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ya I agree unless you have an area pinned out that you know holds mature deer up higher i would focus on glassing the lower area just to make sure your not passing something up, plus that unit holds some pretty decent deer around tonto basin as well or picture mnt what ever you want to call it.

Hey depending on what side your going to hunt could make the difference,I just drove up to Rogers Trough to where the fire burned up to and really didnt notice any signs of life im not saying their not there but most of those hills that burned have very little cover let alone food so ya beating the bush is prob a good thing, infact we are headed out again tomorrow.... We just got back from up by the lakes and for the fourth trip nothing! so i hope you do better than us

Thanks for the link i was trying to find something to track fires, as for letting a fire burn out thats kinda like but a kid in a candy store alone and telling him not to eat anything his only going to get bigger as he eats more, until someone comes and stops him! I just dont get it, but my thinking is if they let it get bigger then it will take longer to put out and their checks will be bigger come payday

I just wanted to share some Pictures my Buddy sent me from you Utah that he recentally captured............. He drew the early Archery Bull Tag, Hope he gets a nice one!Elk.bmpUtah Elk.bmpuntitled.bmpTwo Elk.bmpBear.bmp

This is great Golden Eagle Distributors and its employees is just another great addition to an already awesome web site, I just want to thank my good friend and Brother in Law CNape for help making it happen! Amanda I'm sure you and all CWT member's will soon find out what a great copmany GED is and how much they support the sportsmen, once again thank you CNape and Golden Eagle Distributors for the sponsorship! Remember the next time you prepare for a hunt put your Camera in your pack and your Budweiser or Budlight on Ice

Well I came home empty handed but it was still a good time out I saw 6 bucks all togehter Friday morning. I got with in a 150 yards but as it seems to always happen to me when trying to stalk the smallest buck seems to hide well enough that I dont see him until its to late. I managed to take some pics with my cell phone while holding my Binoculars I hope they come out ok. I'll be back after them next weekend, I saw two decent 3 points this morning but there was no way to get to them in time. Good luck to all.[attachmen t=25933:Photo0887.jpeg] This was'nt even the Big one hopefully the next pics I post will be of me holding him

It takes practice I must have deleted 10 pics that didn't look good. I actually propted my Binos up on a rock and had to move my phone around until i could find him and then he would move so I would have to do it all over again, its like he knew I just wish I could have taken some of the Bigger one.

This past saturday my wife and I went for a ride around Rogers Traugh and noticed that game and fish had put up two Brand new what looked to be 5,000 gallon storage tanks and had posted a sign saying it was for water to improve game in the area. So i got off to check for any sign as well as to check the water level in the tanks, well much to my suprise they had been shot up and no water. This is a sad thing I hope who ever did has the worst luck.

Here are some Pics of me and my God son Allen and his First Largemouth , notice the smile on his face as he is reeling it in. He didnt want to hold it because his first one poked him.

Mikes_Elk.bmpmikes.bmp I put these pics up of my cousins elk from last year because I'm trying to see if its my lap top that wont allow me to post pics so I'm using my desk top and these are the only pics that I have on there. So I hope it works

Hey Ernesto yes I did hit him between the eyes but not by choice he turned just as I shot I had him quartering towards me just a little all I could see was his front right shoulder and thats the way he turned.

I'm some what new to the site so forgive me if I dont give enought detail in my story. Last season I was fortunate to draw a tag with my brother in unit 31. We were no strangers to the unit because we both grew up on a ranch in the area and I have been hunting it for the last twelve or so years for Whitetail as well as Mule deer. When I got the news that we both drew for the same hunt even tho we had put in on seperate applications I was stoked because this would actually be the first time that we would be hunting together on the same hunt' so right away I had a plan to set cameras in a couple different areas to try and find him a decent buck because this was his first time ever to hunt Coues. Well after a few months of bad results on the camera I was very dissapointed because the biggest Buck on my camera was a spike that probably put up a mail box next to one of my cameras as much time he spent there . After shooting a decent buck there last year I thought for sure we would see more in that area boy was I wrong. Well October came and we didnt really have much of a plan other than to get up there day before the hunt set up camp and do some evening glassing. My father in law was going to come along I think he was more excited than we were he had not been hunting in about 5 years. Well opening morning came and we planned on hitting the near by water hole that I had seen a couple of bucks hanging around one was deffinetly 100" buck so we wanted to get out and see if we could find him unfortunately some other hunters had already made it there before us and we found that out by a single gun shot we heard right at day light it was the buck but a 14 yr old had got him as his first buck so it was cool. Not long after that we headed to another area I had known about as we came to the gate my brother got out of the Ranger to open it as I drove thru and stopped my father in law siad wait I think I saw something move so I quickly pulled up my glasses and there 124 yrds away was a doe with a buck about 75 yards behind her walking along the hill side I watched him for a few and noticed he was at least 80 to 85" buck and told my brother that if he wanted to take him to go ahead. He quickly got his rifle waited for him to quarter away, as I watched to make sure of the hit he pulled the trigger and made a perfect shot. As we waited to make sure the buck was down we did the whole Hi 5 and hug deal that all of us do the first time we see someone harvest there first Whitetail or any buck at that. We finally got to his deer to find out that not only was he a nice little 3 point but had a split eye guard as well which I thought was pretty dam cool for his first Coues. We took pics dressed him and headed back to camp to get him out of the heat and to plan on going back out for mine in the evening. So evening time comes and we head out to try and find me a buck that wouldnt take long not even a half mile from camp I was doing a quick scan of some hills and with in about 30 min I glassed up a 3 point that had alredy seen us but was trying to hide his head in an Ocotillio after watching him for a few min I decided that I would take him because he didnt look like he would be getting any bigger and it was still in the 90's and we were 3 and a half hrs from a paved rd so I ranged him just under 400 yds took my shot and put him down unfirtunatelly he started to leave and I hit him between the eye's and ruined his horns in fact i couldnt even find his left side but was able to pick up peices of the right side and put it togehter. All in all it was a great hunt and this year even tho I didnt get a tag my brother and his son have drawn the same tag this year my brother in October 1st hunt and my nephew the second I am just as excited for them as I would be for my self plus I get to use my new Swarovski 15x56. This is my Brother and his first Coues

I was able to upload a photo of my brothers buck thaks for looking

Hey if anyone can give me an idea on how to add some pics to my post I would appericiate it. I was able to post my story but it wont let me add pics not sure if it's me or my computer. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great looking deer to bad your pictures gave away a good hunting spot I guess you will encounter more hunters next year if you draw that hunt my Buddy killed a nice whitetail there on the first hunt as well, but nice job.

Well let me start by saying it takes alot for me to help out a Wildcat fan. LOL but ya you are right Stockton pass is a little city but Last year I saw some nice bucks behind Fort Grant and just on top of the pass on south side of highway as far as Sand Tanks I have herd some good things about that area maybe try Turkey Creek ,I hope you get the buck your looking for I have the same hunt so I'm pretty excited I've seen some nice bucks so far nothing over a 100 but I would be happy with the one's i've seen I hope to see some pic's of your deer once again good luck and GO DEVILS.

Hey I'm glad to see that you were able to draw the late tag I have the early hunt so I'm getting ready to hunt my self. As far as where to hunt what part of 31 do you plan to hunt? I would be willing to share a couple of spots with you if you let me know what side you plan to hunt.AS far as the rut goes lets just hope the weather cooperates with us and you find some hot does.