Mocha1545

Congrats on a great Bull! That is gong to eat really good. Thanks for sharing the pictures. It makes me miss NM. Too bad you forgot to take a picture of the stone house. Thanks for sharing!

Born in the valley. Grew up hunting 24A for deer, pigs and quail. My first time there I was too young to hunt deer so I carried my 20 gauge and 2 boxes of shells in vest. My Dad said I could take but never said I couldn't shoot it! That was when my brother got his first deer. A nice 3x3 Coues. I ended up carrying 2 rifles and that Darn shotgun all the way back to camp! Long day for a 9 year old. That was back around 1970 or so.

Good Luck and heal fast. Like everyone else said "Listen to the Doctor"! This is one of those that you can't rush or you'll be sorry. Sounds like you have the right idea about Turkey season. Enjoy the time with little girl.

Congrats on your first Elk. That was a great write up. We appreciate you sharing your story and pics! Hope you get drawn again this year. Looking forward to reading about it!

WOW! What a kid! I know his Dad was smiling down from Heaven. His Mom is doing a GREAT job of raising him. It is so nice to see these stories instead of the usual gloom and doom news reports. Thanks Chef for sharing this. Everyone else used the allregy excuse so I'll take the sincreen in the eyes excuse! I know it's cloudy but give me a break!

Great story and Great Buck's! Congrats guys! Congrats to your Dad as well.

Congrats to all of you. What a great present. Sharing the same old campsite with your kids is cool.

You got my vote.

Congrats on your first! That is a nice pig and it sure is good to be able to put it out of its misery. Great job shooting that shoulder cannon!

Congrats to your friend. Nice job getting him hooked on hunting!

Nice Buck! Nice shot. Glad you trusted your gut instinct and went to check out the ravine. Smart to birng your own pack mule with you!

Congrats to Dan on a nice Pig! Thank You for mentoring so many people for hunting. Snake leggings work great for the shin daggers but are pretty noisy!

Congrats to you both on the double! Nice write up.

Huge congrats to all of you! Thanks for spreading the wealth to different herds. That is a LOT of Chorizzo in the freezer!

Congrats and Nice Shot!

Congrats on your Pig. Amazing how sneaky those buggers are. Glad you got to share it with your Dad!

Congrats! Love the pics!

Great story and pics. Congrats on your pig and for not getting eaten!

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!!

Have been borrowing my wife's 4' 686 cause my 1911 isn't set up for every day carry and my Blackhawk 41 mag is too slow to load for down south. was just given an old 1911 in 38 Super that is now going to fill the holster!

I've never heard that girls weren't allowed to hunt. I believe that a women's place is wherever in the heck wants to be! I have been on target shooting teams where the fairer sex shot circles around the men. My daughter and wife want nothing to do with hunting whatsoever. My daughter would never kill an animal and my wife thinks Motel 6 is roughing it! I wish I could change their minds but it isn't going to happen. I take my daughter camping and fishing a couple times every summer and we have a ball! Maybe one day they'll want to come along and they will ALWAYS be welcome but for now I will just take them shooting and fishing. I must have gone wrong somewhere along the way since my son isn't into hunting either. He gave it a go taking hunter safety and going on deer hunt. It was nice having him there and my Dad to help show him the ropes but no Bueno on another try.

Congrats on your pig. Way to step up and meet the challenges (even the honey dew list )!

Congrats on your Pig.

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Can't forget to add Peter Hathaway Capstick or Robert Ruark since this is a hunting community.