MULEPACKHUNTER

I don't like any of you guys , you've had elk tags and I have not!!!!

Hahah ya everyone I run into or knows I have mules thinks mules for hunting would be soo great but trust me it's like having 2 five year old kids in camp, you can't trust them, you worry about them, you have to feed them, water them, move them, they will kill you if they get the chance, you name it. Haha

Sous vide at 125 backstrap and shrimp, holy cow dude these coues have to be the best deer meat out there????

Good deal, a lot of firsts this year good to see

Oh man that sucks, during our hunt we had 2 javelons out as I was teaching my buddy his first deer and I poked him with mine, I was using mine as a pointer and he reached the same time I did , very minor but ya use caution. Also the day we were leaving out my wife calls and she hacked herself trying to get the pit out of the avocado, don't hold the avocado in your hand when you swing the fife into it!!! Set it down first Very cool those guys could help you out

I hear you man, even after some crazy mileage hunting this weekend on the way out 10 miles I felt like a kid, we just blew through the climbs and rocked out a 3.4 mile an hour avrg. I was super light though with the mules hauling the weight. But the main thing is it's nice to be ready and not hurting and suffering through hikes.

Dragged myself through the white tanks today for 12.5 miler. Did the toughest loop to date and it kicked my but. Knee is a little tender as well, hope I didn't over do it. Body weight lifts tomorrow minus legs so they can recover. With all the recent hunts and scouting even eating pretty good I am losing belt holes!!!!

Well I'll be taking my bow for this one, I do have a couple single action .45 though. Maybe I'll have one on my hip in your honor.

Well looks like I drew ham unit 22 feb 9 Anyone else draw this tag? Thinking I'm going to pack the mules and make yet another adventure out of it.

Super awsome man, love the gun and the knife. Congrats

No, spent a lot behind the glass just was a long walk from camp to glass, that's the thing with mules , you have to go back to camp to check water and feed, I am a little anal about my boys, they work hard for me so I work hard for them. 3 miles one way to glass from camp, back at noon to fill water, back to glass evening, back to camp for dinner to feed and water. Do the math

Ya what the heck

Very cool nice work

Ya we were both super happy. We were back at camp making dinner and sipping a cold beer and we still just couldn't believe it. Brian said to me, this is a dream hunt if I ever heard of one.

Ya that building was an oddball, not the best neighborhood either. Figured it would put you halfway from phx to Tucson and Payson and such. Thanks was just curious, should be stopping in soon, do you guys do military discounts?

When I say deer camp I mean make camp and have deer in camp!!! Home made canned chili poured over pasta for dinner Over any other beverage we love us some recovery milk for the drive home

Well we packed in heavy and packed out heavier. For Veterans Day weekend I helped my buddy Brian with his deer hunt. I picked over the regs and chose a hunt that fit his busy military schedule. This area was somewhat new to me in a unit I know well. Water for the mules was the main concern so we did a scouting run to check some springs in the area and stash some gear. Monday was a 21 mile day after taking some side trails and doing some glassing. After a day of recovery we left out on Wednesday to pack camp in. 10 miles one way walking with the 2 mules packing camp and feed had us in a sweet plush camp site with water not far away. A few nice items we added for this trip was a solar shower and a five gallon collapsible water jug. Both were money in camp. We took showers and did laundry in camp and it was a game changer. Friday morning we had 2 spikes in the scope at 130 but Brian didn't want to end the hunt so soon, this by the way was this vets first deer hunt. I was telling him to shoot over and over but he held off. A few more days hiking long hauls to glassing spots had us getting a little frustrated and Brian was starting to wish he had dropped that spike day 1. We chased some forkies one day and worked on a real nice 4x4 another. Brian had to be back for duties in a few days so it was any buck from here on out. Last light day 5 Brian takes out the heart on his first deer, a nice heavy bodied coues spike. I have to say a big thanks to Brian a long time friend "since age 6" for a great trip in the mountains, having a military guy in camp was awsome, we really ran a great camp and had daily tasks dialed in. Not even having to talk each of us did our jobs. Congrats buddy , love you man and thanks for your service. 6 days total and we logged north of 80 miles on foot. Today is a well earned recovery day.

I would love to hear the story behind the fountain hills move?

Way to stick with it congrats on both deer.

Awsome write up man congrats to both of you.

Holy smokes what an adventure.

Thinking of putting chains on 2 spare tires for a late season hunt. Basically thought it would be easier to change wheel with chain on ready to go rather than put chains on???? Also planning on 2 fronts only ???? Don't plan on driving around for the hunt just having for emergency

Ya the more I think I'm going to go with all 4 and just chain up if needed, going to grab a few for the trailer as well. Thanks for the info Hoss , I'm in a stock ram 2500 275 85 18

That's cool man congrats.