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My father in laws father, whew! was the third Game Warden in the state of Arizona, we still have badge #3. When he was young he lived in payson and worked as a government trapper and cowboy. He treed and roped several bears and lions and two of the bears were shot by Howard Hill, the archer on film. Several more were sold to circuses and such. The pyle brothers also did this quite regularly. Howard Hill would stand near the cage when the bears were released and it is written that he could nail the running bear several times before it covered a hundred yards, with a longbow. His name was Gene Holder, Holder cienaga near Payson is named after his family.

New England Firearms handy rifle in youth model, you can pick up one of these and put a good scope on it for $400.00. Many calibers to choose from and safe to carry. Great gun! And of course it's a SINGLESHOT.

First turkey Smile says it all.

Singleshot, You are correct. John and his middle girl drew. I believe there may be a tag sign over. John's oldest girl has yet to draw an elk tag after 4 or 5 years, so I imagine he will let her have the tag. Man, I've only got 10 more years before I start doing the same thing. HOLY CRAP! I better start putting in for only Bull hunts and start accumulating some BP's. I need at least one more Bull hunt. Once you hunt them, you can't get it out of your blood. Thanks for the congrats. I can't wait to finally have a baby! BTW, did you or H.W. draw? My daughter drew a junior elk tag in unit 1. It is her second draw for that hunt in four years. H.W. and I both got skunked. I have 16 points for antelope now. Been putting in for the 2b muzzleloader hunt the last few years thinking the odds might be better. I waited nine years for my last archery bull tag, god help me if it's another nine before the next one. Hopefully we will have better luck getting a tag in N.M.. As for signing over your tags to the junior hunters... I've done it three times in the last four years, it hurts , but you got to do it. My son has been able to stay up with us all day since he was about seven, so you don't have to wait the full ten years. Hope you have a boy first, seems like your bunch could use a few more boys.

Cochranj- I am assuming that must be John and his daughter that drew the early rifle and late bull tags? Congrats on becoming a daddy!!

Any Ideas how a charge of $50.00 would come up? Four seperate apps. for elk and antelope.

Big mule deer bucks are impressive. I sure miss the desert in the mid 80's when you could glass up five or six great bucks a day. I hope that those "were'nt the days ". Great find.

I was excited to get the outdoor channel a couple of years ago but soon found that the only show I liked was Primos and that guy who's show was called the " Do it yourself hunter ". He was pretty hardcore, no guides, all foot hunting, tent camps etc. Much like most of us. We turned off the satellite about 18 months ago because of all the other crap that is on TV. The kids were watching shows on MTV like Jacka... and all that other crap. I miss the news sometimes, National Geographic, and the weather channel. My father hated hunting video's from the time they first became popular, refused to watch them, or the outdoor channel. He stands firm in his own belief that " HUNTING IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT". Makes you think doesn't it.

Today at 10,700 feet in the Pinalenos the patches of ground outweighed the patches of snow. Less than six feet for the winter. Could have been worse but I sure miss the quail and the mule deer that the rain we had in the early 80's left us with.

Cool find! I think he must be in either 31 or 29. Both have goulds.

I never really cared for the guy. Big sponsorships and good outfitters don't make you an expert hunter, only famous. This is really a good article in proving that all firearm owners need to stick together. I don't personally care for the military style of firearms, but I do respect our right to own one. The NRA and Outdoor Life handled this one perfectly.

Very sorry Amanda. I have chocolate labs now, but none could ever bring back the memories of The rat terrier mutt I found floating in the canal as a child. He was the size of a tennis ball when I brought him home and my folks let me keep him. I carried him in my shirt when he got to tired to walk as a pup while I roamed the hills, and grew to do backflips whenever I opened the guncase. I would lock him in the house when I walked off to check my traplines and several hours later when he was let out he would track me down like a bloodhound. He was thirteen pounds of jack rabbit, cottontail, dove, quail, and duck retrieving machine ( as well as lizards, pack rats and anything else he could catch ). He was my constant companion, my friend. He stayed with my folks when I left on my own and my Dad taught him every trick imaginable. I came home early one December morning to meet my brother for a late whitetail hunt and my dad told me that he had been killed by another male dog while chasing "the scent on the breeze", I had to leave the room and walk out in the cold air for awhile. 22 years later it brings a lump to my throat to even write this. Time heals all things, In Fondest memory of "Starsky".

I live in Safford.

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Found a yearling bull calf stuck in a fence in Unit 1 in 1991. It was still alive and CochranJ's older brother and I got him out of the fence and stood him up but he was to weak to run off. I don't think he had been in the fence very long. We brought him water and he ate some apples but was dead the next day. I have pictures but that was before the digital age and never got them scanned. Some day I'll post them. Usually it's not the injuries that kill them it's the stress. Three years later I killed a six point bull about two hundred yards from that spot out of a tree stand on that same fence. Finding that calf was sad but really opened my eyes to fences in elk country.

The .270 WSM is the only short magnum out there that offers any real improvement. Never seen a deer that could tell the difference between 50 FPS. and 38foot pounds!! I shoot a seven mag. But read the ballistic charts, If I were to buy a short mag. it looks like the .270 WSM is the only one with benefit over the others.

Got a good laugh out of me, Thanks!!!

I like the looks and balance of the Ruger #1 rifles. The earlier models all were stocked with fancy walnut which you don't see in non custom firearms anymore. Personally I also think that the H&R or New England firearms Handy Rifles are one of the safest, and best buys for the money on the market. You can get a rifle in just about any caliber and a nice scope for less than 4 bills. Back when we had lots of quail, early in the season I would only load one barrel in my side by side so that I would only have one shot and remember to aim. I relied on that second barrel so much I usually missed the first. Hence "Singleshot"

Wow that's awesome. My son got buck fever so bad he couldn't draw his bow and he was sixteen! Keep it up and change your middle name to "Chuck" (as in Adams)

Love that spread! I like the way his ears are layed flat against the antlers in the pic. Give's a great reference on what a wide buck really looks like in the field.

Deer are just tough to kill with a bow! Especially while your on on the ground. Good shooting, and congrats.

Hey Danny, It sure was exciting watching you and your daughter slide into that buck on Saturday. We thought we were going to get to watch her pile him. That wind was awful, swirling and cold. Congrats on a couple of nice deer!

I have done quite a few euro's on both deer and elk and have learned a few things. I add a little liquid dish soap to the water it cuts through the grease and helps to lift off the meat and gristle. Do not bring your skulls to a rolling boil as this will eventually cause the growth plates in the skull to seperate. Keep your water at a simmer and slowly cook them. I wrap aluminum foil around the bases of the antlers. You can push the foil in tight around the burrs and this keeps the steam from whitening the natural antler color. Do not add any clorox, it whitens the bone and removes grease but leaves the bone chalky. If you have simmered the skull slowly the small pieces of the nasal cavity will usually stay in place and what I do is place the skull in a five gallon bucket and take it to the car wash and use the high pressure sprayer on it. You get a few strange looks but it works great to remove all the brain matter and small pieces of meat and tendon. The bucket catches any teeth, and bones that may fall off. Just be careful when spraying out the sinuses as this area is thin. I rarely have to reglue anything as the trick is to slowly simmer not boil. Once the skull is dry I again carefully wrap the bases with foil and spray paint the whole skull flat white. The paint seals the oil in and makes dust cleanup later easy. Some guys will mix elmers white glue with a little water and use it to paint the whole skull. This works well but I like the FLAT WHITE paint a lot better. This works best for me, hope it helps.

That was really cool, I felt like I was there. I hope you drain that big 3.

Still holding two males. Everyone must be saving their coin for Christmas. I have sold sixteen of these pups for $500.00 each. Get a lot of calls but no one wants to drive to Safford. I don't want to give up the kids wrestling, basketball games to deliver. Would be willing to trade for decent shotgun or rifle. Great looking pups with all the bells and whistles.