Elkhunter1

Best hopes for a speedy recovery.

I just butchered my HAM hunt Javelina and this is my first meal. I seasoned the back strap with; Garlic Powder Dried Minced Onion Smoked Paprika Cumin Black Pepper Salt Chili Powder Oregano I seared the back strap in Virgin Olive Oil for 60 seconds on each side then placed it in a pan with 4oz of water, covered and baked for 12 minutes at 300* I served it with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans.

As long as your bow is properly tuned you should get consistent arrow flight and accuracy. But again I would change your Head.

Nope, it's available. We could do a really simple one page site that has a paragraph about how he scams people, then several stories from people that have been scammed by him. Hopefully it will be enough content to get ranked in the google search results and get this guy run out of business. I would help in any way possible to get this done! Let me think about this for a day or 2. I'm super busy with work, school, and some side projects. The wife is already upset with my lack of time I have at home with her and the kids. I get the same here, when not working I am out hunting or scouting or fabricating security boxes for trail cams. All I do is work or hunting related activities.

Tighten your belt at least one notch. lol

Nope, it's available. We could do a really simple one page site that has a paragraph about how he scams people, then several stories from people that have been scammed by him. Hopefully it will be enough content to get ranked in the google search results and get this guy run out of business. I would help in any way possible to get this done!

He would be the stupidest man on earth if he still won't pay him back and risk going to Mexican jail.

What type of setup do you have? I would go with the Swhacker head and if you can afford them get Victory Arrows that are the right spine for your setup.

I do web design, that would be hilarious. Lets do it, maybe with all of the attention we get AZG&F will not give him another guides license.

You had better be able to prove there is hogs in the area!

Bump for a good range finder.

No problem here, I have earned every Grey hair and wrinkle.

I don't have much but here they are:

Great job and great first kill.

Yes, I have been in that situation but the guy shot first and I responded. I have also been close to a bear while hunting Squirrels and he wouldn't move off even after shooting three Squirrels so I moved off and out of his way. This is in no way the same. The guy has the ability to think before he acts. He did not have to advance on the Moose. We all have our "personal space" yes animals have one too. He crossed that boundary and the Moose gave him a bluff charge before the attack. The Moose weighs what about 1400 lbs. I would not get that close even with a gun. That guy is very stupid in my opinion.

When this post started I looked him up and his website stated that the hunter is responsible for all the tags and paperwork needed, such an A$$H)LE!!!!! We need to shut his site down somehow so he can't scam others. Maybe create a website with a very similar name that tells a warning so when he is searched they both pop up.

FOX!

Looks good Kevin but mine is still bigger. lol Glad to see he is working on making it right.

They do have whitish butts too, you will have to look for certain "movements"

The rancher is putting something in the water. Next is two headed jackrabbits. lol

Great job guys you really killed them this season!

I've learned on this site that there a WAY too many people out there with fantastic optics. Somehow I'd end up as a story in the weirdest thing you glassed up!! did you learn this first hand??? Yup up in Flagstaff on an Elkhunt that is where I came up with my handle. lol

This story starts way back in Dec. 2013. Opening day of the Dec. archery season I find myself down south in search of a good Mulie. I covered several miles with sightings of Javelina and does. There was hunters at every turn, Challenge#1 I couldn't get away from them. Day two I decided to go farther south to an area I had never been. This day starts with Challenge #2. finding my way around private property to the spot I wanted to glass from. I get back in the truck just after daybreak and start getting further in to get around the fences, I find a road that goes into the canyon. 5 minutes into the glassing session I spot a small forky with several does working the ridge in the back of the canyon. As I watch the deer plotting my move, I hear a cough over my left shoulder. I swing the binos around to see the culprit, I cover the top of the ridge I am overcome with a severe case of dropjaw. After pulling all of the Cholla Cactus out of my chin and tongue, re-adjust my eyes I take a second look. This guy is the biggest Mulie I have ever spotted. I spent the rest of the Dec and Jan. hunts chasing this guy. Every free moment I had I chased or searched for this guy. Every day in the field I ran into Javelina, Challenge #3 being knee deep in them and not having a tag for that unit. Two of my hunting buddies, Bradley Bishop, and Carlos Flores went out to help in the quest. They both had pig tags for the unit and both times we couldn't find the "Big Wide Boy" or any pigs. Prior and after their days afield I found four separate herds. I was able to get two shots at the buck and I can only say "fever" got to me. Fast forward to the 2014 HAM hunt and opening day: I am at the office getting my work orders and equipment for the day. I would not be able to hunt until the following Wed. and Thurs., my days off. Every day I spent working all the while thinking of where I was going to hunt the stinky salt-n-pepper grunters. Late Monday afternoon I received a text that Tuesday we would not be working. After getting home I hurriedly gathered and re-checked my gear for the hunt . Daybreak Tuesday I was walking to my first glassing spot. I covered several miles of hills and ridges without seeing hide nor hair of my target. I spent all morning in an area that I killed my biggest pig at 53 pounds dressed. During the long walk back to the truck I was searching my memory banks for a new spot to hit before dark, while wondering what happened to the large herd that was there. Challenge#4 finding them in the unit you have the tag for. I traveled to the other side of the mountain range and was looking for the right spot when my gut said turn here! I drove in and found a good looking area. I climbed the hill and sat down and started glassing the hills and washes. After a very frustrating three hours I decided to go back a ways and check out a small water hole I saw on the way in. I found several sets of tracks and decided to sit it until dark. I picked a spot that gave good coverage of the whole water hole. I ranged several spots and waited. It didn't take long until they came in to my left, two pigs. Because I am left handed I had to spin to get a proper aim on the big one. I waited until he turned broadside and I pulled the trigger of my 9mm, I fired a second round as his departed. I checked his route for over 50 yards without any trace of blood. "How in the heck could I have missed him at only 35 yards." The entire ride home was spent kicking my self and going over the events of my epic failure to fill my tag less than an hour earlier. All night I went over the events and decided I would return and check the area again just in case I missed something, it was right at dark. After looking the area over again I was convinced I did in fact miss him. I climbed the ridge they came down the night before, stopping and glassing as I went. I made it to a point in the ridge where I could glass most of the canyon. As I stood there glassing I herd "Woof," Holy sh!% they're close! I would have thought they would have been farther away than that. After glassing the next point on the ridge I spotted one pig feeding to the right. i readied the Brute and started moving to the right to intercept him. As I fought the Cat Claw and rocks I spotted several more pigs, the whole herd was there. I was 80 yards and they made a right turn and started moving to my left and in the thicker Cat Claw where I had no shot. I knew my only shot was at close range and I put my bow down and pulled my 9 out hoping to redeem the night before. As I raised up to aim I adjusted my grip and my wedding ring tapped the grip, they were off like grease lightning. I "woofed" at them with no response so I stood there with a "what the fu@% now," look on my face. Challenge #5 noise control. I was plotting how I was going to re-engage them when I noticed there was two other pigs working a Prickly Pear to my right where I originally spotted them. I holstered my 9 and picked up my bow, as I did this the larger pig walked off and I was left with a medium pig. I ranged him at 50 yards. I raised up, pulled back, settled the third pin and unleashed the arrow of death, SWHACK! He ran 50 yards and began to tumble. Pig down, tag filled, now I can get to the "Honny do" list I had been neglecting since May 2013. The final and hardest one to control Challenge#6 getting the list done in the two to three months you aren't scouting, setting cameras, helping friends and hunting. I love my wife and I don't thank her enough for giving my the leeway to do my most passionate activity, "as long as there is the money for it" lol

Here is another way to look at it. When you're out in the field and there is nothing happening one could start a little with your wife or girl friend.

My dad has the Charles Dailey comander 45. That is a great gun almost a 1911.