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My oldest son Matt had the unit 1 archery bull tag this year. While we weren't able to get a bull on the ground we had an amazing time. Between school schedules, football coaching, etc., we really packed in as much hunting time as we could. This was his first ever real big game archery hunt. He's done well with javi's and rifle deer hunts and turkeys, but I think it was eye opening how tough even the premium archery bull hunts can be. We were in elk every day we hunted, and we hunted hard the full time. Fri-Sun both weekends, and up by 3 every day during the week, hunt - go to school/work/coach then back in the field until dark during the week. He almost tagged out in the first 45 minutes of his hunt opening weekend on a really nice bull. I'm so glad he didn't. The time we spent together for the rest of the hunt, learning together, getting close to big bulls over and over - passing smaller, and honestly some really nice bulls in hopes of getting one of the big boys, making mistakes and talking about what we did right and where we messed up, really brought us closer together. And we have no regrets about lost bulls due to bad shot placement. Even when things looked tough, he opted not to take shots he might have made but knew there was a chance of bad placement. No blood, but lots of memories. I sure was looking forward to posting some success photos from our hunt. But those only exist in my memory as I recall the hunt with my son.

Wow, nice bulls!

Spot On CEI, great post and great vids at your site. Going 100% for the pinnacle is not for everyone. More often than not you get close over and over, but you have to know at the end of the day you never took the easier route, and that speaks volumes IMO.

I've seen a few in NM just a couple miles from the AZ border way down south. Honestly, as many guys as we have here in AZ just looking for more hunting opportunity, I doubt we'll ever see them become problematic.

LOL, that's so funny because my son and I were just talking about doing a parody video of a guy dressed up in leafy camo or ghillie suit driving around and squeezing a hoochie mama out the window. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction, I guess.

I'd kill him twice. LOL, sorry, that's a really nice rack. Is there such a thing as killing him, then cloning him and killing the clones?

Sounds like there's a lot of us with this "condition". At home, I can't sleep without a loud fan on. When we travel, especially in hotel rooms when there is no background noise, it's crazy loud. The quieter it is, the louder the ringing is. I've just lived with it so long it seems normal, but there are certain ranges of sound I simply can't hear. My wife has to remind me if my turn signal is left on after changing lanes. I don't know if I caused mine by blaring 80's rock in my car as a kid or too much shooting without ear protection, or if it's just genetic.

Man that stinks. Must be what I have - my ears ring constantly - they have as long as I can remember.

Wow - great looking bull there! Congrats and nice job on the write up.

Wow. Love the video. Huge congrats Shelvin. That is an awesome bull, and getting it all on video is icing on the cake. You rock man.

He's a beautiful bull! Huge congrats.

Anybody have a beater short action savage they want to get rid of? Need an action for a project gun.

14 unfired, 6 once fired. Norma brand, 180 gr. Oryx. Selling for a friend, make an offer. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/954452/norma-usa-american-ph-ammunition-308-norma-magnum-180-grain-oryx-protected-point-box-of-20?cm_vc=ProductFinding

Any offers, trades?

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Dang! Super bull BC! Congrats on a beauty!

The tuxedo t-shirt makes the picture! That is awesome! Congrats on the goat too.

I actually had a similar incident when I was around 15 or 16. I was out duck hunting one morning near town, didn't have any luck and later in the morning shot a couple birds - something I grew up doing all the time with my pellet gun in the woods of Oklahoma. A game warden walked up and asked if I was duck hunting. I said, "Yeah, but no ducks so I'm just shooting some of these 'dickie' birds". He just laughed and recognized I obviously didn't realize that what I was doing was not legal, then informed me that here in AZ, any bird not given a specific season was illegal to shoot. That was over 25 years ago and I've never shot another non-game bird since. IMO, he handled the situation correctly. Problem solved, no courts or fines and no "repeat offenses". People are just a little too up-tight these days, lol.

Nice job, Shane!

Sweet rifle - I've always liked those.

awesome vid!

I'm your huckleberry. My son has an elk hunt starting tomorrow so next week is going to be busy, but shoot me a PM.

Good luck and have fun!!!

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