stanley

Of course like a lot of us, as an AZ native I have been used to the 'opener' being on a Friday. From about age 8, I would get out of school on opening day to go hunting with dad and his buddies. When I moved to Utah to go to college, it was CRAZY. Opening day for deer season was on Saturday, but basically all public schools (K-12) were closed on that Friday for deer season. Utah had it figured out!!! (Rifle deer tags were also 'over the counter' in Utah, then. I thought that was SO cool, coming from AZ....)

Part of our family Christmas tradition is the annual tree hunting picnic. Love it!

Found this on the side of a two-track in 36C last weekend. I know it’s a stretch, but thought I would post here in the off chance the owner sees it here. Anyone?? S.

Another year..... More great times for Elkhunter and fam! Good stuff, Tyler!! S.

Awesome symmetry! Great buck, Casey!

Can you get IMs here?? If not, then call me at 602-399-4769 and we'll fix it!

More youth hunting adventures! OUTSTANDING, Kevin!!!

Love it!!!

Big fat nothing-sandwich here in Scottsdale (just south of Old Town area). Cool breeze is nice, though.

AWESOME TIMES!!! Looks like a pretty darn good shot, too! S.

AWESOME!!!!!

Love it, Shelvin!!!! Cool to have your friend and his boy there, too!!! S.

Four years ago I drew a tag the very first time I put in. Granted, it was a fall cow hunt but a bison tag none the less..... I imagine for bull hunts, as Flatlander said.

Got mine yesterday. VERY fresh and tasty! Vacuum sealing in 12oz packages for sharing with my sisters/nieces for upcoming Thanksgiving/Christmas baking. They are now officially spoiled and have grown to expect them annually! S.

Two of the overall best hunts I've ever personally had did NOT result in killing anything. One day chasing a lion behind dogs (epic all-day marathon), and an archery elk sorta like this one in unit 1 about 10 years ago. SO awesome to spend all of that time in the woods with your kid(s) chasing elk!! One of the best threads! S.

Reminds me of a find while hiking with GF in southern Utah a few weeks ago. Some dude was apparently pretty proud of a big ol' ram, back in the day...

Hey Phil! Sent an email (plus a note here...). Hoping to get my hands on some again this year. Thanks! Stan 602-399-4769

Last two years they’ve been shelled. I’ll assume the same this year…. Great value on super fresh pecans. @Phil Carr??

You just did. 😉 What is the username? PM me if you prefer. S.

FINALLY an archery kill. Somebody alert Amanda! LOL Freaking awesome, @AZLance!!!

Great stuff!!! 👍🏻

5th day of archery season and not a single ‘archery opener’ post? (Unless I missed it…) 288K posts in the classifieds section. We are officially Craigslist! 🙄😂

"hunters not having self control...." You really think that a marketing campaign will lead to a lower number of mature bucks being killed?? My feeling is that hunters are going to shoot what they are going to shoot, and no marketing campaign is going to change that (At least not to a statistically significant extent...). My crew and I simply love to hunt. We sometimes kill some average/big deer, but we often kill smaller ones. It has nothing to do with self control. I don't consider myself a 'meat hunter', though I love the meat. I'm just a hunter. The insinuation that other hunters should hold off on killing smaller legal animals so they can maybe kill a larger legal animal is sort of funny to me. Like, what ever happened to; 'to each their own'?? Publicly shame someone who shoots a smaller legal animal? What is the point of that??? That will make a difference? LOL Your final statement makes more sense to me. Congrats to those who are out there having a great time hunting and sometimes killing! Regarding point restrictions, they did that a LONG time ago when I lived in Utah for college. Turned-out to not really have much of an effect on growing older aged animals. Just a bunch of small 3 points killed (3 point or better unit) and a bunch of two points shot and left to waste. Studies showed it really did not have an effect on the older class (breeding aged) bucks.

Eh…. Multi shoulder surgeries and the resulting lingering effects keeps me from pulling a bow string. I’m such a hack that I wouldn’t have any pics to post even if I WAS still archery hunting, though…. 😉 I’ll not post an archery trophy pic and not post anything for sale, and just call it even… S.

Lots of good ones. A foam pad will take any cot to the next level. I split an old 4” memory foam mattress down the middle and I use that as a topper.