JLW

sweet! it sure is hard to pass those up. i passed on 2 spikes so far and am kinda wishing i took the shot nothing like taking the kids out. i think dove hunting is a great intro to hunting usually lots of action. thanks for sharing. james

congrats! great job on a couple of nice bucks! the boy will never forget that day!!! james

+1 on hanagan medows area. friend of mine went last year called in 2 diff bears unfortunately they both had cubs. he got some nice pics though. when my dad was alive thats where he would go he and his partner took a couple of nice bears out of there. he spent several years trying to find a big cinnamon boar he could get on with his pistol but never found the 1 he was looking for. i have never had the chance to go after a bear maybe some day. james

when i was about 13 or 14 my dad had taken a myself and bunch of his buddies from work to go fish the black river. we were camped at george's basin and had come back to camp from a morning on the river. everyone was sitting around drinking beer and a couple of them tossed out some catfish poles as there are some pretty big flatheads in there. while everyone was bullstienin i was down by the poles re baiting 1 of them and took some extra line out of my box. i tied 1 end to the tip of 1 of a pole and ran it straight down under a rock and ran it back to where i was sitting about 20 yds behind the poles. i start pulling on the line and 1 of the guys starts saying "Bobby yer gettin a bite!" Bobby at the time was around 50 ish and not in the greatest shape.he ran from about 50yds away stumbling over all the rocks beer in hand. he finally got to his pole and set the hook........ nothing.. reals the slack and sets again.... nothing. by this time everyone was on the ground laughing so hard and it finally sets in he's looking at the extra line on his pole what the..... he vowed to get me back but it never happend. that was 1 of the funniest things to watch he really thought he had a monster cat. james

any lock you put on those cams can be easy to get off! the hole you put the lock through is PLASTIC! you have to get a bear box or make your own to at least make them work for it. if they want it bad enough they will take it you wouldn't lock your work tool box with a plastic lock would you? i know there is some debate over cams but it is still your property. thieves suck! james

nice!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing. james

this is some bull! again i got munched up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this time 24b in the eastern superstition wilderness! the 1st batch was almost gone dang! james

I'm sure some hunters on here hunt Mt. Ord. we seem to have a re occuring problem when we go there. every time we go even if we just stop off to glass we end up with itchy bites or rash. this weekend was no different! while i think i may have come in contact with a poisonous plant around young... as i have blisters in some areas but other areas seem to be bites? does anyone on here get this at mt. ord? i have attached a pdf about chiggers wich i thought did not exist here in az...... this being a big rainy season in areas we are hunting with lots of high grass maybe we are getting chigger bites? i seem to wonder how a poisonous plant can go through your boots and socks. but chigger bites... just like i remember in Ohio behind the knees, sock line, waste line arm pit Yea this SUCKS!!!!! i can't wait for next weekend. james

bobcat coyote james

nice! james

great write up! thanks for sharing!! james

went out last weekend put a stalk on a nice 3x3 muley but the winds kept changing and they got a little nervous and worked their way into some thicker stuff. watched some turkeys sat. morning till they broke up. passed on 2 spikes sun morning had 1 at 40 yds. on the way out saw a bear on a super steep slope in a rock slide watched him feed into some thicker stuff. i have a new admiration for you bear hunters, that would have been brutal! james

i have 1 of those police spotlights attached to the driver side usually works great! i think i may have a bare wire it keeps blowing a fuse. my old expedition had 1 on both sides that was sweet. a guy here at the shop i work at has a few laying around james

very nice! thanks for sharing. james

great story! congrats!!! james

+1

breathe threw your eyelids!

now everyone and there brother will be up there. what a pig! james

is it normal on some models to have to move the safety switch to fire mode in order to open bolt to unload? a friend of mine bought a savage (not sure what model) in 30.06 caliber, it doesn't have the adjustable trigger. we went out this weekend to make a couple stands on our way to glass some deer and on our 1st set nothing showed we walk back tyo the truck and he takes the clip out and flips the safety to open the bolt BANG! he's fairly new to hunting but has been around guns a little and knows to always point firearms in a safe direction. is this a common accurance or should you not have to flip the safety to open the bolt? this happened with my brother-inlaw a few years ago with an older model remington and he quickly got rid of it. any info on this would be much appreciated! james

those are sweet! love the sunset pic! james

i know what you mean. to sit a water hole and have "hunters" drive up on there quads drive around the water hole "checking for tracks" shouldn't they have scouted before hand? or drive around until they see deer. it has not been as bad this year where we are hunting but while we glass from the ridges we see this all the time. i know not everyone with a quad or ranger does this but those who do............ hang in there! when all is said and done it still beats work and i wouldn't give it up for nothing! come on friday! james

great job way to get it done! james

heard some in young last weekend. i heard and watched young bulls bugle in early august while scouting for deer last summer. i don't know if the young ones are just learning to use there screams or what.... james

congrats! that is a brute! james

sweet! how far was the shot? james