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Nice pic! That Javi is confused it hasn't seen that much food in a long time. Did you catch a deer or another javi in the background at the top of the tree shadow? Rock? Stump? sure looks like a deer.

If the animals have access to water does this make a huge difference? Is it the food source from water that we feel causes a big change? Seriously asking not being a smart a$$. I am really curious because areas with light hunting like the res always have big critters every year in my experience.

The barrel is a deal! If I hadn't just finished a 6.5 build it would be gone.

Well done!

We hunted 32 for over 20 years. We always hunted off the Klondyke Rd but there are a lot more people in there now than there used to be. Feel free to PM me if you are hitting the unit from that side.

Great story, congratulations!

Nice color! Well done!

Great looking bear!

Very cool pic! Thanks!

WOW! Good for you that is awesome. Best of luck on your new gig and God Bless!

Excellent! I feel your pain on that pack out way to get it done!

Well done! Awesome looking bear!

Yes... Closer areas 10's are great but the amount of area you can cover with 15's is enormous. You need to try them out to see how valuable of a tool they are.

I tend to also glass the shade lines in the morning if you catch em in the sun they will glow but move with the shade a lot the time. If it is an area with a lot of traffic they move up high pretty quickly. Mid days it is almost always the shadows around big trees or rocks, some kind of cover. But you do have to glass everywhere we have all seen walk right down a road at lunch time, not often but last year I saw two good bucks do just that right before they disappeared.

WOW!

Kepp them out of the sun/heat and you can avoid it. I keep those items in the cab under the back seat so they stay fresh.

I use this one as well,very light, and tough for an ultra light tent. It made it through an insane downpoor and kept me dry and let me sleep through the night while my buddies tent lost the fly and left him sleeping in mud soup.

Well I finally found a bear and got the job done. Sorry folks only the on pic since I ended up doing this one completely on my own. I will try to make this a quick story. I set up camp a trailer and camp on my own and had my dad and a couple of other guys coming up to meet me. So Friday morning I was on my own, which is why you only get one picture. I got to my glassing spot a little later than I wanted to. Remind you I have never seen a bear during a hunt so I actually picked a spot we have seen a lot of deer at, knowing water is not too far, and the deer will keep me from getting bored. Within the first 10 minutes I was distracted by a couple of yotes calling around me but never could find them. Went back to glassing and another 10 or 15 minutes later found a bear working one of the highest points in the immediate area. The bear was at least a mile away. I racked my brain on how to get to any reasonable distance and took a chance by jumping in the truck and heading down the road. I parked and took a chance to just start hiking and try to get so I could see the same elevation the bear was at. I later checked and the distance I was trying to close was down to 1,000 yards on the range finder, you know about 10 miles AZ walking distance given the 2 canyons that magically became 5. I finally got to around where I thought I should be and stopped. I actually checked my shooting stick, scope turrets, turned the scope to 6x, chambered a round, put in ear plugs, rechecked the wind, and finally caught my breath. I made it up there in 20 minutes, ain't adrenaline is grand! So I finally walk out over the ridge and start eyeballing some very steep terrain. Right away I see a bear standing still in a small grass area looking my way. I sit still and it finally takes a few steps so I get my pack off and get the rifle on the bog pod. I grab the RF and the bear is only 250 yds away. Perfect! No need to dial a distance or for wind. I settle in on the scope and notice the bear has stopped with the front half behind a dead tree. I move another 5 yards to set up an open spot in front of the bear and get a solid rest. As planned (words almost never heard when hunting) the bear steps out and I let one fly, it runs another 10-20 yards and piles up in the only other little opening I could see before a deep drainage area that was super thick. A not so proud moment! I sat watching the bear and after 5 minutes convinced myself it was still moving. So I put another round in the middle of the bear. After that there was a big piece of pink section showing so I was sure I had just butchered the hide. It turned out since the bear was laying down I knocked a hole in its side which then allowed part of the stomach to push through so luckily I did not ruin the hide. Reality is I never needed to shoot the second time but I psyched myself out. I was too worried that I was going to approach a bear that was not completely dead, too many TV movies I guess. So I finally get the courage to walk up to the bear. I throw 3 rocks at it and wait... I poke it in the neck with the barrel of the gun twice and wait... I find a long stick and poke its eye and wait... Okay I am now 80% sure it has expired! I finally get the courage to try to move it so it doesn't roll down the hill and I can get a picture. Well even smaller bears are heavy! This was nothing like moving even a big deer. More like trying to move your biggest, fattest, passed out friend. I get the thing moved all of 5 yards and start taking a look (grinning like a kid on Christmas). The bear is a sow so I have about 30 seconds of remorse but quickly get back on my high and take a picture with my phone which is down to 5%. After skinning and quartering the bear I make the first trip down the mountain with the hide. I wont go into all the details but in that rocky terrain, with a day that would heat up to 100 degrees, this was the most monumental task I have taken on in a long time. I can easily see someone getting heat stroke on an August hunt. Did I mention bears are freaking heavy! So tomorrow it is off to the G&F office and then off to see Jim and SW Wildlife to get a rug started. This ended up being a really great hunt, not the biggest bear but a really great trophy!

Yep, great looking coat on that bear! Nice job!

Okay we already went through 6 bear steaks. One of my kids ate almost all of the meat and it was pretty tasty. I cut the other one up into strips for fajitas we are going to do. I have two quarters (one front one back) I am trying to figure out how to prepare. I am leery about throwing them on the grill for a few hours on low. Can this be done or will I dry the heck out of it? I was also interested in maybe smoking them but I don't have a smoker. If someone in the Chandler area was really into smoking I would be happy to bring them both over and you could keep one for your efforts and smoke the other one for me.

Nice pic! @ $1,700 I think thiose turkey's are pretty safe!

Omission! That is the only truly good gluten free beer I have found, made by Widmer. Red Bridge is made by Anhueser Busch and is gluten free, my wife actually likes this beer regardless of if it is gluten free, it is a Sorghum beer. I have psoriasis/eczema on my hands at one point it was very bad ad hurt like the dickens, cracked and peeling hands makes hunting and fishing suck. My wife has Hashimoto's and has had most of one side of her thyroid removed after having cancer. She is supposed to be gluten and lactose free prescribed by both natropathic and MD. We try to stay off of gluten but are not celiac sufferers so we are not crazy strict. I used to comment that people were out of control over no-gluten but I have had it explained to me by a doctor and other people that our diets in the past generations were not much like they are now. Lots of processed food and intake of one specific kind of very specifically bred wheat is extremely high in our diets (see str8shot info). Also, I kind of think there is a case that can be made that we continue to learn more about things that may cause subtle changes in our health. It sounds stupid but you can become allergic by consumption of too much of a food. My daughter at so many strawberries over a few days that she started breaking out and had to stay away from them for quite awhile. I tend to believe it is screwed up digestion that is more of an issue than specifically gluten. Highly processed fats, refined sugar, lots of extra chemicals, and a generally crappy diet for most people wreaks havoc on your gut. Just taking enzymes can make a huge difference. If you take additional protein via shakes or bars you should take digestive enzymes with your shake. There is research showing this increases protein uptake so you don't just pass most of your shake during your next trip to the urinal. Paleo seems to help people for a bunch of reasons but I have a tough time staying strictly to a Paleo regimen. It should make obvious sense that eating nuts, meat, and plants is a good way to maximize your health. my random $0.02

okay then I guess I will debone it, either that or I gotta find a 5 gallon crock pot so it will fit.

Crock pot is a good idea but I was being lazy and looking for a way not to debone them.

Wow! That one would eat mine! Great job?