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I have just started really working with mine. I love it so far though. I have been converting 7mm Rem Mag & .264 Win Mag cases to .257 Weatherby brass. It isn't quite as long or have quite the case capacity of the real .257 cases but they are along cheaper since I already owned a bunch of virgin brass to work with. I don't know what my velocity is, but sofar I have been running 115gr Nosler Ballistic Tips with good accuracy, and have recently started working with 117gr Hornady BTSP's. I have been working mostly with IMR4831 but I have some RL22 I am going to try soon as well and I read/hear along of good things about H1000 in this caliber.

I have a mostly full box of Remington .35 Whelen that I don't have a gun for. $10 17 rds. Factory Remington 250 gr soft point. 3 empty rounds of brass also. I live in Peoria and work in Tolleson.

I went deer hunting and will be going javalina hunting with my Weatherby Vanguard in .257 Weatherby with a Redfield 3x9x40 Accu-range scope in Leupold mounts. I have been working up a load with 115 Nosler BT's and hope to have it more dialed in and hopefully have myself and the load dialed in from 500yrds by then.

My first javalina tag showed up! I cant wait for the hunt in late February! 20a here i come.

I have a Redfield Revolution 3x9x40 on mine but I want to upgrade it to the 4x12x40 version.

P.s. Flathead catfish is GREAT!!! Normal channel cat or whatever they serve at restaurants is junk compared to flathead. One of my buddies is all about flathead fishing and brought the filets from a small 12 pounder he caught.

During deer season this year we did: Burgers & brats, Carne asada, Teriyaki marinated country ribs, Flathead catfish tacos (AWESOME!) The best quick meals are corndogs (regular or pancake &sausage) or microwave burritos wrapped in foil and grilled. No effort and the results are pretty good. Microwave burritos are much better grilled then microwaved.

I am born and raised in AZ and that is how I was taught. 4 points on both sides was a 4 point, brow tines are not counted. 4x3 or similar was the description if it had differing counts side to side. I always thought the difference was Miley vs whitetail but I was raised hunting mule deer. That and I thought people back east just like to boast more by saying they got a 12 point buck instead of a 5 point.

yep. If you applied for Javo and bought the license at the same time but didn't print it you will have to pay for a replacement license. They are like $4 at your local G&F license retailer. I learned this the hard way a couple years ago.

I work for Sigler who is the Carrier Air conditioning wholesaler in this area. I am a commercial sales assistant. We do not sell to the public or do service work but I can recommend you to people in the industry that are not crooks. Most people in the service and install are crooks so don't get taken advantage of. I can recommend people for residential work all the way to chillers and such.

Get a replacement license at Walmart for $4. I had to do it the first year I got license online because I didn't realize you had to print them either.

Saturday if you are in Phoenix. I did this with my deer tag and got the first choice hunt.

The hunt went well except for the fact we didn't get any deer down. We hard 4 hunters and each of us saw at least 5 doe, 20 turkey, and one guy saw a bear. We all enjoyed our hunt and it was great to get back down south in 29. The fires have really done a number on the area though. We didn't hear alot of shots during the season so I am guessing alot of people had similar luck as us, and had a nice hiking with a gun trip instead of a successful hunting trip. We hiked our butts off for a bunch of out of shape air conditioning wholesalers. We introduced one of my co-workers to hunting for the first time in his life, and I think he enjoyed himself. I am not sure he wants to hunt/hike with me anymore after I drug him all over some nasty stuff, but he says he wants to be on my elk tag when that draw comes around. One thing is for sure in 29. The bucks are hiding well, and there is an active population of black bear. We saw almost as much bear poop as we did deer. We also did not see any signs of illegals or mules where we were, and saw relatively few hunters in our little section of the world.

There are none in 29... ;-) The last time I hunted 29 we had thunderstorms roll in on the Monday following the early rifle opener. My rain gear was back at camp because it had been 90 degrees and sunny the whole weekend. It was a long two miles back down the mountain to my truck. I almost believe that. We didn't see a single buck or hear many shots at all during the hunt. The weather was awesome though. Even up high it didn't get to cold, and the worst thing was some wind hear and there. At least we didn't get snowed on like I did in 29 years ago.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Chiricahua+National+Monument+AZ+AZCHIR:13:US No precip in the forecast here. I hope it stays that way. I was almost snowed in up there 1 year and it was sketchy getting out.

Last year during deer season I had a close call too. I was on a steep hillside glassing a valley & hills. There was only 1 way up and down this mountain, and it was a nasty cactus filled tromp. It was closing in on dusk when I heard movement coming up the hill from the valley to my left. I spotted a javalina coming across the hillside from my left to right. I stayed still and watched this javo as he slowly made his way across the hillside. He passed in front of me at about 12-15' and never new I was there. After he passed I knew I had to start making my way off the hill before dark but I knew there were probably more javo around behind me from the noise and the fact they travel in herds. I made it about 30 yards across the hilltop before I spotted the next javo. I had drawn my 1911 when I got up to leave just in case. I stopped and tried to let the javo work his way away but he just mulled around and I finally made a noise to spook him on purpose to try and get him out of the way so I could continue my way to the nasty cactus filled hillside decent from the mountain. Unfortunately that wasn't the last javo I would see. About another 20-30 yards into my walk I hear a yipping coming from my right. It sounded like chiguagua dogs. I look to my right and spot 2 baby javo about 20-25yards to my right under a juniper tree. Then I hear what sounds almost like a dog woofing at me from back in the brush behind them.... Not Good. I thumb the safety off and started to backpedal immediately as calmly as I could but as quickly as I can without making to many quick aggresive moves. Thankfully my retreat worked and I got out of the danger zone and I finally worked my way around the hilltop to make my escape. Good Times in the woods.

My dad and I drew a deer hunt many years ago in unit 27. We were up in the hills behind the black river and we made our way to the top of a finger. We were walking slowly along the top of the finger about 30' apart when we heard movement coming from the valley. Apparently there were more hunters at the base of the valley and they spooked a herd of about 2 dozen cow elk. They came running up the side of the finger we were on right into us, and they had no idea we were there. We started waving our arms and rifles to get there attention because we were about to get mowed down. They slammed on the brakes and came to a complete stop with panick in there eyes. The herd split in half and about 10 of them split between my dad and I, and the rest crossed right in front of me. I had backpedaled toward a tree to get some cover, but it was still pretty hairy.

My father taught me to hunt and love the outdoors. We mostly hunted dove, deer, and elk. I don't think he was taught well, therefore I don't think I am all that good of a hunter, but I get outside and I love it. I will teach my son too if he wants too. Some of my best memories and times when I was a kid was when we were hunting.

Donovan's.

I drew a rifle tag this year because the HAM hunts conflicted with my schedule, but I fully intend to try and take my Javalina with my .38 Super 1911. I will probably have my rifle too, but I want to use the .38 Super if I can.

I usually hunt around the Mayer/Cordes area in the high deserts but sometimes push up the hill into the pines. Deer and pig are both there but take some effort/luck to get near. I almost always see pig sign and have bumped into them more then once in the years I have been up there. It is rough and rocky hunting down in the high deserts but I grew up hunting that area with my dad so it is kind of my area to continue hunting since I know it. Last year I was literally within about 12' of a pig without him knowing, and when I was trying to make my exit off a nasty hillside @ dusk it got sketchy. I knew there were more pigs around but didn't know were they were exactly. The bad part was there was only 1 decent way off this hilltop and it ended up being right through the herd of pigs. As I was moving slowly trying to get out I came within about 30' of a set of babies and could hear the mother in the bushes woofing at me. I backpedaled out of there as fast as I could and luckily didn't get charged.

I just checked. My card got HIT!!! This will be my first javo hunt. I am assuming I got drawn in 20A since 3 out of 5 selections were that area but we will see. During deer season last year I could have killed several with my pistol without an issue. I am hoping that will be the case again in February for myself and my 2 hunting buddies.

Normally my back up rifle is a savage 99 in .243 win. This season I have a buddy new to hunting that is going to carry it as primary.

It sounds like we will be farther north in the Range then this travel path you describe so I am hoping all will be ok, but only time will tell. Thanks

We are planning on camping. I am moderately concerned with camping/leaving camp unattended but won't have alot of choice. There will be 4 of us though so that makes me more comfortable having a few people who have my back around. A friend of mine and I will be headed down there next weekend to do some scouting, and will be camping in tents but we will be well armed and contious of our surroundings. We will get a better feeling of the situation next weekend hopefully. We will probably be hunting up higher in the range in the more northern end of the range so that makes me a little more comfortable.