thegunsmith2506

Got out this morning for a few quick stands. The second stand brought in a nice coyote, but he hung up at about 80yds and wouldn't come any closer. On the 3rd stand we had this nice female Grey come in to Cottontail dist in less than 5min. One quick shot at 20yds and she was done. This was my first kill with my new Browning Maxus. So far I really like it.

Thanks guys! With the way things are going at work this year, I have had to stay much closer to home. The vest is an older Primos Turkey vest. My wife bought it for me for Christmas the first year we were dating. Its about 8 or 9 years old. It works great for me and my style of hunting. Lots of gear pockets, and a padded seat and backrest. The bird pouch on the back holds the call and decoy.

We have been watching a herd of pigs since mid summer in this drainage. All the snow made it tough to hunt opening weekend, and the wind was pretty nasty too. The wife and I finally made it out about 2pm to check the cams and do a little hunting. We still hunted into the wind for about a mile when I spotted a lone pig feeding 200yds in front of us. We stalked to 54yds, and found 6 more pigs in the brush. The plan was for my wife to shoot first, but that didn't work out. When we got to 24yds this big sow busted me moving and started to circle down wind. I as afraid she was gonna bust out of there and take the rest of the herd with her. At 22yds she cleared enough brush so that I could shoot. I told my wife to take the shot, but she wasn't tall enough to shoot over the brush. I hit a limb and ended up hitting her too far back. The first shot broke both back legs and she dropped on the spot. After a finishing shot, we took off after the others. It was my wifes first bow hunt, and she emptied her quiver trying to hit these lil targets. She got really close a few times, but just couldn't pull it off. We still had a blast! I think she is hooked on bow hunting.

Congrats! It is nice when it all comes together.

Thats a darn good day! Nice Job!

Its been really tough getting much calling in this year. Between work, and Big game hunts, I have only been out a couple of times. Most of my stands have been for cats, but I did get down to the desert after Thanksgiving for a day of calling. Only called in a few, not as good as last year, but still a lot of fun. On one stand we called in a really dark colored female. Hadn't ever seen one this color. I hope to get out more after Christmas!

Took these on the way home from Vegas 2wks ago. Just thought I would share.

Thats a great looking cat! Nice Job!

My wife has the cow tag right now. We are seeing plenty of elk, and lots of bulls, just can't seem to close the distance, and keep track of the elk. That has always been our problem in this unit. Congrats on a great bull!!

Anyone do any good on the bull hunt?

Anyone do any good on the bull hunt?

We watched a few big Mulies chasing does today while out glassing for elk. Seemed pretty early to me, but I guess not. Cool Pics!

Very Cool!

Sorry to hear about your Grandmother

Awesome! That is a great looking cat. I love those days where every stand is a winner,

I used them for my archery cow I shot in unit 8 this year. I was shocked at what they think is ok. Every package of meat I open I have to wash and trim. There are also chuncks of bone in all the ground meat. We do 90% of our animals ourselves, now I remember why. Wish I would have read up on them first......

19a is just a tough unit to hunt right now. The elk populations seem to be way down from 5 years ago. I hunt and scout in there all the time because it is close to home. My wife and I have had 5 tags in there in the last 4 years. This year she has the late cow hunt. The biggest problem for us is keeping track of the elk the last few weeks before the hunt. Last year they did a controlled burn right in the area we wanted to hunt. This year they did the same thing. I saw the smoke on my way home from work yesterday. Looks like I am back out to try and find a herd we watced this summer in a different area. Good luck to all who ave tags!

I never really thought about it till my wife said something. I did get a call from the G&F, and they took down my info, so maybe I will get a check. I would much rather have a lope tag!

While deer hunting a couple of weeks ago I glassed this up under a Juniper tree. I wasn't sure what it was at first, so I hiked down to take a look at it. I spent the next few hours on and off the phone with G&F, while still trying to hike and glass. Not sure exactly how it all went down, but on the way home that night, I got a call from G&F to let me know they caught the guys that did it. I was amazed that they caught them so fast. It sure is upsetting to see what some people will do for a thrill......

I think what happend was they caught the guys with the meat. Most of the meat was cut out of the animal. Since they knew there was a poaching, they were looking for them. The kill was very fresh, and the blood was still wet. There was only one road into the area, and I gave that info to G&F. Aside from a few pictures of the antelope, a shell casing, and me telling them where it was, they had nothing really to go on. I didn't ask for the details, but I sure was shocked when they called and told me they caught them. I don't know exactly how it all went down, but at least they caught them.

quote] Did you took your shotgun only while calling for predators?? That's a no-no. Ernesto C Yea... I have a bad habit of doing that.

Very Nice! I called in 4 on Friday but they just wouldn't come into shotgun range... What is the max range with your #4 shot?

No tags for us....

Nice Job!!! Hunting is always best when shared with family and friends!

I shot my cow elk with a 75gr this year. It did pretty well.