Calebwalter

I have some Winchester 20gauge that I won’t be using anytime soon and figured maybe someone needs it for dove season. $10 a box, I have 4 boxes left located in Gilbert

It was nice chatting with you this afternoon. Hopefully we have a chance to shoot some quail soon!

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I’m located in Gilbert

I sent you a PM about the other 1100

I love shooting 22lr. When are where is the nrl22 match? I’ve been thinking about giving one a try.

Did you ever sell this gun?

Thanks. I was bummed because I missed the spring applications while distracted with my frost deer hunt. I’m bummed that I missed javelina but I’m glad I can go try my hand at a spring bear hunt! And if I’m not successful I can try again in the fall!

I just realized there was a separate book for javelina, bears, bison etc. It looks like you can hunt otc bear in 24a and 23n starting 3/19 through 4/29, good to know!

I’m new to hunting and have never hunter bears. Is spring bear OTC or on a draw? I’ve seen articles that make it seem to be OTC but the regs don’t show anything for the spring?

I’ll take 1. Sending PM

I’m looking to buy a Kodiak VX 10x14 tent. The VX has the side windows. If you have one that you’re wanting to sell send me a PM. Thanks

I don’t see anything wrong with the 14 shots that were taken? There was an issue with the scope, nothing was wounded, they got it sorted, then drilled a nice buck! Great job

I’ve been looking at this 4Runner on OfferUp for a while. Just wishing my Harley would sell so I could come look at it

I’ll have to try and make it out there for that!

I bought the lucky duck rebel. I didn’t want to break the bank in case I wasn’t a fan of predator hunting, but I do wish it had more diversity of sounds. I think it only has 12-15 sounds. Not sure if the tail decoy is a deal breaker, then again I can’t seem to call them in

I edited my first post

Thanks for the advice. There is a couple places where I have heard coyotes make noise all night. I’ll go check them out. In the spring time, what call are people having luck with? When do the yotes stop to drop puppies?

Where are you located?

$20 firm located in Gilbert Long story short my neck is a mess and camping on the ground usually leaves me with tension migraines. My online research said this backpacking pillow was the best, but I think I need a pillow more like my home pillow. Paid $40 for this at a local outdoor store, I used it twice, washed the cover, and now it’s for sale to offset the cost of trying another pillow. https://www.nemoequipment.com/product/fillo/ https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/camping-and-hiking/camping-pillow/nemo-fillo

I bought a used Vortex Ranger 1800 on this forum. I love it. Smaller than most of the Sig’s, easy to use and read, and surprisingly I’ve ranged grassy hillsides at 1400y.

Is it new? If yes I’ll take it

I want to start by saying thanks to the people who chimed in to my first post about being frustrated, mainly Bill for all his help and all his advice. I spent most of the summer and early fall scouting 24a with no luck. I couldn’t even find a doe. Every trip out to the Unit I learned something new but still couldn’t find a deer. Bill invited me to shadow his hunt in 24a and teach me about coues deer and I’m extremely grateful for that. I was discouraged to say the least. I figured even if I hadn’t spotted any deer I would still go hunt my hardest. Once I realized the north part of 24a was open, we started our hunt off haystack road. We hiked in about 2 miles and camped in some of the shittiest spots imaginable. Literally shitty. The cows were hogging all the flat spots, so we pushed them out and slept in their crap piles. Friday afternoon I finally laid my eyes on a group of magical does at 1000yards. Watched them for 2 days hoping a buck was in the area. No luck, so we decided to change our spots. After 2 nights of next to zero sleep, plenty of rain, and a ton of wind, we changed spots and did some “road hunting”. Driving and glassing, driving and glassing. No deer, just a bunch of hunters. Everyone I talked to was seeing doe’s, but no bucks. I took another look at the map, decided to go to the place I didn’t want to go.. way out, and way up. I found a cliff looking into a canyon, walked up to the edge and saw a doe at 70 yards. I knew it was a good spot. Spent a couple hours looking through my friends spotting scope while he sat in the truck browsing tinder.. or Christian mingle.com .. or whatever he’s into and found some does. At the point where I was asking myself “what in the heck am I doing out here?” I pan over and see a buck feeding on some bushes! I couldn’t believe my eyes... he had horns! Miraculously at the same time my buddy walks over and I’m shaking like a leaf. I ranged him at 711yards and decided no way was I taking that shot in the wind. Decided to cut the distance by 200 yards and see what the buck does. I hike down and glass the spot... he’s gone... My buddy on the spotter calls me and says “hey the buck has moved about 150 yards closer to you... wait.... there’s another buck.. he’s a TANK!” The two bucks move down to a water tank. I ranged him at 384yards. Dial my scope, zoom all the way to 16X... yup.. made that mistake.... and shaking like a leaf with buck fever I pressed the trigger... Got the rifle steadied... and he’s gone... My buddy calls me and said “dude you missed by a mile..... BUT YOU SHOT AT THE WRONG BUCK!!!!! The buck you want to shoot is 5 yards closer to you in the trail!” The buck starts walking, stops to smell the wind, and I poressed the trigger. Hit him about 6-8inches back from where I was aiming, and destroyed his spine... at that point I realized somehow I must have bumped .2mils of windage in the turret.... I watched him hoping he would bleed out for about 10 minutes before I decided to hike back to the cliff and come up with a plan. Maybe 25-30 minutes passed and he still had his head up. I was gutted. I still feel terrible that I didn’t one shot kill him... we moved spots on the cliff and I decided to shoot him again from 515 yards. Put one right through his lungs and he flopped over dead. We emptied our bags except the essentials and hiked down. My first year as a Hunter has been a roller coaster. But I finally laid my hands on an animal that I HUNTED.. an animal that I shot.. we took some pictures that I will cherish for ever, cut him up, and we packed him out in the dark.

Thanks man