elkhunter

Nah, she hasn’t hunted since 2011. She’s picked up triathlons as her new sport. She helps on some elk hunts but that’s it.

It’s a 223 contender, perfect round for pigs

Ha,Something like that, a lot more double downs now than before. That’s for sure

Few of the kids at Buena are pulling $300-$500 a weekend doing door dash here. Crazy how much people will spend to get food delivered.

We had bad weather on opening weekend and got lucky on the second weekend. We were able to glass the herd bedded under an oak at 7:30 am and the herd didn’t get up til 9:45 am. Once they started feeding we began our stalk. Pops got off a 19 yard shot with the crossbow and I was able to get a 15 yard shot with the recurve.

Bout the same as usual. We just had more wet days and warm mornings than usual.

My wife 4Runner got lifted and I sold the stock wheels in a day through FB marketplace with several interested parties. They fit Nissan and Chevy SUV’s. Post it on FB and it’ll sell quick

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When my wife has a tag, it really is the most enjoyable hunts out of the year. We set up camp Thursday evening and I was able to locate a herd at last light miles away. Friday morning we perched ourselves 800ish yard away from the last sighting. We were watching 3 bucks when the herd of pigs walked by them bout 730 and the stalk was on. They dropped down deep into a cut, with the wind and grass causing issues we got the wind right and went right at em and she took a 33 yard shot. Hopefully the video works out, this pig took a sleeping pill through her whole body 👍 FullSizeRender.mov

Congrats!

Trying to find out the name of this plant- grows in Southern Arizona high desert areas with limestone pockets. It’s the green shrub behind my back in the picture.

Yeah you're right deer will live around it but never have I seen them eat it, I think it's more for protection/security. Mountain mohogany is king

I thought you had posted something regarding this plant in the past but I couldn't find the thread so I started this guy up. I helped out a student of mine on his HAM hunt out your direction and it was loaded with these sand paper brush. Glad I finally know what they are, I've ignored them for 24 years and just now realized I don't know what the heck they are.

That's it! thanks!

I saw that but it doesn't match up, the leaves are circular and the bark/stem are light grey. These brush are all around north face on Mustangs and over by Kartchner caverns and around Tombstone.

I told my wife no weapons in the pictures to avoid controversy- thanks!

Pops and I had a great time as usual. We spotted a herd Friday evening after sunset and weren’t sure where they bedded. On Sat morning we set up across the canyon and was able to find them bedded and made our move when they got up to feed. Pops harvested his first muzzleloader javelina at 60 yards. We spotted another herd but I had to go back in town for my daughters bday party. Sunday I picked up my buddy and we rolled out early and met pops at his camp. We located a new herd going over a mountain and no luck relocating them again, in this unit we’ve glassed herds in the past moving over 1000 yards from bedding grounds to feeding grounds, crazy. We then went to another spot and after 2 hours we glassed up a herd moving it’s way to bedding grounds. After a 30 min hike over some mountains, found myself 138 yards from the nearest pig and sent a 50 cal sleeping pill his way. This makes pig #49 and #50 for pair of us, pretty stoked to make our batch of jerky.

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So you’re the reason why Randy was able to harvest a javelina 🤣🤣 Congrats to everyone.

Quick spot this morning, had to deal with wind changes and pops ended it with a 23 yard shot. The kid got to watch it all over his shoulder.

Nearly zero moisture over the summer. Population size is roughly the same as usual in the unit.

For the early Nov hunts I like to go help my buddy Nate, we always have a great time chasing bucks in the hills. We looked over and passed up 19 bucks and got soaked on Saturday. When the rain cleared at dusk this buck was located and we quickly closed the distance from 1100 yards to 185 yards. Nice tall, long tined buck

Absolutely- bought mine from a member here, 10x14 and one man operation. Set up in 6 minutes

We had a wonderful time, chasing big bucks on Friday and Saturday with some bad luck with closing the deal. There was always something spooking the bucks before we could get a shot off (gunshots, hunters walking nearby or predators pushing bucks away). We knew Sunday and Monday were going to be rough with the wind and weather. Sunday morning standards were lowered and we watched coyotes chase this buck, he finally settled and bedded down. We stalked in for a single shot at 255 yards. This is her smallest buck 😂

Yeah- same here, not many oct coues post just yet