az_shooter

I have the late nov and early dec hunt, I'm stoked, good luck on your hunt, leave some bucks for us left over tag hunters haha!

I have a 35B rifle tag, can't wait!

Those are some giant Coues!!!!! Just kidding, those are most defiantly mule deer, some decent bucks too, nice pictures.

Never heard of them, probably because I'm not from Phoenix.

Hopefully you have a rifle tag in that unit and if you do, hopefully you can find them again. Nice bucks for sure.

Where at?

Game & Fish always have good information on their website. It will give you a good idea on where to start looking and you can always improvise from there, good unit in my opinion, have hunted that unit since I was a kid, pm me if you have any specific questions.

I agree with 1970GTX, the fort huachuca 35A hunt would be a good way to go, good deer populations and beautiful country. I'm from that area and have lived here my whole life, I would be more than willing to come out and help you glass/scout for your hunt if you would like. Congrats on your retirement and hope your able to come and enjoy AZ soon. Thank you for your service.

Sorry to hear that Robert, it's a shame what some people would do. Did you check with local forest service or even game and fish to see if a law enforcement officer took it off them selves? I've heard of this happening before so it might be a good thing to check if you haven't already.

Sitting at AZ Truck Outfitters waiting for some service to get done, read this whole thread from start to fiinish and I have one question... Who knows a good place to eat near Speedway in Tucson?... Bump for record!

You guys talking about Ft. Huachuca? I think I've seen that black Silverado before going and off post.

Just saw you with the CWT.com sticker on the windshield. I waived but I don't think you saw.

Awesome buck, hope you get him on the ground, good luck!

Never heard of it, guess I'm going to have to look it up and check it out

A bit of a funny story, myself and a couple buddies were out bird hunting this afternoon and I was having a bit of bad luck and wasn't hitting any of the birds I was shooting at. Then a big storm moved in and we started getting poured on. We were huddled next to a few mesquite trees trying to stay dry but we were all soaked to the bone. Then I accidentally put a really nice Remington 1100 20 gauge barrel in the mud and out of frustration from everything I quickly shot to clear the barrel of what I thought was a little bit of debree, well it wasn't a little bit. Just glad I can laugh about it now.

New barrel is on the way

What's the max range you've seen it read out in the country, and does it have true ballistic range?

Agreeable, but the "haha" and "funny story" wasn't intended to sound like how it does. I intended for it to be more of a "wow I can't believe I just did that" kind of haha, not a haha hey guys watch this! You know what I mean. And I am glad I can look back and laugh about the situation now instead of looking back and seeing that I hurt myself. Like I said before, it was a mistake and a good learning experience, no one was injured and I hope people can look at this post and see what I tried to make it. Not just a "hey, check this out" but as a reminder to maybe think just a bit longer before you do something. Also my frustrations were not to the point of me just being unsafe and pissed off, it was more of a just not my day kind of thing. To all who don't like this and think I'm negligent, then so be it, but to those who see this as to what I intended, then wonderful, glad to help.

Alright now, listen, everyone here, including yourself has made a mistake before. I consider myself a very safe outdoorsmen. I put this up for you guys to see what happens and maybe someone will think "hey remember that post, maybe we shouldn't do this." I appreciate your concern for my safety but I don't need the scolding or lecturing bud. Feel free to use the picture for any of your classes you teach but please don't assume I'm an unsafe person, it was a mistake and no one was even remotely harmed. I won't ever do this again and it's called experience bud, some people get it in different ways.

In the process, thread will be titled "custom shotgun barrels".

Wow, if that was a 20 gauge barrel I would jump all over it. Funny story, just happened today to haha. I was out dove hunting with my buddy and we were getting poured on by a massive storm and I accidentally kicked my remington 1100 20 gauge over into the mud and clogged the barrel. Well, out of frustration from being soaking wet and not hitting a single bird all day I pulled the trigger to clear the barrel of what I thought was a little bit of mud. Well, it wasn't a little bit and now I have a nice split barrel to show for my frustrations. It split into three pieces about 5 inches down form the end of the barrel. Nice custom job haha.

+1 on its a passion to us hunters and an obsession to everyone else. I try and explain to people I know what is so fun about getting up at 3 in the morning to be at your glassing spot by 6 when the sun still doesn't come up until 6:30, they always ask why when you could just sleep in? It's just the way we are.

+1 plenty of cats up here, hope your coming over here to shoot them with a rifle not a camera haha! Hope you find some.

Cool video, Tubs is one tough dog to go in that hole all by himself haha

Great pictures, hope I'm as lucky when I go check mine this weekend.