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Only after he called a bitch for asking a question. I think it was proportional.

Talk about a meltdown. All you can do is throw insults. Have i insulted you? I just called you a mediocre hunter. Sometimes the truth hurts. I have never met or hunted with russ. Just dont like amateurs trashing people who they have no experience with. I do hope you dont let this exchange ruin your day. Mine is going great. I know you will need to reply with some other insult as you've already called me a bitch and fat a$$. Insult my ice skating abilities and you might actually strike a nerve.

Definitely checked your profile to make sure i didn't put my foot in my mouth, but as I expected, a lot of talk from a mediocre hunter. Be honest, you never met Russ on the Kaibab. You absolutely do not have to pay Russ to join his co-op. Will he set you on the best salt? Of course not and he has said so publicly for the last 20 years. But even if you dont pay he and his family will help you shoot a Buff, help skin and quarter and transport even if you dont pay a dime. Not one other guide or outfitter in the state does that yet somehow he is the villain because of the bad situation created from the g&f and national Park. Any other guide can do what he does but not one has. Oh a couple have taken clients and shot a buff or 2 but nothing of the numbers or consistency that russ does. So yes, saying falsities about how he operates is attacking him. Thank for proving my point about being a keyboard warrior. Guarantee you wouldn't call me a bitch to my face.

Same with BigMac outfitters here in flagstaff. If you are dumb enough to shoot something in the park dont post pics on Facebook the day after someone filmed it eating out of someone's hand at the visitor center.

Are you speaking from personal experience or are you jumping on the bandwagon of attacking someone from behind a keyboard you have never met or interacted with. Looking forward to seeing the pics of the buffalo you shot solo on the kaibab!

Took my son out in 17 for the opener. Hunted 3 days straight but no luck.

My son drew his first choice, a 7e rifle bull tag!

Also the only time you are happy seeing a credit card charge

It still seems like a big lack of people getting hit. I think they are just trickling in. G&F must be having technical issues

Round 2 is starting. Just got an elk hit!

There should be thousands of people posting on Facebook and many more here and ive seen about 5 total. Also I know people guaranteed in the bonus pass and they haven't been hit.

The bulk of the hits haven't happened yet.

Does anyone know the specifics of this case? Was he flying home on a 737 at 30k feet or did he charter a cesna and was flying around the strip at 750 feet? If it's the latter, I would say that's pretty clear cut that he was scouting with the aid of an aircraft.

I have been a gunsmith for the past 20 years and have seen substantial changes in the industry, from barrel rifling techniques, metallurgy and a list of others but the advancements of scopes is by far some of the most i am impressed with. No more the days of taping a dope chart to your stock or lense cap and trying to hold over or running the risk of adjusting a scope without a zero stop. The cds system from leupold is fantastic. I set up a 6.5 prc for wyoming antelope and haven't looked back. Took 3 antelope in wyoming from 200 to 480 yards, every one through the heart. Took my father and law out on his champ 7e tag and he drilled a stud through the heart at 525 after less than half a box of ammo practicing on my gun. Even my 9 year old son can drill a pie pan at any range out to 800 yards. My scope is even one of the cheaper models with one revolution of adjustment. The mk4 I think has 2 or maybe three revolutions. How they do at 1000 or past I can't comment on but for a hunting scope, I am putting leupold cds scopes on all my rifles.

Was fortunate to help my father in law take a good buck on his unit 7/9 champ hunt. About the time I met him 20 years ago, he was diagnosed with MS. For quite a while, he had minimal symptoms, but these last few years it has gotten a lot worse. He has taken a number big animals with a bow in the past but with the progression of his symptoms, archery is no longer an option for him. He did draw a 7e bull tag a few years back but even with a crossbow it was still a struggle and we never even got close to tagging out. When he drew this tag he was really motivated to not just shoot a deer but shoot a really good deer. I had been scouting religiously before his hunt, primarily in 7e but really struggled to turn anything in an older age class up. Opening morning we decided to try 7w and right at first light found one of the widest bucks I have ever seen. He lacked height and had shallow forks so we decided to pass on him. We came back to the spot we found him at 10am and found him again bedded. We decided to sleep on the decision to shoot him, being opening day. It was a decision we regretted as we never saw him again. We hunted all over 7e and 7w but would return quite frequently to that spot looking for him. We did find a number of smaller 4x4s but nothing that came close to the wide buck. On day 4 we did find a better 4x4 in 7e but it was out of range and in some country my father in law could not traverse. This morning we were starting to contemplate lowering our standards a bit when we glassed up this nice buck in a new area. He was at 500 yards from the road we were on so we decided to get set up for a shot. I brought a shooting bench out for him to help with his shooting. As soon as we got set up the buck bedded behind a rock in a field. We waited an hour until the buck finally stood up and my father in law made a perfect shot at 500 yards with my 6.5 prc. He was beyond happy with the buck and it was great to see the joy he had getting out and hunting again.

Found a stud all by himself this morning. An old bull with a broken back leg. Looks like an old wound and not from an archer. When I got home I realized I photographed this bull last year less than a mile away.

Thank you guys. It is actually my second. My last elk tag was in 2019 and I was able to take a decent 5x5 with my bow. Any archery kill I am proud of. I have never been naturally good at archery like some people.

Super quiet all around flagstaff as well. Was able to shoot this bull today.

Rattler no 2 for the year here in flagstaff. Another hopi. Crazy how many are out. The only rattle snake ive ever seen up here before this year was about 25 years ago and this year I'm at 2 in less than a week. Be careful elk hunting next week.

It was between Wupatki and Sunset Crater.

Was out dove hunting today and saw this guy just outside flagstaff. I am thinking a prarie rattlesnake or a hopi rattlesnake but not sure.

My son was Liam. He had a red chiefs hat on all weekend.

I want to thank you and all the volunteers that put these classes on. My son just finished up the class in flagstaff and I was very impressed with the dedication and hard work of all the instructors. A way better class than the one I took 30 years ago. Also a shout out to the sponsors who gave great prizes to all the kids. AZ G&F, Bull basin archery and many others.

I took the kids to lynx Creek in Prescott yesterday to do some gold panning. Just about stepped on this AZ black. Very docile and not aggressive at all. Had a bunch of rattles but was fairly small so I'm thinking maybe a female. I gave another AZ black a hair cut with a 44 mag a few years ago that was very aggressive while hiking into one of my bear spots. The one I shot was jet black when I shot it but after a few hours the diamond pattern started to show.