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My son drew his first choice, a 7e rifle bull tag!

Also the only time you are happy seeing a credit card charge

It still seems like a big lack of people getting hit. I think they are just trickling in. G&F must be having technical issues

Round 2 is starting. Just got an elk hit!

There should be thousands of people posting on Facebook and many more here and ive seen about 5 total. Also I know people guaranteed in the bonus pass and they haven't been hit.

The bulk of the hits haven't happened yet.

Does anyone know the specifics of this case? Was he flying home on a 737 at 30k feet or did he charter a cesna and was flying around the strip at 750 feet? If it's the latter, I would say that's pretty clear cut that he was scouting with the aid of an aircraft.

I have been a gunsmith for the past 20 years and have seen substantial changes in the industry, from barrel rifling techniques, metallurgy and a list of others but the advancements of scopes is by far some of the most i am impressed with. No more the days of taping a dope chart to your stock or lense cap and trying to hold over or running the risk of adjusting a scope without a zero stop. The cds system from leupold is fantastic. I set up a 6.5 prc for wyoming antelope and haven't looked back. Took 3 antelope in wyoming from 200 to 480 yards, every one through the heart. Took my father and law out on his champ 7e tag and he drilled a stud through the heart at 525 after less than half a box of ammo practicing on my gun. Even my 9 year old son can drill a pie pan at any range out to 800 yards. My scope is even one of the cheaper models with one revolution of adjustment. The mk4 I think has 2 or maybe three revolutions. How they do at 1000 or past I can't comment on but for a hunting scope, I am putting leupold cds scopes on all my rifles.

Was fortunate to help my father in law take a good buck on his unit 7/9 champ hunt. About the time I met him 20 years ago, he was diagnosed with MS. For quite a while, he had minimal symptoms, but these last few years it has gotten a lot worse. He has taken a number big animals with a bow in the past but with the progression of his symptoms, archery is no longer an option for him. He did draw a 7e bull tag a few years back but even with a crossbow it was still a struggle and we never even got close to tagging out. When he drew this tag he was really motivated to not just shoot a deer but shoot a really good deer. I had been scouting religiously before his hunt, primarily in 7e but really struggled to turn anything in an older age class up. Opening morning we decided to try 7w and right at first light found one of the widest bucks I have ever seen. He lacked height and had shallow forks so we decided to pass on him. We came back to the spot we found him at 10am and found him again bedded. We decided to sleep on the decision to shoot him, being opening day. It was a decision we regretted as we never saw him again. We hunted all over 7e and 7w but would return quite frequently to that spot looking for him. We did find a number of smaller 4x4s but nothing that came close to the wide buck. On day 4 we did find a better 4x4 in 7e but it was out of range and in some country my father in law could not traverse. This morning we were starting to contemplate lowering our standards a bit when we glassed up this nice buck in a new area. He was at 500 yards from the road we were on so we decided to get set up for a shot. I brought a shooting bench out for him to help with his shooting. As soon as we got set up the buck bedded behind a rock in a field. We waited an hour until the buck finally stood up and my father in law made a perfect shot at 500 yards with my 6.5 prc. He was beyond happy with the buck and it was great to see the joy he had getting out and hunting again.

Found a stud all by himself this morning. An old bull with a broken back leg. Looks like an old wound and not from an archer. When I got home I realized I photographed this bull last year less than a mile away.

Thank you guys. It is actually my second. My last elk tag was in 2019 and I was able to take a decent 5x5 with my bow. Any archery kill I am proud of. I have never been naturally good at archery like some people.

Super quiet all around flagstaff as well. Was able to shoot this bull today.

Rattler no 2 for the year here in flagstaff. Another hopi. Crazy how many are out. The only rattle snake ive ever seen up here before this year was about 25 years ago and this year I'm at 2 in less than a week. Be careful elk hunting next week.

It was between Wupatki and Sunset Crater.