bojangles

sweetness!!!!

I could see Monday was probly the only day i'd have to get a good deer hunt in this year, so i knew i wouldn't be choosey. I made the decision to shoot the first legal buck i saw. Got in the stand early and sat all morning. Only saw one doe. Broke for lunch, met the wife and kids at el rancho in payson, then went home to shower and change, and back in the stand by 3. Lightning chased me back to the truck immediately, where i waited out the storm. Back in the stand maybe around 4:30 or 5, i saw a couple of small bucks about a 100 yards away. I didn't look like they were going to come in range. I prayed, "Lord, turn those bucks my way, and help me make the shot." Less then an hour later, those bucks were 25 yards. I ranged the first one, a spike at 25 yards. He saw me move and took off. The second buck was nervous as chicken in a fox farm, but he couldnt' find me. He took a step right into a shooting lane, following the first buck, and i released. I heard a loud crack and swish; the shot was on the money. He piled up 40 yards away.

that's a jaw-dropper, son!

ettiquette? who needs ettiquitte? I like to build brush blinds and put my pop up inside, and take it with me when i leave. treestands are trickier, but, honestly, get out of my treestand. get your own treestand. that said, i'd help a fellow hunter get an animal as best as i could. i'd probly let a guy sit my stand if he asked and was nice about it if i had already tagged out or had other spots i wanted to hunt.

also try factory made strings. some string makers don't build them to the exact tolerances the bow was made for, and it really slows them down. I get 290 out of a matthews mission x3 that is advertised at 310. 29" draw. Cant remember what my arrow weight is, but i think my bow would do 310 ibo with 350 grain arrow at 30 inches. i'm careful to only use mathews strings. i'm not a bow guru, but that's just some info someone passed on to me, and it seems to work.

Hey, that's the same tag i didn't get..... maybe next year.

i went for my first turkey this a.m. Walked in the door and my wife said the kids had been praying that i would get a turkey this morning.

I do. but i'm in payson. Now and then i go to the valley and clean. shoot me a pm with your number. we'll talk.

since when was the forrest service allowed to be the department of transportation? You know what, we are either gonna get organized and united and get some laws passed, or, our kids won't be allowed to hunt. Bottom line.

Anything i can do to help stop this from passing, please let me know. I like to use corn from time to time because i don't have time or money to take 3 weeks off work to glass, spot and stalk. I wish i did, but i have 3 kids that need their daddy. So, a pile of corn means i can have a legit whitetail or turkey hunting experience each season. If i can get an animal coming in and on camera, i can hunt a morning or afternoon here and there and hopefully get a shot. Right now in my life, it almost like no bait, no hunt. Hopefully it wont always be this way. I'd like to say one day i could afford to take 3 weeks off work and get it done that way, but till then, a corn pile it is. I don't have a pile of scientific facts i've collected over 52 years of study and careful observation to present to the decision makers, but i'll do what i can.

bwahahahahahhahahha!!!!!! He makes it look easy cuz he's just that good.

....like i posted in the other thread, you cant do this with a glock. And you can get hi cap mags for a 1911.

very nice rifle. i wish i had a spare $475.

Even if a law is passed, I don't think AZ hunters will ever stop hunting over salt. Imagine being a public prosecutor trying to make a case against someone shooting a deer over a salt lick. If they have to prove that the hunter actually put the salt there, they are hamstrung. If they had to prove intent by somehow showing they knew an established salt lick was there, they are hamstrung. It's a totally un-enforceable law. How far from the salt do you have to be? Is every trail that goes near a salt lick illegal? If you've ever had any encounters with the local justice, you know how overwhelmed they are by DUI repeats, domestic fights and B.S. IMO, they don't have the bandwidth to handle "Joe shot a deer that might be on a trial to a spot where Larry dumped some salt". They are up to their eyeballs in 2nd and 3rd offense shoplifters, driving without a license, stealing out of the cash drawer at Wendy's or little league fund. If this does pass, it will by symbolic at best - and some people will be made examples of, but it won't stop hunters from using salt, alphalpha, corn or store-bought attracants. It will, however create a rift between normally law abiding hunters and G&F officers trying to enforce a law they don't even believe in. don't kid yourself. in arkansas a few years back, somebody got mad at a hunter, and put corn under his tree stand, which is illegal. then they called dnr and reported the dude hunting over bait. DNR showed with leafblowers and cleared the area and found one, yes, ONE kernel of corn, and threw the guy in jail, took his truck and his gun. True story.

bet you can't do this with your glock... back to the topic...

could that be construed in a court of law as interfering with a legal hunt? I mean, i think a good lawyer could make that work?

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This gorgeous moose was done by Taxidermy Unlimited in Missoula, MT. It would be awesome in your cabin or lodge or man cave. $1500 or best offer. Give Kathy a call @ 760 716 4009. Ask for photos...... The moose is in Payson, AZ We also have a couple of mule deer for sale. We'd like $300 a piece for those.

Payson First Baptist Church. Unit 22. Born again when i was 15 years old and i'm not going back. Pastor's elk antlers hangin' in the fellowhsip hall that he shot a few years back. Can't beat that.!!!!!

There is a lot going on, as the article said, there are now multiple investigations on the local, state and federal levels. Feels like the wheels of justice are turning very slowly, but they are in motion. Not only that, but our lawyers are about to give this company heck. We know things happen for a reason, and we have faith that God will take care of Isaac. We feel it our responsibility to take these people down for what they are doing, and we will do everything we can to see that happen. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. -Matthew 5:43-48 (NIV) Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay, ” says the Lord. -Romans 12:19 (NIV) Thanks for your comments and concerns. They are going down. i dont' know about your Bible, but mine says this..... Luk 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

coy dog?

bump. just make a trade offer. montana land fell through. will now settle for texas acreage.

i got a big tv i want to get rid of. it's a jvc and i dont' know much about it except it's heavy. Would be a great tv for your hunting cabin up north. It has a big flat screen, though it's not one of those skinny ones. make me an offer,. Would like to trade it for a tree stand, pop up blind, a good pair of boots, a decent fishing rod (not walmart), or a ranch in montana. will post pics later.

You bet! SPR!! (sold pending ranch) Actually only looking for about 75 bucks. But man, what i wouldn't give for a ranch in Montana!