GreyGhost85

Sure we've got jobs, some things are just more important! I don't know about everyone else , but here at high desert communications, productivity comes to a screeching halt this day every year

well, i was very fortunate in the draw this year, i got a unit 1 archery bull tag a colorado antelope tag and of course a coues tag. i put all of the other hunts on the back burner in preparation for my bull tag, being that it took me ten years to draw, and I really wanted to take a good bull in the 360+ range. I spent about every weekend scouting and found some real big bulls with many in the 350 range and a few that I thought would go 370-390. I knew puttin an arrow through one of these big boys wasnt going to be easy though. The hunt started and I found myself without much of a plan on opening morning, due to the fact that the bulls were not really rutting at all and bugles were very few and far between. i got on a great big S.O.B. that evening though only to run out of cover at 119 yards. my brother gunner was able to locate a good bull that evening that was in a great place to get. A plan was made that night to hunt this bull. he was right where he was left the night before and we got set up just perfect. i had about 13 of his 15 cows feeding in a small clearing about 50 yards ahead. just a few more steps and he was going to be mine. well the old, gray "alpha" cow decided to circle around us and catch our wind, and in a big PPPPSSSSSSHHHHHHH all the elk evacuated the meadow. This was a good bull athat will go around 360. we got on the same bull again that evening but opted not to make a stalk on him due to fading daylight. we figured we would go back in there in the morning and he would be mine. WRONG! we got set up at first light sunday morning only to discover that the bull or his were nowhere to be found, and we were caught with our pants down, and no plan B. We hopped in the truck and haulled @SS down the road trying to find a bull to chase, we located one quickly, but he fled into the timber before we could get on him. so we headed down a little ways and stopped a quarter mile or so short of a clearing, we got all of our gear ready and started walking when we heard a good bugle. it turned into a near sprint to catch this bull before he hit the timber. we ended up getting set up on the meadow just in time to see somecows jump a fence and from out of nowhere this monster steps out and hesitated for about 3 seconds to jump the fence after his cows, and that was all it took. I let the 100 grn montec fly out of my PSE x-force GX at about 65 yards, only to hear a solid smack. I felt good about the shot and it was obvious that he was real sick. The arrow made a total pass through on both lungs about 3 inches behind the shoulder and right in the middle of the chest. the big old bull spun and trotted off about 100 yards where he layed down. He stayed there for about 30 minutes, then got up and walked another hundred or so yards and layed down again. i thought he wsa done for sure this time, but he stoo up again and walked over to a fence=, stared at it for a while and jumped it. it was now obvious that i had to get another arrow in him. my brother Gunner and I made a huge loop and came in beneath the bull. all he offered me was a 30-35 yard neck shot, so I decided to take it. I let it fly and smacked him again real solidly. the bull hopped up ran off. we trailed him for a while and found him laying down again and i was able to dispatch him for good at 45 yards. We knew he was a good bull but not this big. He ended up grossing a real conservative 372 and some change, with 56 inch main beams. He is more than i could ever dream of taking. a special thanks goes out to my dad Lark, and brother Gunner Hubbard. also Tad Allred, Jimmy Wright and the camp cook Big John Naegle. I couldnt have done it without these guys

heres a few more.... i know jimmy has got some better ones. throw em up here man, i havent even seen them yet

i was shooting my bow just now and i touched the string with a broadhead and well, we all know what heppened....the string didnt get cut all the way in two, it is still hangin on by a few strands. my bow is a 2009 pse x-force GX, and everyone i call says that they arent sure when they could even get a string for it, i called PSE and they were not very helpfull either and said about the same thing. i wouldnt be too concerned but i drew a unit 1 september archery bull tag after ten years of applying and that hunt starts in two weeks.... any help or info on where i can get a string ASAP would be GREATLY appreciated

thanks for all the help everyone, i really do appreciate. it makes a hunter feel good when he can post a problem like this and have so many people willing to do just about anything to help out. i got my cable put on today. Robert at Broken Arrow Archery pulled one off of his new bows and put it on mine. thanks again Bridger

.300 wby vanguard with muzzle break and picatinny rail...good shape no scope great gun $500 Obo. 480-980-5380. Johnandbrenda99@yahoo.com

i would have to guess that frostbite caused that

what time will the shoot start?

how about some pics?

i bought an octane 2 piece qiver today for my 09' x force GX. . .it said that it would fit ANY bow... well it broke in the process of installing it on my bow...the box and website said nothing about it not fitting pse...i had to call tech support for an answer and they told my that it does not fit my bow properly... it would have been real nice for them to list that on the box or website, or anywhere... so my question is, does anyone on here shoot the same bow as me? and if so what two pice quiver are any of you using? any feedback would be great

thanks for the advice...i already have an alpin soft lock on my other bow and love it...i put it on my x-force, and it doesnt fit right..it rubs on my rest and causes a bad vibrating sound

the one with the crabclaw and the one that is broken behind the fourth are the same bull arent they? looks that way to me at least

ive got a little bit of free time and was gonna go try fishing for some flatheads in the verde under bartlett....does anyone know if the bite is on, or have i missed it? wouldnt mind catching some channel cats either

i went there a few weeks ago...the food was pretty good and it was cool seein all those mounts...however it looks like the taxidermist needs to be fired, and the staff, even managers, knew nothing about the animals. in one picture it talks about the sonoran COVES deer and when i asked someone about it they acted like thats what they were called and i was foolish for trying to correct it..its worth eating at once just to see what it is all about, but i wont go back

btt one last time

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been offroad a few times but been lucky enough to avoid pin striping...

btt

i was fortunate enough this year to draw a unit 1 september archery bull, after 9 years of applying. i getting a completely new bow set up and was wondering if anyone has shot elk with rage broadheads...i like the idea of G-5 montecs, because there is absolutely no way that anything can go wrong with them, but the bow that i will be using shoots over 350 fps, and was contemplating on using a mechanical for this reason.... thanks, any info would be greatly appreciated

i will be shooting the new PSE Omen on this years elk hunt... many of them are shooting over 370 fps average.....wnt be able to get my hands on one till about june though

i spend at least 20 weekends a year chasin some kind of animal around for the last ten years.... spent hundreds of hours behind good glass in some of the best country that arizona has to offer..glassed lots of things that ive never expected to see even, but i have NEVER glassed one lion...the only one i have ever even seen was run up a tree....thats just how some things go i guess. i feel bad for the one that messes up and shows himself to me, actually, nah! i wont feel very bad

thanks for the replies everybody... seems like most people are leanin the same way as me on this issue...i got a great tag and might as well take broadhead failure out of the equation.... has anyone shot a montec, shuttle T, or slick trick at 350+? these are the three that i am leaning towards, the montec just looks like a tough fail-proof braodhead but i am worried about high speed accuracy when compared to these other two... thanks, Bridger H

329..... helluva bull,

do they have rubber or hard plastic eyecups? what model are they? it should say under the 15X60 it is just too glared out in the pic

that buck is a pig...the last field photo shows it size pretty well...i think that buck will go 205-210 huge congrats on the buck of many lifetimes, especially with a bow...cant wait to hear the story