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Instead of bonus points, put in for that hunt you have no realistic shot at getting. It works for my daughter

A little farther south. He was swole 20260111_080512.mp4

Don't apply for my hunt please. Really hoping for 3 in a row. I'll keep killing the rags in sub par units during drought conditions.

Custom 700 Remington 6.5 x 284 has a ton of aftermarket components see list below in the picture. great shooting rifle. $1500

Hey my brother inlaw is interested in your rifle. Ill message you his info.

it is funny, but you can pet most of them doe's

Coues tag started Dec 15 on Ft. Huachuca and I hadn’t had much time to hunt, so I broke away on 30th for a quick day trip. Hit the road at 3:30 AM, buck down by 8:30, and back home by noon. Glassed all morning, only picking up does and no sign of bucks. I was just about ready to pack up and move when I gave it one last look. Caught a flick of movement that gave him away. He was tucked in perfectly—never saw his head or antlers—but his body size told me he was a buck. He was about 400 yards out with no shot, so I ditched my gear and closed the distance to 225. At first I couldn’t find him and thought he might’ve slipped out, but after slowing down I picked up his legs in the same spot—standing now, still no shot. If he dipped, I was done. Instead, he turned in place and bedded back down, opening up a small 12-inch window through the brush. That was all I needed. He never made it out of his bed. Shout out to all the guys on here that gave me some knowledge and pointers! Thanks a ton! Tried adding more pics, but wouldn’t let me got some reason.

It is mind boggling how ultra focused they become on their ONE goal at times! Many years ago, I was hunting Mearns in the Gardner Canyon area. We stopped in the bottom of a wash/ravine to hunt birds. We were getting the dogs and shotguns out, talking loudly and slamming doors. The whole time we were prepping, there was a nice buck chasing a doe, literally doing circles around our pickup. LOL

I was in Pine yesterday for a home inspection and they were chasing each other around all morning long. And this was right in the middle of cabins that were less than 50 yards from each other. I had bucks and does run by at less than 5 yards a couple different time. It was crazy to watch and made it hard to work.

The screen shot thing worked. Here’s the pics.

It's being held on Friday January, 16th https://www.azgfd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/January-16-2026-Commission-Agenda.pdf

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what is wrong with these guides? They need to outlaw all this guiding crap.

It’s been a quite awhile since I’ve posted. Here are the two bucks I’ve killed in southern Arizona. One was 2022 the other was this year.

I saw some on Sunday in 22. Had a buck chasing does 65 yards in front of me and I absolutely screwed up the shots. First one, he stepped away as I released. He came back, the does were next to me, and I tried to sneak a shot around a branch and I didn't make it.

My 16 year old Zane drew a sheep tag this year. it was nowhere on our radar but the hunting gods smiled and the $300 charge was a sight to behold. Tag 1! i immediately reached out to my hunting buddy @buglethemin who had the same tag a few years ago and happens to be a sheep guide with Arizona Desert outfitters, which made the situation a whole lot more doable. On a side note If anyone needs help on a sheep hunt, they are a top notch outfit. We Scouting started in July, and we located some good looking target rams. One of the problems when a 16 year old draws a sheep tag is school. When the hunt finally rolled around, he missed a Friday and a Monday, and we hunted four hard days. But there were final projects, finals, etc. We located a couple possible shooters but not anything that was an immediate go in the first couple days. When we came back the next weekend, we found all the sheep had moved and that many days away between hunts was going to be a problem. We were not able to find the previous rams. After a couple more 12-15 mile days, we were still looking for that mature shooter ram. The late rains and green up and changing weather had them doing strange things. Zane finished finals and we headed back out on Friday the 19th. At this point, he had been in school or hunting sheep for 19 days straight. We had split up to cover different areas.That afternoon, @buglethemin called and said he found a mature ram in a bowl they were glassing. We hurried over (hurry means mile or two hike then 30+ minute drive then more hiking) but got to the other side of the bowl before sunset. The ram and 3 smaller rams came over the top to our side. It was too late to make a play, but we bedded the ram and had a plan for the morning. The next day, we were there before sun up and immediately located the rams. The shooter ram and a smaller ram then immediately went back over into the bowl. We hiked a three mile loop around and picked them back up. We were looking into the sun and the rams never stopped moving, and no shot presented. The rams eventually fed onto the bench on top of the range and moved west where we lost site of them. We climbed the mountain , and started working the edges looking for them. By early afternoon, we had one cut left to cover. About that time, another buddy called and said he had found them in that cut. We worked our way to about 300 yards from the edge they were over. The wind was in our face, and the plan was to wait for them to feed up and cross over and present a shot. It was a great plan, until the wind shifted, blowing directly at them. They spooked down the cliff face. We hurried to the edge, and hurriedly got a range and the rifle set up. The first shot was a miss low, and they ran another hundred yards up the opposing mountain face, bearing the top before they stopped broadside. We got a new range, and Zane sent it. The sheep ran a bit, wobbled, then was down. After 8 hard days of hunting, he had his sheep. Old ram with a ton of character, and a scarred up old nose. Game and fish aged at 9 laying down the 10 ring. i cannot thank the sheep hunting collective of friends and family that showed up to help enough. It was a grind of a hunt but ann amazing one.