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Not camping...Sitting water in a really fancy blind...

Lots of scouting, luck and decent shooting Good luck Fred!

Today’s lunch spread, Durado Tacos avacado cilantro lime aoli tempura jalapeño slices, red cabbage and gotta have the home made corn masa tortillas

Built between 1950-1957, rare semi-auto with even rarer original wooden fold down handle. 3x9 Jap glass. Perfect for the squirrel 🐿️ season $250.00

Have the ways of the Ninja like Houston or just try really hard like me.

With the new going minimum wage, I will take it for $68.73 per hour with full benefits, 6 weeks of vacation at start of employment, feasibility will be required to be allowed to go protest, have ability to use bathrooms of choice due to fluidity in gender identity, be listed in HR as a protected class and not be eligible for termination even if I am not working or don't show up due to personal issues or just because, be given a winning trophy for showing up to the office, ability to flex full time work from home, be allowed to grow in the warehouse and sell products out the back. Best Wishes - H.Biden

Blow-up of the action. The actual orientation of the original photo. With the exception of the dark hat, Custer, in 1873, wears the outfit he is thought to have worn at the Little Bighorn (he removed the buckskin jacket prior to the fight). He also holds a Remington Rolling Block rifle that he used in the battle. – True West Archives – From Guns magazine article: A Remington Rolling Block .50-70 Sporting Rifle possibly similar to this one was carried to the Little Bighorn Battle by Custer himself. It was never recovered. And...

Go hunt. Need someone to tie it up to a tree before you get there?

I’ll bite! I was fortunate to take this great buck last Friday on the Bab. It was a tough year but there were some great bucks out there. This was the last night of my 14 day hunt.

I don't post stories/pics much. (In fact, I don't think I have ever posted anything hunting trip related, other than adventures with my kids.) Anyway, since not many folks get to hunt bison, I thought I would share. I put in on a whim when applying for deer 4 months ago. Just an afterthought, assuming that I would not get drawn, but I lucked-out and got one of 10 tags for the 9/25-10/7 12A cow hunt. Once I was drawn, I decided I would do everything I could to try to give myself the best chance at killing one. I reached-out to, and spent time on the phone with quite a few people who had previously had the permit, including Heat and Catfishkev. I also spoke with Flatlander a couple of times, since he and his son did the hunt in July. In addition, I exchanged messages with several others (couesdeerhntr, and others who are not on cw.com....). I also exchanged info with Jim Mullins, who was very generous with his information/assessment of the hunt. I owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to ALL who spent the time to give me information and perspective! In particular, Kevin spent lots of time with me on the phone/text/e-mail, and in fact sent me the key to a couple of his cameras and gave me the full go-ahead to utilize them for my hunt prep! Super, super generous!!!! Unfortunately, due to personal family commitments over the summer combined with the fact that I started a new job in mid-July, my time was very limited, and I could not spend the necessary 'boots on the ground' time I would have hoped. Finally, I also reached out to Russ Jacoby. Stating the obvious, there are many opinions of Russ and his crew (Just like there are many differing opinions of all of us! ). That being said, I found him to be helpful, professional, sincere, and SUPER passionate about the bison on the Kiabab! When I said I was going on a scouting trip in early July, he invited me to join his crew for a "ride-along" day or two to get to know the vibe and how they operate. That was very valuable time. I ultimately ended-up connecting with him for the hunt. So from here, I'll try make this quick! One of my best friends & hunting/fishing/camping partners drove down from Salt Lake to help me on the hunt. We met-up on Thursday evening and set-up camp. I connected with Russ, and made a plan to meet him early on Friday morning. My buddy decided to pass on the first day in the blind, giving me an opportunity to get the feel of the thing, and he would then join me in latter days. I met-up with Russ in the morning, and he made a suggestion regarding a tank I should sit. Well, 2 1/2 hours into opening day, after seeing several deer and lots of birds, I heard a noise and immediately saw black bodies moving through the trees making their way down the trail to the tank I was on. Within 10 seconds of initially seeing them, there were 12-14 bison of all shapes, sizes, and genders lined-up about 40 yards directly across the tank from me drinking away. I quickly focused-in on one of the cows, and as soon as she turned broad-side, I blasted her right in the boiler-room. As the other's scattered, she took a huge lunge into the tank, then took approximately 3-4 big jumps while turning to get out of the tank. I could see blood on her side as she got to dry ground and started to run/limp up the bank. I shot her again as she was running, and she fell. She started to get-up, so I shot her one last time and she slumped-down for good. From the time I saw them coming through the trees, to the time she was dead was likely no more than 30-40 seconds. DONE!! I walked around sort of dumbfounded and in disbelief for several days regarding the entire thing, specifically how quickly it happened! I went from not even really ever thinking about or considering putting-in for buffalo, to killing a 'once in a lifetime' animal just four months later. Unbelievable! Anyway, thanks again to everyone who spent time with me on text/email/phone to help with information. I'm full of gratitude!!!! S. She was big and old!! (Russ aged her at 10-12 years old.....)

According to the experts you can only kill a big bull in Sept, lets see if that holds true. After a day bear hunting in which Law enforcement, search & rescue, and my mother were called. (I missed and did not make it back to the vehicle until 235AM). My legs and my body told me do something else today. I decided that it was time to start scouting for my 4b poverty late season archery tag. This is my 3rd year out of 4 for having this tag previous 2 were unfilled, not the elks fault just some very high standards and a couple of bad shots. This year will be my first time focusing solely on my elk out of all of the elk tags I have drawn, so I am hoping for something extraordinary. I used today to move whats left of my cameras, had two stolen in 3b, and taking pics of bulls off the highway both on and off the res (hopi). When the rut ends in a couple of weeks (hopefully) the res bulls cross the line and go into winter feeding mode making for spectacular sites. I will update this post as interesting stuff arises. enjoy the pics

Five days on the Constitution. I can almost smell the salt water.

Been hitting the desert working trail cameras in several different locations and I cannot believe how many quail I’ve seen. Some waterholes have 50-100 birds and one had to of had 200. They are every where. I’ve even seen some in areas where the closest water hole is a couple miles away. Looks like it’s going to be a fun season.

Beautiful Barrel.

Trigger guard and stock says Marlin.

Like it says, some people just don't get it.

I’ll play...

+1 I'm like a broken record on this subject. Strait-up, the times I've spent hunting with my kids (and others) have been absolutely my most cherished hunts! Soak it up, parents. Good luck kiddos, indeed!!!!!!! S.

1 more vote for the brake. Always wear hearing protection. Recoil reduction definitely worth the added noise.

I have three 300 Win all have brakes I can’t fathom how a brake would cause you to flinch more 🤷‍♂️it works just the opposite for most shooters self included.

None that I know of. Maybe back burning somewhere. We had one in Douglas the other day but they took care of that one quick. 20201001_155410.mp4

Thanks! For sure, 2 1/2 hours is better than all day (or all season)! For processing, I generally do my own butchering on all animals. For this one, my buddy and I spent several hours the day after the kill de-boning and sorting the cuts. I ended-up giving him a large portion (like > 3rd) to take back to Salt Lake with him. For the share I brought home, I spent last Monday morning cutting & wrapping the standard cuts. After handling the standard roasts/steaks/chops/cuts, I was left with about 80 pounds of 'trimmings' . I wrapped about 30 pounds of the trimmings into 1 & 2 pound stew-meat freezer packages. I don't have a grinder, so I took about 50 lbs over to Miller's Southwest Processing to have ground into burger. Miller's was pretty quick, so I picked-up the burger on Saturday. My son and I enjoyed buffalo burgers while watching football yesterday. Was awesome! Now that I've got it all sorted and frozen, I'm going through all of the requests from friends, trying to share a bit with all. As a side note, I've also been experimenting lately with canning meat & stews. I took about 5 pounds of the stew meat and made a great batch of red chili, then canned/jarred it in 16oz jars in the pressure cooker. Loving the canning/jarring for long-term storage! S.

The NON-SOON this year is really going to spell bad news for mearns. It does look good for the desert birds.

Not sure what part of the state ur in but I’d be willing to take/meet you in payson and spend the day showing you exactly where/what you need....Dave Im in North phx