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Muzzleloader 12B west! Results are posted

Mine works fine and no changes. Same on the e tag app. I’m gonna need new glass on my phone from tapping on it all day.

I sure hope so. I’m gonna wear out my phone checking

Mine is updated with my bison tag.

SOLD

I have a like new McMillan Tac 50 (LH) with NightForce NXS 5.5-22x56 scope with sun shield, and original tripod mounted on it. Gun and scope are like new with only some minor safe blemishes on it. Looking for $7,000 OBO, not interested in trades! This is the same gun as the gun with the world record sniper kill at 3,540 meters in Iraq in 2017. I am not the original owner, he was an elderly man who only took it to range a few times. Scope like this one: https://www.opticsplanet.com/nightforce-55-22x50-nxs-riflescope.html?srsltid=AfmBOorrj5SIWt_zzoztfqA1kVBdqPqN_XOGoyOTJO9gUVGfXPxgaBh- 20250623_101428.jpg

33 October for me and the boy's.

12awest early rifle barely drew it with 10 points

My portal is showing a tag number for my deer tag!

I thought you had to buy that before the draw happened?

Hopefully, Nash gets a rocky tag! I would like to see the heads explode!

Something like that. Seems like they start populating midday and full results by end of day that it starts. Waiting for someone to say they can’t access their account. Usually that’s a dead giveaway that something is happening.

Broke down a Chuck roll yesterday and had these steaks last night.

Based on elk and last years deer draw, should be today. But these things are consistently inconsistent so who knows.

Yes it’s still available. I’ll send you a DM and we can work out a time

And today I ground up some elk with the shoulder trimmings for burgers.

This has sold

I will take seconds if the first falls through.

It will wither be after my archery bull tag, son’s antelope tag and before my wife’s bull tag and my brother’s bull tag. Or it will be after the antelope hunt and three bull tags. Somewhere in there someone got a deer tag too. Doctor’s are welcome on all of it.

Why hire help on a sheep hunt? The only hard thing is if you are chasing a score. There are plenty of guys that will go on sheep hunts for free. Finding them is not hard... If you HAVE to have, say, a 170", then sure, hire someone that won't tell you a 165" is a 170". I feel like some guys put too much emphasis on score, when it comes to getting a once in a lifetime sheep tag. Find "the look" you like. Spend as much time scouting as you can to understand the class of rams in your area. Enjoy the hunt and don't put any extra stress on yourself because it's " once in a lifetime." There's a reason the success rates are damnn near 100%.

I'll be cashing in my points next year. I'll have 13 going in to the draw.

27/28 Rocky hunt

Rock rattlesnake, Twin-spotted, Ridge-nosed and Massasauga are protected.

Hey y’all sorry it’s taken me forever to finally get to this, but it has been archery season for the last month and I’ve been playing catch up from my rifle tag… I ended up scouting and hunting what felt like most of the country between the 17 and the river, and all the way from Bartlett to a little bit south of camp verde. I was planning to finally have a hunt of a lifetime with the opportunity to pass on multiple mature bucks. That didn’t pan out. This hunt was grueling. I was able to hunt with some friends a lot though which was a lot of fun. Being able to have friends along because it was close to Phoenix was one of the reasons I stuck with the tag. Another reason I put in for the tag was because I’ve hunted 21 in October a bit in the past. Granted it had been a few years but I didn’t think it could be that different. It should only be better in December. I couldn’t believe the drastic change from back then to now. Places where I used to see tons of muleys now held 1 or 2 does. We put in a lot of miles hunting hard to access places, easy to access places, and places I thought would be overlooked by the masses. We glassed up coati, javis, lots of white tails, and more mountain lions than 4 point mule deer. About a week into the hunt I passed on the first 4x that I saw. He was pushing a doe so I felt confident I had nothing but time, with the rut kicking off, so why end it now? I regretted that decision a few days later when it was clear that he was the only mature mule deer chasing anything that I could find. I had glassed up a good sized 3x at one spot a few times and I was ready to throw in the towel and go shoot that deer. I hadn’t seen the family much for Christmas and had the kids home from college. The hunt was 10 times harder than I thought it would be. The morning I decided to go look for that 3x, my buddy and his daughter convinced me to try a different spot one more time. We’d hardly even seen does there yet, but decided to give it one more try and found this guy hiding in a thicket with some does and smaller bucks. Couldn’t hardly believe it! Literally ran 3/4 of a mile to cover ground and get closer. Had to top a little finger 130 yards from him to actually get eyes on them. They must have sensed something because as I went up the back side of the hill they blew out. Caught back up to them a few hours and a few miles later. The events of that morning honestly seemed too easy, and it’s crazy to think if someone was watching me that morning it would have looked so quick and simple. But all told, I hunted 10 solid days before finally tagging out (actual hunting days in the field and not counting scouting). It was hard fought and hard won, and I’m glad I got to earn this deer. There’s no way I would have gotten this deer without the help of my buddies who were amazing to hunt with. The steaks have been great! Took the hide to Weller’s in Tucson and can’t wait to get it back!

Greetings and my apologies for not posting this write up earlier because i truly thought i had. I was lucky enough to draw the early 45c sheep, in 2022, with 23/24 points. I spend 2 or 3 weekends on month, starting in July, and running through October in scouting mode. Needless to say, it was brutally hot and I had to get creative by installing a portable AC unit into the bed of my truck/camper because average summer night time temperatures averaged around 95+ degrees. Daytime temperatures were very consistent at 110. I lived 3.5 hours from my unit plus another 30-60 minutes to my glassing spots. The first few months was really learning roads/access and locating the persistent water holes. I tried to limit my hikes to early mornings to avoid high daytime temperatures, but more times than i would like to admit, i found myself hiking in/out in high temperatures - brutal. Minus the search for water holes, most of my glassing was limited to road glassing or a high point near the road. During all my early scouting trips, monsoons were pretty consistent and by October the north facing slopes in the large basins were loaded with food - literally a green up. By November, I had seen many sheep and just as many rams but all seen from afar. Even with using my big eyes (two 20-60x65mm swarovski spotting scopes with a bracket), I hadn't seen anything that wow'ed me and really used my scouting trips to try and exclude areas during the hunt. I started to question my decision of DIY and should I hire a guide - I was beginning to doubt my approach. So my hunt was starting on 11/18 and I set up sheep camp on 11/10. Most of my support was going to show up a few days before the start of the hunt. With nothing but time and tread on my boots to waste, I started hiking into areas based on my months of scouting. i was averaging 10+ miles a day and it wasn't until day 5 before finding what i considered a book ram. I sat on this ram for multiple days. This ram was named and if it was opening day, i would have shot "Dirty Brown". He was an old class 4 ram with most of rump hair missing so he looked like a dirty @ss ram - aka dirty brown. While in the same basin, I also found another shooter ram. He was smaller than dirty brown so we didnt name him. On the third day of sitting on Dirty Brown, he went MIA. I spend the whole day trying to relocate but I would never see him again. Luckily the day i lost dirty brown, my buddy showed up in sheep camp. I sent him into the next basin to the south - we thought divide and conquer. I was truly dejected thinking i lost the best ram i had seen in the unit. I finished the day watching ram #2 - we still hadn't named him. We both returned to camp and i was licking my wounds. I figured ram #2 was a shooter (likely a book ram) and I will go back and sit on this ram. I am telling my buddy that i lost the target ram but had a backup ram. The whole time updating my buddy on my trials from the day, he had a shitty grin on his face. Once i was done crying about losing dirty brown, he showed me pics of what he found - we ended calling him Rick Flare (horns flared). We wake up the day before opening day. My buddy goes back in to sit on Rick Flare and i went to sit on ram #2. At the end of day, on Thursday, we were left with only one ram - Rick Flare. Ram #2 went MIA on the third day exactly like Dirty Brown. We were ecstatic that Rick Flare was still in the same basin, so plans were drawn for opening day. Back in camp most of my team arrived and few were arriving in the morning. We had one plan for opening day - find Rick Flare and shoot him. However, after losing dirty brown and ram #2 on the third day, i was really worried he would not show because opening day would be "Day 3" for Rick Flare. I didn't sleep well that night. While sitting on all these rams, we did not see any other sheep hunters, but paranoia set in and departure time was bumped up. We were over an hour+ to the ram from camp and the caravan pulled out at 400 AM. Multiple rigs in-tow, we make our way to Rick Flare. We stopped short of the basin to split up the teams since we were not fully sure where the ram would be. Half the team stayed far back to see more of the basin and a small group headed up to where we last saw Rick Flare. To our surprise and utter disappointment, no sheep in the entire basin. Despair, frustration was setting in that the sheep moved out of this basin. We didn't have any back up plans since we already lost two shooter rams days before. My buddy said, "i am going up into the cut where i originally found the ram.". 15 minutes later he comes running back and he found the sheep in a tight crevice. my team moved to continue our search for Rick Flare and it was not long before Rick Flare was spotted. A handful of my team stayed back to watch and my buddy and I attempted to make a move. Rick was well over 1000+ yards so we moved for a closer shot. It appeared with every step the ram was watching us especially since he moved away from the other sheep in the cut. Luckily, in hindsight, he was moving closer to us while we moved closer to him. Unfortunately, it felt like every step we moved was being watched by the ram. In our eagerness to get in shooting range, we pulled out of the wash to set up for a shot. We were lined out at 571 yards - prone. Keep in mind, i do all my load development and DOPE on a 300 RUM. I was consistently shooting out to 900 yards (popping one gallon water jugs), so at 571 I felt extremely confident. I was shooting 210 Berger VLD pushing 3100+FPS. I was on reload number three for the brass and normally start to discard brass after 5-6 reloads. The video below was the first shot. It was hit, he partially flopped, but he got back up. I am cycling my next round and only part of the case came out. I realized quickly that i just experienced a head case separation and the ram is still on his feet. Adrenaline was running high and half the case was still stuck in my chamber. In the heat of the moment, the only thought was to slam the gun on the butt of the gun. Luckily the sheep gods were on my side and the case slid out. After removing the case which seemed like an eternity, the ram had moved and i was blocked by a palo verde and forced to move. I will give credit to my buddy for remaining calm and staying on the ram. I was able to reposition and locate the ram. I take my second shot, with no adjustments, and my spotter could not tell if it was a hit/miss. I thought it was a hit because i heard the thud on impact. Now, the ram is behind a tree and all we can see is his head and horns. We were told after the fact, he was a dead ram standing after the second shot. He was doing the death wobble but all my buddy and I could see was his head/horns moving in and out of the tree. On the next wobble outside of the tree, i sent bullet number three and ended my pursuit of the rugged desert bighorn. I was tagged out by 8:30 AM on opening day. 7C3F14A3-3DBF-4070-B892-8CFF1D10A56F.mov