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Interesting...i hate dove, but this might be the trick. Looks delicious!

Nice job dad. We all go through peaks and valleys in our lives. Stay persistent and positive. Congrats to both of you.... ***I bet that squirrel was nasty!

Great write up. Congrats to both!

Awesome story. Gotta be one of very few monster coues bucks killed with a glock!

Oak, no matter what...

I've got a long day at work, then son's homecoming football game before a loooong overnight drive to 23. Will be tough to glass tomorrow, but bucks should be where I left 'em. Good luck to all...

+1 - Vowell gave me same advice last year and was legit.

Sweet. Nice job!

My rifle is currently at Phoenix Custom Rifles getting a new muzzle brake installed. Would it be beneficial to have them bed my rifle while it's there? When do you know you need to bed a rifle? Is there any drawbacks to bedding a rifle? sako 85 finnlite 300 wsm Thanks for the help, Wade

Update: I spoke with Keith at PCR about the bedding job I wanted him to do. He informed me that due to the type of stock bedding us not an option for me and would be wasting money to have it done. Honesty and integrity goes a long ways. Phoenix Custom Rifles will get my repeat business.

Good job Logan!!! Awesome job

Very nice. Great job!

Way to go! Sweet bucks👍

Great job. Congrats to Noah

Awesome Kenny. Congrats! My son and niece have unit 10 bull tags next month. Love taking the kids!

What's his spread? Sweet bull

Buy 'em, use 'em and sell 'em for the same price in 5 years if you feel an upgrade is needed. My eyes are still good enough to not see a much difference in the HD's. I do like the weight and size difference though...

I was going to email him, but lost interest...

scoped?

Last time I looked into it was 6 years ago. Had to live there greater than 6mos of the year. Owning property was not enough. Let us know if you find anything different.

As the title states, I drew archery cow buffalo aug 12th - 25th. I know absolutely nothing about these creatures and really look forward to this new adventure. I have put in on and off for buffalo for the past 21 years. Due to the AZ point system it showed I had 7 points going into the hunt (obviously, I didn't consistently put in every year until lately). I recently had a kidney shut down which led to 6 weeks out of work and 3 operations leaving me in the worst shape of my life. I actually entered this year's drawing in the emergency room - "thanks" to the AZGFD for online apps! As many of you did, I learned of my success via bank notification a couple weeks ago. I love hunting new areas and out of state. It's exciting and challenging to me to explore / learn / conquer a new area. This year, it will be Buffalo on the Kaibab. This will be the first time in the past 13 years I don't archery hunt elk and I have mixed emotions about that. Although Buffalo are cool - nothing compares to elk hunting for me. I have not found much information on hunting these beasts so I plan on boring the masses, but spark an interest in those who may desire to follow along. Maybe someone will read through this and pick up an idea or pointer in the future that will help them out. Hopefully, those who have hunted AZ Bison in the past will be able to relive some fond memories and post some pics. 1st thing I did was e-scouting. I have contacted 13 people via PM's requesting information who have posted previous tags in the past. I try to contact folks asap after receiving notification of receiving a permit as I have found many times a guy only has a couple spots and gives them to the first person who requests info. After that, hunters sharing info tend to be more reserved about sharing the same spots to multiple folks. Thanks to the following coueswhitetail members who have shared: * Lance w/ TLO * 8OWHUNT247 * kennyt Next is uploading waypoints from google earth onto GPS for quick reference in the field and locating access roads to get a feel of the land. The hunt is close to the Grand Canyon National Park so the last thing I want is a trespassing or hunting on park fine. Now that I have a starting point, it’s time to put boots on the ground. With only being out of bed for less than 2 weeks I knew I wouldn’t have the time or money to invest in multiple trips. From Ft. Mohave to Kaibab is 6.25 hrs. I figured I’d set 10 cameras if I was able to locate the salt and water holes so I had to swing by unit 10 on the way and grab a few I have out for my niece’s & son’s elk hunt in Nov. If I know I cannot make multiple scouting trips to an area I will hang cameras to let them do some of my scouting for me. My niece’s bull is continuing to grow fine and will look nice on her wall. I’ll set out cams again for their hunt after the rut. 17 weeks away… My first and only scouting trip for this hunt began Saturday morning July 16th. After arriving to my first spot I had only walked about 400 yards when I found bison tracks. They are identical to cattle, except their young ones’ tracks look very small. Just a bit bigger than a large muley and more round. I wasn’t 100% sure it was bison and not cattle so I started to follow them as they were quite fresh. They started heading down from the ridge which was a good sign and led me into a salt lick and ground blind. The shocking thing for me was the people inside it! I asked them what they were doing and they said Buffalo hunting. My heart sank. How could there be rifle hunts before archery? Come to find out, there are bison hunts going on nearly every day of the year. Bummer…I marked the spot on my GPS and left the area. I continued on in a different area, still carrying 4 cameras in my pack. Found more buffalo tracks and started to follow them again. As I was approaching the bottom of the canyon I could hear grunting. Buffalo GRUNT! I eased in, but could hear them leaving the area. As I walked into the spot where they were located it was easily apparent this spot was being used regularly. I marked it on my GPS to return and set up a camera. Plenty of bison poop. It was time to follow those buffs and get some video. I followed right behind them on a well-used buffalo trail as my wind was good and walking was silent. I caught up to them to see 2 new born bison together walking through the meadow heading directly to salt. Where’s the rest of the herd? One was a male and the other a female. I sat at the mouth of that meadow for an hr waiting for the rest of the herd before heading back to the start of the trail and hang a camera. Once I hung the cam I went back to the meadow and found the youngsters running straight at me. They came to a screeching hault when they saw me. At this point they were less than 10 feet from me. They let me get some good video and then wandered out of the meadow. It was getting dark so I booked it to the salt and set up cam # 2. As I was walking out of the meadow another hunter came out of the woods from 100+ yards away hollering at me. We met and he informed me I was f-ing up everyone’s hunt by walking around during their season. He was quite upset and I was as cordial as I could be. I told him I didn’t realize there were hunts going on and he continued to scold me pretty good. He was harmless and I felt bad so I listened to his concerns. He has been waiting since Nov ’15 for his hunt to start…I never would have thought to look at the Oct ’15 regs to make sure hunts are not going on….crazy! The best advice I received from that encounter was to go speak with Russ Jacoby. I spoke with Russ that night for about an hour and he opened my eyes to AZ Bison hunting on the Kaibab Plateau. If I knew what I have found out now, I never would have put in for this area. Russ showed me pics, gave me a lot of insight and continued to tell me by scouting the woods I am single handedly screwing up everyone that is currently hunting. Russ seemed to be genuinely concerned for all hunters and even has the hunters meet at his camp to go over the day’s gameplan. He gives each hunter a radio after they agree where each of them will hunt and hunters are discouraged to move from their spot for the day. Hunters really have to work together in order to be successful it seems. Hopefully, the hunters who have drawn the tag with me understand the dynamics of this hunt. It appears to be unlike any other hunt I’ve ever been on….not in a good way! If any other members drew this same hunt, either any bison or cow bison, please contact me @ 928-276-6 five five four or pm me for email. Thanks, Wade

Nice front end on that bull. Congrats!

To those of you that need some motivation....here you go.

I actually saw the opposite this year on the kaibab. Saw 16 doe total. 8 had a single and 8 had nothing. Over in 23, I saw 4 muley doe. 2 had twins and the other 2 had nothing.

Lance - was that bull on your hit list? Glad the hunter was found...