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I said it before and I'll say again, what a great way to scout for an upcoming bull hunt!!

Yes very nice pictures, that's a great looking mallard considering the time of year and location. IN fact, every critter in your pictures looks beautiful and healthy. Except the dead fish of course, and not to be a wise guy but that looks like a yellow bass, not a striper. Very nice.

Let's not. Sorry Alpine, OP, and everyone who has had a camera stolen. We all know the risks of leaving our stuff out in the woods nowadays.

Great guy to deal with, Happy Birthday Brian!

I know I don't trust the original 3 blades for big game after seeing them dislodge and retract both in the quiver and with an arrow knocked. Since I'd already purchased them I keep one in the quiver exclusively for coyotes, or in this case, my first Abert. I wouldn't say they suck, after all, I did get a full pass through. The blades and arrow were put back in place for another shot at another critter.

Sounds a lot better than how I spent my 21st birthday that I can't remember. I don't know you Connor but have a happy birthday and enjoy the time with pops! Good luck!

What a cool WT buck! The placement and size of his eyeguards is unique! Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations, AT. You'll never want to hunt without a dog again, and the relationship and memories you'll have with him will be second to none. Great looking dog, too.

^This, I like it. I bought a Shakespeare fly kit when I was 9, it came with a VHS, this is exactly the first thing it recommended and there I went.

For 10 and 14 year olds, cheap isn't a bad thing, let them find out if they like it enough to pursue expensive setups. When it comes time to you or them actually getting into it, the rod and fly line are what makes the cast. The reel isn't nearly as important. Although, this is probably dependent on what type of fly fishing you'll be doing as well.

Depends on the dump. Salt River Landfill will take a boat hull for $50 flat fee. http://www.saltriverlandfill.com/tipping_fees

I was just there 2 weeks ago, I concur with the OP that fish numbers were WAY down compared to my last several outings in the last 3 years. Not just fish to hand, but fish seen period. I still caught a lot of fish, averaging 12/day opposed to 25. But I honestly witnessed way too many perfect dead drifts go untouched. The first day I honestly caught none, last day I caught 18. The combination of a globug on top and zebra midge below was the ticket. Did not catch a single fish with san juan worm tied on the line, and not a single fish with a scud of any color. Most fish hit the zebra below, I only caught 2 fish in 3 days that were not on a zebra midge. From what I understand and please correct me if I'm wrong, they had a prolonged water release to bring sediment downriver for some native fish restoration (and probably other reasons as well). After that, for whatever reason, they had some temperature issues with the water, creating oxygen depletion issues. The guides have been reporting some fish killed. When I was there, I agree it didn't look like their business was hurting to me either. They were a lot nicer than they had been in years' past as far as waiving and giving space on the bars. Having said that fishing wasn't anywhere near what it was the last couple years, this could really be a great thing. There were way too many fish in there!! This will give the lower population size a chance to grow back into some of the pigs I've only read about. I'm optimistic, good things to come!

I like these suggestions. On the "don't peek," also don't flinch, and do follow through. Trust that if the only thing that moves is your index finger on the release, the bow will do the exact same thing every time.

Sounds you like have raised yourself a fine young man who is going though and understands things that most all of us couldn't fathom. Great, inspiring article. Thank you very much for sharing it.

if you know the EXACT lyrics to any line in the song, type them into google with quotes on the outside. i.e. "it ain't cool to be 15" country song lyrics This may bring up enough results to get you started.

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Great stuff Pixman! and there is nothing wrong with these cameras. Mine has survived several bear attacks and is still taking pictures after 9 years.

For my "main line" $350 Bear, I have practiced for years to what I believe is its potential and I group well out to 60 yards, that's my current limit on live game. I can honestly say I have missed out on several opportunities where I wish I could have stretched that out to 75 yards (especially on the late bull hunts), but my bow just doesn't group well enough. I know that if I want to shoot further I will need to get a flatter, faster, more expensive setup. That time will come, but as stated by another above, my so called average speed (~275fps) and heavy arrow w/broadhead (450gr) is plenty for me and the 3 deer that have efficiently hit the dirt the last 3 years. Nowadays "doubt anyone" and "hunting" are tough to use in the same sentence. People are shooting a lot farther than 70 yards.

wow, this looks very similar to the areas im looking at in the hellsgate, same kind of setups. it's somewhat ironic, i've spent the last 7 years troubleshooting hunting out of treestand for 11 hours in freezing temps. Even after considerable effort toward fighting off the cold it is still a pretty miserable sit, looks like ive found the ying to that yang Yes, you have. bugs and snakes are a real bummer... im pretty sure that the sound of me screaming like a 12 year old girl would alert the deer and prompt them to avoid the area, even if they were thirsty... are you hunting out of a pop up blind or a hand built? how do you deal with a ground blind and undesirable invaders, flash bang, napalm?? i freakin HATE spiders and the ones you have here in arizona are spectacularly nasty So, that picture absolutely rocks dude, how often are the deer coming in there? daylight versus night? about how many deer were hitting that spot? I can try make a very long and interesting story short. After getting deer on trail camera every 2-3 days for 2 months from day 1 of setting up the camera, during all hours and once just hour after I was there, I insisted to myself that I needed to hunt this spot in August and I set up a pop up blind for the first time. A bear ripped it to compete shreds within a week (I have photos of 3 different bears) so I pieced it back together best I could and added natural vegetation. I left camp at 2AM on opening day to make sure I could get to the blind before dawn. Nope. I got stuck in between what I truly believe was a yellow-eyed mountain lion and a herd of 8-10 green-eyed whitetail halfway through my journey. I almost stepped on 3 diamondbacks and 2 Arizona blacks, the last one being 20 yards from my blind when I finally got in hours later. I had a black widow in the blind with me too. No exaggeration. I saw the bucks in the distance that opening day but they didn't come to water. A doe and fawn did (she had two fawns the week before on trail cam), from directly behind my blind not 2 minutes after I opened some dehydrated blueberries that had a potent smell. I honestly thought it was the bear that mauled my ground blind!! I didn't have my sidearm out of my pack so staying quiet I took an arrow out of my quiver and I was ready to stab anything that penetrated the blind wall. Lol. I was so relieved to see a doe and fawn and I cannot explain. I was just flat out freaked out from the events of the walk in that morning and the bear ripping up my blind. I left that day after sitting until dark with no funny business on the long hike back, but, I decided for a solo, day hike in during the August archery season, that spot just wasn't enjoyable. I hunted it again the next day, didn't see anything, and took the blind down. I haven't had a rifle tag in that area since and will hopefully continue with early archery success, but I will be back when I've stocked up on BP's and hit the December WT Rifle hunt. I was planning on calling for lions here one morning this June right after the fawns drop. This spot and trail camera pictures are for sale BTW lol jk.

Very nice, thanks for sharing, that's a heck of a lot better read than the other elk thread going on right now..

^^ Agreed. For better or worse, it's definitely amazing. I wish the character would have executed on one of her bowhunting scenes, either the deer in the first movie or the elk I heard about in one of the later movies (I only saw the 1st) - followed with a little reflection - could have been a great opportunity to shed some positive light on the reality of hunting.

Congratulations!! That is awesome in so many ways!

Just missed one in the classifieds. Maybe someone in the thread can shed some light. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/56243-wh-sleep-system/?hl=%2Bhunter+%2Bsleeping+%2Bsystem

Sounds like a great day and plan, good luck!

Great birds man!