to meet my friend Shay McGowan who invited us to hunt on his property. We met up with Shay and roosted a couple birds for the next morning. The first morning my brother and his son headed to one blind while Parker and I went to another. It started raining right after first light and my brother texted us that he had shot a nice gobbler with his bow. Parker got his chance around 9:30 am when a gobbler and hen came into the calling and decoys. The bird saw movement as Parker drew his bow and was walking when Parker shot. The arrow sailed high right over his back. The weather turned bad so we headed back for the day to spend time with the family. The next morning a bird was gobbling on the roost and we set up in a blind about 300 yards from the roost. Again as it got light the rain started. The birds stayed in the tree a little later than normal but eventually came in to my calling. Paul made a great shot and we had the second bird of the trip down. We called in a couple more birds but Parker never got another shot. The property we hunted was an island on the Platte River. The river was about 200 yards across. To access the property we had to ride a gondola like platform that hung from a couple of steel cables across the river. The gondola was powered by a Honda motor located on top of the gondola. The gondola hung about 15-20 feet above the river. We had a great time on our trip to Nebraska. While watching the news the night before we left I noticed that they have an outdoors section on the newscast that they show hunting pictures and fishing reports. I believe more kids are exposed to hunting and fishing due to things like this. We will definitely be back to the Heartland of America where the people are friendly and the turkeys are plentiful! Old barn and farm house out in the country. Gondola loaded with Paul's Gobbler about to head back across the Platte River. There were lots of ticks out. We sprayed down with OFF before heading out each morning. Paul's Nebraska Rio Grande turkey. Parker "Getting Serious" in the Double Bull blind waiting for a gobbler to show up. Nebraska Gobbler Albino bearded hen we saw the last morning on another farm. Happy turkey hunter Paul Colburn with his Nebraska Rio Grande turkey. Looking across the Platte River towards the island we hunted. View the full article

Our second group of Gould's turkey hunters was with Preston and Donald from Illinois and Florida. They are longtime hunting buddies. They harvested 4 turkeys in 1.5 days. See the Part 1-4 videos below of the hunt and more photos of the hunt on our sister site GouldsTurkeyHunt.com View the full article

I had the fortune of helping my good friend, Casey Brooks, on his Arizona Auction Gould's Turkey Hunt for 2015. We had a great hunt and many laughs were shared. Casey harvested a really nice Gould's turkey that came strutting into the Dave Smith Decoys with his Hoyt bow at a distance of about 12 yards. Casey is one of the most distinguished bowhunters in the world with over 63 archery bull elk and a Archery North American Super Slam under his belt. We recorded a podcast episode for the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast on archery elk hunting that will be airing soon. Check out the video below of Casey's awesome hunt. Cabelas Spring Thunder will be featuring the hunt in its entirety on this Monday's episode. If you do not have an apple product, you can listen to the Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast by clicking this link on Podbean. View the full article

The first hunt of the 2015 Mexico Gould's season was with good friends Craig and Ronell Ainley. See the video below of the full hunt. Click here to see a full photo gallery of the hunt on our sister website GouldsTurkeyHunt.com. I will be posting all of the photos and videos of the 2015 Gould's Turkey season soon. The Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast brought to you by goHUNT.com/INSIDER has had some amazing guests on lately and the feedback has been phenomenal. In case you have missed the latest episodes click on the link below to listen on iTunes for FREE. You can also listen on PODBEAN for FREE. Episode 19 and 20-Advanced Techniques for Better Elk Calling with Steve Chappell Part 1 and 2 Episode 21-Elk Hunting Giant Nevada Bulls with Trevor Marques Episode 22-The Mountain Project-Filming, Editing and Producing with Chase Christopher and Jay Park Episode 23-Matt Woodward of Borderland Adventures Episode 24-Elk Hunting with Brendan Burns Episode 25-Elk Calling and Hunting with World Champions Bryan and Brayden Langely Episode 26-Bowhunting Elk with Casey Brooks View the full article

By Darr Colburn We had a great time hunting turkeys this past weekend on the White Mountain Apache reservation. Michael Turner who won the raffle Gould's tag had purchased tags along with his friend to hunt out of the Sunrise camp on the White Mountain Apache reservation. Michael shot his Gould's early the first day with Jay and headed to the White Mountain to hunt. They arrived several days before the hunt started and a family member had some health issues so they headed home. They offered the tags to Jay but he had already committed to go to the Maverick camp with some other friends so he offered the tags to my boys Parker and Paul. We jumped at the chance to go up and hunt the reservation. My boys were so excited for the opportunity! We packed up and left Thursday afternoon to hunt for three days. Paul connected on his first turkey right off the roost after he came in strutting and beat up the Dave Smith jake decoy. Here is the video of Paul's hunt. I will post more pictures and the video of Parker's hunt later. We had a great hunt with our guide Bernard and his son Brandon. View the full article

Guys- I had the pleasure of interviewing Brec Bundy of Mule Deer Addiction Outfitters in Episode 7 and Matt Schimberg of A3 Trophy Hunts in Episode 12 about Hunting the Arizona Strip for Mule Deer in Units 13A and 13B. In these episodes you will hear some of the differences of each unit, travel patterns, hunting techniques, bucks of the past and bucks of the future, also the 2015 forecast for the Arizona Strip. You can listen to both episodes on my podcast by clicking the link below. Click here for apple users on iTunes Click here for android users on Podbean As the summer progresses I will continue to have more expert guests talking about hunting in Arizona. I hope you enjoy!

I am proud to announce our partnership with Cabelas Spring Thunder, which is a weekly webisode all about Spring turkey hunting. We have contributed video footage from our spring turkey hunts for several years to our friends who produce the show at MidwestWhitetail.com. Aaron Warbritton is the host of the show and he does a fantastic job of creating a entertaining, informative and very educational show. Aaron in his own right is one of the best turkey callers and hunters in this country. In the March 2 Episode of Cabelas Spring Thunder, titled Scouting Homework, he features a some Gould's turkey hunt footage from some of our hunts last season at GouldsTurkeyHunts.com. Watch below. My nephews, Will and Jay Pyburn, and I head to Central California this coming week to hopefully bag a couple of Rio Grande gobblers on the California Spring Turkey Opening weekend. We will be filming the hunt and hopefully be able to capture some good footage for the show. Make sure to follow Cabelas Spring Thunder this season! Follow Cabelas Spring Thunder on facebook Follow Cabelas Spring Thunder YouTube Channel View the full article

Ok I guess I will bite...If my one elk client a year (maybe 2 if I am fortunate to book a early rifle hunter) is single handedly ruining elk hunting in Arizona by working hard and harvesting a nice bull then I guess we are all doomed. I know a lot of guides in Arizona and for the most part they are some of the most honest and hardest working individuals that I know. I am not sure what spurs your bitterness but I think everyone is entitled to an opinion. Good Day!

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I had the pleasure of tagging along with KUIU President Jason Hairston on his archery elk hunt in Montana this September. This is the professionally edited version of our hunt. I brought my video camera and filmed most of the hunt. Great time with Jason and guides Jack Anderson and Cody Wetmore. The credits list me as a guide although I was just there as a friend and video guy. The laughs on this hunt were plentiful. View the full article

Today has been a weird turn of events. There are some things that happen in life that you just cant understand or explain. Sometimes it is best to just scratch your head and keep plugging. These photos below are from our second week of coues deer hunting in Mexico. Dan Boyd harvested a real sweet 4X3 buck at 252 yards. Make sure to check out the video below of Dan's hunt. Master Chef and guide, Darr Colburn, kept us well fed with backstraps from the deer. We saw two lions on this hunt. I saw one of them which makes my 38th mountain lion I have seen in the field. Awesome people, great country and good times! View the full article

As I sit here and write this blog post I cant help but think about the upcoming elk season this fall with the Arizona Elk and Antelope draw due to come out soon. Credit cards have already been hit and most people know that at least they have drawn a coveted tag. The question that most are wondering is whether they drew their first or second choice. I thought I was guiding a hunter in Unit 9 for the archery hunt but my hunter had his plans change so my September plan is still in limbo. The anticipation for the upcoming season is always high! Especially with some of the timely storms that have fallen in the last couple of months. Even though winter was mild, us optimists are hoping that mild winter with early and late spring rains will produce better antlers than last year. Only time will tell to see how it shakes out. I had an awesome time with my nephews, Will and Jay Pyburn, this weekend for the spring turkey hunt opener in California. We drove roughly 600 miles to have our hunt last about 10 minutes. We had gobblers roosted and four of them flew down and came right to our Dave Smith Decoys. They actually knocked the DSD Jake and Strutter over and had their way with the hen decoys. Watch the video in this post to see the action unfold. We had a very special time as always with our gracious hosts and friends Craig and Ronell Ainley. They are actually coming to hunt Gould's turkeys with me in Mexico in May this season. We are all really looking forward to that. I found a turkey mouth call that I really like from Pollard's Elite Calls called the Original Pollard Batwing. It is real easy to use and makes me sound better than normal. Check out the video of the boys hunt in California! View the full article

I recently interviewed the members of A3 Trophy Hunts on Episode 12 of the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast. I was able to interview Jay Lopeman, Chad Rhoton and Matt Schimberg at the same time and we had a real good in depth conversation. They gave me their 2015 Arizona Elk Season Forecast. We also covered topics: Gear they use on all of their hunts, travel patterns of big bulls before and after the rut, 2014 Hunting season highlights, their field judging tips and much more. You can find the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast by clicking iTunes or Podbean You can also find the link to the podcast in the upper right icon on our website at www.JayScottOutdoors.com

Good luck with the black birds of the swamp! Exciting stuff!

Congrats to all of you guys who got the magical hits on your credit card for Elk and Antelope!

The Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast has had some fantastic guests on lately with many more scheduled in the upcoming future. I want to thank all of our listeners for their support and positive feedback on iTunes! We will continue to bring you informative, educational and entertaining episodes. In case you missed our last few episodes, here are some links that will get you caught up. Find Us on iTunes or Podbean. Episode 9: Arizona Buffalo Hunt in the House Rock Valley and Kaibab Plateau Episode 10: Will Primos Talks Elk and Turkey Hunting Episode 11: Talking Turkey with Joe Slaton 2015 Grand National Gobbling Champion Episode 12: A3 Trophy Hunts-Arizona Elk and Mule Deer Hunting I want to thank Craig Steele of CS Creativity for creating a new logo for the podcast! We currently have episodes waiting to download and future guests scheduled for interviews to include: Jason Hairston the President and Founder of KUIU Randy Ulmer on Bowhunting Giant Bucks and Bulls Casey Brooks on North American 29 with a bow and Chasing Monster Bulls Daniel Franco and Mike Hancock of Burnt Timber Outfitters Chris Roe of Roe Hunting Resources Bryan Langley RMEF World Champion Elk Caller Jason Phelps of Phelps Custom Calls Joe Bittner of Didutagout.com on Gould's Turkey Hunt Steve Chappell of Chappell Guide Service on Elk Calling and Elk Hunting Woody Bair from the Flaming Gorge Resort on Fly Fishing the Green River A,B,C section Matt Woodward of Borderland Adventures on Coues Deer and all types of Hunting Adam Faz on Shed Hunting Greg Krogh of Mogollon Outfitters on Nevada and Arizona Elk and Mule Deer Hunting Michael Park and his 435" Arizona Elk Trevor Marques of Nevada on Elk, Mule Deer and Sheep Hunting Ryan Wampler and his monster 270+ Arizona Strip Mule Deer Many more episodes being scheduled at this time! If you have questions, comments or would like to hear someone specific on the show you can email directly to jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com Subscribe/Download/Listen to the "Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast" for FREE on iTunes If you subscribe on iTunes for FREE then each time a new episode is uploaded you don't have to wait for the iTunes store to update it. It will come to you immediately. Some episodes take 12 hours to show up from the time of upload but not if you subscribe! **FOR NON APPLE USERS** Subscribe/Download/Listen to the "Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast" for FREE on PODBEAN View the full article

Coues N Sheep- I am glad you like the podcast! You are going to like some of the stuff coming up.

Thanks guys for the positive feedback on the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast! I had a good time with the A3 guys talking about Elk and Mule Deer hunting in AZ. It was good to get their forecast for the upcoming fall season and some of the things they have learned about animal behavior over the years. More good stuff coming...

I want to update you guys on the progress of the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast. Since our launch date of February 24th, we have had a ton of support from our listeners on how you guys like the content and format. We have a link now on this blog at the upper right corner at top of Screen that says "Podcast". I have also placed links at the bottom of this post for iTunes and Podbean. You can listen in your car, at work , at home or when you are on the move right off of your mobile device. We've had some exciting guests on the show and here is the breakdown of the first 7 episodes: Episode 1: Jay Scott and Darr Colburn Recap the Coues Deer Hunting Season in Arizona and Mexico Episode 2: Gould's Turkey Hunting for the Royal Slam with Jay Scott and hunter Greg Ray and Talley Ridell Episode 3: Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunting with Craig Steele Episode 4: Talking Elk and Mule Deer Hunting with David Virostko of Huntin' Fool Episode 5: Two Time Grand National Turkey Call Champion Scott Ellis talks Turkey Hunting Episode 6: The Manny Chee Experience Fishing with a World Class Guide Episode 7: Mule Deer Hunting the Arizona Strip in 13A and 13B with Brec Bundy of Mule Deer Addiction Outfitters We currently have episodes waiting to download and future guests scheduled for interviews to include: Jason Hairston the President and Founder of KUIU Daniel Franco and Mike Hancock of Burnt Timber Outfitters Billy Yargus 2008 and 2015 NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Champion Chris Roe of Roe Hunting Resources Russ Jacoby who is an Outfitter on Buffalo Hunting on the Kaibab Plateau in AZ Joe Slaton 2015 NWTF Grand National Gobbling Champion and owner of Motherlode Turkey Calls A3 Outfitters Arizona Big Game Guides Matt Schimberg, Chad Rhoton and Jay Lopeman Bryan Langley RMEF World Champion Elk Caller Jason Phelps of Phelps Custom Calls Many more episodes being scheduled at this time! Subscribe/Download/Listen to the "Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast" for FREE on iTunes If you subscribe on iTunes for FREE then each time a new episode is uploaded you don't have to wait for the iTunes store to update it. It will come to you immediately. Some episodes take 12 hours to show up from the time of upload but not if you subscribe! **FOR NON APLLE USERS** Subscribe/Download/Listen to the "Jay Scott Outdoors Podcast" for FREE on PODBEAN I appreciate all of the reviews on iTunes from our listeners but we can always use more which helps our ranking and placement with iTunes. If you have comments, questions or someone you would like to hear on the podcast please send me an email at jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com and again thanks for the support View the full article