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Crongrats Amanda on a great article in the Western Hunter!!! Ilene

Congrats and thank him for his dedication and hard work. What a great award! Ilene

I saw Russ today at the archery shoot and told him I couldn't wait for you to finish this... THANK YOU! whew Awesome adventure and great story! As I told Russ, you guys are amazing! Congrats and thanks for the pictures and the story! Ilene

Had the camera out messing around in the unit I have a archery bull tag in. Lots of elk captured on cam, here are 3 different bulls. So far so good I think Those boys are looking good! Along with the elk I was a surprised with a good picture of a bear! Same but dif. view I was so excited to get this guy, he went right up to the camera and gave it a big 'ol smooch! I can't wait, this Summer and Fall are going to be soooo much fun! Ilene

Amazing pictures Doug! I never get tired of looking at pictures or making the short drive up there and seeing it in person! I look forward to all your pictures you post, thanks for sharing. Ilene

The site looks great! Congrats Jim, looking forward to more pics, videos and stories!!! Happy Hunting, Ilene

There are not many places to shoot and I suggest not doing so. The area around Whitehorse is extremely popular for campers, day use, fisherman, basically there are a lot of people around on weekends, plus being the last weekend of turkey season there will be even more people out there (including me)...

I have not had the pleasure of shooting with Jackie, although I do know who she is. The turn out for these shoots have been very impressive, I can't wait for Sunrise!

I'll take the bow bag! Let me know via pm.

I was there! Had a great time, the girls I shot with are a blast! Good competitors and just a lot of fun to be around, had lots of laughs and giggles The courses were challenging and fun. A big shout out to Apache Bowhunters, did a great job and were very organized! Oh yeah, AND, I took 2nd in HCF!!! Ilene

Pictures Please PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want to add my thanks to Desert Archers, a great shoot and great courses... Although course #1 absolutely kicked my backside! P.S. I put my 30 right on that stinking Baboon and 10'd him

I want to add my thanks to all those involved. Very fun shoot, well organized and awesome targets! For this Flagstaff girl the weather was amazing Hope to see even more people (especially more women) at the next shoot in Dragoon! Ilene

Sorry for the delay! Here are the pictures, I put a pencil in there to see the proportion. I didn't know how actually small it was. Received the camera yesterday, Thanks!! See I didn't lie, great paint job,huh!

Sounds like a great idea to me! I spend way too much time lurking on here! Cheap entertainment... Count me in!!!

Received the lock box today. Awesome box with an amazing paint job!!! Special thanks to AZPackhorse aka: Brian, I love it! Ilene

Whoop Whoop!!!!! Merry Christmas to Me!

Yesterday sitting 6 hours in my Double Bull thinking "gee it's not so bad inside here"...Big gust of wind, breaks the 2 branches blind is tied down to, pulls up stakes, blind knocks me in my head, bow falls to ground, blind on it's way down to the bottom of a canyon before a tree stops it's decent! Okay, time to give up!

This was taken last week by trail cam. Look at his neck...I'd say YES they do rut and it is going on up here in the north part of the state. I was actually 21 yards from this guy yesterday, he had his nose right behind a doe. Don't ask, I really screwed up!!!

Hi Amanda! Is this offer still available?? Ilene

Bear with me everyone My son is on the biggest adventure of his life, as of this week my youngest is officially: United States Marine Corps Recruit Hailey...I'm afraid 13 weeks of Bootcamp is going to be harder on Mom! My baby is grown up! We are VERY Proud!! "Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart!"

Wow!!!! That just about sums it up! My husband and I just returned from British Columbia. I booked an archery Canadian Moose hunt with Jeff Lander/ Primitive Outfitters, mainly an archery outfitter, met him at the ISE show. My husband was going for support, photographer, and hopefully meat packer. We drove up, took 5 days to get there, we saw some of the most amazing country and the timing was perfect, the fall colors were spectacular all the way up especially through Banff and Jasper National Parks. We got to the ranch late afternoon, approximately 50 miles east of Prince George, BC, I was able to get some shots in and reassure myself I was zeroed in. Met the outfitter and then our guide for the next 4 days. We were to go into a wilderness area for 4 days and tent camp, then float a river for the next 4 days and hunt on the river. We were surprised when our guide asked us if we were willing to ride horses, we said “why not” the whole time terrified because neither of us has ridden in many years. I was astounded at how thick the woods were, it was impossible to see 5 yards in. The first 2 days were slow, no rutting activity, saw a small bull decided to practice a stalk little did we no the ‘big guy’ was about 10 feet off the road, we never saw him until he busted deeper into the mess of willows. Our only hope was if the weather got colder and the rut kicked in, AND we could pull the bulls out into the old logging punches. The first 2 days it rained and rained, on the second night it cleared and got cold (freezing cold) that morning we woke with frost on our sleep bags and hopes that the rut had started. We walked into the wilderness area that morning and left the horses at camp, within a mile we got a bull to respond. We worked him for about an hour and a half, he came off a ridge about a mile, we had him at 30 yards grunting and scraping his huge paddles. I was a nervous wreck! He was only 30 yards away but he was just a shadow through the thick brush, I couldn’t see him let alone shoot him. Just as he was really fired up and tearing up the trees closest to him the wind hit the back of our necks and we were busted… That afternoon I was too sore to ride (it killed my knees) so we asked if we could walk out of camp. We walked the opposite way from the wilderness area so as to let the bull from the morning settle down. A mile and a half from camp we had a bull answer our call, it sounded very faint and far away, my guide Aaron said “lets go get him” he rounded the corner, the next thing I know he was in a back peddle with big round eyes!!! He said ‘draw your bow’ I looked at him like he was nuts, he told me “they were right there, two good bulls, draw your bow” I drew and went around the corner, I saw the 2 bulls, the one on the left had a nice drop tine, I never even looked at the other one, I knew which one I wanted. The bull jumped back a few steps, my guide told he was at 70 yards, I told him I wouldn’t take a shot over 50 yards (I can but choose not to), I told him I had to get closer. We huddled together, hugged the willows and walked closer doing our best to act, look, and sound like a bull moose. We moved up 30 yards, the whole time the bulls nervously trying to figure out what we were. Aaron told me 42 yards, I stepped out, he was turning to run, Aaron grunted one more time, the drop tine bull gave me a hard quarter and “THWAK” we could see him start to go down not too far away, close to the logging punch. I was a mess, I hugged my guide, my husband and of course tears were shed. We noticed he was trying to get back up so I crept in to about 5 yards and blasted through the willow limbs and finished it quickly. Now I’ve seen elk down and they were big, but a moose down is over whelming!!! We were able to drag him by truck to the road and quarter him, the whole time someone standing off to the side with the rifle guarding against grizzlies. The bull was guessed at around 1100 lbs. he was about 7 feet at the shoulder, around 8 - 10 years (in his prime), and a 41” spread. I was and am thrilled!!! I can’t thank my husband enough for going along with my crazy hunting ideas. He supports and knows the passion I have for this sport and I love him even more for that. We were able to bring over 200 lbs of the most delicious boneless meat I’ve ever eaten, home, we had to leave about 80 lbs there since we didn’t have enough room in the 4 ice chest we had. An amazing trip and experience, saw lots of wildlife and even got to put a couple of stalks on huge black bears but could only get within 70 yards, maybe next Spring! Sorry for the length of this, it is so hard to put into words how great it was! Hope you enjoy the pics! Ilene my guide Aaron and Myself With my husband Roger In the brush 5' off the road Size 13 boot next to his track

That's what I was thinking, I thought those other hunters were going to blow it for you. Good job, beautiful deer!!!

Congrats! Nicely done, and great pictures too!

A very Happy Birthday to you!!!! Thank you for all your efforts in this site, I hope you know the HOURS of enjoyment it brings to many people! Ilene