DGCHAWK

I have a winchester model 70 243. I haven't used in a few years. My two kids used it for elk and javellina...I will be going through Tucson this weekend if you are interested. My cell is 480-467-9058. I can email pics if you want.

That guy is not too smart. The bears are hibernating right now. The wolves are hungry though.

My son and I drew a December Whitetail hunt; very excited, right! Wrong! Lost my job of seven years and lost all my vacation! With that said, now I only have two weekends to hunt; the opening weekend and three days of the Christmas weekend. Opening weekend I had to leave my son behind for his winter league baseball. Man, did I get some he!! from my brother who said "#@$# baseball he has a December tag!".... So my brother and I go out the Saturday of opening weekend and see more hunters than deer. It was a warm day all we see is a spike and a doe that Saturday. We decide to use Sunday as a scouting day, and hunt with our good friend Robert (Pinedonkey) who has the same tag and his Garrett. We spent most of the morning glassing, nothing moving at all. So we take out the guns and do some long range shooting practice. Guns are on; I called it a weekend and drove back to Mesa. Now I have to tell my wife that my son and I will not be home for Christmas: (That’s another story). Saturday the 18th I am at work and I get a text from my brother that Robert is on a nice buck. I receive the text early and I tell my brother to keep me posted. Now I can't concentrate on my work. I text my brother about half an hour later to get an update. Then I get a picture of Robert and a beautiful four point. Now I'm a mess, can't wait for the five days I have left of work to go bye so I can get down there to HUNT. Fast forward to Christmas Eve; find a buck for my son to take 45 min before the sun goes down. By the time we get up the hill and range the deer is over 600 yards, the shadows are on the hill the deer is on and too late to move in closer so we back out. Sunday, my last day to hunt, I call in the CLOSERS my brother Dan, Garrett, Jamie (mcelkhunter) and his son James. Sunday morning before sun comes up I send Garrett to the top of a hill to start glassing. He is to the top in 10 min. I am slowly making my way to the top, huffing and puffing with my legs burning. I get half way up and look up at Garrett waving at me to hurry up; he has a buck spotted. Since it was my last day, if it has a good frame, I will take it. I finally get to Garrett, he shows me the buck its about 800 yards feeding across the mountain. We make a plan to close the distance. Again Garrett is at our shooting spot in 5 min; here I come 15 min later. Get the gun set up, range him at 485 yards. Settle in and take my first shot Garrett says right away “you missed”... right in front of him. The deer starts walking; I get back in the gun. I got him, but he keeps walking through my scope, he won’t stop. Garrett re-ranges him...the buck stops at 575 yards, the cross hairs are solid just behind his shoulder. Garrett says "take him" I pull the trigger of the Rem 300 Ultra Mag and I hear Garrett yell "You Rolled Him"! Then I can hear from the bottom of the canyon my brother, my son, Jamie and James yelling “Woohoo!” We all meet up at the bottom of the canyon and made our way up to the downed deer. Of course Garrett, James and my son made it to the downed deer 10 min before the older guys. Garrett and James thanks for hauling that deer down that steep mountain. "You guys are beasts." And thanks to my brother Dan for your hours of glassing and scouting for me while I was stuck in the city. Robert and Jamie you have raised some fine hunters. Guys I promise next year I’ll be in better shape.This year started out rough for me but it turned into one that I will remember forever! Hopefully my wife will forgive me one day too. My bucks not going to win the big buck contest I’m in but he will sure look good on my wall. Jon a big thanks to you too. You know why. RED DRAGON.....

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I'm selling my 18" BFG Rugged Trail T/A P275/70/R18...They have less than 100 miles on them all Highway. I'm asking $550.00 for them. I'm going to put them on craigslist on Wednesday. I live in east Mesa..Cell# 480-467-9058 e-mail dgchawk@cox.net Here are some pics.

You got my vote too. Good luck!!!!

Robert, Thanks for shooting your goat on the first day. I really didn't want to go up to the nice cool mountains to help you hunt do some fishing and chill at the cabin. I had alot more fun sweating my A$$ off in Mesa doing yard work on my three day weekend!!!! NICE GOAT!

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My brother and I got Dec. Whitetale! Great Christmas gift!

Josh is 11 years old.

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JOSH MISSED THE BIG ONE, BUT SETTELED ON THE SMALL 2X3.

WE BOTH USED WAC'EM BROADHEADS. MY BROTHER SHOT HIS AT 48 YARDS, THE BULL RAN ABOUT 100 YARDS AND PILED UP. I SHOT MINE AT 28 YARDS, IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE SHOULDER BLADE, THE RIB, CUT THE VALVES AT THE TOP OF THE HEART, AND STUCK IN THE RIB ON THE OTHER SIDE. HE RAN ABOUT 60 YARDS AND WE HEARD HIM CRASH IN THE TIMBER...

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3 DAYS FILLED BOTH TAGS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK AND OVER WAY TO FAST. MY BROTHER AND I KILL OUR FIRST BULL ELK IN UNIT 27... WHAT A HUNT. HAD A GEAT TIME WITH SOME GREAT FREINDS !!!!