CatfishKev

That's a great first buck. You gonna get him mounted? Jessy cates in bisbee did mine came out great. Your welcome to come check it out if you'd like.

https://www.slickguns.com/ Theres a blemished one for $63 from Aero Precision. This is the AR I'm leaning towards for the wife.. http://www.rkguns.com/diamondback-db15-223-5-56-ar-15-rifle-db15ccb.html?fee=1&fep=712

That's awesome. It's easy for a dad to get stretched thin. My biggest fear with having five kids is not having enough quality time with each one individually. Hope you guys have a great time.

I'm in process of getting a can from CWT member "Rancilio" (Matt from Quit Time Sports) and they (thunder beast) have a special until turkey day thats gonna save me another $100. If you are in process already or thinking about buying you can go to their website and scroll down to "Group Buy Link". Fill out the info and they will give you a confirmation number to give to the dealer. If you have any questions here is Matts #256-457-6944

She pretty much wants it just to have it, so plinking is pretty much all we will do. Are DPMS, ATI and PSA all pretty much the same in quality? Whats the best bang for your buck so to speak? Also saw DB 15's for $499 online, Cal ranch will have diamondbacks for $599 and I think I saw a ruger for like $550.

The sig kilo is gonna be $349 at cabelas.

Awesome!

When listening to the bear hotline it goes over "Individual Harvest Limit" and "Annual Harvest Limit". I get that Annual means theyre all done till end of year. But, lets use 28 for example. in the 2016 Spring regs book it makes no mention whatsoever of unit 28. But in the 2016-17 regs book it shows a season for general bear 9-30 to 12-31 with a female harvest limit of 1. But in the Annual harvest limit at the bottom of the page it says two, but I see no other hunts for 28? What am I missing here. On the hotline it says "Individual" limit has been met but makes no mention of "Annual". Can I interpret this that 28 is open to kill one more female before the end of the year. Please dumb it down for me!

Then shouldn't the message have said that the "Annual" harvest has been met, instead of saying the "Individual" harvest has been met?

Ok so I guess "Individual" is because there is one season. Then why does it say the annual limit is 2 at the bottom of the page? When was the other season if it says 2?

Technically, he probably wasn't lying. He didn't mention anything about actually hitting a target did he?

Jabba, thats a good one right there. If it was a doe I guess I'd call her Mama June.

I have a customer that takes guys down. Its probably $3-4K.

Looks like he was on steroids and only focused on his neck. Hope my first mulies a stud!

Not the trophy you were looking for?? Thats a great buck! Your story is probably one of the best I have read. I wish I would have had a Grandpa relationship but I just didn't. My goal is to be the pop-pop for my Grandkids that I never had. Which hopefully still ain't for a dang long while.

Wow! Anyone with some time on there hands should post the numbers of the appropriate governing authorities so people can call and tellem wassup. So right now only Nevada is the state in question? Or does this bill effect all states?

Sometimes you cant argue with a womans intuition. Great seeing wives and kids get it done.

Good job man!

Go with a 7-08 with a break. It will kick like a 243 and still be good for elk. If you got the $ get a silencer and it will kick even less.

Exactly what I was thinking. First time he used a capital letter.

He looks happy for sure! Congrats.

Well it was pic heavy, til I took the pics down of my kids due to creepers. Aside from the birth of my newest daughter and the success of my oldest daughter (which this post is about) 2016 has probably been my personal worst year. Lets review... 1. Took on a second full time job to have one to transition into after I give my half of my Roofing company to my business partner at the end of the year. 2. Two full time jobs, a dying father, 5 kids, financial stress, and seeing my mom run herself ragged taking care of my dad, (and me not being able to help) took their mental toll. 3. I had a vasectomy and didn't have enough time off before going back to work. It got infected and I grew a donkey heart where my balls are supposed to be. Because of this, I got to spend 4th of July (our all time favorite holiday) in the hospital. 4. Dumped over $2k into the family vehicle and I'm pretty sure the problem still isn't fixed. 5. And the icing on the cake was my pops lost his battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS) passing away 2 weeks before my daghters hunt. Now to the good stuff, my daughter filled her cow tag. Big thanks to BC777, cjl2010, Buddy Dog, Flatline, and AZ23 for all the help and suggestions that were offered. And also a big thanks to Dale and heather at Wild Heritage Taxidermy! My mom was so excited and impressed with her she talked to the paper about an article so she had me write one up. They said they might run it as a "Human Interest Piece" Here it is.... Local Teen Gets Her Elk Thirteen year old Aurora, a seventh grader at Berean Acadamy in Sierra Vista, made her ever first hunting trip last week with her father, Kevin. The hunt was in Unit 23 just south of the Mogollon Rim. Not having a chance to get to the area to do any scouting before the trip they showed up the evening of opening day. Saturday morning they got up at 4 am to get there free breakfast at the AZ Deer Associations free youth Elk and Deer Camp. The camp is put on for the whole weekend free of charge to all the hunters and their hunting parties, all done by a great group of volunteers. With the advice of the camp host and some members of AZ hunting website couesewhitail.com, they set out to find some elk with cow tag in hand. The night before, having only a few minutes of light left after setting up camp, they only got a brief idea of the area. From that they came up with a gameplan for the next morning. Before light they got into position but all they heard that morning was a lone bugle in the distance. Nada. After nothing the first morning they took the walk of shame back to the truck. The next couple days not much luck until they tried a new area. Early in the AM before the sun ever touched the earth they found a lone bugling bull while glassing. After watching a bit they saw he had some cows with him so they set off in hot pursuit. By the time they closed the distance he was already making his way with his herem into thick cover. Aurora was gung ho and didn't want to retreat but Kevin assured her that they would be there the next morning and that they didn't want to spook them and possibly blow their chances for the next morning. They headed back to the truck disappointed but still excited to finally have seen something. That evening after driving around more and getting to know the area they hiked out to a ridge where they could glass. They spotted a large herd high on a canyon wall but it was just to far to reach them with enough light to get a good shot in time. "Besides" Kevin said, "I don't really want to do a pack out that far up a mountain, especially at night". Again, Dad had to tell his daughter that they needed to back off. Heads down again, they took the walk of shame back to the truck. The next morning they got up even earlier to get on the small heard they had seen the morning before. They had driven into the area before light and started making there way up a small canyon while listening to the bull in the next canyon bugle the whole time. While hiking the canyon it seemed the bull was moving parallel to them the same pace as they were. Something seemed wrong, they started hiking quickly to try to cut them off. Once they got to the spot where they would be exposed if they went any further, Kevin told Aurora "Stay here and I'll go see where they are". He peeked over the ridge to see the bull quickly rounding up his cows at a frantic pace and disappearing into the same thick area they ran into the morning before. After following them a bit they saw some other hunters nearby which clued them in on why the elk were scared off. Aurora and her Dad weren't the only ones hunting the herd that morning. That night was again uneventful. Again the walk of shame back to the truck. At this point Kevin was starting to panic a little, it was Tuesday evening and He realized he spaced on the dates of the hunt. They had already missed opening day and he realized the hunt ended on Thursday not Friday, "How could I screw that up? I should have known that!" he said angrily out loud to himself. He went into Young to visit the good folks of Wild Heritage Taxidermy. Brandy had spoken to Dales wife Heather on Facebook whom also had a daughter that had been drawn for the youth hunt. She had kindly offered to help Aurora if she needed the help. After much generous information from Dale and Heather, they set off. Dale even offered to take them out last morning if they ended up in a real jam and didn't tag out the next day on their own. What a great bunch of people! The next morning the pair set out just before day break on Wednesday, October 12, onto a canyon ridge just off the Mogollon Rim. They glassed the opposite canyon and saw nothing so they jumped in the truck to head to the next canyon. While glassing Aurora spotted what she thought was a a heard of Deer in an opening. "Dad Look!", He looked "Those are Elk!" Aurora heart skipped, excitement welled up inside her! Success was hopefully on the way! They creeped along the canyon wall trying to get into position. Around that time a lone squirrel in a tree saw that they were up to no good and started barking at them, blowing their cover. At the same time the wind shifted and Aurora and Dad saw the bull running off with his cows. Suddenly success didn't seem so likely. They were busted, they walked to the edge of the ravine to see if they could see anything. Nothing. They were long gone. They headed back to the truck, heads down. The walk of shame again. Halfway back to the truck they heard the bull bugle, not that far off. "Maybe theres still a chance" he told his daughter. They headed they're way around the other side of the canyon where they could see better. After awhile, down in a ravine they spotted the cows. They were back in business! They hiked down the side of the canyon one agonizing slow step at a time. It took about fifteen minutes to get down 50 yards to be about 200 yards across from where the elk were. Once in place Kevin set up the tripod for Aurora with a Triclawps mounted to the top. Now all they had to do was wait for there chance. It seemed like an eternity, Aurora had been practicing with her 7mm08 rifle up to 100 yards. She was nervous, she never shot 200 yards before. Once she finally decided which cow to take a shot at she lined up the scope and took aim. Just as she was about to take the shot the cow stepped behind a tree. "Nooooo" she whispered aloud. "Just keep watching, one will move into place" Dad told her. Finally three cows moved into the open but the bull noticed them and started looking towards them intently. "The bulls looking right at us, don't move!" Kevin told her. Once the bull finally looked away they breathed a sigh of relief and focused again on the three cows. "Are you good?" he asked her. "Yup" she said. She looked through the scope trying to stay still... Boom!! the whole canyon echoed and the three cows shuffled a bit and the whole heard went motionless. They all stood there, trying to figure out what had happened. "I think you missed, but you need to make sure you shoot at the same cow, take another shot". Kevin watched the cow intently through the binoculars while Aurora lined up the scope again. "Wait, she's starting to sway!" the cow started to sway ever so slightly, she went to take a couple steps forward and fell face first over a log and went crashing. "Holy crap you got her! Shouts of joy and excitement rang through the canyon and sent the rest of the heard running. The shouts then turned to congratulations, tears and multiple hugs. This was a moment neither of them would ever forget. They hiked down the ravine and back up to the animal so she could lay hands on her prize. "It's so freakin big!" she said. She couldn't believe it had finally happened. After taking pictures Aurora helped hold the legs up to assist her dad in the cleaning process. The next 6 hours was spent skinning, quartering and packing out the precious meat. It would't go unappreciated or wasted in the large family of 7. Aurora had her chance at skinning the hind quarters the rest of the way and cleaning them for the game bags. After getting all the meat back up to the truck Aurora said "Now I know what you mean about packing out, I'm glad we didn't have to do it off the side of a mountain!". They headed back to camp eager to Show Brandy, (Auroras mom), and Auggie, (her brother) all the pictures and share the excitement. Once the excitement died down Kevin prepared some tenderloins and the Squirrels that Auggie had shot with his pellet gun earlier that day (Also Auggies first ever hunt and kills). They kicked back told the stories of their adventures and replayed they're moments of success over and over again in their minds. Good times! Congratulations Aurora and Auggie! Still scared to touch the dead thing... Feeling Nostalgic Proud Daddy! Her first pack out... Bloody shirt n all! We tried squirrel!

I don't know what I missed but I'm sure it would have infuriated me. I usually try n take the high road with people but when it involves my wife or kids I will tear someone apart. It sucks that we live in a day and age where a father needs to be so fearful of the type of creeps out there. Exactly the type of behavior I went on my rant about awhile back.

I'm on the fence still with the caliber. I want one good all around one for elk and deer.

I thought Canadian bacon was just ham sliced thin? Meal looks awesome.