Coueser

Planning to haul my travel trailer up to Kaibab for the deer hunt. I'm a little worried about freezing pipes overnight. Any of you ever had pipes freeze when using your trailer in cold conditions?

Just listened to Duwane Adams interview on the Jay Scott podcast. He said the 12AW early hunt was the worst he had seen in his 40 years up there. The deer were spread out from up top to down low and very "pockety". The biggest deer they saw was probably a 170s buck. He felt like all the guides up there had a pretty similar experience this year. Pretty depressing to hear that. I have been so excited to get to go with my wife who has a tag this year. Just curious on yall's thoughts? I appreciated the couple stories on the hunt so far but was curious if any of you others who had been up there had similar experiences? It seems like tag #'s have been decreased up there in the hopes of getting back to the glory days but it doesn't seem to be rebounding very quickly. I know last years fawn recruitment was way down. Do you think the monsoon rains came too late this year for antler growth?

186”

Thanks for the write-up and pictures. They'll cherish that week hunting with you for the rest of their lives. Love it!

Great write up. So happy for you that you were able to get it done and had a great experience. Hope your wife gets back to 100% quickly.

Love seeing the antlers boiling in the background

Looks like an awesome time. Way to go!

Way to go Nash. Great buck!!

Nice job Brittani!! Mom of the year stuff right there

I’ve never hunted 10 or the Bo so I can’t give you specific advice but I have seen the question of “is it worth it to pay to hunt Boquillas?” come up a few times and the consistent answer seems to be that it is. The rationale is that it is pretty hard to draw a tag and the fee almost doubles the size of huntable land and why limit yourself on a hard to draw tag? As far as guidance on hunting on a CHAMP tag if your uncle is pretty limited as far as mobility goes, road hunting can be pretty successful. I’d recommend hearing protection if shooting from a vehicle because I’ve been told it can be really loud. Unit 10 does lend itself to glassing and if he is pretty capable of getting around you may want to check out some glassing points that are near roads as well. Sorry I can’t be more specific for your hunt. Good luck!

Great Pics. Thanks for sharing!

Great bull. Congratulations! You guys were hunting in some open country

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my Meopta 12x50s. Wish I got them for this price. I have never had a pair of binos that are so comfortable on my eyes. I’m convinced these are the best dollar for dollar binos available

Way to get it done. Good luck on your wife's tag!!

Great archery buck. Nicely done

So much green in your pictures. Awesome buck. Congratulations!

Seconds. I’m always late to the dance

Great bow. I have the same and it shoots lights out. Very forgiving. GLWS

I think it could have them healthy and make for some great rutting action. Too late for elk antlers though. do you guys think it will help much for deer?

Thanks all for your recommendations!! I think I need to get me a portable CO monitor and run my Mr Buddy all night. I'm too wimpy for how cold that late Kaibab hunt gets at night. . . ❄️

Not trying to get off topic too much but I’ve been dying to ask. . . Lance and others that run your Mr Buddy heaters, do you run them all night snd leave a flap of the the windows open? I want to since it gets so dang cold but always chicken out and turn it off and on multiple times a night when I get too miserable

Thanks for the report. Im pretty confident that they’ll have 22 road opened up by November. Last year I know they had it opened in time for the late hunt (not sure about the early hunt). I was hoping honestly that the tanks would be holding pretty good water with the rains that they’ve had up there over the past weeks but it doesn’t sound like it from your report. In general, coyotes can be hard on the fawns. Utah went years ago to a $50 bounty for each coyote jaw brought in; Arizona has never done that but lots of coyotes up there and most deer hunters would appreciate less (along with mountain lions). You can purchase a mountain lion tag for your hunt - the season starts August 20th and quota for the 12 units is 14 lions (I have no idea how long it takes to reach that quota). Hopefully last years burn greens up quickly - would be great for the animals - will be interesting to see how it looks this year and if it alters the deer usually migration significantly.

Congrats. Enjoy your veal

Turned out very cool

I want seconds if first buyer falls through for whatever reason