Flatlander

He didn’t just happen to be there watching that bull. He knew they were going to kill it. And his friend had suggested he bump it. And then the dude goes up there and was either going to “make great new friends or some enemies for life”. I don’t know what that means, but then the Ryan guy needs to bargain with him not to drop in on the bull the next day, knowing full well someone was planning to hunt it. If this was any other hunt and someone suggested they considered pushing an animal out of the country because a tag holder was about to kill it, I think we all might have a different reaction. I am not judging his motives, I don’t know what they are, just considering some things I wondered about when I watched the video.

And what exactly was he doing out there when he knew they were planning to shoot the bull that day?

Wow, there are still reasonable people on this site. Follow up shot is at 15:08. JJ spent a truckload of money on a tag that will benefit all the wildlife in this state and then came out and was very humble about taking one of the biggest elk ever taken. I see no reason to come onto a website and disparage the man's business. It's not they way I would ever want to hunt elk, but its good for him. It would sure irritate me if he decided to jump on social media and call me names and insult my choice of hunts. Not sure why anyone thinks its ok to do to him. In general it will never make sense to me that hunters are constantly tearing down other hunters. I mean by the time we get done arguing about trailcams, long range and shooting spikes I guess its no wonder that hunters don't have any energy left to show up at the ballot box. I guess I thought a bunch of grown men would have more important things to do with their lives than sit around and pick apart everything another grown man does. Apparently I was wrong.

Done

Super buck. Awesome that you got it done so fast, nice shooting!

Your ignorance is showing. Teachers don’t get half the year off. All those things you just named are the same stupid things that every company has employees complaining about. They are professionals who deserve to be treated like professionals instead of as personal babysitters. I for one sure as heck wouldn’t want to go into a room full of 30 nose-picking booger flingers whose parents are sick of having to spend time with them.

Nobody asked for your opinion.

Congrats!

Interesting that he comes from game recovery lines. I always thought that terriers weren't really capable of tracking scent. I know they will stand their ground and are hardy animals. I have a 12 year old schnauzer who is on his way out but I promised myself not to get distracted at the end of his life with a younger dog. Best of luck. I am sure someone will have a great new hiking / camping / hunting companion soon.

Choice Transmission on Gilbert Road did mine.

Kanye

What’s funny about the Owens angle on this is how much poaching Blake did just to try and prove he was as good as these A3 guys he hates. All the time “screwing himself” with lies about how it was ok because they did it. Everyone involved with these cases is a self absorbed prick. They literally stole from everyone else; me, you, every resident of AZ and the tribes, just to win a stupid JR high dick measuring contest. Wish they all went to jail, including the enablers who pay their fines instead of holding them accountable.

Yup. Process one animal at a time start to finish. Clean the grinder, tables and knives in between plus a full scrub down midday. There is no reason to batch tons of burger. It sits in the room at the end of the table and the scraps go to the bin straight from the table. If you waited to run a huge batch you’d have to stop all of your other work and do nothing but grind. That’s not efficient. So from the time that carcass comes out of the freezer it’s the only animal on the table until it is cut, boned, ground and wrapped. There isn’t even another animal in the room.

I worked at Southwest. They have an in-house USDA inspector and you definitely get your own meat back. All that garbage about getting someone else's elk etc. is pretty baseless if you know how those large full-time processors work.

Good call. Anyone want to trade some 9mm for a roll of toilet paper?

Doesn’t make sense. Maybe we should go occupy the Pinetop AZGFD office and demand stiffer penalties.

I think what I like about this thread is how frustrated you are that you have to actually look for antelope. Good job on the pose Cliff but you need to snuggle into that critter a little tighter. Like a jr high dance, push up tight.

We are headed off the plateau. I’ll write ours up in a separate thread.

Still hunting. In flagstaff headed up for two more days of sitting. I don’t think anyone has killed since the Demotte shootout.

Seems like Kev is a glutton for punishment. Hopefully nobody needs to ship their fish 😁

Holy Zombie thread!

Plenty of skinwalkers to keep him company.

If I was buying it’d probably be the Mossberg 510 mini bantam. 18.5” barrel and comes with multiple shoulder pads to add length as they grow.

Good luck. You and lope are sort of like Kidso and bears. I expect to see some quality pictures...

My daughters birthday is 11/20, same day that my sons 12AW late buck hunt starts. Guess which kid I love more?