Flatlander

I have hunted this unit regularly since the early 2000's. Here is all you need to know. The south side of the unit gets pounded by archery hunters and in some areas atv's etc. If you just drive around to the north side of the unit and access off of the apache trail, there are a fraction of the number of hunters and a lot more deer. The south side holds plenty of deer but once the lead and arrows start flying it can be tough to keep track of the bucks. Especially with the limited number of access points to the rugged country, its definitely worth driving around the other side. Good luck and post up some pics when she puts the hurt on a giant!

Love the devil tines on that bull. Color me jealous.

Happy Birfday dude.

Guess I will be hunting desert carp this year. The first time I have a muley tag in AZ since 2005. Shouldn't be too hard to find one of those big dopes standing under some greasewoods Antmo - maybe we will see you out there, my buddy drew the first hunt also. I will probably go drag him around the first couple of days.

Congrats again Tom! Can't wait to hear all of your updates. Good luck.

If you want a high end LH bow go into any bowshop in town and they can take care of you. And the PSE X-Force is as good a bow as you will find.

My old man grew up in the town of Mammoth inside Yellowstone National Park. As a kid he and his brothers got a rope around a bear and tied it to a tree in town. Another kid in town took the heat for it since the rope belonged to him. They didn't fess up to Grandpa until just a couple years back.

I shot my first elk with a bow in 3C on a cow hunt. I used to just listen for bugles and then try to circle in front of the herd as they moved to/from water or bedding areas. If you can find them on the move its a lot esier to let them come to you than it is to sneak in.

Well I guess I am a sally cause there ain't no way in heck I am packing out a whole or even gutted coues deer from the places where we find those little buggers. I skin, quarter and bone them. I leave the hide on the head and let my taxi take care of that, cause I hate doing it. I can't remember the last animal that we were able to pack out whole.

We sat on the top of Porter Mt. with G&F and had radio communication between myself, my dad, and my little brother while he stalked and shot his first bull elk several years ago. I know that what G&F participates in does not necessarily mean that something is legal, especially in 3B

Just put one in the bulk trash last month. Sorry dude.

I worked up the desert sheep draw odds for Lv2hnt, so if anyone would like a little info before turning in their app feel free to give me a shout. For all those new to the game, if you have less than 10 points your odds are 0 to <1% regardless of unit.

Well I am an estimator for a large General Contractor and that's pretty sweet, but it doesn't take me to MT. My family hails from those parts so we always go up for a week during the summer. We attend church with my Grandpa there and have since we were kids. I said goodbye to my Grandma and my cousin in that little white chapel and I feel as home there as I do anywhere on Earth.

Good for you TJ. The good ones are tough to let go . . .

When I am in AZ its the LDS Lindsey Ward (right up the street from Vowell), and when I am in MT its the United Methodist church in Townsend.

Sweet Devil Tines!!! Nice camera work Doug.

Wishful thinking. It takes a solid two weeks to get the site up after cc hits start. But usually there is a full week of cc's so all you guys who think you are out of luck may still have a chance. Good luck to all.

Wow. Is there a full moon out or something?

With the length of those cutters and all that mass, I say that buck is upper 80's. I could be wrong, goats a re tough to score.

37B had a bad case of ungulate meningitis go through the deer herd this year. They are all dead. I would not apply for this unit.

I got hit for two deer tags, which was expected, but for some reason my sheep charge hasn't shown up yet. Hmmm . . . I wonder whats up with that?

Dude killing a 295 bull on a late hunt is equal to killing a 350 bull on an early hunt in my eyes. Props to you!

Getting ready to board a plane to San Francisco for three days and all I can think is man, I should be setting cameras. Its our first trip without the kids and I was way more excited to go to Holbrook last weekend and shoot my bow than I am to eat chowder and browse the 'Embarcadero'. Oh well, next trip is to MT for a week, that will make up for it.

This ones been tough for me. Seeing those guys and the pictures of their kids and wives tears me up. I have shed more than a few tears thinking about them. As a kid I always wanted to be a hot shot, my dad and uncles all fought fire growing up in Yellowstone and I read Young Men and Fire when I was 13. I gave up on my dream when I got married and settled into an office. I am jealous of those guys, their passion and the way they lived their lives. I guess it hurts cause I know they were more man than I, and paid for it. God bless them, their families and their comrades.

Well I am back. It was a fun trip, no my plane did not crash (luckily I wasn't flying to or from Korea). I will post up some pics, needless to say, the 49ers locker room at candlestick was the highlight of my trip and enarly my life, right behind taking my first coues and the birth of my kids.