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Well, we did it. Filled our 2nd tags a couple weekends ago. We managed to capture 3 of the 4 hunts on film. Here's a recap! http://azhuntingadventures.blogspot.com/

My Savage is shooting .2's consistently with the following ingredients Norma brass Federal 210 primer 46.0g H4350 140 AMAX .030 off the lands I have several other loads that shot .4 and .5 too.

WOW!!! I can't believe you had to talk him into shooting that deer! What an amazing buck! Congrats to you and Steve!

Andy, It was brutal out there. Temp was 15 when we unloaded the rhino. Wind was blowing 15-20 mph so im guessing the wind chill was single digits. We knew the pigs were within a square mile or so, so we hiked up and down every draw, cut and canyon trying to bust them out. Not going to lie, we also did it partly to avoid freezing to death!

I'm not sure what ammo it was. It was my buddy's gun who filmed us. As far as performance it was awesome. Kaela's shot was a few inches behind the shoulder and quartering to. She had no exit but did not require a second shot. I shot mine through the shoulders. I missed the front shoulder bone barely and smashed the opposite shoulder. I lost the entire opposite shoulder and about half the front shoulder from bullet shock. No second shot required either. I'll use a .22 mag again for sure if given the opportunity.

Thanks guys. Let me know if anyone has trouble with banner ads embedded in the video. Youtube doesn't agree with my music for copyright issues and is automatically putting in the ads. Ill try to get it fixed.

Thanks for posting that up Kevin. Ill get my video done eventually. Haha. Had a blast yet again!

Had a couple requests to share my experience in Mexico earlier this month. Had a great time for sure! I suppose by Mexico's standards our ranch wasn't a very good one, but I still had a blast. We saw 60 or more deer every day with roughly 20-25% of them being bucks. There were 6 bucks taken during the week we were there ranging from 93-99. No one saw a legitimate 100 inch deer. Can't wait to get back there again next year! Here is a link to the short version of the story on our blog. http://azhuntingadventures.blogspot.com/

Cool short video of our crazy season so far. There's some up close and personal action at the end, and that was just a scouting trip from this morning! http://azhuntingadventures.blogspot.com/?m=1

Looks like we have found what we need. Thanks again to everyone for the tips and offers. I appreciate it.

Looking for two whole set ups or even parts to get us started. I'm willing to consider any old bow without cams. Maybe someone has an old wheel style bow in the garage they want to get rid of? 27-28 inch draw, or obviously adjustable will work. I'm looking at an AMS style reel, not the button push styles. I'll probably buy new arrows and heads. Thank you!

Ha! I suck with pistols. I had the only HAM tag this year and I used my bow. All the rest were archery tags. We have 4 rifle tags left and I'm sure a few of us will at least try with our bows first. The last guy in the video is me. I was probably 7 or 8 yards from that pig. It was pretty cool being that close just for fun.

Thanks guys! The video was just updated and edited slightly to add some music. Turned out pretty good!

I've been checking and there's a lot of bows out there. I'm looking for just a bare bow under $100. The rest I can pick up in a package kit for another $100-$150 or so. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the tips. I guess I'm open to bows with cams as well then. If you've got one in good shape you want to get rid of for under $100 let me know. Again 27 or 28 inch draw will work.

I'm no expert but from what I've heard the bows take a ton of abuse and the cams just can't handle all the dirt, sand and being dropped on the ground and the boat etc. Hopefully some of the seasoned veterans around here will chime in and prove me wright or wrong.

Thanks again fellas! Just dropped off the hide a couple days ago at the taxidermist. I'm still trying to decide on what mount to do. For sure a pedestal of some sort. Really looking hard at a stand alone style with possibly two bucks. Guess I'll have to go back down and kill another one next year!

The full story is here on our blog. http://azhuntingadventures.blogspot.com/ It's a pretty long read with lots of pictures so for those who just want to see the end result, here ya go! Found them soley by cutting tracks in the snow and following them until we caught up to them. 30 yard shot through both shoulders. She was a giant and still never took another step!

Thanks everybody!

I'm excited for my first season this year. I still need a whole set up and a few misc items for a bare bow though. Been waiting in hopes of finding some deals.

A little late with the story, but I have a good excuse. I left for my first coues deer hunt in Mexico 2 days after she killed this pig. Around September or so of 2011 I bought my girlfriend her first bow after she expressed so much interest in joining me on my archery hunts. She busted her arse shooting every day to get ready for the 2012 archery pig hunt. I tried a brand new tactic that year and it was a miserable failure to put it nicely! She never saw a pig. She was not deterred, though, and continued to shoot and improve her skills all summer long. Come August she joined me on the deer hunt and nearly shot a gorgeous 3x3 coues! She stalked him all the way to 30 yards while he fed and just like those coues deer always seem to do he noticed her while she waited at full draw for him to clear the bushes. Game over! Fast forward to a couple weeks ago on opening day of this year's pig season. With the help of a great friend Kevin, I think he goes by azhunter85 on here, she and I had a plan and we were ready! Here's a link to our blog with her story! http://azhuntingadventures.blogspot.com/ This was also my first real attempt and running a camera on a hunt. The footage turned out pretty decent. I have a few things to learn still, like don't point the camera at the ground! Oh and make sure the dang lens is clean! haha. Rookie mistakes for sure! I strongly urge you to watch all the way to the end of this video. It's a stripped and cut down version to make it easier for you to download. Kaela worked so hard for this pig and after a couple heartbreaking misses she finally gets it done and proceeds to completely break down afterwards. It's not often that we get to capture such an emotional moment on film but I'm sure glad I did. Harvesting your first big game animal is a memory that all us hunters will never forget! http://youtu.be/vaZ_oj9NwkQ

Chef, That left side is the reason I decided to take him. It looks even better in my hands! Cramer, Even with the disappointment in the quality of bucks on our ranch I am still hooked after just one trip! It's a whole different world down there. Thanks for the comments!

That was me, Coach. I had the camera in one hand and the rangefinder in the other. The calls were in my pocket but I had no time at all to get them out so I just started woofing like crazy. It worked well!! I think in all there were 7 or 8 pigs that came right in from various sides of us. Only a couple made the final video cut.

Thanks for all the nice comments! She appreciates it very much. Dug, The pigs were all woofing like crazy but what you hear on the video is me. I have 25-30 minutes of footage of just this stalk. The pigs went nuts when she missed and I started woofing at them. They were all around us! Casey, She snuck the arrow in basically through the armpit. It went all the way through the length of the pig and exited just in front of the rear leg. The pig got half of it out and broke it off when it did the death spin under that tree. It was a perfect shot for that angle!

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