Sam

Very nice - congratulations!

Congrats Hoss on a great looking deer. That is a deer of a lifetime and just huge!

Nice deer - there would have been no hesitation for me.

Yep - Alaska uses them for moose also. I have mine from last year. Great moose!

+1 If this ever happens to anyone remember the beer cans would have had his finger prints all over them. TJ That's what I was thinking. I'm sure some of his garbage would have prints. Game and Fish have a list of all those drawn for each unit, but I am not sure how they would match the prints.....unless his prints are alreay on record for some reason. I think alot of prints are on records now a days, many jobs require them, so he could possibly be caught. So glad you decided to report him.

Very nice - I can relate. Congrats to your daughter and everyone involved.

My daughter was fortunate to get her fist elk on the youth hunt. After missing opening day and getting to camp a little late, we headed out from camp Saturday morning just before daylate to go after a bugling bull. It took about 45 minutes until we saw the 1st cow. My daughter could not get a shot. We stayed with the herd and she was soon able to get a shot at a cow that was standing broadside for a few seconds, but started running before she shot. A clean miss as I watching with my binoculars. The bulls kept bugling, so we kept after the herd. After another 10 minutes or so, I decided to try a calf call. We sat down and called for about 10 minutes. Some coyotes started going crazy and the bulls kept at it too. So, I called a little more agressively and soon a cow came over the hill looking in our direction. One shot to the neck and she went down. Of course, the whole morning was memorable for my daughter. My wife was with us too. What a great hunt and the pack out wasn't bad.

Thanks Keith - She shoots a .270. The shot was just about 100 yards. She was sad about missing an earlier shot, but recovered quickly after this one went down on the spot. It sure was exciting for my wife and daughter to see this cow respond to a call and come in.......not quite like a bear or a bull, but still pretty cool for them.

Great write up Keith. Glad your wife was successful. Short and sweet. So glad you stayed with it and found blood. Goes to show we should never give up after a shot......

Nice job - congrats to your wife.

Nice job - way to go.

Last week on the cow elk hunt, I shot one Saturday morning. Had it skinned, quartered, and hanging in game bags by 2pm in the shade. Strung up tarps to keep the sun off. Night time temps were in the upper 30s, daytime low 70s. Meat cooled nicely at night. But it really wasn't cold enough to get that deep chilling effect that I prefer. Monday when I went to put the meat in the cooler, I smelt some bone sour from one of the front shoulders. There was some blood shot between some of the fat layers and it started to spoil. This is the first time this has ever happened to me. So, I cut off about a third of the shoulder before coming home. The rest of the meat was perfect. I cooked up some of that shoulder and it tasted fine. With daytime temps in the low 70s, I was pushing my luck. I think it was a bit warm, even though the meat was in the shade. I also should have made sure all the blood shot was off the meat. In year's past I have left quartered elk and deer hanging for 5 or 6 days with no issues at all. But, daytime temps were more like in the 50s.

I am going to be selling my Toyota Xtra Cab soon. It is a 1994, 4X4, 5 Speed. Has new tires 31x10.5 and a shell to match paint. It only has 159, 000 miles on it with a V6. I was thinking it would be perfect for a high school kid. However, I will need to get more than $2000 out of it. I haven't decided on a price, but I am thinking more on the lines between 4 and 5,000.

Very nice - way to go!

Great job. That is quite a weekend!

Does anyone know if Heber got any snow? We'll be in 3C this weekend.

Congrats on a great bull. On a side note - EVIT has some great programs and I know alot of students who have completed many of them......best of luck to your son.

Yellow Front and Thrifty ice cream.....10cent scoops/squares.

He has plenty of time to bring up his grades. End of October for deer and end of November for elk. This is a longs way off. Contact the teachers, or go online and find out what he is missing. Make him do the work. He will be passing before you know it. This is my 20th year as an educator - first a teacher, now a counselor. High school is not that hard. My IB and AP kids have alot of work, but it does not take much effort to pass a regular level class. Give your son a chance - tell him to get his grades to passing or no hunts. Like I said, he has plenty of time.

One species should not suffer at the fate of another. Wolves were extinct in Arizona - yes, man had something to do with this. But, the point is, habitat availablity is far different than it was when the wolves ran freely in AZ. To have wolves at the top of the food chain once again, will jeopardize the populations of deer, elk snd antelope. The human population is always trying to undue the past - forget about bringing back what we had and fixing our mistakes, move forward and let's manage our land, wildlife and resources a bit better for the future. I too will take cattle over wolves, as long as the cattle aren't allow to overgraze. It all comes down to proper management.

If the software can be developed to allow us to place our name and email on the letter that would be great. What about using an existing software? Like Petions.moveon.org or Change.org. There are others out there also. I generally get education related petitions from these two sites. Seems like the topics are endless and this may be easy way to generate signatures - if AES can't create something in house.

That's a great bull. Way to go! Many guys wait many years for a chance to harvest a bull that size.

The expansion of the Mexican Wolf is a bad idea. I think is safe to say that most hunters agree. Most of us are not business owners, but hunters are a big group and our individual numbers could add up. How do individuals get added to the letter or get put on some type of petition?

Way to go. Every successful hunt is an accomplishment. Mainly because it does not happen every year!

Great pictures and story. Very nice looking ram.