thegunsmith2506

I was looking into a smoke less build a few years back but I thought it wasnt legal in Az.

I saw a buck in 2016 and wanted pics of him. I set up 3 salts and 4 cameras in that area. I got him 2 times on a trail leading to water, never on the salt. I have seen him a few other times. He is still there but never has gone to the salt.

Please tell me you don't actually believe that... Give me enough funding and I can get you a study to prove anything you want. I also don't trust the public school to actually educate my kid, so I doubt you and I could every find common ground for a fact based discussion. Facts are not "science", they are just reality.

This right here is how liberals are made.

That is a great idea!

I would pick a guide that can give you some good references and let them help you decide.

Pretty sure there was a deer on the hunting Arizona group on Facebook. Pretty sure it was a mulie.

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yes

Do you have fully enclosed run?

Bummer. Our neighbors lost 18 in one night to a family of coons. We haven't lost any yet, but we have a couple hounds in the back yard too.

I would really consider 33 if you are flying out and renting a car. Its very easy to get to good areas in a car in that unit.

so a bunch of guys decided not to hunt because of a little snow and you guys are mad? Who cares.....

Pretty sure those are the kinds of numbers the g&f uses when setting hunt guidelines.

Its about time. I had a tag in 2012 and the numbers were down then.

It depends on the action. Lots of guns only have trigger block safeties anyway.

I've heard Randy Newberg say with a camera crew and the difficulty of filming the hunt, he has plenty of time to chamber a round. For me it depends on the situation. If I am still hunting and know things can happen quick or that I need to be quiet, I'll carry a round in the chamber. If just glassing it is always unchamberd. I still always check the chamber at the truck before loading up.

think you missed a few.... please go archery

I think this in spot on. There are lots of things that wear out over time.

Not much to the story. Had a great hunt, scouted some big bulls before the weather came in. We saw more elk on this hunt than any year in the past 6 years. I passed a few bulls, but with another storm on the way we decided to shoot anything we could. I shot this bull Tuesday night out of a huge herd. Had my family there for the recovery. Shot was 125yds with an xbolt 300 wsm 165gr sst. Bull never took another step.

nice job! heck of a ram

When I was younger my buddy and I had a spot in 30a we use to hunt. It was a chunk of state trust land that was walk in only. We would park at the gate and load up for a half day hike with all the shells we could carry and some water. It was a long mesquite valley with some rolling hills and 3 large dirt tanks over a 2.5 mile walk. We would shoot dove and quail on the way in and stop at each tank to shoot ducks. When we were about 100yds from the tanks we would drop our bird bags, reload with steel shot, and go shoot ducks. Twice we ran into the game warden when we got back to the gate. He chewed us out the first time but said he couldn't write us a ticket. After about 30min of talking he calmed down to where we could actually have a 2 sided conversation. He agreed that we weren't doing anything illegal as long as we were dropping all of or lead loads before we walked up to the tanks. The second time he stopped us he told us he looked it up and we couldn't even have lead shot and ducks in the vehicle at the same time, and if he caught us again we would be cited. That situation came down to his interpretation of " possession" vs mine. As far as shot goes for cranes, I think the non tox stuff hits way harder than lead. Its also hard to find big lead shot unless you load your own.

awesome buck!

That Dakota looks well equipped! Every hunting rig needs a roll of TP handy.

We have been out every day for a week in 8. Yesterday about noon we had a hard time getting out around Devi dog road. I wouldn't worry about getting up high. There are lots of elk down low right now.