GJMauro12

Glassed up a good looking bull this evening. Gonna try to upload a pic or two with my phone if I can figure it out. Not sure how well good the quality is but let me know what you think.

I actually had to come home Friday afternoon for a wedding so I wasn't able to be there when it happened so as soon as I get more of the story I'll fill you guys in but here's some more pics. But there not so great I believe his swords were at 27 or 28 inches. I think the ranger is gonna stop in and put an official tape to him later.

Here's one

Ill try that next time. I thought the quality would drop if I zoomed with the phone. Found that bull Friday afternoon and my cousin was able to make the 180 yard shot on him in just about the same spot we had seen him thanksgiving day. Ill update later with some pictures. We were thinking this bull would hit 375 when we first seen him and now that he's on the ground it's looking like he's going to make 370. No tape on him yet

I just held my cell phone up to the spotter. Still trying to get setup for digiscoping. This bull stayed put for an hour so I had a lot of time to Get a good pic

Any guesses on how long that sword might be?

Not sure why they came up sideways. But those are the two best pics I have on my phone. Watched him for about an hour tonight and got lots of film. He looked like an impressive bull with no breaks. Maybe he'll be around next Friday.

Quit feeding. if they don't leave use the gopher bait from Ace Hardware. its about $13 bucks and you'll have dead pigeons all over the place. I would try to quit feeding for awhile and then use it and maybe you wont kill as many non target birds. Works great tho if you want some dead birds

I was up there sunday and monday. A buddy tagged out on a small 2x2 in the pines on top of the pinals. Seen about 25 coues doe in 2 days and the one buck that he took. I did talk to a guy on the way out of town that said he was hunting the 7 mile wash area and he and his buddy both took a nice buck. One was probably going to go 100" and the other would probably break 80". Didn't get a whole lot of info out of him but he said he was really busting some butt up and down the ravines and glassing each one. I've never been in the 7mile wash area but I think I might check it out for my december hunt.

I've had the same problem. Been trying to score on a coues deer for several years now. Wen't up to 24a to help a buddy on his hunt this weekend and seen 25 does and he ended up taking the single buck we seen (Small 2x2). I have the early December tag for the same area this year so maybe this will be the year I can tag out on a coues. I am starting to see where all the hype of coues hunting comes from and its slowly sucking me in. I know once I finally find success I will be hooked for good.

1: Drunks 2: walking ahead of the tag holder 3: stepping on noise makers 4: No patience to glass 5: complaining about the cold 6: ready for a nap by 10 AM 7: crying about walking 8: someone who stands up during a coyote call while I am calling (i am calling, I'll let you know when were done) 9: leaving a spot we've sat for 2-4 hours 30 mins before dark 10: slamming doors 11: won't scout but expect to tag out and pissed if they don't 12: haven't shot since last season and miss 13: don't pitch in for gas/food 14: want to use my equipment 15: move the truck when they get back first

I have been just about worthless at work for the last two weeks and my brother has the tags. Its going to be a long september for us hunting antelope and the archery bull tag all in the same unit. Seen some resptectable bulls running with cows the last couple weeks already and a few bugles here and there. Heading up tomorrow for another look back monday then back up again wednesday night before the lope tag starts. Good luck to everyone with a tag in there pocket. Hoping for an excellent rut this year but either way its gonna be a blast because of course its the best time of year IMO.

Spoke with the sheriff and went through the pictures of all the stolen goods recovered and of course no mounts. Who knows if he's sold them already or if he's got another place he's keeping them. It seems like it would be hard to sell them off to another hunter. But whoever has them I am sure they have a pretty awesome story to tell people when they ask about them. Maybe we will get lucky and they will find something if not everything. We are missing the buffalo and kaibab buck most of all. thanks for update guys i'll let you know if they find anything else.

Well my brother just showed up to our cabin this afternoon in Happy Jack to find out it was broken in and they stole all of our mounts and electronics. I ain't worried about the electronics but I am going to post up the pictures of all our mounts that was stolen. Its probably a long shot but if you guys would take a look at the pictures and just keep an eye out for anyone that might be trying to sell some it would be appreciated. There was a Buffalo from House Rock, A nice Kaibab Buck, another arizona buck, a turkey, 3 bass, a couple ranch sheep/goats, my whole shed collection, two of my arizona bull racks just skull capped. I dont know what the chances are on seeing any of it again but I have to try, theres a lot of time, effort, money, memories, stories etc wrapped up into our hunting sucesses that just can't be replaced and I am sure most of you know what I am talking about. (Still kinda fresh since I just found out tonight so sorry if i Rambled) gonna start posting pictures now I know I don't have a lot of posts on this site and I don't know anyone on here, or talk much but I am a fellow sportsman just hoping to get lucky with a little help. I have all my pictures posted on monstermuleys.com (i am not trying to advertise for the site what so ever please) I just found out the news and i spent an hour posting pictures of all the mounts stolen on that site and I don't want to stay up posting pictures for another hour. It is under the Arizona section with the same Topic Title if you want to take a look at my mounts that were stolen incase you come across them. I'll get on tomorrow if I can to post the pictures here as well. If anyone happens to see something please let me know long shot but kinda desperate. little upset still since i just found out everythings gone and could never be replaced. thanks for any help that you could provide or ideas on how I could possibly find any of the mounts thanks sorry for the rambling

Don't know what the chances are of ever seeing any of it ever again but it seems like it could be worth a try since animal heads are fairly unique and easy to spot. My brothers at the cabin now suppose to be helping out a couple juniors on the turkey hunt but instead hes talking to neighbors to see if anyone seen anything.

Ya its pathetic what people can do and I am sure it was just so they could get there next 20 dollar high TWEAKS ARE SCUM

here is the rest of what was taken other than the dvd players which i could care less about, If anyone happens to runs into these i would appreciate it if you let me know even if you think it could be mine on any of the mounts let me know i can come up with better angled pictures and prove there mine. I would even be willig to buy my mounts back if it came down to it, but I wont be payint the thief! any help would be appreciated just found out about it last night and still pretty devastated. It was a family cabin and all our families animals and trophies from over the years that can never be replaced and i know you guys understand that

Here is Two of the mounts ill get more up in a minute here but this is my dads kaibab buck and my first turkey just so you have an idea on what to look for if you see any mounts for sale

I think we are in the same neighborhood, and yes I have heard it is extremely "Local" as someone right in the neighborhood. We are in the subdivision off enchated lane. This is the second time its happened there last time they got two of our quads and trailer.

Didnt have much time for a story when I put the pictures up but here it goes now. Friday morning me and grandpa split up, he went to an area we seen quite a few elk the morning before the hunt and I went to the flats. Grandpa passed on a small bull and I spent the morning racing across the flats to where my buddy had 6 bulls spotted. By the time I arrived he just had an idea where they were, we gave it a try with no luck. Friday evening I sat about 400 yards from a thicket where I hoped they would pop out while I glassed the flats. Well one stepped out, I took a look in the scope and he looked like a good bull so I moved to get a steady shot (Which ended up being leaning the barrel over my dads shoulder). took the shot and it sounded great but my dad seen the bull run off. He got up and started walking to him while I packed up the gear. Walking over, there was a small drop off between us and the bull that we hadn't noticed before with elk still standing there. the elk scattered before I ever got there and my dad found my bull. (the top picture) It wasn't the one I had seen in the scope but hes still a nice bull. The weekend came and went without seeing too much and Tuesday night I took my grandpa back to the same spot I had shot from and sure enough about an hour there and out step 6 bulls. I picked out the biggest one I could see and got my grandpa lined up for the shot. I was watching through the binoculars and all I seen was the bull disappear and then the legs start kicking. By the time we packed our gear from where we were sitting and walked over to find the bull it was dark and we couldn't find anything. We split up and went both ways from where we thought it should be for about a 100 yards with no luck. We came back together to mark about where it should be and go get some better flashlights. I went to mark it on the GPS and I heard the bull trying to breathe. we started walking to it and he took about four breaths before I shined my light on him. When I checked the GPS the bull had dropped 40 yards from where we had found mine. Turned out to be a good year.

We were at my buddies cabin in Happy Jack one year and we had brought up a few guys that don't exactly like the outdoors. Well my buddy has a Big Foot suit that he made and we were all drinking so I told him to sneak up stairs and get suited up and I would take everyone for a walk out to the water hole at the back of his property. I rounded everyone up and walked out to the water, I was the only one with the flash light so when we got close to the water I got everyone to huddle around me and look at some tracks on the ground with the light. While everyone had there heads on the gound you cuold hear my buddy start growling and just came out of no where and tackled one guy to the ground! They all freaked and ran back to the cabin. It was pretty hilarious.

Wow! I am so pist I sat here and read 10 pages of this BS! this whole thread is pointless till I see something from the other hunters or at least some pictures of this "400 Bull" dead or alive I know there has to be some pictures floating around on peoples phones of him probably with a paragraph of don't show any one this picture cause he's going in the magazine crap. Well I just figured I would take up the space of the next useless post just to tease those people sitting around biting there nails waiting to see what the latest news will be. Does sound like a chitty situation though my opinion would be someone was right and someone was wrong.

My grandpa drew his first antelope tag in 18B this year with 17 points. I have never hunted antelope before this year and it really is a blast. I had taken three trips before the hunt to get an idea of the area and try and find some antelope. The first trip we seen over 50 so we thought we would be able to be some what selective before we took a buck. We drove up thursday night and set camp up in the dark and left camp pretty early before the sun came up to try to be the first ones out there. Opening morning around 8:30 we seen one buck by him self that we ended up passing on. We went the rest of the day not seeing any antelope at all which got to be a little discouraging because my grandpa doesn't like to take much time off to go hunting cause someones got to take care of the business. So I wasn't really sure how much time I was going to get out of him before he had enough. About 530 opening day I pulled over to do some more glassing and as soon as I looked through the scope I seen about 15 antelope all lined up on the top of the far ridge. I got my gear all packed up and ready to head out after them when they all moved along the top to the west. We drove the truck down the road a little ways to get a little closer before we started walking. parked the truck and started walking. When we finally ran out of cover we found the antelope out in the middle of a big flat and too far for a shot. We backed out and went all the way around hidden in the cover to a small hill that they were feeding next to. We got on top of the hill and was on the antelope from the opposite side than where we started. When we peeked over the edge the antelope had fed right into where we popped out. We dropped the packs and I got the video camera set up while he found a comfortable spot to set up one the bipod. We had time to sit and watch them a few minutes and then I gave him the range. 270 yards. He found the buck got a good rest and took the shot before i even knew what happened. The buck only went about 60 yards before falling over. He's not a big buck but it sure made the old man happy and the whole thing was great time even though it only lasted a day. The video didn't turn out the best but i'll try to post it up once I figure out how to do some editing.

Does anyone else get tired of seeing the white tail hunting shows of them sitting in there tree stand or big box blinds in the middle of the road usually down in Texas or back east? Half the time the herd doesn't even spook out after the shot. Maybe its just cause i've never been back east anywhere to hunt white tail but it sure doens't look too much fun!