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Just to keep long form story telling alive. Lets try this again with Elk. I think G&F wanted me to break one of the seven deadly sins (bible reference for Seeker) this year with the amount of tags given to me and my family, Gluttony. My hunting year will end for the most part with the completion of what was my favorite elk tag in the state, Unit 1 late archery. From what I have seen during September(helping my brother on his archery hunt) and a couple days of scouting the age class that made unit 1 great is gone. (tag allocation and long range shooting is my theory for another thread). So with that being said and my serious lack of vacation time from the aforementioned way to many tags this year, my standards are much lower than they would be usually. The first mature six point if I am using my compound or any bull with my recurve will get alot of attention. First day of scouting, (Friday the week before the hunt) all I see are million turkeys, antelope and Deer road hunters. Day 2 Scouting I was losing my confidence and went up high to one of my goto spots. I see a no-brainer opening morning shooter (not pictured) the only catch is he is in a herd of about 200 elk so getting close will be a challenge. BTW they are still bugling. For you duck lovers out there. Crescent lake has a few. From this distance they look like coots, but they werent. Also Geese are on the shore Tomorrow Ill check out the north side of the unit again.

I finally came over to the dark side and filled my 1st rifle tag this weekend on a awesome coues buck. I decided to backpack in wendsday and do alittle more scouting in a spot I was planning to hunt. I saw alot of great bucks Wednesday and Thursday but only 1 that I was debating on chasing. So after talking with my brother inlaw and a few friends I decided to back out and go help him chance a buck opening morning that hes been chasing. We had a great opening morning seeing a bunch of bucks but we never located his target buck. I packed all my stuff into his spot so I decided to stay another night and help him. We saw a few great bucks the next morning but never laid eyes on his target buck. We decided to take a break and eat something and we tried to come up with a game plan on what we could do to try and cover the area alittle differently. While scanning for new vantage points my brother inlaw spotted some deer way back in another canyon right below the skyline. I grabbed my spotter and could tell he was a great buck. They were alittle over 1000 yards out but across 2 canyons. So as soon as they topped over we kind of though that was the end of that. Alittle over a hour goes by and we have been joking about how if they would of just bedded on our side I'd try and make a move. Sure enough I look up there and I see a small buck. We start picking the hill apart and I see the big buck again. I asked him if he minded if I went after him since I was in there with him. He joked and said sure just dont miss. I headed down and closed the gap. I got the rifle set up and waited for him to get up out of his bed. I got a good range and dialed in the 6.5 to 480 yards and waited for what seemed like forever. The buck finally got up and I got into thw scope. The angle was so steep I couldnt get steady. So I decided to readjust my pack and get better shooting position. The buck stepped put of his bed and started feeding. I tool a deep breath and started squeezing the slack out of the trigger. BOOM the gun went off and I quickly chambered another round. I got back in the scope and couldn't find him. After scanning for a bit my phone started buzzing. I recived a text from my brother inlaw who was on the hill above me said "you dropped him, and he rolled about 7 times down the hill but we got him. " It was such a awesome hunt glad I was able to share it with my family and hunting partner.

We’ve been beatin up on them in ND. They’ve all bailed on us though as of last week

Hey everyone. I started a YouTube series on how I place trail cameras. With the coues seasons upon us, I released my first video about coues deer. I hope you enjoy.

Nothing fancy ,just your trusty lever action. The only thing you packed was your deer.

Selling my Kimber 1911 TLE/RL II (stainless) with muzzle brake compensator and two magazines. Asking $950 but will consider trading for a hunting rifle (preferably 7 mag) around equal value. Gun is in excellent condition with less than 100 rounds through. Located in East Tucson. Thanks.

Youth stock and ammo available. Remington 700bdl wood stuck, cut for youth ( Vanhorne did the cut and subsequent extension (glued and pined). $50 Call or Text Josh 480-36nine-49two3

Been a great sxs. Looking to get into a new Polaris General. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/snw/d/gilbert-2010-polaris-ranger-crew-800/7011890222.html

shoots lights out. Only taken to the range 1 time. See pics for grouping. Comes with 1 box of ammo and rings. $370

I was fortunate enough to take my biggest coues buck to date this last Saturday along side two of my very good buddies Patrick and Trey. I wanted to hunt a new area that I have always thought would hold a good buck or two. I’ve just been very hesitant to go up in there because the country is so rugged. Saturday started off early. Our alarms went off at 3:15 am and it was finally game time. I was very excited as this was my first coues Hunt since my last one in 2016. We started hiking at 4:30am and finally arrived to our glassing spot just before 6:15am. 45 minutes into glassing I found what looked like a deer. Sure enough it was a little buck. I was excited to see this deer cause up till then all we had seen is one doe. As I was looking at this little guy I noticed a deer in a shadow underneath him. I zoned in on this deer and he finally picked his head up and right away I knew he was a good buck. I quickly called Patrick and trey to head over to where I was at. Patrick and trey finally got to me and we busted out our big glass and started examine this buck. After about 10 minutes of looking I knew I wanted to kill this deer. He and his two buddies ended up bedding at about 8am. After coming up with a game plan, Patrick and I bailed off the mountain as trey stayed back to keep eyes on the deer. An hour or so later Patrick and I finally got to the spot where we thought we could get a shot. 5 minutes into glassing Patrick finds him bedded 515 yards away. We quickly set up the 28 nosler on a rock and I settle in. Boom! My first shot goes off. Patrick says “you hit high shoot again”. I rack another round on and try to find the buck again. I finally found him still laying there in the same spot. I settle in again.... BOOM! Patrick again says “dude you hit high again aim lower!” At this time the buck is standing and is aware something is not right. I’m startled because the scope is dialed into exactly what the dope sheet says and I’m laying prone as steady as can be. BOOM! I shoot again this time hitting low. At this point the buck is terrified and knows something is not right. He runs down the mountain 30 yards and I find him again. BOOM! WHACK!!! I could hear the billet finally connect. Patrick is telling me “you hit him you hit him!” Finally a sign of relief on my end. The buck runs down the mountain 200 yards where he finally expired in a patch of oak trees. Patrick and I load up our gear and call trey on the radio to tell him to head on over that we had got the buck. It took Patrick and I about 45 minutes to get across the canyon to my deer. I finally got to him and I was in disbelief that i had just killed this beautiful coues buck. Trey finally got to us about an hour or so later and we quickly took pics and then started on cutting the deer up to get off the mountain. We finally got back to camp where we met up with my dad. He was nice enough to drive all the way out to camp to bring up some steaks to celebrate my best coues yet. Special thanks to Patrick and Trey. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!!! Special thanks to my dad Steve for coming out and bringing us food! 🤣🤣. Hope you all enjoy the pics. Steven

I tried to resist. Didn’t need another one but side charger intrigued me!

Pretty good internet from my house. I live in show low.

I am selling 15x56 the 10's sold. Another guy on here was selling a new model pair 10's I think he just sold them. And I will just start a new post when this one goes to 2nd or 3rd page cuz it's getting pretty long. 🤔

I know a guy

Those good old days are long gone.

* = full choke *_ = improved modified ** = modified **_ = improved cylinder **$ = skeet *** = cylinder

Heres a few oldies

I hunt on Boquillas. I've paid the $500 guide fee to them, and am licensed with AZGFD. Fully insured too. Be hunting there since I moved to Kingman in 1972..😉

Third deer from the back looks to be getting excited. ;) that's more than likely a deer drive lots of deer got wacked that way.

Well, I got it done! Opening day around 3pm we spotted this guy across the canyon. Super pleased with my first AZ Coues Deer. I'm no pro, but per my calculation, he was 88 1/8"

Set it next to your Festivus pole...

It is a great year to have a tag. I have seen some monsters this year between the Governor tags, raffle tags, early rifle and archery. And now muzzle loader. The day after Thanksgiving can't come soon enough for me.

What a giant congrats

That’s why I wear my hat backwards. No way a lion can bite through a flat brim.

BigLakeJake: None of the three men look like Steve to me, but I easily could be wrong. The photo appears "washed out" on my monitor. Incidentally, Steve is still with us. A friend visited him in Phoenix this past week. He's 89 years old and is as sharp as ever, my friend said. For those who don't know Steve's history, his landmark study of Gambel's and Scaled quail proved precipitation during specific months was the primary factor in quail reproduction and survival, and that hunting has little influence on quail numbers in Arizona. Steve and the Levy brothers of Tucson, Jim and Seymore, also located populations of masked bobwhite quail -- thought to be extinct at the time -- still remaining in ungrazed areas in Sonora, and this led to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service creating the Buenos Aires refuge southwest of Tucson. Steve also had much to do with Arizona's ban on using bait for bears, the switch from firearms hunting to bowhunting for elk during their rut, and the HAM hunts for javelina. Bill Quimby