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its a lot of fun. The Supai people become friends for life and I have not been down there in 15 years or so and I am still in contact with them.

I would like to turn myself in up until age 12 I shot at every sparrow on the west side of Tucson. Some kids would save their money for the ice cream man, I would save mine for Yellow front. BB's were a weekly buy and when I had a lot of ice cream money I would buy pellets. I was a chronic sparrow hunter. G&F when you are not buddy hunting could you help me find the error of my ways. If we are having a collection for the kid's fine I will chip in.

I have gone up to seven days hunting alone. It takes a couple of days to adjust to not having anybody around. Its a lot of fun remembering how to speak when you have talked minimally for a few days.

Played tag with these guys in 2012. Nothing like the feeling of being between them and a couple of gentlemen in a Justin Beiber purple 4 door brand new Chevy.

It happens don't freak. Tomorrow or the day after will be better.

To all that have a tag good luck and I hate you. The small guys are getting going all day. A few from the weekend. It was just a little to dark for pics of this guy. Lightweight fight In this corner coming in at whopping 175 inches And in this corner coming in at a lean 170 WINNER by TKO!

Matty absolutely but the next backpack trip is going to be in 36c in late December or early January depending on if we get our deer or not. We are starting just below the last house on the Santa Margarita ranch and going to the Coyote Wilderness Area. This stuff gets addicting, going down into the Black River area for our first attempt is a little like skiing or snowboarding a black diamond on your first try. Snapshot if I were in my twenties that would have been correct. Now that I have started my fourties I drink beer with weird names made in a style that can not be pronounced in the English language or must be abbreviated and I could only drink two or three before I got sleepy. He brought all kinds of things that were not needed, (besides our bows and rods) like three cans of propane, five cans of tuna fish, a full lantern. The wanna be wolves have the place eaten out and the fish have not migrated down yet. I did see a minnow and a crawdad right when we were about to leave so there is hope. A couple more pics.

Great buck. Congrats!

Sounds like a great time. Its okay to be lost once in a while as long as you're found. Did you ever put ever see your big buck?

Sounds like a great time. I did the same thing the first weekend and just practiced.

I do not think your question is on ethics, but the "Art of Hunting" being done away with through electronics. That is the mastery of our chosen passion through practice, trial and error, and woodmanship is lost to the ease of convenience and innovation. To that I say, Yes and No, more and more people will use electronics rather than practice but as long as their are people teaching the next group of hunters the non easy way then it will never die. Furthermore, as the electronic guys get better they will look for the greater challenge and start taking up hand calling. We just need to ask ourselves is an electronic called trophy better than a hand called one and is the end result more important than the journey.

Close(I am horrible at Mountain Names) its the hill by Borden Ranch Turnoff to the south of the high way. I am trying areas I would not normally hunt until next weekend hoping to find a giant. Some of the sunset photos I took on a big screen are very impressive.

I didn't see a single deer. Enjoy Never saw him but I did hear him Do I food stuck in my teeth?

I couldn't disagree with you more!!! The Hoochie momma is not the worse thing that has happen to true elk callers. Fox Pro is. Hoochie momma is second.

Can't wait to see pics from your backpack trip! You can count on it! If I survive, I have already completed negotiations with my wife for my next backpack hunt in January. I will be entering the Babaquiveries south of Santa Margarita and getting picked up at our property just east of the Coyote Wilderness 25-30 miles away. I figure if a few guys with a couple of milk jugs of water can do it so can I. The guys with the milk jugs always talk about the big deer they see.

I am going to be an "Urban Trophy Hunter" in 3b for the first week, gas is expensive. But the following weekend headed to 27 for a four day backpack hunt.

It's sounds like something mechanical, I would check all of fittings to make sure they're tight before changing anything.

He is still glowing. I tagged along with him a couple of times and in late March he missed a 110"ish buck at 60 yards and I heard him mumble "I don't think I am ready for this to be over." It may have been a "Freudian Miss." He was in it for as much the journey as the trophy which makes his success even greater. I was kind of hoping he would not find a big buck because he did mention shooting the smallest buck he could find on the last day and sending the picture in to the super raffle people. I thought that would be epic. He must of hunted at least 70 days to fill the tag solo and with all kinds of experts and styles. I do not think a nicer guy could have won the tag.

A SC Apache friend of mind has been complaining that one of their big elk is crossing over onto non tribal land. He said its a 9x11.

My first memory was my uncle giving me my dad's bow, a PSE Strataflight, and some assorted arrows. I could not pull not pull it back at 52 lbs, he backed it off as much as he dared (no need for a proshop back then) and I still could not pull it back. I did push ups all fall to the point I could pull it back consistently and even hit the target. I had to shoot bare fingers, I was to weak to use a release, saved up my lunch money and spent 14.50 at G&F for a deer permit for January. My hunting grounds, now an apartment complex was between Speedway and Anklam on the west side of Tucson. It was around the time of kickoff for the Broncos/Redskins(I think) Superbowl and me and my brother were headed to my secret spot. I saw the biggest deer I have ever shot at, at thirty yards. I pulled back and shot, hitting exactly where I aimed and missed the deer by twenty feet or so. I think that deer is still laughing at me.

You may be dropping your bow arm during follow thru.

Which one do you think makes a better trophy? Given all factors, Access, availability, Looks, Challenge of the hunt.

Is there a web site to donate to, to pay the douche bag off on behalf of the estate?

Spring archery tag. David 2013 coues super raffle tag. I was bumped during the good (cool) months so I get to help him in July.

I was helping a friend with his Raffle tag on Thursday in 24a (salt river side). The pears were huge and getting ready to turn colors on.