bojangles

no worries! i'm already tagged out for 2014! just looking to set my sights on something bigger some day. Pics are posted in the bowhunting section. thx!

i've seen some big deer in my home unit of 22 in january, too. I just always seem to step on a twig at the most inopportune time....

B&C is what i call big...i think that's 190 net. That's what i want. I like the idea of colorado....problem is i'm here and it's there. The probability of me pulling diy booner out of another state are slimmer for purely logistical reasons. ( i don't have time and money to trot off to colorado ever fall to locate big bucks). But I can probly pull it off in my home state. If i get rich soon, i'll look at colorado for sure!

cool beans

not a shot i'd attempt at my skill level, but wow. if it's true.

do it. i watched thru my binos a good friend take a muley this way a few years back. (i was in my blind, he was in his, 180 yards away) don't be afraid to get aggresive with your blind placement. just conceal it as best you can.

congrats! and may there be a few more to come!! I love my kids.

nice!!

congrats!!

awesome!!!

got me hook, line, and sinker. i thought it would be optics.

cool. i could fly to Hawaii and shoot a goat and a chicken, but would have to pass on the elk in my yard so someone else could shoot them. I can see how economical that would be. Communism's finest hour.

pffffffffffft....

yes. best flying broadhead i've ever used.

i've been focusing on hunting an area of about 20 acres these last few years. There's been some heart breaks, and some minor successes as well. I didn't get a chance to hunt much during august, but i sat my stand a few times. Well, i finally found what i believe to be the "perfect" tree for hunting this area. It's in a bedding area, 500 yards from water, and is adjacent to some good grazing. so this january has found me with an unfilled 2013 tag in my pocket, and my schedule pretty filled. I didn't know if i'd make it out or not. I'd been shooting my bow just in case things fell into place. Last night i got things ready to go. Truck loaded, backpack filled, bow on the money, clothes washed. Ready. Now it was up to me. I'd been sick for a week. But i decided i'd have to try. I didn't get up early at all. Just wasn't feeling up to it. But most of the deer i'd seen up there move around 9 oclock. So i thought if i could get in the stand before that, i'd be ok. I'd seen a true Booner mule deer, a rarity in this unit, but this morning i wanted to set my sites on a whitetail. Wasn't sure i was physically up for a spot and stalk in the desert. Plus i knew getting this big boy on the ground is a long shot. So i headed for my go-to whitetail spot. No sooner was i in the stand when i saw a doe 97 yards away. She didn't seem too alarmed at my presence. Not sure if she saw me. But my bow was still on the ground. So i immediately pulled my gear up the rope. I nocked one, and looked closely. Now it was 2 deer. Apparantly a buck as well, because they were going at it. But it could't make out his headgear. Well, when they were through, she walked dead away and he took a hard right. Wasn't sure they would head my way or not, but it wasn't looking hopeful. I bowed my head and prayed to God that he would turn that buck around. Well, God had grace because a few minutes later here they came. The doe winded me at 23 yards with the buck right behind her. She couldn't find me, but he was going to use this opportunity to climb aboard. Well, she was as nervous as a chicken in a fox farm and trotted right under my stand, leaving her long lost lover bewildered with rejection. Obviously discouraged, he quartered away and began to walk. I bleated with my mouth, and he stopped. I held for 25 and let her fly. I love the sound of a broadhead in the vitals. It sounds like "schwick" and that's exactly what i heard. He stood there for a second, his broken heart now of no importance compared to his punctured lung, which was hanging out the exit hole. The Ulmer edge had done its damage. He was pushing daisies in a mere 15 feet. Looks like i'll be adding a bonus point to my strip tag endeavors this year.

i was thinking it was the marcus lutrell story. i almost never watch movies (can't stand to see the hollywood libtards make even 1 buck off me) , but i may have to check this one out.

if you're raising kids, the price of tags are out of sight. taxes, gas, food, diapers, clothes, house, cars, etc...money is definitely tight. I would think those supporting this are single, or at least aren't raising kids. if it wasn't such a financial difficulty, i wouldn't complain about it. But for me, it's becoming nearly unaffordable.

Yeah, our new rates are totally fair. I did the math. On the application fee increase alone only counting the "main" draws they are gaining 6.5 million dollars. I suppose those of you who happily support this are just hoping the poor, less dedicated, and non-residents stop applying for your tags and increase your odds. what i find amazing is the amount of people on here who are justifying what g&f is charging.

i think g&f prices are retardiculous.

found this crawling under my deer's skin. anybody know what it is?

cool.

3 elk, 4 deer, (1 muley and 3 whitey's), and 1 turkey. some of you guys kill it! congrats! I think arizona is one of the most difficult states to fill a tag in, if not the most difficult.

thanks for the replies. i was wondering about the botfly because these things were way back at the end of the rib cage.

cool.

cool beans. i rafted down the zambezi but never got a chance to fish. the number of crocs and hippos in that water is unnerving.