DesertBull

I have the same problem. Do yourself a favor and get a LH bow.

Marshall, that is impressive. Nice story! I recognize some of those places! You should befriend the unit 23 WM so we can get those bear spots worked out!

Well, I made the long run up to Truxson Flats. Huge, open country, but Lopes are few and far between there. Seems like there should be many more antelope there. Saw what looked to be a decent buck, but he was real far away with rain coming down hard. Several average bucks also, but nothing worthy of the tag, IMO. I still have hopes of hunting a mid 80's buck, I know for a fact they are in there.

Hopefully, On Friday, he will be standing in that spot again.

Zeiss or Leupold. Wait a couple weeks and save up another $50 if you have to, it's worth the wait and extra cost.

I might be wrong but, I think you have to hunt at least one day on the ranch you purchased the tag from. If there are no bucks on that ranch, you can switch to another ranch, but you have to get a game warden to assign you a different ranch. You are not free to hunt wherever you wish. Good luck.

Not on Fain Ranch it won't... ... Those are the most educated goats around. We have had good success spot & stalk and good success in blinds over there. We always hunt the "condos".... my huntin' buddy works the ranch so we usually have our pick.... The last hunt I was on over there, my boy had the tag and had hunted for about 5-7 days spot & stalk without scoring.... he came home all bumbed and hit me up to go back with him.... I had to think about it for oh... about.... 1/2 a second! heck Yeah!! We had to leave late that morning, cuz I had a meeting... got there about noon... had a buck on the ground before 3 pm.... It was a Frickin' hoot! That was my boy's second 19A buck. Too bad the Good 'Ol Days are gone.... It sure was the greatest place to hunt at one time! I have hunted that country a bunch..... and Matthewp45.... I can only give you one piece of advice about archery goat hunting.... there is nothing wrong with completely missing..... it is when you barely miss your mark and have to chase a wounded goat that you reallize how important the phrase Aim Small, Miss Small is.... I've watched it happen many times over there, and was fortunate that it never happened to me..... I hope that you can have the same good fortune. Good Luck. CnS Last time I had the tag, I chased a decent buck with an arrow sticking out of his neck for 3 days. Never got him. You're right about the decoys on they Fain, they don't work.

1. Ackley?

The new Moultries have a PIN number option. You need to enter the number to activate it if you choose to use the feature. Not sure how that helps, as the thief probably won't know that until he gets the camera home.

Going back up there tomorrow to check out Truxson. Anyone ever seen any goats off Hackberry Road on the far western edge of 18A?

Sounds like there will a bunch of drunk women in Precott this weekend.

Maybe they needed some salt for their tofu and bean sprout burritos?

One of my archery clients had the job of flying them back to Mexico. He said they would fly them as far south in Mexico that they could. Near the southern border. He got to know some of them on a first name basis.

I think Hornady loads a "light Magnum" load for the 7/08.

Dad looks a little light in the loafers. Maybe Casey knows him?

My feelings EXACTLY. Nice bear Elkman. You having a rug made?

It's official, Unit 22 south, 23 south, and 24A will close on Wed.

Ingrid Bergman?

I had belly crawled through some chest high grass towards one nice goat that had a lone doe coralled at a fence corner. He would chase her a 100 yards or so down the fence line and then back to the corner. When they went down the fence, I would crawl as fast as I could toward the corner. After about 3 of these manuvers, I had closed to 80 yards or so. I thought, ok, one more time and I'll be 50 yards out and have a shot. They went down the fence, I started crawling. I had crawled about 10 yards when a big *** rattle snake stuck his face 6 inches from my nose and let out a hiss. Needless to say, the goats were running away when they heard the girlish screams and probably winded my soiled undergarments.

I had that tag a few years ago. One of the funnest and most frustrating hunts ever. The best area for stalking them was on the far east side of the ranch, where there are some deep washes and cedar trees. Not as many goats, but more stalking cover. There is a road where the powerlines cross the road to Mingus Mnt / Jerome, you can take that road back there and save some walking time. Good Luck!