MULEPACKHUNTER

downside to these high end coolers is I know a buddy who was camping with a group and 3 of them went missing one afternoon while they were gone. People go out scouting just to steal these and resell them. They are targets so if you get one keep it out of site. Sucks that it happens but if your in high traffic areas they will disappear.

100 bucks an hour, how much machining is there? If I can't do it I know a fellow gun guy who has a manual in his garage. Send some more info or pic

I have a good insight to this issue. My wife has bad asthma and we have mules and dogs. What we did was build the house and have zero carpet. Central vac system makes a big difference with keeping the dust down. We wash the dogs every day when we get home and then they come in the house for the night and go out only to use the bathroom. Ounce we stuck to this she has less issues now. There is no way the dogs would go for her but that is her decision, they are her babies and she would suffer and die before they would go believe me. Her doctor said its not so much the dog its self that is the issue but what the dog gets into outside, so we wash them before they come in and keep the house very clean and change ac filters often and use the good ones (like 20 bucks each) After picking up a cabin in Overgaard a few years ago we notice she has way less issue up there when we stay for several days so being anywhere near the city can hurt more than animals, the dogs sleep with us in bed at the cabin and she still has less issues, she starts to feel the heavy chest on the ride home when we get into town. We are now working on getting out of the valley all together, even though we are out in Wickenburg the smog floats out further than you think. Good luck.

Your drawing skill appear to be high end, I love charcoal and pencil work???? If you have anything for sale let me know??? In your area I have seen several lions at long distance glassing sycamore canyon in unit 8. Up towards White horse Lake Area and there is a trail that heads off the rim on FR505 or 125 or something South West of Perkinsville road and I have seen sign there as well but not seen cats. I just hiked Loy Canyon Trail in Sedona Unit 6B and saw more scat than I have ever before in any area. Like 8 different piles. Good luck with the cats, I buy a tag every year just in case but have not hunted them but 1 time.

After dropping a bull 1hr in to the first day out2hunt may want to charge more than 20.00 for that third key????

Two of my three keys to success! 20.00 and I will tell you the third lol

Congrats buddy, way to work hard and prepare. Soooo jeealous

MORE PICS FROM THE TRIP

Just got the meat back and need to give out some more thanks. Thank you to Miller custom meats for all the help, Thanks to Dead On Taxidermy for all the help, And thanks to Game and Fish, between the 3 we were able to get the mandatory check in done without the trophy leaving the Taxi shop and we were able to get back in for more hunting, and to tend to the Mules. Bear meat is very good by the way.

Never shot anything with the levers but I collect some. I run the 45/70 in my saddle all times and I have several 30/30 winchesters I play shoot. I love shooting iron sight and can lay em in good to 200.

Corn starch or baking soda. Soda is what I just refilled with

The volrtex razor will do it without stacking moa on the rail. Way better scope as well and if you want 1500 you can do it. Trust me if your looking for 1000 you will be looking for longer soon enough. Pay ounce cry ounce

This is normal, if you notice at Cabelas on a white board near the gun sales paperwork area they have the hold and wait date posted and update them daily, My dad bought a gun the same day as me and I walked out with mine and he had to wait the 7 days set by Cabelas. Its something from the computer that comes up in the checking and facts and they flag it. Could be anything from traffic tickets to credit issues, who knows. I agree its crap but I think it grabs more bad guys than good and gives the background check time to go over things. Dad was pretty pissed about giving them 1300.00 bucks and not leaving with what he bought. LOL He told them so too.

I wanted to put some information out on a new product I tried on a recent hunt with the mules. 7 days packing in AZ requires alot of feed for your animals along with some grazing if the grass is not too high in sugar. I used Purina Hydration hay for the first time and I will say it was a great addition to my rig. I put six blocks or 6 flakes in a pillow case along with several 1 gallon freezer bags full of sweet and pellets. I put one of these on each side of my pack rig. All that is needed is to add water to the blocks of compressed hay and you get a full feeding. The blocks are compact and weigh about 1 pound each. I use the pillow cases after as game bags to save on room. I use callapsable water buckets (3 gallon) to mix 2 gallons of water with the hay blocks. In about 10 minutes they are ready to feed providing nutrients and water to your animals. Check out Purina for more info. One downside is this is not considered weed free. I called Purina since I was planning on Colorado in the future.

Ive never hunted there but I want to give up a honey hole for some reason. LOL

MPH AND MADX GET IT DONE IN AZ WITH THE MULES. SPOT AND STALK 27 YARDS ARCHERY. 18 IN ROUGH MEASURED SKULL. GOING TO MAKE A NICE RUG FOR THE FIREPLACE. AFTER 30 PLUS MILES OF PACKIN MULES AND 20 PLUS FOOT MILES OF DEER HUNTING WE CAME ACROSS THIS BLACK BEAR AND WHILE STALKING HIM RAN INTO BEAR NUMBER 2 AND GOT A SHOT ON HIM. GOT IN SOME GOOD ELK SCOUTING AND FOUND SEVERAL BIGGER BEARS FOR FUTURE HUNTS. SPECIAL THANKS TO MAX, SCOUT, BUCKY, TATER, TEDDY, FOR GETTING US THROUGH THE RAIN AND MUD BOGS AND ROUGH STEEP MOUNTAINS, EVERYTHING WAS TOUGH GOING AND EVERY DAY OF THE 7 DAYS IN WAS ALOT OF WORK. ALL INVOLED WERE BEAT UP AND NEEDING SOME PATCHING UP BACK AT HOME. HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM THE TRIP

Ya good luck on the elk hunts, I found some big bulls solo and some smaller guys bachelored up and we heard some good bugles so its going to be perfect timing this year on the rut.

TOTAL PACKED MILES INCLUDES IN AND OUT FOR FEED, MEAT HAUL, ETC AND RIDING DURRING THE HUNT. 7 DAYS IT ADDS UP. WE WERENT THAT FAR FROM THE ROAD TRAILHEAD BUT FOUNDER CAN BE AN ISSUE WITH FAST GROWING GRASS LIKE WE HAVE NOW WITH THE RAIN WE DIDNT HAVE LAST YEAR SO WE PACK ALL FEED FOR THE MULES AND WE NEEDED MULTIPLE TRIPS. ALL YOU BEAR GUYS LOOK FOR THE ACORNS, THEY WERE SHAKING THE TREES LIKE XMAS PRESENTS.

White beards are great fro hunting reindeer. LOL

Man great story and congrats.

They will enforce, I went through this this weekend on my pack trip, at the trailhead 3 greedy turds lets call them had their crap set up at the trailhead I am guessing getting ready for this weekend, they never showed for 7 days and then a tow truck was called in. LOL took 2 trailers out and some gear. I parked right on top of them and had my mules crapping all over camp in hopes they would show up. LOL Everyone deserves to camp where permitted to do so but if you cant get there before me you should camp somewhere else. Not fair to leave your crap and block it from others. I know some friends who leave their trailers and they got tickets 2 weeks ago. Don't know how much the fine was. Just stick to the dam rules and clean up your crap and maybe we will have nice forests in the future. Man this weekend it looked like a mass evacuation heading for payson. Bumper to bumper all the way from Rye to the 260 light in Payson. WOW I came down about 7 pm last night and saw it. CRAZY, I will be at home for sure, way too many mechanical devices headed up there for me to enjoy the peace and quiet of which there will be none.

Well we just got back from 7 days, many many stories and pics to come. Look in the bear section soon for more. Yes Big Bear down and packed out on the mules. I agree on the pack forum, just not enough need here. I will just post up on whatever adventures I have.

What do we think about a Packing Forum on Coues? I would love to learn and pass on info for packing and hunting if there was enough interest? I know there are a few guys here that do the horses? Maybe the forum bosses could look into it?

either everyone is hunting or theres not alot of interest. Oh well its tuff keeping up with all the hunting anyway.

QT it is, I checked this morning on the way to work and they had block, thanks