WHT_MTNMAN

Lol Az killer....Ford hasnt had a problem at all with engines... . I hope your joking...

Nice job Casey, Way to get it done.

We had a great weekend. My son and I had the great opportunity to spend it in the mountains of UT. I had two close encounters with the buck I was chasing and couldn't quite get it done. My son was able to harvest his first buck at 34 yards.

Nice job... Catch and release and catch again and again. Some fine looking hounds and a special day

What a huge buck. Congrats to Mike Gallo.....I don't blame him one bit... If I had that kind of money, I'd be hunting wherever I could. What a smoker pronghorn, I've been wondering when we would see something official.

Great mount on a great Ram..

Well, I've been away from the computer for a few days and the internet was down so finally I get to write a quick story. Last Friday my wife picked up my son from school and brought him to Snowflake where I work. I was able to get things wrapped up and at 12;30 we were on the road. When we were about an hour out of our hunting area a buddy of mine called and said he had just glassed up 3 bucks, they were up and moving for the evening. We raced through town and quickly changed to camo. Immediately we started seeing more deer and more bucks moving, I decided to take my son and make a stalk on some small bucks. After 2-3 spoiled attempts in the first 30 min,I glassed back up behind us and a 25" 2x2 was headed our way. We tucked ourselves into a cedar and waited as he made his way toward us. As he angled slightly away I figured that after the buck went behind a cedar at 50 yards I would have my son draw and be ready to shoot as he came out the opposite side. Sure enough as he passed behind the tree and started to come out Braedon was waiting with his bow drawn. He released the arrow and shot just under the buck. The big 2x2 jumped ran 10-15 yards and looked back trying to decide what had just happened. I ranged the buck again, 42 yards, Braedon drew his bow and as the buck stepped out he shot. I heard the distinct sound of arrow connecting but the buck acted un-hurt, he ran off with little or no sign of any wound. To make a long story short emotions went from extreme high to extreme low over the next 5 hours as we tracked most of the night, some blood was found but no buck. The next morning I had my son continue to look for blood and track while I got on a high knob and started to glass. Almost at first light I spotted the big 2x2 with a blood spot on his front chest, walking and feeding back into the thick cedars. He was moving a little slower than some of the other deer, but was doing fine and was not fatally wounded. I then jumped in the truck to pick my son up and move to another location, as soon as we did, this buck gave us a 34 yard shot, he hit it slightly back and after a couple grueling hours of tracking and glassing, my son picks the buck up bedded in the sage, after one more well placed arrow, Braedon had his first archery buck. It was a great couple of days and I'm glad I was able to share it with my son. We got to talk about effort, moral responsibility and he was able to experience the extremity of bow hunting. Hopefully he will be a better hunter and make sure he is as prepared as possible before each hunt. There is never a guarantee in bow hunting and even with the best, things can and will go wrong. I believe that how we act and how we think after the "mistake" or lack of judgement, is ethics, not the deed in and of itself. Even though Braedon wounded another buck we spent many hours looking, tracking, and determining that the buck would be just fine, it was hard enough on my son to think he lost the first buck, I was so glad we got to help boost his hunting confidence with another buck even though it was shot just off the road. Thanks everyone for the kind words. He has been and still is on cloud nine.. He thinks he can shoot a bigger one this weekend in AZ.

Its just like the fly fishing debate...just because you spend more time tying flies, preparing your presentation etc...doesn't mean that all other ways are "unethical"..it just means that's how you like to spend your time and where you get your satisfaction. I love fly fishing and using hand calls for predators, but my time with my young boys is more important and at a young age they want to be successful so I will use lures or bait and electronic calls or high end binos and equipment if it allows my family and I to be successful.

Those are some giant bucks...and I am sure glad taxidermists have gotten better...

I like the mass!! great buck

The only harrasment I've seen is by G and F helicopters in 3c. Just because they can doesn't mean they should...

So the deal on this buck was that my wife would get to pick out the pedestal and the decor to go around it. She likes things simple and rustic, so here it is. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Thanks again Clay awesome job!! Finished at the studio, just as my wife wanted. Some of my wife's additions In his new home.

Super buck!!!!! Great job Josh

Yes, I did. I'm against the geographical expansion of the wolf recovery program, and 2 things I've come to realize. 1. The wolves are here to stay, the Feds don't care what we think or what we want, they will be here. 2. The only way to combat this to let the States have management over the wolves. That is why many others and myself support the game and fish proposal. Which is another sore spot. The Feds didn't even consider the AZ game and fish Proposal, basically thumbed their noses at that proposal.

Blond Enough???

I have a small bag inside my pack that always carries all my tags, az and others and hunters safety card for out of state hunts, also havalon and blades, latex gloves and small first aid and emergency items...it goes everywhere my pack goes...I know I always have all my tags. Soon as I get one it goes inside..

I have three friends looking for some... I'll take all 5 if you still have them.

Sweet!!!!! Great job on an awesome bear..

Beautiful!!! Great job and awesome pictures.

I use electronic ear muffs for my kids so we can still communicate...also works well for long range shots and listening to a spotter

I'm about as kind hearted as they come and have serious issues with killing just to be killing. BUT....that is hilarious....the image in my mind is quite comical. Maybe it was the way Muley 224 told the story but I laughed.

Awesome!!! Congrats to all involved...

Super sweet...that is a way cool project and great job it looks awesome

Thankfully I have some 22lr at my house or I wouldn't even hesitate to spend $50 on a brick. I have 3 young kids and $50 is cheap keeping them out of TV,video games ,getting in trouble etc....if for some reason I didn't have any then I would spend more than that if i could find it... The high prices are not causing the shortages its the same idiots that have to buy absolutely all they can when they have plenty at home. The cure will be high enough prices that people start walking away from ammo on shelves...then we will see ammo on shelves and then prices will drop...

140 Berger with IMR 4831 shoot well for me...