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Ever since his first hunt was filmed for The Mountain Project last year, Jacob has been excited to get back out javelina hunting. Due to circumstances out of our control, hunting with our friends at The Mountain Project were out. Another good buddy of mine reached out and offered to take us to a favorite pig spot of his. As we were prepping for the hunt, Jacob told me he was going to hunt with my AR this time, following in his big sister's footsteps from two years ago. Who am I to say no? Opening morning came and we rolled out of the house, getting to the spot my friend marked for us by shooting light. It was cold and windy, so we didn't expect much. We glassed up three cow elk, a forkey muley, a muley doe, and a good bull way off in the distance. We covered both sides of the hillside and surrounding areas from several different angles and sat on water for a bit. Somewhere in the middle of it all, we had the following conversation: JW: Thanks for getting me into hunting, dad. Me: My pleasure. Thanks for getting into hunting with me. Why do you like hunting so much? JW: Because its great time with you. My heart melted. In the middle of that, we got the news that the shutdown was ending and I was going back to work, finally. We didn't find any pigs that day, but had plans to head out with my buddy Saturday morning. My buddy arrived bright and early and we covered the same hillside and surrounding areas again from different angles. At one point, I looked over from glassing and saw Jacob working on a book report for his homework. I love that he is still that dedicated to his schoolwork and finds balance with hunting and his home responsibilities. We had to make some adjustments to our plan and glassing spot, but finally found the herd of pigs milling about 120 yards away down below the cliff with a 30-40-foot sheer drop. We figured we'd worry about how to get down there after. We finally got Jacob set up and waited for one to turn broadside. When it finally did, he made a great shot and the pig dropped straight in its tracks. I was watching it patiently before we celebrated. It kept struggling and trying to get up, which I figured to be the norm, but the struggle lasted way too long. I was just about to tell Jacob to shoot it again to finish it, when it stood straight up like nothing happened. All I could hear in my head was "I just got the wind knocked out of me!" as it started to trot off. Jacob let a second round fly, but missed the trotting pig. I could see blood on its snout as it was struggling, so I knew it was a dead pig, but that caught me off guard. We finally picked our way down the cliff through the safest route and, after some hands and knees searching, found blood. The javelina only went about 15 yards and piled up. What a great day! A huge thanks to my buddy, Clay, is warranted. Jacob has already started making plans to hunt with him next year, and he's told me that he will be using my Garand for that hunt. Good Lord, what have we created!?!?! Selfies have become a hunting tradition now. A boy and his rifle Homework time Success!

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Any pictures of the glands?

Well I was bummed that I only got out for about a day and a half the first week of the season so Wednesday night I decided to ditch work on the 24th since it was the last day for archery Javelina. I went to a place a little closer to home, but hadn't been in 12-13 years. I started hiking a little after first light and as soon as I got to my glassing spot, picked up a couple mule deer. Two bucks, with one being a really nice 4x4. I watched them to see where they bedded for later, then started looking for Javis. About 5 minutes later I had a group, right where I had last seen the deer, so I was off on a stalk. Like last time, no spotter - always hunting solo these days - so when I got over there I wasn't sure where they had gone but knew they were close. At around 200 yards I had found them again, but when I got there they were no where to be found. I kept poking around and eventually got a "woof" from the thick stuff. Finally got to 20 yards, drew and...my peep sight was sideways. Couldn't see my pins at all. That has never happened in all the years I've been shooting this bow. Oh well, by the time I got that worked out the herd was in the thick stuff and having none of my attempt to woof them back in. I went back toward my glassing spot and remembered there were some heavily used caves & dirt wallows so I went to check those out. Yep, still active. It was getting later in the morning and the wind was picking up so I decided to make a big circle around where I had last seen the pigs. About 300 yards in the opposite direction on a little flat, the ground was covered with fresh sign so I knew I was close to what I can only assume is another group unless they circled me, which is a distinct possibility, but the sign looked like they had been messing around that flat all morning. Anyway, I figured any second I'd hear a woof and right about then I looked up and there was one just standing there feeding about 20 yards away broadside. I knocked an arrow, had the wind right and just had one cholla between him and me, but he was now head-on. Of course now I hear the "woof" off to my left, downwind. The guy I was looking at kinda froze and another was coming in from the right, so I came to full draw knowing he was about to turn. Sure enough, he turned to leave and gave me an easy broadside shot.

Just thought I would throw this up.. kind of a cool video.. not sure if she was prego or just eating right, but at about 12 yards gave us a several woofs. Other one is a bit dark, but another close encounter of the pig kind-- started at about 15 and got to about 8 I would guess.. Fun season, went 5/5 of 4 different herds so that was fun too. Pig.MOV pig II.MOV

Wish i had not sold my .204

I think that was the whole allure.

They sell on here often. They’re worth more than $275-$300 and are a MUCH better rifle than a savage axis or howa. Maybe not as accurate but much higher quality. Depends on the condition but i would say $500 +-. Lets see some pics

Don't they still have one in Phoenix?

You can check gunbroker but if I was offering money as a shooter I would offer $275 to $300. Now some people will be infatuated with them and offer more if they are a collector. They had a following but when you consider you can get a Howa or Savage Axis for under $300 that will shoot lights out and have a better trigger.

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no homo?

Ran into a group of them while deer hunting in unit 33. Had 4 of the whoofing at me at 10 yards, but my tag isn't good until the end of February. Probably won't hunt the same spot because it took some ridiculous hiking to get in there. If I get to the last day of my hunt I might give it a shot. Good luck.

Nobody else gives a $hit because its not happening to their state. Round up all that garbage and drop it in the middle of their sanctuary city and let them deal with it.

In some places, you are 100% correct, a wall would be worthless. However, what about the the say 40 miles east and west of the Baboquivari mountains that are 100% wide open? A little Normandy style barrier to keep cars out, and a 4 strand barn wire fence is literally all we have protecting our country.

On our way to youth javelina hunt and got up to 6a. Went to grab my backpack to find it was stolen from the truck while eating dinner at Carl's Jr at I17 and Pinnacle Peak or Happy Valley. Was only place we stopped so it had to happen there. Was a Horn Hunter pack with Vortex Kaibabs, GPS, tags, license, slik tripod that I can pick out of a lineup due to an accident. Really pissed right now. Sitting in Cottonwood and more cannot take my daughter tomorrow. Please keep an eye out. Really pissed. Have my daughter, her friend and my son with me and hunt is now ruined due to some a-hole thief.

Think about this...drugs that cross our border are consumed within 30 days... Aliens that cross our border consume our resources for a lifetime!

This site is awesome. Thank you all for the incredible offers to help!!! SHOCKING TWIST UPDATE: Called the store to see if they had cameras rolling, and manager said there was a homeless guy with my pack in the store! He came back in to the same store. He left it and walked away. Returned 45 minutes later and left a full page handwritten apology along with a few items he had stolen from the bag. Said he felt bad and was not a thief. Other than a few things out of place, all was still there! Just rushed down to there from Cottonwood and back. Stunned. Just. Stunned. All still there, even unopened food and snacks. This NEVER happens. Nobody ever gets their stolen items back. Maybe a little positive karma after all I have been through these last few years? Maybe I need to see it as a sign or something. Thank you all for the amazing offers of help. The hunt is back on and the kids are so excited again!

Bears and Mountain lions have been photographed climbing over the 20ft fence on numerous occasions... so go find some more fake news...

if they enforced the laws on the books already and didnt give out 4 billion in tax refunds to illegals they wouldnt come and we wouldnt need a wall. but they dont

I'll tell you one thing, if you're gonna hunt San Carlos, Hoss is the guy. I've only known him indirectly through some friends and I did the 'carlos a couple years in a row and ended up without a filled tag, but some of the coolest hunting I ever did. Those big San Carlos bucks are out there, but they are tough to find. Guys like Hoss spend a lot of time out there and know where they are, but that's just part of it. A lot of it is thick and hard to hunt. That's why they get so big. Big congrats, Hoss.

Here is my Gould's video from April of 12018 in Unit 31. Great hunt but my only regret is that I didn't use my bow. I had foot injury right before the hunt and had to hunt in a hard sole slipper. I have a lot of other short videos, but the one I attached was the best one. Not very many turkeys up there,, but when you find one, they are very easy to call in. I have killed over 20 turkeys in AZ, and this experience was second to none. Rio in 13B is next on the list. Thank all of you for the information and helpful replies, it was GREATLY appreciated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nku4HP9aoGs&t=2s

This thread(s) started off sideways. Now it’s doing brodies in a rain slicked parking lot.

203 yards open sights Wasn't feeling great so only had one day to hunt.