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Ya, with the w as rm weather they are probably still pretty high up the mountains. Makes it tougher. Gotta find some water to sit or something.

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I have 104 rounds of this ammo. Price is $60 for all of it. As you can see I am basically asking what I paid after tax. PM me if interested. I am in North Glendale, but work downtown near the airport.

Yep. I was in cabelas a couple months ago looking for camo. Only Sitka and Redhead. Cheap crap, or crazy expensive. No selection of hunting packs either. What a waste of the "worlds premier outfitter"

Good for sure. Scheels will be awesome to have to. Or maybe scheels buys sportsmans.

I had 5lbs made this time, my buddy got 20lbs. It is good.

I have been using Millers Southwest with good results. They have a cold trailer up in Forest Lakes you can drop the meat at as long as it isn't full. Then pick up in Queen Creek. Or drop it in Queen creek if you want. The trailer was there today when I drove through, but once they fill it up, they send it down the hill.

Is that the sub-moa model. The floor plate will usually say that if it is. Any idea round count?

Good luck Jazz.

I am thinking about getting a pair of 15x binos and wanted to know if anyone has either of these and how either compare to the competition? Thanks Harley

Not at this time. I am trying to find info from people who have compared Maven to others to see if there claim of better glass for your money seems true.

I have never had nice hunting clothes. I bought a Firstlight merino wool mid layer shirt with hoodie, and DANG I LOVE that thing. Comfortable and keeps you warm. I have had used it a fair amount and it is a go to. It washes out easy, and doesn't smell nearly as fast as other clothes. I also have switched to merion wool boot socks and really like them. I have a couple decent Under Armor midlayer shirts I like, but the merion is better no doubt.

One thing I think I feel from living in AZ all my life is that the summer season seems to be starting later, but ending later. I feel like when I was a kid temps in April and May getting hotter quicker, then they have in more recent years. My mom had a rule that i couldn't go swimming till it hit 95*. I remember swimming on my birthday in early April when I was a kid. Now some years we are not hitting 100* til deep into May. I remember having Thanksgivings outdoors in shorts when I was a kid too though, as well as Thanksgivings when we screened in our carport with plastic and added heaters to get it warm for big dinners. I don't really know...😂

We did a late cow hunt north of Flagstaff years back. We took a toyhauler with pipes and tanks underneath. We bought a roll of air conditioning duct wrap insulation and wrapped the dead air space around the bottom of the trailer. Temps in the teens with wind and it was all good. The ground temp and heat from the camper kept it from freezing.

So I have a 9 year old that will be 10 by April 1. He really is pushing me to put him in for Bison. What do i need to know and what hunts should i target for him? I am sure it is a bit of a pipe dream, but he can start building points, and it always seem like kids draw hunts adults can't. If you want to PM advice that is cool. I have zero experience hunting bison and limited experience on Kaibab.

We had a great hunt. We had 4 tags and were able to fill 3 of them. We had alot of hard work to reach the elk grounds, and then had hard but successfully hunts. My buddy and I took 2 adult onset hunters out on a cow tag. One was on his first big game hunt. We were able to get my buddy on his first hunt a great opportunity, and he closed the deal with a nice clean shot. His cow went DRT. My long time hunting buddy was able to close the deal too on a nice one too. Tuesday evening I decided to make a final push as I had to leave Wednesday. We hiked in over 2 miles to get to our spot all uphill. I with about 20 minutes of light left I heard a bull chuckle behind me. I didn't know if he was a single or had a herd. About 10 minutes later the herd made it way into the meadow. The first 5 were a mix of cows and calves. They stayed grouped up so I didn't have a shot. A couple more straggled in, and 1 presented a clean shot so I took it. We packed her out in 1 trip. I am a big dude, but that sucked. I decided it sucked less than hiking another 4 miles round trip though. I took the cut meat and 2 hind quarters. My buddy took the 2 fronts and my rifle. It SUCKED, but we made it and have many awesome experiences and stories from the past week or so. Pic 1 is the first timer. Pic 2 is my long time buddy who got the biggest cow Pic 3 is upside down, but is mine.

The funny part is my cow and the new hunters cow are the same size. I am just 300lbs and he is 150lbs. 😂 both were probably 1.5yr old cows. Both of us turned in about 170lbs of meat to the processor between the legs and cut meat bags. The one in daylight was 230lbs turn in weight.

1000%. It was windy a few days, but not as cold as that last Flag hunt.

It won't be forgotten soon, that is for sure. It was probably one of the most memorable hunts I have had to date. We had a good mix of good times with friends, and success.

We put out a smoking fire pit on our elk hunt. The campers left sunday morning. On our drive in I noticed the camp site was smokey so we backed up. They piled some rocks on top, but left it hot and smoking. Lack of water isn't an excuse, they were 20 feet from a flowing creek.

I just wanted to put this in the air to hopefully help others learn how to help make life easier while cleaning game. We were lucky enough to get to cut up 3 cow elk over the last week. The below items were invaluable. 1. Bring a clean painter's plastic drop cloth to put the mest on. The heavy duty plastic drop cloth from Home Depot can be cut in half and used for 2 different animals. 2. BRING KNEE PADS. This was BY FAR the most helpful thing I added to my pack for comfort this season. They were worth there weight in gold. We cut up 2 elk a few years ago and my knees killed because I didn't have knee pads. 3. Shape knives. I have a couple types of traditional blades that I love, and my buddy had a Outdoor Edge replacement blade skinner that was great. I have a small Gerber replaceable blade that I don't like, it is to small. This thing felt like a knife and you could work it easily. My traditional blades are a benchmade and a Knives of Alaska. Your choice, bring good blades. 4. Good game bags. Don't cheap out get something that works. I have found I like the black ovis XL bags. They are easy to clean, have reflective strips sewn in, and are strong.

CBD balm or roll ons work wonders on knees. If you have not tried them you should. CBDMD is a good brand. I use their liquid tinctures for joint pains and muscle aches too. I almost never use ibuprofen now after switching to good CBD products.

The pillow cases are good too, the zippered ones are a good idea. I like the bags I use because you can use the draw string to hang them with from a tree or what not. They are reflective too. One of the last rear quarters we had we hung in a tree and came back for it in the dark. It was super easy to spot. The headlamp made it shine.

Alot of the bucks will be up higher in the pines or burns until it gets cold or they start getting shot at.

We did have a small saw one day 1 which cleared a decent amount. We ran into some big ones though near the end and we sent a guy to buy a bigger chainsaw. We got an 18" stihl and "sally" put in some good work on 3 big pines and 1 oak. We spent about 3hrs eachnday on 3 different days to get all the trees cleared so we could get where we were going. Luckily the biggest ones were near where we wanted to be so we hiked past them til we cleared them. We were in AZ.