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My daughter turned 10 this year and was time to get her hunting big game. She got her first javelina in February. After that it was time for the fall draw. We were hopeful she would draw an early rifle tag. My Dad, wife, and myself all drew deer tags and she didn’t draw to our surprise. I was able to get her a leftover muzzleloader tag after the fact that we made the best of. She missed one buck the 2nd day we were out. The following day she passed on a couple 2x2 bucks. I found this buck shortly after bedded and the pursuit was on. Took us 2 hours to get up to the buck and get her in position for the shot. She killed this buck at 190 yards. Broke his G2 tumbling into the canyon below. She was a trooper and got herself a great first deer.

You should also consider the CVA paramount. I picked one up from a guy on here and it shoots sub MOA out to 1000yards.

Darren Freestone has created another great calendar for us Coues fans! And this year he created something different....this year the calendar features all bucks over 100 inches!! Wow! Each month features an excellent Coues Buck photo in addition to moon phases and any Arizona hunt application deadlines. Darren has been making these calendars annually for many years now and they are always great. They make great gifts for your hunting buddies! Thanks Darren for another great calendar! Unfortunately, I am having issues with my regular CouesWhitetail Store, so I put these calendars for sale in my Etsy store for now. My Etsy store isn't really a hunting store, but has a bunch of my night sky photography and you might find some nice gifts for your wife there! Hopefully I will be designing some hunting apparel there, but don't have any yet in the store. link where you can purchase the calendar in my Etsy Store: https://moorswildlife.etsy.com/listing/1582691588 and for those interested in my personal calendar with my night sky and wildlife photography, you can find that at the link below. https://moorswildlife.etsy.com/listing/1612909619 and this second link is to my main Etsy store where you can view all my items...in case you are interested. https://moorswildlife.etsy.com

Had a great hunt with my buddy! Hunt was a grind but we struck gold on day 2 and day 4 of the hunt! Hope you enjoy the pics! Any ideas how to measure the double main beam buck?

Had a great hunt this year. On the drive down Thursday I was telling the wife how much I really wanted to kill a buck. The last several years I have been helping more than hunting. When I glassed up this buck she refused to shoot first. One shot and he was down. A few minutes later I got on the 15s to make sure he was still down and a bigger buck was standing 10ft away. She missed but it was still a great time with family and friends.

Unlike my sons tag 2 weeks ago which was in the 100’s, I was so looking forward to this weeks much cooler temps. Even though he filled his tag first thing Friday morning I knew there were some bucks in the area from past scouting trips and I knew it was going to be a great hunt. I get out there just before sun up and by god it was really cold….I start glassing thinking these bucks are just gonna be out and about sunning themselves. Not the case, I find 1 doe at 7:30 and two more around 8ish. My eyes are bleeding glassing these hills and canyons and nothing is turning up. Around 10:00 I start to nod off, I crawl to the top of the hill I’m glassing from and look at the back of my eyelids….. nice little cat nap. I wake up around 11 totally refreshed and ready to glass the again. From 11-12:15, temperature is absolutely beautiful can’t believe nothing is moving. As I’m slowly scanning an opening underneath a mesquite tree I see something that catches my eye. The antlers move…game on. I focus on them and range the opening at 463 yds. For the next 1/2 hr I hem and haw because all I see is a portion of the antlers which is a 2x. I know there are bigger ones in here, but thinking why not…meat buck, but it’s 463 yds away and the terrain is absolutely awful for a drag out. Well I convince myself this is the one, get set up and squeeze one off. I don’t see the buck, so I get behind my 15’s and see movement further inside the mesquite tree. The buck is still standing. I can’t tell if it’s hit so I get on the gun again and get ready for a second shot. I can see the antlers moving a bit so I get an outline of the body and squeeze another round off. I get behind the 15’s and I see a buck laying on the ground. I let out a heck yeah. Due to the distance and terrain, I leave my rifle and pack and bring a deer drag, tag and knife. As pull the deer from out of the mesquite opening I notice a portion of the antler and it’s right ear has some blood on it. I guess the 1st shot actually hit it just high, not enough to spook him though. Got it back to my other gear and started the long haul out, 2.1 miles to the truck, this deer kicked my butt, but well worth it. Dropped it off at WGP!!!

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I had my first coues hunt this past week in Unit 22. I was ultimately unsuccessful in harvesting an animal, but I still consider the trip an overall success. I had a blast! Thinking about key takeaways, the following come to mind: I need to have better game plans for each morning. On one occasion, I missed the most active part of the morning because I couldn't get to where I wanted to be before 9:30a. I spent some valuable hours just in my car trying to drive to a location. I underestimated the other-hunter competition aspect. I'm not sure if all units are like this, but I was constantly bumping into other hunters. What ultimately sent me home was another hunter taking a 700-yd shot (and missing three times) on a buck that I'd located and been chasing over a couple days. At least in my experience, Unit 22 is a tough hunt. I didn't have a SXS so spent a lot of time walking. The deer seemed to be concentrated in one area and all the 'regulars' knew where that area was and took out a few bucks on the first morning. I took a few scouting trips, but I realized that I spent most of those trips in the same area. Next hunt, I need to scout more broadly so that when my Plan A falls apart, I have a decent Plan B. I think it'll also be important to find some bucks during those scouting trips. During the scouting trips I took, I was only able to find does. What do you all remember from your first hunt?

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$400obo new never fired i17 & Deervalley 623-261-1678

Well guys how’d it go? Ended up taking a small one myself, not happy but at least it’s meat. Think half the tag holders were where I wanted to hunt plus saw two lions so the elk got scarce.

I think the price is fair. Would trades for a CA 300 Winmag with a carbon barrel, scorpion 9mm, other nice firearms. I'm full of AR platforms so not interested in those.

If you are committed to .270 you may want to jump on as much of this as you can: https://rogerssportinggoods.com/sig-sauer-270win-140grain-elite-hunter-centerfire-rifle-ammunition/ $15/box when you buy 10 or more is a steal! I got 20 boxes

Sold!

I've often thought to myself that every trip is a learning experience. My first solo deer hunt was a memorable one. I had a 68Chevy truck with a six cylinder and two wheel drive. I drove in on Four Peaks rods and took a road back to an old deserted ranch one day after work. Slept in the back of the truck and heard some hewhaw's and thought, so that's why they call them mule deer. Got up early, grabbed my 44 Contender and a Featherweight 06 I had bought earlier on clearance for $269 at Walkin Auto in Tempe. So, off I went down the wash to the upper end of the lake. About two hundred yards farther I rounded a bend and there were two spikes sparing, maybe 30 yards. I pulled up the rifle and shot one. They both took off over the burm in the same direction. I went over and found blood and started to follow it. I trailed it for a short distance and it took me back to the opposite side of the wash. Then I followed it down the wash and came across the buck lying dead under a paloverde tree. I had some rope and tied it around the buck and over a branch. I pull the buck up in the tree as far as I could by lifting it up with one arm and pulling the rope with the other. I had it gutted a short time later and threw him up over on my shoulders and carried it back up the wash. I was glad when my truck came into view and when I got to it I reached up and dropped the tailgate and laid the buck down. It took me about an hour to get home and the wife was a work. I put some plastic down on the kitchen table and did my best butchering my first buck and was done by about 11. That was probably 40+ years ago.

Basic rule i live by. Hunt where others don't. It could be too far out or so close it's overlooked

Plenty of cows and small bulls but nothing worth shooting today. Only heard one shot, was pretty windy though.

This is Clay Goldman at Mogollon Taxidermy. I normally don't post but I feel the need to present the facts about the post from wildwoody, Dennis Wood, from above. Dennis and another individual brought a sheep cape and horns to me to have mounted. The cape was tanned and did not appear to be a fresh tan from my experience. I explained to the hunter that the cape might have what is called acid rot and that it might fall apart when we soaked it up to work on it. I didn't feel I could uphold my high standards with the lack of information on the tan so I declined the job and they took their sheep cape and horns with them. I did not "promise" to destroy your son's cape. You have mistaken arrogance with honesty and being straight forward with you about the sheep skin. I am glad your son found someone willing to take on his sheep mount and that it came out good for him. Please don't bash me on a public forum like this again without giving all of the facts.

Wellers in Tucson is worth the drive. He has done 2 for me

Hey man I'll help you, ignore the rude people that state they hope no one helps you. I've hunted here 42 years and guided at one point before wife at that time put the kibosh on it. I just hunted New Mexico for mule deer and the wildlife manager helped me out, I shot the biggest mule deer in all my years of hunting, have shot dozens of Coues along with my daughter in AZ. I could not scout in New Mexico becuse of a special needs dependant I care for, its hard enough just to get away to hunt. No one knows your circumstance and why you cannot come out to scout. Maybe we could do some trading, I'd love to hunt Oklahoma, but i like you dont have the luxury like some to drive to another state to scout. Send me a PM and if you have help, good luck and God bless.

Been off too a tough preds season between a dead call, flat tires and other hunters walking in on my stands. Anyways, I managed to get a few fox’s here’s a pic of one.

Way to go! I really liked reading where he just drew back and let one go and the picture of him smiling ear to ear is a great one. After 50 years of construction work my shoulders/arms won't let me pull back a bow much. 2021 was the last elk hunt I drew and shot the biggest elk of my life with a 50 cal muzzleloader at 30 yards. My hunting buddy of over 50 years was next to me walking up a Jeep trail when a good size herd just walked out from the trees and started crossing the trail, ignoring us right in the middle of it. My buddy stood motionless while I walked off the trail to shoot. It was the biggest thrill after the shot to see the bull just stop for a minute before keeling over. No tracking needed and I could drive right up the bull. Great for two old guys!

Give me a call, I've got an artifical skull that will work perfectly. Adam