nateNAU

I would guess 81". I think his mass and hook shape hide his length.

I wouldn't get to worked up by some of the responses here. On any hunting forum or page asking for specific spots is generally faux pas, especially when it's your first post. Take the time to contribute content here and people will be more willing to help out. I think the hunting knowledge and general caliber of people is better on this forum than any other. As far as bear, I would stay out of 19b unless the prickly pear crop is good. There are some awesome slopes to glass in 19b that are loaded with prickly pear. There also that big canyon over by Drake that I'm sure hold bear but I've never hunted it. Personally I would suggest the 17s. Both my bears came out of the 17s. I think the state record actually came out of there. With the units you are asking about why not look at 20a as well. There are a lot of bears in there too. The easiest way to get a bear is to sit water. Just find a tank with sign and sit it. Preferably multiple days in a row. Kill any legal bear you want, especially your first. Most those units never hit their quota. Even a small sow is more meat than a deer. Also my last big bear would be the closest north American game to beef I have ever shot. My family has absolutely devoured it. I have antelope, deer,elk, and bear is the first choice in our household.

About a month ago I picked up my dream spotting scope, a Leica apo televid 82 and have been enjoying glassing every morning. About 2 weeks ago I glassed up a bachelor heard of bucks in an out of the way spot and a big buck in the group caught my eye. He was a 180+ buck that is just uncommon in this area. Well after that day I never saw him again and switched my focus to dove hunting with my kids. This morning while walking a field looking for dove 2 1/2 miles from where is saw the buck originally he strolled from behind some cedars at about 80 yards. I guess I might have put the shotgun down and bring the bow out.

I know this buck didn't get this big by making mistakes and is probably a nocturnal drinker but there is only one water source within a mile in any direction so I decided to sit it this morning. Could have plugged a rag horn at 7 yards but no sign of the big buck

Great deal for someone. These are on my chest Everytime I hit the woods. Easy to free hand and on a tripod you will pick up deer a mile away. Also the 15s were discontinued so these are getting harder to find.

I have never been much into professional sports. I have to admit, super bowl Sunday is normally my favorite day to javelina hunt as there is normally not another soul in the woods. My 8 year old son however fell far from the tree, especially with football. My dad's regaling stories of wining Kansas state highschool state titles and college career has had him enamoured. K state and K U have long been admired in our family as we still have quite a bit of family back there and nearly everyone has come from one of those two alma maters. Well being a young kid, anything Kansas and sports is good, so he began to root for the chiefs about 3 years ago. I don't have the heart still to this day to tell him that the chiefs aren't actually in Kansas. Much to the dismay of my Arizona family and my wife's family who are die hard Steelers fans, he has stuck to his guns and had bragging rights over us for 3 years. He is so passionate he asked if there was some way he could go see the chiefs in person next year. I thought this could be an excellent learning opportunity for him and agreed as long as he can figure out how to pay for his own ticket. The wheels in his head began to strip when he tried to figure out how he could buy a $500+ ticket on $2.50 weekly allowance. I told him to get creative. About a week later he came and asked if he could go shed hunting with me to earn some money. I agreed and told him any morning he wanted to go shed hunting just come and wake me up early and I would take him. Well after about 6 weeks of my daily 5am wake up call by him, he sold his first batch of antlers. Total profit $703. Enough for a bottom level ticket.

Very annoying. Those are some of the main areas I enjoy hiking and exploring. They are typically closed in the winter for 4-5 months for snow and now they are going to close them for most of the summer when the fire danger is high. When is the public allowed to use public land?

Well the shed hunting has slightly tapered off for a bit. The warm weather and opening of forest roads has produced the yearly influx of campers and hikers and our success rate has dramatically fallen. We did glass up a shed over a mile away though 15x binoculars. I couldn't tell if it was a small elk or big deer. Well after a tough hike up a treacherous cinder cone we discovered it wall a small deer shed but our first brown deer of the year. We have a place in Montana are headed up for the summer and plan to do a bunch of shed hunting up there. It will be a fun challenge. We are in the area where the show Yellowstone is filmed. In the last season where the old cowboy died sleeping on his bedroll under the stars was actually filmed in our front yard. The area is abundant with whitetails, muleys and moose. My son is dead set on finding some moose sheds.

Haha. That's just a baseline for the bare minimum, bedroom, laundry, dishes. I always give them ways to make more if they put more effort in. My 6 year old daughter made $5 yesterday scrubbing toilets and showers. Weeding the front yard completely always pays $5.

That's awesome! I feel grateful that for my son we have had a steady rate of finding them. About 1 every other day. It keeps the attention span of an 8 year old engaged enough. I keep telling him that if you keep at it long enough you will hit the jackpot on occasion. My best day ever pre kids was a $2000 day. I have also done 150 miles in a row with only a chalk deer shed to show for it. Awesome work by your son!

Good point, and ya, probably only a 6 hour drive or so. I'm just waiting for tickets to go on sale so I can shop around. Some places have some for sale now but I think that's just season ticket holders trying to sell their tickets.

He wants to go to Arrowhead. The only close game in the division however would be the Raiders in Vegas. Cardinals would have to be a playoff game and I don't have high hopes of the Cardinals making the playoffs. We could take an Amtrak from Flagstaff to Kansas city but that's a 24 hour train ride with a good chance of sitting in an open air stadium during a snow storm. Broncos would be the only other close option but with their diehard fan base I don't think we would get any break on prices going there. An opinions are welcome, like I said, I am no expert on the NFL and have never been to a game. I never knew going into this year how hard it was to follow a team not in your area or division.

Exactly. A sheep tag feels impossible and that's like 1 in 100.

The special draw just went up to $1200 from $600 last year. Regular draw is still the same at like $325

He is alive and well. I parted ways with Gary last year but worked for him for 18 years. 41 gnr is a great round and Gary's personal favorite. I've seen him take many animals with a revolver in 41 gnr.

I was able to fill my tag on day 4 in 19b this year. Typically I apply for a tag for ham and always pickup a leftover rifle tag. With my kids schedule this year, I opted for just one hunt so I decided on the rifle hunt. I had a good buddy from Prescott also apply and was drawn. On day 4 of the hunt, we were struggling and not seeing much sign. We decided to walk a long canyon that ended in a tank close to a road. After walking almost 2 miles up the canyon we had discovered pig caves, fresh bedding areas and hidden water with sign. We knew we were getting close. My buddy was in the bottom of the canyon and I was on the rim. I pointed out another hole which I thought was a pig cave and my buddy, in the bottom investigated. As he was climbing the side of the canyon a rock slipped and he went tumbling down. His leg caught another rock and bent a way no leg should go and I heard a loud crack. After his initial panic, he scrambled and straitened his leg back to its natural position. I scaled down to him. Only a 15 foot deep canyon with deep walls. After a while we decided to try and see if we could at least get him out of the canyon. It was a struggle but we finally did it. He could not put any weight on it without completely crumpling. He was trying to use his emptied gun as a support but it was not working so well so I decided to try and use my saw and make a crutch out of some deadwood near by. It actually worked pretty good and were able to get up and out of the canyon the rest of the way. I told him to stay put and I would try and get my side by side as close to him as possible. Of course we were in an area that zero cell service. I dropped everything except my rifle and a water bottle and headed back to the vehicle. As I got to within 200 yards of the side by side I came across a javi herd working their way up the canyon. I aimed on the lead pig and dropped it in its tracks. I quickly threw it over my shoulder and got back to the gator. I was able to find a small 2 track that got me close to my friend and off roaded another couple hundred yards to get to within about 100 yards of him. By this time, a lot of pain had subsided and we were able to get him to the gator with the aid of the crutch. A heck of a hunt and a humbling experience. My friend is a combat marine who did 2 tours in Afghanistan and a loose rock turned a short hike in gentle terrain into quite an ordeal. I learned his leg didn't break but dislocated and tore tendons and ligaments which need to be repaired. After this hunt I have decided to buy a spot gps.

Haha. I think my telling of the story may have come across a little more intense than I meant. I was more shook after the fact just thinking how quickly things can go bad and how lucky it wasn't a time sensitive injury like blood loss or something. After the first few minutes, he was fine pain wise as long as he didn't try and walk. We weren't under a time crunch and had plenty of daylight. We sat, drank some water and came up with a plan. I headed back to the gator at an easy pace as to not hurt myself with no intention of hunting and only shot the javelina because I was in view of the side by side when I came across it. The whole thing didn't add more than a minute or 2 of getting back to my friend. I guess the shot echoed down the canyon and his first words when I got back were "tell me that was your shot". We are still friends.

I met a man in lake Havasu with a Ferrari with Montana plates. I asked him where in Montana he was from as I have family in the Bitterroot. He said he has never even been to the state. He said he formed an LLC in Montana and had a dealer up there order the car for him and bought it under the LLC . Said he saved 30k in sales tax plus much cheaper registration.

I was able to take this absolute behemoth of a bear this morning. I typically hunt the spring but due to the shortened season, late winter moisture and cool temps, I was not able to turn a bear up. I had hesitations about hunting higher elevations in the oaks due the great crop of prickly pear not far away at lower elevation. Well I'm glad I stuck with my original plan.

Well Wyoming provided again this year on my annual hunt with my son. Shot a pretty decent buck opening morning about 9 am. I have found a few places that hold antelope in this northeast poverty unit and have been slowly gaining knowledge as to their behavior when pressured. My son an I hiked in 4 miles before the sun rose and sat a fence line that backed private. I knew this was a popular escape route when the shooting starts. Well at about 9 am, an outfitter with a client on the private bumped a herd right across the fence in front of us. I drew two additional doe tags and as soon as I shot the buck, I turned to my son and asked if I should shoot a doe. He say heck ya so I shot a doe as well. Probably not the smartest move 4 miles from the truck but it was good to have 2 tags filled opening morning. We took some pics and I began cutting them up. I considered bringing my pack frame but just opted for my lighter badlands super day. Well I pushed that pack to the absolute max and was able to get both boned antelope and my rifle strapped on. My son had to carry every other thing we had in his pack. We arrived back at the truck right at sun down. Today was cutting and grinding meat. Snuck out this evening looking for a whitetail doe but no luck.