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Seen a pack of nine take down a cow one evening. By the next morning the only meat left was the tongue and eyes. Didn't USFW change the name of the Mexican wolf to 'southwestern wolf' because of the amount of dog in the genetics? By doing so couldn't they sued for introducing a nonnative species in to the wild?

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Finally picked up my 2015 archery buck. He did a wonderful job keeping the battle scars in tact.

Finally picked up my 2015 archery buck. He did a wonderful job keeping the battle scars in tact.

Randomly going through hunting podcasts, i found Randy Newbergs and thought it was great, at first. Listening to the "310 to yuma episode" I thought that was one of the best podcasts I had listened too. I listen to a couple more and then he mentioned that he will be "archery hunting 'COWZ' deer in January. He said he will call them COWZ deer even though the accepted pronunciation is coues deer. It hurt my ears and I quickly unsubscibed.

Good job

+1 on the "no secret spots." i've hunted many many days/months in 36c I suggest walking the shady side of arroyos until one pops up.

I'm well aware that was COWZ preference, but I am pretty sure the last time most Americans used 19th century English was over 100 years ago.

Four inches outside my window in show low at 218 am

In 24a on Sunday. Morning a spike with a couple of does. Evening a mature three chasing a doe with a fawn.

Maybe they are millennial bucks and Gender neutral/bi. Saturday is one of two Saturdays a year I have to work, after that down to 36c to chase one very large buck.

last moments of the season, I used my tag once (not in the good way).

I not only consider myself a bad bird hunter. I consider myself the worse bird hunter in history of Arizona bird hunting. I got stuck in the valley last weekend so I did some bird hunting. At first I was hunting along the road so I stayed out of the mule deer hunters way. That didn't work so I got about a mile away from the road and no hunters. I found a small seep and it was the mother load for quail and deer. Missing my first nine shots I was undeterred, I went seven for my next 12 and then finishing up with 0 get 9. I was back to the truck by 11 and having grilled quail for lunch by 1230. I tried shooting them on the ground but for whatever reasonI kept missing.

Thanks, No Dogs, not even long pants. I was wearing shorts. Simple formula find what they want (in this instance, water) away from where other people go. In this case, about a mile away from the road.

trophy among trophies

No right or wrong answer for this one, just personal preference. Since my kids/nephews were small the best way to teach them was tracking, moving slow, getting the wind right and getting close. It taught them to predict what the animal was going to do. There eyes and anticipation could not be held inside their heads when we got close. As I get older and have a killed a few mature animals I try to increase the challenge with my weapons getting more and more primitive. This year I actually got nervous stalking a fork horn buck with my recurve. That being said I could not have been happier when my brother shot his deer at 492 yards last year or my nephew shooting his at over 800 this year. I just think that the long range taking of animal is less about hunting skill and more about shooting proficiency. Of course I am backwards thinking, I think the last ten animals or so that I have taken, nine of them I saw without the use binoculars.

IMO I do not consider shooting an animal at extended distances hunting. Many people do it, but its just not for me. I have yet to shoot a big game animal farther than 190 yards.

I sure wish "Outdoor Writer" was still here. I remember him writing something about the last AZ grizzly in an old issue of Outdoor Life. Details are foggy, but I recall reading something about a guy with dogs tracking it down to mexico and back up the blue.

I sure wish "Outdoor Writer" was still here. I remember him writing something about the last AZ grizzly in an old issue of Outdoor Life. Details are foggy, but I remember reading something about a guy with dogs tracking it down to mexico and back up the blue.

I got that tag. I will be hunting on the east side of the highway between globe and Show Low. Some days plenty of pigs, other days there are no pigs withing ten miles.

I've had three animal issues, that I recall, one was a mortality wounded bear, one was a bobcat that required me getting rabies shots and the third was herd of javelina that were attacking, regrouping and attacking again. Each I used different defenses. The bear ended w/ a couple of 45 rounds(long story told over a campfire w/ beer)at ten feet, the bobcat ended w/ an arrow at 6 feet, and the javelina finally gave up after me swinging an arrow wildly and hitting a couple in the face w/ grapefruit sized rocks at 3 feet. I was the most nervous with the javelina they would attack from two sides.

Thanks I could have shot more but I was not prepared for my crappy shooting (ran out of ammo) and i had enough for lunch.

Yep this lunch was improvised from QT. All for elk. I will take you up on the offer. My boss accepted what I thought were unreasonable demands for me to move down there

I just follow Casey around and feed off his scraps...hahaha... The deer are attracted to his greatness

The secret to finding big animals. Step 1 find the place where hunting pressure is limited either by draw odds or geography or by over site. Step 2 rinse repeat. when I am scouting/hunting I look for places where other hunters dont look. If I am seeing a great deal of other hunters than I either need to change my location, my strategy, or lower my expectations. Simple. No antler restrictions needed. Antler restrictions are for lazy hunters wanting to be trophy hunters.