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cool looking bull. has red stag look going kind of

First off: Az is a rough, rough state to bowhunt in. According to Bowhunter magazine, we always have one of the lowest success rates for archery deer hunters & it's always in the single digits (4-6% range). You guys that haven't killed yet just have to keep putting in the hours, but don't give up. My first muley I got took me 14 days. First coues = 9 days. Persistance is what gets it done. Secondly: As I've already said, I firmly believe that if you really want to get it done your best odds are to find a saddle or basin that has some good trails & sit tight. I know a lot of guys prefer water holes too, but I don't care for the human company that often goes along with them. You may have to sit that same spot 3, 4, maybe 5 days in a row, but eventually something with antlers is coming through. Had I been patient/smart enough to have learned that little fact earlier on, I'd have killed a lot more deer by now. Thirdly: Don't limit yourself to one method of hunting. If you're in open, broken terrain that lends itself to stalking, then by all means, try spotting & stalking. However, if you're in some of the thick, steep, nasty, rocky crap that I prefer, you should trade the tripod for a good paperback or video poker game & a buttpad. I tried for a couple years to spot & stalk in my favorite January spot, & even managed to get close a couple times, but I get far, far more close encounters now that I changed my tactics to ambush hunting. For me, the terrain & conditions dictate how I hunt, not my personal preferences or lack of patience. At the end of it though, we don't hunt to kill, we hunt to live. Every time I go out & have does or fawns meander by completely unaware of my presence, or have humming birds buzz up to me & try to taste my orange fletchings, it's all worth while. If you carry a camera with you, you'll find that you come out of the hills successful much more often than not. I love taking pics almost as much as I do taking venison. Fawn at 15 yards. S6301829.JPG Momma at 9 yards. S6301833.JPG S6301831.JPG from a tree stand or ground blind mostly?

.243 or 7mm

ive never had squirrel. you make it look real good.

good story

i think people dont shoot enough before the hunt, they go and sight in the bow and thats it. its a lot different shooting an animal, heart rate way up. i run the 3d course at usery to get my heart rate up and practice shooting like that.

nice buck dude

interesting. i guess i never think that hard about it. i just put the pin on him and fling. its worked well for me so far. but i practice a lot too.

+1

Me too, that is why my personal limit is 50 yards. Far too many variables past that for all archers on a live target, IMHO. youre confident at 90 but your limit is 50? edit: im also interested in the "variables" that people are talking about? im guessing the animal moving, but thats only 1 variable and thats a chance you have to take, they can jump the string at 30 yards too

its cuz some people had early season bull tags, others did not.

i called AZGFD about this, and you all know how that goes. talk to 3 different people and get 3 different answers but they told me 1/4 mile even with a bow

this is precisely what i was thinking. calms your nerves and makes you shoot better too

once its the season i could have a 110 degree fever and my leg in a bear trap, wouldnt concern me.

not sure if hunter or mujahideen. congrats again though.

right on dude, congrats

The bullet! Haha I've seen your shooting Dick! ur 1 cheeky kunt m8 i swear i to god. hey, could be like that guy at the show low cafe that told us he could shoot the head off a sparrow at 200 yards with a bow and 2500 yards with a .22 lol. i told justin about that last weekend when we drove by there

i just have fixed pins, if i had one of those adjustables i'd dial it in to 120 and shoot at elk with it. in the other thread the guy is bragging about 1300 yards rifle shots. what more ethical, a bullet shot in 10mph wind at 1300 yards or my arrow at 100.

try practicing some time and building confidence. no e-brag but when i go to the range i see people shoot worse groups at 40yds than i do at 80. some people just cant shoot worth a darn, some dont even practice. combine that with an adrenaline rush and you end up with a lot of poor shooters. but i agree people should know their limits.

sick gun. i have a mark v euromark. its a bad mother.

freeze dried then im guessing?

he spoke english?

4 years straight. you get it on the 5th year

im as confident at 90yds as i am at 60.

wtf is going on in this thread? edit it was also wetter this year in unit 1 than i have ever seen.