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    Early Scouting

    It has been my experience (4 archery tags + this one) that the rut really doesn't kick in until the first week of September. I am hoping with the 8/11 start that they are still solo. I am trying to fine tune everything, from pushing them to see their escape routes to learning the nuances of the fields they live in. To finding every conceivable indention that may hold water. I am stuck in hades, AKA Scottsdale, for work until the eve of my hunt. I have limited vacation and two tags (elk and antelope), I am hoping to only need one vacation day for me antelope hunt, that's why I am overcompensating with scouting/training. I will spend the next month upping my practice shooting to 5 days a week to get the muscle memory as much in place as possible. suburban from yesterday Flare full sized with his friends
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    New and not sure where to start.

    If your are hunting in august off of table mesa red, don't worry about over crowding a half mile in any direction off of a road. You and I may be the only ones crazy enough to be hunting there that time of year. There is always a lot of atv use there.
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    saw first elk calves of 2017 today

    Watched this guy get his legs and trot off with mom
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    Whats the longest youve left an Elk in the field

    2013, 2nd to last day of season at last light, I shot a bull with my muzzle loader facing me. Bullet cut the wind pipe, jugular, and many vitals. In my brilliance I did not have a flashlight. Bull died within yards of where I shot it. I backed out finding it at 730am the next morning. Total spoilage. Temperature that night was low to mid twenties. Meat processor, said sometimes it's where there shot and the position they die in can determine if it will spoil
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    Panda?

    I saw a study on color phase bears. If I remember correctly, one in ten thousand black bears are actually white. That is really cool bear.
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    Early Scouting

    Some more pics New guy Suburban in the hottest part of the day and the new leader in the clubhouse for me to focus on when my hunt starts Jacque
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    Scouting in 3b

    Seen these guys this evening. They have some impressive fronts
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    New and not sure where to start.

    If I may offer some advice. Do not over think a stock, clothing, etc. Get the wind right, use the terrain move carefully and stocking becomes easier. I have taken P&Y caliber coues/muleys stocking in work clothes to shorts and a tshirts. good luck
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    Anyone ever up and quit a good job?

    After my original company closed their Arizona operations during the recession, I turned down some great opportunities to start an electrical distribution branch for a lesser company to get my coworkers jobs. After 18 months, millions of dollars in new sales to this company they found me "insubordinate and soliciting" and let me go. I was unemployed for a very long 3 hours.
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    On my way to work this morning

    naw, I was going for a mani/pedi, but that does not make me less of a man alright!
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    Buffalo comment period

    Email sent. for organization I put CWT.
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    Diaphragm Elk Call

    Whichever one is on sale at Walmart
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    Scouting in 3b

    Or he could Identify as a cow and is now not legal to hunt Saw this weird one this morning.
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    Scouting in 3b

    dang elk, keep getting in the way of my antelope scouting.
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    Know When to say when

    My 'secret' catfishing spot has been very good to me this year. The last few trips, i have caught a PB 10lber, 2 eights, a seven, and quit several fives and below. I actually stopped fishing because I had enough taco meat. I find it humorous when somebody sees my stringer (from a hotter portion of the state) and says "I didn't know there were catfish in here."
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    Know When to say when

    Like a true addict I had to return. I had a couple of hours to kill yesterday and was rewarded with a new PB.14 lbs.. Helluva fight on 6lb test.
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    How do I "Pattern" Elk

    hunt the other side of the highway.
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    Know When to say when

    Scotts
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    Alaska Fishing Trip

    Maybe he should shop here!
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    1st and 2nd season turkey hunters

    I had a decent size bird coming in on a string, yesterday, then all of sudden a herd of elk appears a few yards to might right and he changes his mind and goes the other way.
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    Early Scouting

    I didn't realize how much ahead of the curve that he really is. I pushed him a little bit to see how he would react, The 18 does with him get in the way, but I did get into range a couple of times.
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    Scouting in 3b

    Found an elk antler finally in my scouting.
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    Early Scouting

    a few more pics. Right now the club house leaders are bucks I nick named Flare and Heart (pretty obvious who is who). Pics of them from a couple of weeks ago. they put on some very noticeable and somewhat impressive growth when I saw them yesterday. I forgot to check the batteries in my camera. Heart Flare This guy lives in the same field Suburban buck This mornings bucks, the photogenic ones anyway
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    Scouting in 3b

    I have been hitting 3b pretty hard in preparation for my antelope hunt. I have seen literally hundreds of elk and have yet to find an elk antler this year. My experience with the late season hunt. Try in the timber if there is NO snow and in the fields after it snows. There are large resident herds off of penrod rd and behind porter mtn estates. If I knew how to post videos I would show some impressive amount of elk. Last Saturday
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