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A great big thank you to all that have helped so far. It was archery hunters who located the side by side stuck in the canyon and alerted authorities. Currently there are 3 SAR teams searching on foot from the location of the vehicle. Please keep praying for a positive outcome.

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Only ate the butthole and part of one quarter. My brother went back to camp to grab a couple of waters, leaving my nephew there. My nephew saw the lion at 40 yards.

My brother drew this tag this year and we’re gonna give it everything we got. His schedule is flexible enough to allow him to hunt the whole season, as well as get there 5 days early which I think will be extremely beneficial to be there at the tail end of the bowhunt and find a target bull on cows. I plan to get there the day before the hunt to help him with as much as I can as will our other brother. He’s probably gonna start with the more traditional elk country in the N end, but was curious if any of you guys had any luck finding bulls in the Mazatzals? We plan to bring backpacking gear in case we dig into there but that’s a big chunk of wild country to throw all of our chips in on! I’ve spent a bit of time in there over the years but didn’t see any elk. I guess shameless plug to any of you guys that spot a big one in there deer hunting!!! I’ll swing back around when it’s all said and done and let you guys know how it goes! (I accidentally posted this on monster muleys and am trying to get it deleted as I meant to post over here and apparently my brain is scrambled eggs today)

I had shoulder surgery 10 years ago and I enjoy shooting lighter caliber now days. Rifle does have scratches and marks from hunting. The trigger is set on the light side and brakes nicely. I would prefer to sale as a package but willing to separate after the rifle sales. •Post-64 •Boyd stock •Timney trigger • 20 moa rail •Hornady custom dies •100 nickel Winchester brass twice fired

That is a beautiful shotgun....... What are you asking for it? Thanks, Gary

That's a beauty Don.

Thank you huntsaz has volunteered to help

My volunteer backed out and can't make the draw. I need a new volunteer to draw winners next week . Just a few minutes of your time to pull winners . I'm in Gilbert can meet up at bass pro or sportsmans.

No... I don't know anything about him. Other then He's Lost. It was meant to be a joke. Much rather find him up to something like that . Then something really bad. I know that there has been literally hundreds of people looking for him. And nothing so far. How do you hide a entire vehicle? Is it in the bottom of a canyon,off road somewhere? Or ???? I rather it be hidden in some garage . If you know what I mean. Anything would be better then the way things look right now. Didn't mean any disrespect to Him. It's been a long day. And I am just reaching for stars at this point. This is a very emotional rollercoaster right now. I have never met Him or any of his family. But yet I can't stop feeling like a part of Me is lost . And I won't stop until I find Him or He is Found.

Yes air craft, horses ,humans,and tons of vehicles and quads. Still nothing. I sure hope he's shacked up somewhere with some hoochie mamma. And this all turns out good 😊

My nephew got his first archery buck yesterday. He is 13. They took it back to camp to skin and quarter. After everything was done, my brother was sitting there enjoying a cold beverage and another buck walks into camp. My nephew convinces him to shoot it.

This may actually help, as the SXS may be off the road, and you might get a reflection off a taillight, etc.

There are no real updates other than what is seen on the new flyer. Hundreds and hundreds of people are searching. Several volunteer agencies, aircraft and drone operators are working in 3C and 4B. The Navajo County Sheriff’s Department is leading the search. They have a command post set up in the area. Please check in with them. They have flyers to pass out as well. Please stay vigilant.

I may head there in the morning and check the area I am thinking about, before i start my final week of antelope Scouting.

Ill give you $250

Prayers sent, hope y'all find him safe

Darren Freestone has created another great calendar for us Coues fans! Lots of a great bucks in this year's calendar! 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 this second link is to my main Etsy store where you can view all my items...in case you are interested...(again, not hunting related stuff, but a lot of bird and nature items). https://moorswildlife.etsy.com

A few years back my dad and I had a December WT hunt. Opening morning my Dad shot a mid 90’s buck that was chasing a doe and had a young three point buck following behind. After he shot it ran down a steep hillside to die. My dad being to old to hike down to it, I went down and dragged it back up to him so we could get pictures. The Doe and smaller buck followed me the entire time at maybe 25 yards and even stayed and watched us take photos and gut it. My dad kept telling me to shoot the smaller buck and be done with the hunt. I resisted and didn’t take the shot but otherwise it would have been similar.

I just got 3/8”x 8” lag bolts from Home Depot

ok, I'll give a short summary of how this hunt played out. I drew a unit not known for lots of antelope, but I knew the possibility of shooting a giant was there. this is a unit that I have had success in in the past. We have not had a great monsoon season this year and numbers have really been down. throughout the hunt I would see on average probably 6-10 antelope per day. I spent all summer scouting and found a couple of bucks that I had on my radar identified as "shooters". Day one, I have one of the shooters in range but not broadside. Im trying to move in and stay hidden and get a better angle to I can get a shot, when a truck drives over the rise and bumps the buck. I hunted him again the next day, and found him first thing on day number two. I put him to bed around 10:30 and decided to come home attend church, and come back sunday afternoon when he is in a better spot. Well I get there and there are two hunters driving the ridge he was on, I never saw that buck again. I came back in to work on monday, day 3 of the hunt and hunted just afternoon monday-thursday. I saw antelope every single time out, just nothing I wanted to pursue. Friday morning, day 7 breaks and I decide to try a new area. Just as it's getting light enough to see my son pulls the truck off the road and said, buck! I pick up my binos and see a great buck standing with 6 does about 300 yards from us. We watch the buck, hoping he works into an area with more cover so I can try a stalk. Well the buck eventually walked onto private and I never got a chance to stalk him. Saturday, we go back to the original location hoping to once again turn up the first buck we saw, and we can't even find an antelope in the area. we hit a couple of new spots and turned up some younger bucks that morning, but nothing with any age or size. Sunday, final day of the season. We head out before daylight to look for the buck that wandered onto private, we turn him up immediately, and he is further into the private. We then head to an area that I have had success in the past, and find a group of 3 bucks with one being a great buck. I began my stalk, and get to about 120 yards before the bucks have decided that they have had enough and sprint out of my life forever. haha. By this time it is around 10:00am. I told me son, we have had a great hunt, and have spent some great time together over the last 9 days. I was ready to head home, go to church, and call it a hunt. He said dad, lets go check that ridge we saw that buck watering last weekend. I said ok, once last effort before calling it a hunt. We get there, sneak our way up to a vantage point to get eyes on a small tank and as soon as I pick up my binos I see a buck at the water. Unfortunately the buck was about a year old and not even legal to shoot here. we looked at each other and laughed and walked back to the truck. Once we got to the truck i put my bow in the case, strapped my release to the top limp closed the case, grabbed two celsius' from the cooler and my son and I headed home. we are talking about baseball as we round the corner and there in front of us are two bucks feeding into a small saddle in the middle of the day near the busiest forest road only 2 miles from town. my son slams the breaks and throws up his binos and says, dad, its him! It's the buck we have been looking for since day 1. He was with another buck and feeding into an area where he couldn't be seen from the road. I jumped out of the truck, grabbed my bow and away I went after him. I topped the hill just above where I saw the buck disappear and peak over and there he is, feeding 80 yards from me and coming right to me. I get an arrow, move to get a shooting lane and the small buck sees me and runs about 15 yards and looks back. I range the little buck because the big buck trotted off right towards him. He is 74 yards. I look down to adjust my slider and when I look up the bigger buck is standing there with him. I draw, anchor, release and watch as my arrow sails low. I hit the buck between the knee and the shoulder. I saw blood immediately and watch the buck go over the next ridge. I was upset, how can I blow that easy shot? I walk to where the bucks were standing and range the tree I was at. 85! In the time I looked down to set my sight, and look back up those bucks had takes a couple of steps. I knew they moved a little bit, but I didn't think they had moved that far. I reach into my pocket to call my son and realize that I don't have my phone. In the excitement I had left in in the truck. I mark the spot and walk back to the truck. At this point it is 11:30. I get back to the truck and talk things over with my son and we move two draws ahead of where we saw the buck run. We hit a fenceline and I told my son that the buck would not cross that fence if he is hurting. I didn't feel like the shot I made was fatal and I thught I had just clipped the leg. Not much blood on the ground or on my arrow. we walk down the fencline and find no indicaiton of the buck. So we walk the fenceline uphill. I thought to myself, no way this buck ran up that hill. we would have seen him. I take about 3 steps and see the bottom wire of the fence pushed up and a small speck of blood and antelope tracks on our side of the fence. My son said he came through here. we follow his tracks 1.1 miles from there with occasional drops of blood and finally sit to get some water. I told my son, Im going to walk to that bench and peek over. The bench is about 100 yards from us. I hit the bench and the antelope is bedded just below it. He gets up and runs about 1/2 mile to the east and beds just below the crest of a small hill. We sit and watch him for about 2 hours and he never moves. I made a plan to sneak around the backside of the hill and pop over the top. As I top the hill I get a text that says you're right above him, be careful. I peek through the trees and see the buck bedded below me, 28 yards. I sit for 2 hours waiting for him to stand and he doesn't. My legs were cramping so I decided that I needed to do something. I stand up and hear something behind me. A freakin cow elk, 20 yards away bursts out of there making enough noise to scare everything out of there. The buck spooks, hobbles to an opening and stops to look at the cow elk across the hill. I range, settle my pin, and sent an arrow through the lungs. the buck made a short run and toppled over. My son watched it all through the 15X swaros. I look at my watch and it is 4:37. What a day. I waited for my son to walk over to me and together we went and found my arrow and walked up to the buck. It was him. the buck from day one! And we did it together. This was the hardest antelope hunt of my life. Low numbers, hot dry weather, and lots of miles. But in the end I wouldn't have it any other way. Blessed for another successful hunt with one of my kids. I love chasing antelope with my bow.

Just 8 more days left !!! Get your kids entered . As it currently stands there are north of a hundred in the main draw and atleast 30 for the under 10 class . It's nice to see the under 10 class entries!!! I'm already planning on continuing a special draw for the younger kids . The guns and binos for next year's giveaway are already purchased