yotebuster

I got my antelope check in the mail today but no tag for elk yet. If my memory serves me the tags usually show up before the refunds, or am I wrong on that? Anyone get "the" envelope yet!?

that was MY tag!!!! when did you mail your app?!? Just curious! I haven't called yet, maybe I got one of the other ones! I mailed mine friday morning.

It will show up later. Maybe a month from now.

This raises a question I've always had... If it's only legal to hunt with a gun that holds 5 shells here in AZ, does that make all of the old tube feed leverguns illegal? Sorry to change the topic, you'll get a few bumps to top out of it though!

That's awesome! A turkey with a bow is quite an accomplishment! Congrats.

Pm'd ya.

I was blessed to have last weekend turn out to be a pretty good one for me! Saturday found me out checking some new country out, with bow, shotgun, and AR all in tow in case I happened upon an opportunity! Well I spotted a herd of muleys from the truck about a half mile out, a quick look indicated a small buck running them so I couldn't resist it. I made a quick stalk and found myself right in the middle of them, got within 30 yards and made a so so shot due to him jumping the string. It was a little far back but must've found an artery in the liver because he went down after only 50yards. I put another one through his shoulder and he was done. It's my first desert muley, and first muley with a bow! I'm a little bummed to be done in AZ for the year, but now I can concentrate on elk next fall (confidence going into the draw is a good thing right?!?). I hunted all day sunday for Javelina, trying to put my tag on one of these things has eluded me for the past two winters. Nada on sunday, but fortunately I had monday off! I bumped into this lone pig at around 9am and sent a Rage through her (turned out to be a good sized sow). Just got done enjoying an omelette full of javelina breakfast sausage, and whoever says these things aren't good to eat doesn't know what they're missing. Also, I looked it up for my girlfriend, they are NOT rodents, but in the same lineage as hippos and pigs, a LOONG ways from rodents. Not that I care, I like rabbit which is a rodent!! I gotta thank ruthunter and desertbucks for there advice on how to get out in the desert and get after stuff! I owe you guys big time! Anyhow, it was a good weekend, time to buy some new arrows and start getting ready for that bull elk tag!!!

Here's a sweet deal, not sure if Coach is actually selling this or just wondering what it's worth, but this would be a dang nice set-up for your buddy if he's a 28.5. Also, if I remember right from my days working in a proshop in college, this one has modules for draw that can be swapped out. http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24473&pid=249346&start=0entry249346

I would stick with a reputable name for bows, Mathews, Hoyt or Bowtech. G5 makes good broadheads, but they are relatively new to the bow market, and their quadcam design thing has been tried by a lot of companies before them with minimal success. I would find a good used bow from one of the three makers above and spend your money on gas towards scouting! As far as calls go, don't fret about them, get an el cheapo cow call and then take the lanyard off, attach it to your rangefinder and practice with your bow some more at all ranges, you can throw the call away That's the best advice anyone will tell you! If the bulls are talking, get the wind right and get in front of them, lean up against a ponderosa and let em have it as they walk by...

I noticed that too... So is 6A south gonna be open of January archery?

REAAALLLLYYYY!!????!!!!???!!!!

Just bought three of them with boxes and locks from ya! Hope you've got that many left! Thanks!!

Nice buck! I think I know him, 19A?

Did you you happen to see the plane that came down to the water and ran his wheels across the surface? Thought it was pretty neat. Brian Yeah!!!! I thought it was a seaplane and then I busted out the swaro's and figured I best be getting ready to go put my first responder training to use!!! It's beyond me how that wouldn't rip those tires off! The greeb's were sure putting on a show! I brought my DSLR and telephoto lens only to realize I left the memory card at home I was in a white inboard ski boat set up half arse for fishing... you probably heard me yelling across the lake as my dog double over my $150 jigging rod just shy of enough to break it! I may try it next weekend, you gonna hit it again?

You must be a WAY better fisherman than I am! We got skunked! Didn't stay long near the flotilla, tried a few other spots and went home empty handed!

Yep!

Well 2010 was an awesome year for me! I was able to steal away from dental school to do enough hunting to keep me more then satisfied. I was blessed with an AZ archery antelope tag this year. I think the scouting was more fun then the hunting for sure! I had a run in with a true monster that I had been watching for a month when he bedded 83 yards from my blind on opening day. I didn't want to risk the shot with a cross wind, and assumed he'd nap and come for a drink. Well after a 3 hour siesta he woke up and walked the other way, then the rain came! I later heard he was killed in a firearm hunt and scored 86+". Wish my arrow would've done him in. I ended up with a heavy buck that would make anyone proud though, that grossed at 79 2/8"s having only 14" horns but excellent mass. I then went on to NM for a muzzleloader elk hunt. They were all but done bugling, and I was new to the area, so it was a bit of a challenge. I really had high hopes for a big boy, but ended up shooting my first 6 pt. bull through the ribs at 250yds on the last day, definitely not a bad day in my opinion! I went back to NM to a completely new area that I wanted to check out for elk with a muley tag in my pocket. I had heard stories of big big deer in this area but not many. Boy were they right! I only saw one deer during the daylight on the whole trip, but it happened to be my best ever muley! One shot with my 7mm STW and he was down. He was 24 1/2" on the inside (probably 27-28 outside?) and had 26" beams. He ended up rough grossing at 176"! All of these hunts were on my own, DIY hunts, I really enjoyed getting away from school, and learning the new places. I spent hundreds of hours on forums, google earth, mapping software, etc to make it all happen, but it was worth every bit of effort. I've also got a freezer full of dang good meat. I will say I was skeptical of these desert antelope and their meat, but that buck was every bit as good as the alfalfa and corn fattened bucks back in North Dakota! I've got one Coues hunt left, so I'm hoping to pull of a slam of sorts by nailing a nice coues buck, but will definitely not be dissappointed if I don't shoot another animal this year!

Looking for advice on lasik... Anyone have it done, how does it affect you in hunting situations (i.e. glassing, night vision etc)? Any recommendations for someone in the valley, preferably NW (Glendale area) but not necessarily. Hate glassing with glasses on, and my contacts dry out to bad when I'm glassing all day!

You could always just get a big fat girlfriend... As far as your sister goes, just get her some Cold Stone gift certificates...

What the heck kinda guns are you guys (or gals I guess) shooting?????? The kick from a .243 is NOT gonna hurt a baby! A hard sneeze has more jolt then that!!!

I've been meaning to take the online course and schedule a field day for over a year now and keep putting it off. Anyhow, I noticed there is a field day in Safford this weekend, it would be worth the 3 hour drive to me if I could get another point this year in time for the draw. What I'm wondering is how long does it take before it shows up to the G and F that you've taken it? If it takes a few weeks then I may as well wait for a closer field day since I won't need the point till Deer and Sheep draw in June. Anyhow, my own fault for not getting it done this time last year!!! Thanks in advance for the help.

What's the difference between the NR class and the online class and field day? My brother is gonna fly down this spring and take one, would like to know which one is better for him to take? Thanks

so more or less when they update your points for getting turned down (which I probably will!) then they give you another? So if I took it in say April I wouldn't get another elk point in the '12 draw because it wouldn't get updated until March of '12? If that's the case then I need to take it before March of '11 to get another point in the '12 elk draw... Hopefully they update all species after every draw?

So it's April 6th???? That would be sweet if it was after AZ results are out!

It shot right up until I started using them. Not saying that it wasn't close, just warning the guy not to use them in a gun that may be in the same state as my barrel was. I have no reservations about rebarreling a 700, but if it was a pre-64 model 70, it'd be a different story. If there were any real benefit to using them (I know all of the "benefits" of moly, I'm talking boots on the ground, real benefits worth potentially wrecking your rifle over) then it would be worth it. I would just shy away from them in this case as there are so many other awesome options out there for it. My $0.02