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Got it done. First big game harvest.

Patagonia was good to us today... the Frog bite was on

SOLD 4x great condition BF Goodrich 33x12.50R15 Tire, Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 with less than 250miles on them with a free KM2 full size spare. No plugs or patches. Wheels are steel black soft 8’s and I believe they are 15x10’s but they might be 15x8’s. Wheel bolt pattern is 5 x 4.5. They were inner bead bag balanced by C and R tire. Upgraded to 37’s and 17’s beadlocks. Just cleaned and checked pressure, all at 30psi. $500 - North East Phoenix

It has really shut down around here. Not sure if it was the full moon or all the people everywhere in the forest. Seems like it should be on fire with this weather.

lake is on fire right now... nice chunky healthy fish

I ll take them. I will send you a pm

If I wasn't about to drop some coin on some Fox front shocks for my Tacoma, I'd be all over this! Smokin deal!

For deer = 130 gr Nosler ballistic tip using 55 gr H4831sc.And for elk = 150 gr Nosler partition using 52 gr IMR 4350.Case 2.540, OAL 3.340.

The reasoning that harvest reporting will discourage hunter participation doesn’t make sense. Dove hunting probably has more participation than any other species and harvest reporting is required federally. Heck for my migratory stamp they ask me about all kinds of species that I am pretty sure no one has ever hunted in the history of man. Still doesn’t stop anyone from going dove hunting.

Please call your representative and tell them how you feel.

I like it…gives the adult bonus point seekers an alternative so they won’t fill up the classes that benefit youth more.

Rut was good. Probably the best opening weekend in the years I have been hunting there. There wasn’t a day we didn’t get within 100 yards of a bull. We filled 3 of 4 tags, a 270 5x5, 310 6x6, and a 330 6x7. Bases were 9” on the 310 and 10” on the 330. It was a good year.

I don't know your shot situation but AZ is getting to the point where you only get 1 opportunity . Chit happens and I'm sure and hope you had a blast. Won't be the last one you miss I'm sure. Trust me I kow....

I think your best option under $600 would be the 50mm razor that they made a few years ago. I think it was 15-30x though. You kind pickup used ones for under $500. They are not super impressive but they fit your criteria. The cabelas CX pro is a decent option as well but it’s 48oz

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That’s too bad to hear. I met him when I was 8-10 at a gun show here in ND. I was pretty fired up about coyote hunting with my .17 rem back then. I was bouncing back and forth between the 25gr match HP and the varmint HP and only had money for 100 of one or the other. He gave me both boxes at half price so I could try each of them. I’ll never forget that.

Sorry just saw this. Bugling has been very very sparse, mostly early morning contact bugles, but not much else. I was able to get this guy yesterday morning cow calling, which called another cow in to me that he was chasing.

So he was making them scream at Pete’s place.

Flipping the reeds was the ticket this weekend

NEWBIE 19A PRONGHORN SUCCESS This hunt touched all 3 bases and then slid into home plate like a .300RUM! We all know how lucky I was to draw 19A General Pronghorn with only 9 points, so I won’t bore you with testimony to the months of scouting and time invested learning from other hunters. In short, I did the homework & it paid dividends! Some of you had asked for “the story”, so I’ll fast forward to 12hrs before Opening Hour. I had a target list of 4 bucks spanning 3 different areas of State Trusts & National Forest from Prescott Valley to Chino Valley. I had observed each of these bucks just hours earlier—defending their does, breeding their does, and raking desert flora. At one point I was pinned down behind tall Deer Grass just 100yrd away, thinking this chaos was better than any Outdoor Channel show I’ve ever seen. My target list had been established. Then, a curve ball was introduced. My hunting partner for Opening Day suggested I come put eyes on a buck he thought was “pretty good”. We then both glassed “Tall Boy” for over an hour. He chased off 2 other competing bucks to defend his 3 does the entire watching. Often times cresting a hill to provide a silhouette of his tall horns. This sealed the deal: the silhouette of his tall horns. All other negative features became a moot point, as this animal was impressively tall. “Tall Boy” just became the #1 on my target list. 04:00 we left camp to arrive before sunlight in hopes of taking him where we last saw him. As it often turns out, he wasn’t anywhere to be found. We hiked several hours & miles before spotting him on TOP of a rolling hill, some 1200yrd away, again silhouetting his horns. There were no other hunters this deep off the road, so we patiently watched him work those does down the hill, chase off 2 coyotes several times, frequently pass along his genes, and close the distance to around 600yrd. When the opportunity allowed, we used flora to hide our advancement as we belly crawled/boot scooted to a vantage point on a downward slope just 480yrd from his grass grazing on the prairie. 09:20, Boom Boom (hit him twice), .300RUM, 480yrd, smiles from ear to ear on 3 dudes. AZGFD Draw, No paid professional guides, No paid private ranch access, No cheating. Earned it the hard way! Special thank you to Mark B (coueswhitetail.com acquaintance) & Jake M (fellow FF who decided a day of hunting is better than any day at work). Both made my ‘once in a life-time tag’ more memorable than each will ever know, and even documented it (YouTube: Craigs 2021 AZ Antelope Hunt). BTW, I named my trophy “Tall Boy” as a play on words; A “Tall Boy beer” is 16oz… This buck’s beams are over 16”. Conservatively scored 80.25”. This was one for the books… or at least a campfire ring and some beer.

weak horn year and no Pete's. I pity those who drew this year...... should have got Point Guard.

I'll second this, the heat will slow things down in daylight hours. It's been wet and cool in 3C and heard some talking last weekend, but feels like June again and quiet.

I hate to be the pessimist but I’ve never seen a heat wave of this level on the opener, with its hundreds of people running the woods blowing calls, and the rut be good or bugling stay strong after opening morning. Kingman is supposed to be over 100 degrees for 3 of the first five days of the hunt so I think western units are going to be very slow initially. Was quiet last weekend.

Yes just now glassed up 3 bucks so on the right track.