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desertyankee - absolutely awesome. The coloring on him is beautiful. Hunting bivy style is unlike any other. I love it. My boy is 12 and cannot quite do things that way yet, but in the next few years he'll be ready. Again, glad to see you got your trophy. I just got your message this morning as we didn't get back until 1am this morning and my cell died Sat. Again, huge congrats to you.

I don't know what material is used on the vision, but my double bulls have come pretty scent free. I do however set them out in the backyard for several days before setting them out in the woods. I spray the inside heavily with dead down wind and let the sun do it's thing after that. No smell issues detected by me or deer. Good luck.

congrats on your trophy

It started out fast sighting the first javelina within seconds of putting up the glass. We covered a lot of ground and Leslie, my 14 year old niece, ended up winning "first shot" opportunity as my son has already killed javelina. We ended up busting the javelina from it's bed 4 feet away and Leslie was a little slow to draw her weapon. The second day we changed locations. We got within 65 yards of the herd of 9 javelina. The plan was once Leslie killed her pig she would hand the rifle to my son and he would get a pig before they left the area. Being within 100 yards for 34 minutes provides great footage on video, but without coming away with even a single shot was VERY frustrating for me. She simply could not locate any of the javies in her scope. We were directly down hill from them so that made it a bit difficult for her to stay steady. I did manage to shoot a coyote before the day ended. The third day we found nothing and had to return home. I had Thanksgiving day off so I rounded up the kids and took Leslie's dad along as well. We found the pigs around 10am and the stalk was on. Enrique, my son, had first shot this time. I got everyone into position and started filming. We were within 100 yards from the herd. Enrique made sure I was filming the same pig as he was holding on and let me know he was going to shoot. He made what looked to be a good shot with the pig jumping and rolling. Leslie traded places with Enrique and we captured her first kill on camera as well when she made a great 60 yard broadside shot. The picture shows the exit hole side. High fives everywhere! They both enjoyed caping and skinning the javelina and we were in home just in time to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving meal provided by the long day's cooking by my wife and sister-in-law.

picture test Holy crap - it finally worked!

great story and congrats on your trophy!

congrats on your bull - way to go!

Great bull with lots of character. Very Nice!

I will only need the elk packed out of the woods. My son who has the tag is 12 so he can't help much and where we are going to hunt will be very difficult for one guy (with asthma and fighting the flu) to pack it out. Send me your contact info. Thanks, Wade

I need to locate a good packer for Dec's elk hunt in the Payson area. I used a couple guys who worked for the county last year. One guy's name was Porter something and I cannot remember the other guys name. If you know how to get ahold of them or if you know of a good packer in the Payson area please providfe me their information. Greatly appreciated.

The best one I ever ate was one I shot in thick cactus country. Of course, he was a youngster compared to others I've killed and I am sure that played more into it than where he lived. I have seen no difference from state to state or different terrain. The biggest difference is how the meat is cleaned and stored before freezing. By the way - I was up in 22 this past weekend. It snowed yesterday. The big bull we've been keeping an eye on was killed by a nice lady and her son who were lost (better lucky than good). She shot it at 75 yards and they thought it was a spike until he ran after the shot! They got turned around pretty bad. I found them after checking cameras and neither had a compass or GPS. That's a bummer for my son and I as we've watched this bull since last December all the way up to last week.

1) 5bs 2) 6as 3) 8 4) 7w 5) 7e Sounds like G&F may combine all 6 tags into one 6a pool for next year so you may not have to focus on just 6as. If they do that then I would change to 6a for my first choice. Good luck to you. All units stated above will produce the caliber of bulls you are looking for.

Great job - huge congratulations on a fine bull on a tough hunt. That's awesome!

nice buck - congrats. Remember to use the flash on your camera

another beautiful buck - congratulations. I love it when they add inches while you're watching them!

VERY nice! Beautiful deer.

Beautiful buck. Congratulations.

Very nice deer - great deer for a first! "My daughter has not shot the 270 she was using so i didn't know how she would shoot. i wanted to take her out practicing but never got the time."

Congratulations little buddy. Great deer. Make sure dad takes you to the range a few more times

Sounds like a great hunt. Did you say the tag was good for a month and a half? Was this in Az? Congrats to Brittany on a great trophy bull.

That's an incredibull for sure. Congrats to your brother. 23n is an awesome place. Your bro doesn't look that old - how many pts did he draw with? Congrats again on an terrific bull.

Amanda - I'll be taking a "woman" next week in 34a. It's her first hunt ever. She's my 14 year old niece. Should be interesting

Good luck to you Whale. What are your expectations going to be?

plenty of spots

very nice