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I'll be going solo, was hoping my son would tag a long. I'll be somewhere in the northern part of 22, chasing squirrels too. Good Luck to everyone else out there.

So is that a CJ3? Do you know what gears it has?

Good job making it fun.

That's great, he is really coming along as a hunter. Probably because he has such a good role model.

Got to camp and set it up just before dark. It was eerily quiet all. No Elk or Yotes. I left camp at sunrise and hunted my way north for half a mile to a tank and sat it until about 1 o'clock. Only saw a elk and her calf, one note and lots of woodpeckers and a few squirrels so I walked back to camp to get my 22 and drove back. As I was getting the 22 loaded and husband and wife were walking up and we talked for a bit. She had a tag so they were going to go up and sit the trick tank. I told them I had not seen any turkeys, or tracks all morning and wished them luck. Well all the squirrels I had seen earlier were nowhere to be found so I went back to camp and decided to drive a few miles to another area. When I got back out onto Houston Mesa Rd I had only gone about a 1/4 mile and came up on four hens in the road. I stopped and grabbed the shotgun and a shell and ran into the forest and took a shot but missed. Back up and to the truck to get another shell and I notice the last hen still on the other side of the road getting to make a beeline across it to catch up with the others. Knowing where she was headed I ignored her and ran into the woods to intercept her, meanwhile my truck is idling on the side of the road with the doors open. I managed to get off a shot that put her down as lady luck would have it. Sure had my adrenalin going. I got back to camp and took a few pictures and the couple from earlier came by and she got to see her first turkey up close. After I plucked and cleaned it a young couple from Pine drove by and saw me put it in the cooler and stopped to chat. I got up early and broke camp and headed out at 7:30 and met another husband and wife who were walking in and stopped to talk and tell them what I knew about the area then headed out. It was refreshing to see three married couples who hunted together as that was something I could never get my wife to do. Two of the couples the wife was the one with the tag and all were genuinely nice people. That's my old Mossberg 500 I hand painted back in about 1985.

While not perfect in everyones eyes they have been doing a pretty good job for the past 150 years.

I'd be curious to see how it does.

Is that an Any Antlerd tag?

Good Luck. It has been a few years since I was in 33 but just might be my fav unit for deer. I was getting rambunctious on my way home from work seeing everyone headed out.

Felt like I was there right along with you. Big Congrats. Neither of my brothers hunt so it was very special when my brother from NY came out for a few days and went camping and turkey hunting with me in 27. Be was the one who heard a gobble that I set up on and called him in and took him with my brother beside me. It was great.

Loved it!

Fantastic pics, thanks for sharing.

I will be passing through Payson on Friday on my way to go turkey hunting from Mesa and can bring it back to the valley for the buyer if need be.

I live in Mesa and have a construction/remodel going on at KRMC and will be up there either the end of next week or the week after so I can pick it up and bring it back to the valley.

You all worked your tails off for that one. Great job. Did you recover the bullet?

Cool looking bull.

Very nice, congrats. I love seeing all the pictures from Wyoming.

Happy Birthday Bill and thanks for sharing your wisdom and stories with us.

Which ones? The bull or the ones with you and the midget? B4555059-B66D-477E-84AC-1FF42698420D.jpeg She's outta your league.

Well that's not funny, congrats though.

I have hunted that area and only saw one Coues. Not saying the're not in there but if you do decide to go buy a lion tag.

Check Pawn shops and ask Healys to keep an eye out. My nephew lucked into one for 6 Bills back in NY that wasn't shot much.

So if the action is pillar beaded why do anything more?

Is that compound used for bedding the action?

If it's the road I'm thinking of you won't be able to get a trailer up it.