GJMauro12

My brother has the November 1st hunt and I have the November 29th hunt. Hoping to get up there this Sunday to look at a spot I have never hunted.

I know this is off topic a bit but is the limit still in effect for quail?

Sorry in advance for the long story, the plan was to keep it short and simple. My brother Jimmy, drew his second archery bull tag in a row and we were hoping to get his first bull on the ground this time around. I am going to skip the story ahead to the last day we hunted or I could end up writing all day. It was the last Saturday of the hunt and we found ourselves in the same spot as the morning before. We were out there an hour or so before light and were hoping the elk were going to exit the meadow in the same direction as the day before. We weren’t hearing close to the amount of bugles as we had heard in the exact same spot the morning before so we decided to jump areas. When we drove around to the opposite side of the meadow just at daylight and we saw a herd of cows crossing the road with a really nice bull in tow. We drove past them and jumped out to hear at least 6 different bulls bugling. We took off down the hill somewhat paralleling the bull that was still crossing the road. We hoped he would take the ridgeline down to the meadow at the bottom so we hauled butt in hopes of meeting again at the bottom. When we got to the bottom, it seemed like the elk were going to stay right above us the whole time. We hadn’t done much calling for most of the hunt and today we had decided to get aggressive. Jimmy went back up about half way while I stayed at the bottom bugling and raking. He could see a bull pacing the back and forth across the top but he didn’t want to come down. Eventually that bull looped around him to try and get a better look at me and then silently exited the opposite direction of my brother. The whole time we had been working this bull, we had a lot meaner sounding bull screaming on the hill right behind that we had been ignoring. We figured if he hadn’t come down this whole time we might as well get on top with him since he was still talking to us. We hustled to the top and ended up busting some cows but could still hear the bull not too far off. We took off after him and when he sounded off the last time which sounded like he was right on top of us we got down and I ripped off one last bugle and that bull decided he wasn’t going to mess around anymore. Here he came charging over the hill at a quick pace and the direction he was heading he would have ran Jimmy right over. The bull went behind some trees from my angle so I looked to see if Jimmy was drawn yet and just as I looked he was releasing. I pulled the binoculars up to see if I could see any blood on the bull as he turned to leave. He got to the top of the hill and stopped and all I could see was his antlers peaking over. Then he darted off over the hill out of sight, and a moment later I hear him crash. I crept up to where Jimmy shot from and we decided to walk up to where the bull was standing when he shot. We didn’t walk 20 yards and could see two guys sitting in the direction we seen the bull heading last. After fumbling back and forth with hand signals we slowly walked out to where they were pointing to see the bull laying tangled up in a group of trees. Andy and Tim met us at the bull to congratulate Jimmy and said they got a lot of it on film. They had been sitting on the road (that’s about when we realized we were 100 yards from the road and so was the downed bull) and watched the bull follow his cows across the road away from us. They blew a cow call and the bull came back to the road and when I bugled that last time he came running. Our theory was he came back to their cow call thinking he had forgot a cow on the other side of the road and when he heard the bugle he must of thought he was losing a cow because he came in with an attitude. Andy and Tim helped us pull the bull out of the tangled mess he landed himself in to get him set up for some photos. We exchanged information and they were nice enough to put the video onto a thumb drive and mail it to us. This was Jimmy’s first bull and first archery kill. We aren’t the best at scoring but it looks like he is right at 300”. Big thanks to Andy and Tim for sending us the video. We really appreciate it and congratulations on your bulls! Video of the bull crossing the road: Video of bull coming back: http://www.youtube.com/edit?ns=1&video_id=UmBKsLZ3aEg Video of him tipping over:

I don't exactly know the correct answer but you might be better off trying to draw the rifle hunt and picking up a left over archery if you don't have a preference. I'm also not sure if we are still allowed two pigs or if that was just last year.

I might have to wait a little longer than that. I've been trying to pull a unit 27 tag.

My guess would be no but I haven't been up there in a couple weeks.

Just bought my conservation license at G&F (mesa office) 2 days ago. Same printed out piece of paper as it has always been. Well that saves me a trip driving down there. I had bought them online the last couple years but got tired of the flimsy paper. Figured if I went down there to buy one they might give me one like sportsmans or walmart does.

What kind of license did they print out for the ones that went to G&F and bought a license. I hope its not the same piece of paper you can print out at home because they are not very wallet friendly.

Not sure if this has already been asked or answered in this thread, but i was wondering if you buy the license now will it still come with that 2 pole stamp they're adding next year?

I believe if you buy it before January 1st you will save a few dollars.

You could use your bow in October or November if you have a rifle tag/ muzzle loader tag. I am guessing you are asking about the over the counter tag tho and that is open for about 3 weeks in August/September for most units. It opens again about the second or third week of December for some units and then January 1st there will be more units open and closes January 31st

I've done it quite a bit and haven't had any complaints

Do you think that 2 point will always stay a 2 point?

Great write up and congrats on a sweet first bull! nothing better than an early archery bull hunt weather its in 5A or 9 its just a great time of year!

Pretty sure you can shoot a boar or sow as long as the sow doesn't have any cubs in tow. You can purchase the over the counter tags from Walmart, Sportsmans or G&F. I am guessing Cabellas and bass pro probably sell them as well but I've never bought tags or licenses there

Looks like for archery hunt numbers 8003-8009 you would need to draw the tag. Then the hunts below those in the regs that says "archery only non-permit tag required" can be bought over the counter

just pulled out the boxes on mine. the first one I bought was a Cabellas heavy duty meat grinder 400 watt/ 120 volt/ 3.5 amp 1-2 lbs meat per minute my newest one is an Open Country 400 Watt/1.75 HP 5+ lbs meat per minute I like the open country a lot more.

I use: Two grinders 20' stainless table meat scale- cutting boards meat paper/ vacuum sealer knives meat tubs tape I think that's about it other than any ingredients you might want to use to mix into the meat depending on what you are making. you really only need a grinder, knives paper and tape to get the job done good enough. I am definitely no professional but when I seen the bill on two elk at the processor I have been slowly learning more and more about it. I know how to find and cut out all the different meats off of a quarter but I haven't learned the names of them yet.

Its fun if you have the right equipment, enough people and a cooler of beer. Give everyone a job and make an assembly line so you can crank through it and get things done. someone cleaning, steaking, grinding, wrapping, taping. I did bratwurst for the first time last year and it took me FOREVER but I was alone for the majority of the work.

I lost one this weekend. Brand new camera I put up two weeks ago and its gone..........

Interested in the rascal. Do you ever make it to phoenix?

Should sell quick. I think I paid $1100 last year used.

what day do you like to fish? I could probably do a Saturday night once in awhile and I can follow the rules.

Here's from the rain in 5A yesterday. I guess they got 2" in 45 mins. Sorry about the black borders. It was taken from a phone.

I would wait till tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning. It has to be in their mail box Monday when they check the mail or you don't go in the draw. If it arrives earlier or later it just gets thrown out.