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First of all I have to say that my dad pushed himself beyond his limits on this hunt. He scouted several weekends before the hunt including the 3 days prior to the hunt, he also hunted 6 full days by himself and 2 days with me before he harvested a buck. Throughout his scouting and the hunt he was able to find a couple of good buck, but nothing that he wanted because they were either to small or in areas he didnt think he could navigate safely. I would get updates daily while he was down by himself since I was either stuck in school or at work. He did come home for several days for my graduation from the fire academy and some much needed rest. On Wednesday the 23rd we went into an area we have hunted before in hopes of finding some good bucks. The morning started out great with lots of deer being seen and some good rutting activity. We watched several bucks chase does all over, make scrapes and even spar a little. We did manage to glass up 1 buck we thought would go close to 100, but the country was really rough and we didnt know if the buck had bedded in the canyon or not. We continued glassing finding several more bucks and then I glassed up a buck chasing does on a distant hill. We watched the buck go in some trees and never come out so we moved to get closer. When we arrived on the point I setup to relocate the buck and found him bedded in a matter of minutes. We started to setup and the buck got up and started to chase does. My dad had a solid rest and the buck stopped and I ranged him at 475 yards. My dad settled his 400 yard crosshair just above the bucks back and slowly squeezed the trigger. The buck hunched up and ran 20 yards and laid down under a tree. We moved around and my dad shot another time at the buck from 400 yards even, and I saw the buck just drop his head. Just to be safe I stayed back and led my dad into where the buck was. When he got about 20 yards from the tree the buck stood up, but my dad finished him off with a quick offhand shot. Afterwared we realized his first shot was a liver shot and that his second shot had grazed the bucks antler and skimmed along the top of his head! This is my dads 3rd buck and definately was his hardest hunt. He was able to break in his new rilfe and able to harvest his first animal with his own reloads and he is still on cloud 9! The buck isnt as big as he had hoped for, but my dad couldnt be more proud of him. The packout was a tough 3 1/2 miles and took 3 hours but it was worth it.

Since my sister got married and moved back to Nebraska her new husband had decided to get into the hunting scene thanks to my dad and myself. One of his old friends whol lives in Nebraska has been taking him out for deer, pheasant, quail, duck, squirrel and so on. My dad invited him down for an archery javelina hunt and the hunt was on. After arriving at camp at 4 a.m. due to airplane troubles thanks to the -10 degree weather in Omaha we were ready for a few hours of rest and then some serious hunting! We got to our point right at first light and glassed for a few hours turning up a herd of mulies and several whitetail, but no bucks. Then my dad glassed up a pig, yes just 1 javelina all by itself! With Tim in from Nebraska I went with him to help him on the stalk. We got to 10 yards, but with the pig in thick cover no shots were taken. That afternoon we went to an area by camp to glass where we had seen pigs in the past. After about 2 hours I glassed up a herd way high up on the mountain. After a 1 1/2 mile stalk with a 850 ft. elevation climb we were within 50 yards of the pigs. We had lots of opprotunities at pigs at 35 to 40 yards, but Tim wanted a 25 yard or closer shot. After about 30 minutes we had a pig walk by at 26 yards and he made a great shot with the pig expiring within 100 yards. I didn't have any shot opprotunities at the rest of the pigs, but Tim had his first pig on the first day and it was a big boar that was really old, his teeth were worn down even with his gums. We hunted the next couple of days mainly for deer when on the afternoon of the 4th I glassed up a herd of 8 pigs and moved in to try to get one. I got 55 yards and I had a covey of quail bust out and spook the pigs. I watched the pigs run 250 yards and go back to feeding, so I moved in again. This time I got to 70 yards and another covey of quail busted out and the pigs were gone for good this time. I returned to camp and told my dad and Tim that I was done not caring about killing a pig and that I was gonna kill on the next morning. So this morning we woke up and went to the same area, but got there about 45 minutes after light. We glassed for about 45 minutes when I found a heard of 10+ pigs. I moved in and got caught in an opening. I saw one of the larger pigs ahead of me and ranged him at 65 yards, I drew back and got comfortable. I squoze the trigger and watched my arrow shave the pigs back! I watched him run for about 1/2 a mile. Now I was even more upset blowing this opprotunity. I walked about 10 yards forward and saw 3 juvinille pigs at around 25 yards. I decided a pig is a pig and drew back and settled in. This time I hit the pig perfect and took out the lungs. He ran about 5 yards and fell over. All I have to say is that this was teh easiest packout I ever had and I got to break in the new Hoyt!

Thanks for the comments everybody. My dad and I really appreciate it. Like stated before my dad pushed past his limits for this hunt and it is a hunt we will never forget.

10x42 SLCs and jsut a Bushnell Scout 1000

Congrats! Thats a great looking buck! I added him up to 76.

Jake once again I cant congratulate you enough. From what it sounds like you guys pushed past your limits and you have a great friend for life in Andy! Keep up the good work and let some of us have a December tag every now and then

Great looking buck! Love the matching extras!

HAHAHA!!!! Real funny! Once again huge congrats on a once of a lifetime buck! Can't wait to see more pictures!

Just got back and on top at the young rd and 260 intersection it was still around 18 inches and there was still 4 to 6 inches down around 5500 ft. elevation. It was a blast being able to be out and glass the snow covered hills.

A can of Chef Boyardee (spaghetti preferably), 3 cans of vienna sausage, little debbie oatmeal cookies, honey buns, donut sticks and to be healthy a tiger milk bar. Thats the norm for me.

Just ordered mine. I have seen alot of people use these, but never jumped on the wagon.

limit: 90 yards zone: 80 yards kill shot: 72 yards (javelina, double lung shot)

Also were you shooting 4 inch veins on your aluminums? I have seen alot of people trying to shoot muzzy's with the 2 inch blazers to no avail. If your bow is just barely out of tune they may not fly for you.

36 archery pig, but no turkey thats 5 years in a row with no turkey tag

Well Randy didn't get drawn for deer this year like myself and many others, but he was fortunate to pickup a leftover tag for a unit I told him to apply for. Randy didn't have any previous experience in the unit and I said I would give him some areas to check out. I didn't think I would be able to make it down at all so I didn't apply for a leftover, but as luck would have it I was able to get 3 days off to help him out. We arrived at camp Tuesday morning around 1:30 because of my school schedule and Randy's work schedule. We were able to take a couple hour nap and then head out for the day. We hiked into a glassing point I have had good luck in the past off of and almost instantly we were finding deer. After about and hour and only does and a couple of spikes located I decided to work around the knob to glass some new country when 100 yards below me 4 bucks were feeding away. I got Randy's attention, but by the time he got to me the bucks (including a 95 class buck) had worked over the ridge into the next canyon. We loaded up and moved over to that canyon and glassed for several hours turning up a few does. We continued to glass and I was able to pick up a very nice looking 85 to 90 type buck with 4 plus inch eyeguards. We waited for him to bed since he was on the northeast slope of a hill, but he just kept climbing uphill until he topped out. Throughout the day we found does, spikes and a few 2 points. We never again saw the 2 larger bucks. On Wednesday morning we went back to the same knob in hopes of finding one of the big bucks again. We glassed up til 10 only finding does and a spike when I picked up a 2 point with double eyeguards. We debated moving in on him since he went into a drainage and never came out. We decided to move in around noon and setup aroudn 300 yards out. We picked the hillside apart and even moved up to 150 yards with nothing seen. We then went back to the truck to glass an area that my dad had found a buck that morning that was alot easier access. We arrived at camp and talked with Doug (redrabbit) about how his hunt had gone and to get some better food besides vienna sausages. Afterward we headed out and arrived at our new perch around 2:30. We all glassed for about 30 minutes when I picked up a deer and it was a buck. I told Randy it was a 2x3 and for a leftover tag we decided it was good enough. We dropped off our point and got setup 250 yards away. Randy said he was ready and took the shot. He hit the buck quarting away and destroyed the heart! A perfect shot and the buck was down. It was a tough hunt due to the lack of deer movement and how hot it was, but it was an extremely fun hunt.

Cosine of 11 is .981627183! Keep us posted

I am off til Friday so swing by anytime after that I should be there.

Got the note! Was doing some last minute shopping for a hunt we are leaving for tonight. I work at Bass Pro in the hunting dept. so swing by and say hey sometime

Sorry guys I was a little off on the yardage, but how about the 4 TD passes!

Anybody have any updated news on this fire?

Vikings got it no problem. Vikings 35 Packers 17 Favre gets 300+ yards with 4 TD's

122 4/8

We had some at Bass Pro a few weeks ago. I work again on Tuesday and will check for you then.

I do alot of volunteer work with the Arizona Elk Society and Steve is a board member and does a fantastic job of getting his 3 boys involved with volunteer work at alot of the projects.

I know those 3! Great job boys and keep it up!