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If it is a good spot with lots a glassable country, I've sat sun up to sun down without moving. I've had it payoff at last light before, so I am very slow to give up on a spot.

My hunting partner went two for two on javelina this year with one in January and this one today. Next up for him, mule deer in three weeks. I don't draw tags, but he is kind enough to let me tag along. Video posted here: https://www.facebook.com/sean.hatch.9/videos/1685996648091580/ He was insistent that for the first time, he carry his animal off the hill all by himself. There were no complaints or arguments from me!

Nice! Love the part about the truck left idling at the side of the road with doors open. I've been there more than once running after something into the forest or desert.

That's pretty awesome! Congratulations.

We got out soon to be 9 year old daughter a 22LR for her birthday. Yep, that is what she said she wanted! Hopefully we'll get a couple thousand rounds though it in preparation for next year. I believe in getting them practicing with something similar to what they will be using in the field, so we got her a compact bolt action Ruger American. I need to find a relatively inexpensive scope for it. I'd like to find something with variable magnification but don't want to spend what I am seeing for most of them. Anyone have anything or what might you recommend? Thanks

Miller's Southwest Meat Processing should have a drop-off trailor in Forest Lakes.

Exactly!!! The truck was only 1/4 mile away (we glassed them in the shade under a big mesquite tree while headed to the truck to move on to plan B ). So I wasn't to concerned about it being in that bag for long.

That is some great draw luck!. My son has a southern youth tag that opens tomorrow. Packs are loaded and we are ready to roll out!

It's pig and deer season? Some of the southern youth deer hunts open tomorrow, and some of them allow you to purchase a youth javelina companion tag if drawn for deer. The weather is warm, but having both tags in your pocket can make for a fun hunt for the youngsters.

Great article! Congratulations to her on her accomplishments and congratulations to you on raising an exceptional young lady.

Draysen and I will be out chasing stink pigs in 33. Maybe a deer too, but only if he is a giant.

Don't want to leave you all hanging, so I'll let you know our young hunter found a VERY unique bull he wanted to shoot this past Monday night. I'll leave it at that till the dad can tell the story when ready.

Also, don't forget to check out his pages: Facebook - Great Hunter Skullz Instagram - gr8hunterskullz

Wow, quite a year for her! Congratulations.

Great job! Draysen came running to me with his phone the other day to show me the pictures. He was very impressed.

I really hate to say this, but I stopped by Sportsmans this morning to pick up my daughter's birthday present just as they were opening. There were several guys rushing to the ammo and filling shopping carts with thousands of rounds, primarily 223 and 556. Hope this nonsense isn't starting again.

It is a great youth hunt. Definitely talk to Flatlander. I was up there this weekend and looked over more cows than I could count. Which weekend is the hunt this year? I will be there a couple of weekends this month scouting for the deer hunt and might be able to throw some tips your way.

We had a rough day today with our young hunter. The winds got bad and the few bulls we saw were pretty busted up. Saw a a nice shooter yesterday morning but we couldn't get it to come together. Then in the afternoon yesterday we saw a real nice inline 7x7 (or so we thought) at 1200 yards. We got to 500 and sat on him for 3 hours waiting for him to come out of the jack pines. Once we got a good view we saw a busted off 5th and 6th so let him walk. We have seen a pile of bulls the last two days, but very few that aren't broken. Our little 12 year old tag holder is a trooper, so we will keep at it.

Sitting around the campfire up in 3C right now. One of the luck little guys in this picture has a tag for the rifle hunt in the morning.

LOL, yeah, unfortunately he has had a fare share of maggots. We just do what we can and try to get rid of the nasty smelly bits as quick as we can before the neighbors get a whiff and complain. When they arrive at the door that way, we know they need to be in the pot within the hour. There have been several discussion between us about applying a "hazmat" fee when they arrive extremely "ripe". We are really trying to minimize the late weeknights that this causes. The two bigger bulls above weren't terrible yet, but were on their way south and had plenty of maggots already when they showed up around 5:30 one evening. By the time they were simmered and the meat was cleaned off enough to where we could call in a night, it was close to midnight.

Why would he pay someone when he gets free labor from dad??? We should really have "parent labor laws".

I already have nightmares about this exact thing happening with my kids. You aren't helping.

Like others have said, I would use a big 3-4 inch lag bolt deep in the stud for your ram or anything on the larger side (larger than a deer shoulder mount). A full grown man could swing from this setup. For anything deer shoulder mount size and smaller you would be fine with some heavier dry wall anchors if there isn't a stud where you want to hang it. For example, my 6x6 bull uses a lag bolt, and I have several deer (mule and Coues) and antelope on 75 pound dry wall anchors. My heaviest deer mount is about 15 pounds.

With the weather finally starting to cool off in the valley (it was in the high 60's this morning when I left for work YAHOOOO!!!), we want to put in a security screen door at our house so my wife will let me keep the door open in the morning. We would like to do something a little nicer that the $150 -$250 stock variety at Home Depot so may look at some of their semi-custom options or even some screen door companies. But before we start making calls and begin looking, I was wondering if any CWT members have or work for a security door company, or have any recommendations for a good quality door, company, etc. We live in the Queen Creek (south east valley) area. Thanks

I don't mean to hijack you post, but I think this might be relevant for you. I keep hearing there is a push to ban seats in the bed of Rangers for safety reasons. Does anyone have information about this?