Non-Typical Solutions

Man that is one nasty looking dog....good job!!!!

Almost makes you feel warm and fuzzy and wanna take one home for a pet right??? Very cool pic!!!

Tink......another one just hit the ground and I had to go back to work!!!! Cool finds!!!

Rag Horn.....can't believe you would even ask what lake to take those boys after seeing this lunker!!!

I'm guessing from what I know about Raghorn, two things....he is gonna be excited preparing for the hunt and getting out in the woods and........he isn't going to be too picky about size!!! Just happy to have a tag and who said there would be bulls in the Cedars???? I know where a couple are!!! Looking forward to kicking the hills with you Raghorn!!!

First off....I have found very few antlers in my wanderings but this weekend had the opportunity to take three of my boys and one of my grandsons out turkey/antler hunting/elk scouting!!! Friday AM worked a lazy ridge and draw where we have found turkey before, while in the draw we looked at a well beaten trail in the bottom of the drainage and considered setting up a trail cam just for fun but decided to wait and see if we found "better" prospects! Saturday, during the heat of the day we decide we really want to set the trail cam up on that well beaten trail so we go hike back in up the well beaten trail to a spot we like! As we are setting up the trail cam which took all 5 of us, Max my 7 year old grandson is running all over the place throwing pine cones at squirrels and eventually becomes our photo dummy to determine if we like the pictures! After trying several different locations as we are putting the finishing touches on the setup I look over and not 50 yards from where we are setting up this camera I see a tine sticking up, dropping my jaw holler at my oldest son and said, "Would you look over there between those two trees?" All of us adults gather around to laugh.....we have only passed this antler 3-4 times plus played in front of it for the last 45 minutes. So my oldest son grabs Max and decides to take him on one more antler hunt!!! By far the funnest antler hunt ever to watch that 7 year old come alive as he spotted those tines sticking up!!! So in my book this becomes my all time ATL favorite!!!

How does what should be a funny-encounter thread about a sloppy mess of unprepared wannabe turkey hunter, workin' his lazy road hunter tactical skills like a big dog (a true professional) unwind into this? Lordy Lordy - I don't know 270 and Nature Girl, but I can only imagine if their collective memories are being invoked. Nothing to gain. Time to holster the keyboard and walk away..... Once the handle on the flusher gets touched the swirl just continues downward!!! Glad you still got your turkey! We had an embarrassing encounter turkey hunting! Middle of the day we were headed from one turkey spot to another, there is a waterhole about 50 yards off the FS 300 and I stop and tell my grandson and son #3 to run up to the tank and look for turkey poop!!! All the sudden they come running back..........there was a blind with decoys off to the side that we didn't see when we pulled up. We threw the truck into drive and got out of there......I apologize to whoever that was we ran over your stand!!!!

If you recognize this waterhole and tree stand I am interested in touching base with you to make sure or try to make sure we don't run over each other during elk season! I realize the grilling I am going to get for even asking but somebody will maybe PM me and make sure we don't conflict!!! Thanks Lets pretend this stand stays up in the tree clear until the late bull hunt and after attempts to communicate with stand owner there is no response or dialogue. Can I sit in the stand for my hunt??? Or does that cross the line of ethics??? I really didn't want to use that word but........

Thanks to those of you who helped in the "twitter" voting!!! http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2017/04/26/snowflake-junior-high-samsung-contest-win/100955262/

This little piggy went to market.......little buggers gotta be tough to survive.....sorry about the thieves but dang good pictures!!!

Have a great story to add with this ATL........to be shared later!!! Can you find it???

Here is a whitetail jackalope compliments of tomgobbler!!!!

Dang....that just went to my Friday half day schedule for kids to watch!!! Thanks for sharing that is very "educational"......

she got drawn for the early bull hunt 2 years ago, I got drawn last year for the early hunt bull hunt and signed my tag over to her. and surprise surprise I got drawn this year again for the early bull hunt and will sign it over to her. I look at it this way I get go go hunting either way, Ive killed enough shoot in my life let the kids have fun. its not about killing its about having a good time with your kids. Win, win all the way around!!!

That is lit up.....dang!!!!

Third tag in three years....dang now that is some luck there!!!

Yeah the kids pretty resourceful she happened to see that video a while back of those elk with locked horns figure WTF she can do that too... Seriously I took her out turkey hunting for the morning and shed hunting. shes still pretty jazzed about it. Very cool you had her out hunting......great times and one she will remember forever!!!

That is what we call shed hunting with a shotgun!!!! Way cool find!!!

Man I wanna try that some time!!!!!

Nice bull and really cool mountains in that picture!!!

Honestly exactly how I felt this year......again!!!

During spring break a few weeks back we were out kicking in the hills and came across a well beaten path in a saddle! We haven't had cams out for quite some time and decided to try and get some pictures during the shedding season just for kicks. Not a scientific observation but certainly a fun few pictures. Time and date on the pictures are not correct! The masses passing through!! March 16 Antlerless!!! March 17 Poor collared bull!!! New growth, March 19 March 20 The same area with a cross shot of the same trail.....bad camera setting, hopefully got that fixed over the Easter weekend. I really enjoy getting pictures like this, the anticipation going in to retrieve pictures is always exciting. Always wondering, did I actually turn the camera on before I left a month ago?

We went up to Escudilla middle of March to see how far up we could go......huge tree across the road right close to the top/snowline......4 wheeler tracks bailing off the side to go around the uprooted tree base!!! Like said earlier.....if you are going to backroad the burn you better have a chainsaw!!!

Dammage this pisses me off.....hope you guys are having fun!!!