Coues 'n' Sheep

I like the larger version of the call that AZP&Y is recomending...... It has a bell shaped resonator at the end of the tube that helps it to produce more natural sounds.... also the tube comes off and with a little practice you can use the short mouth piece section as a cow call or spike bugle..... good product and easy to use.

Where up North????? I wanna be sure to beat you in there!!!!

LMFAO!!!!!! That is great!!!! If Amanda ever puts out a book called "Campfire Stories of the CW.com"........ that one will make it for certain!!!!

Nicely done rabidApache! It is good to see Brownies!!!! Good luck this weekend! But look out, you just opened the flood gates!!!! Now everybody is goin' out this weekend!!! I finaly convinced my boy to spend all his time behind the glasses for the next couple of weeks.... I think. I am going to try to stay out of the woods for atleast two more weeks.... hope I can make it......

The AZGF has Not released anything to support or deny these rumors....... because they don't know yet for sure... .... I know this because there was a big AZGF meeting this weekend and everyone came away from that meeting with the same info.... "We don't know if it is true or not."...... That came to my ears from someone who was actually there..... .... and I'm betting, that with as screwed up as the sysem was and as screwed up as the web company that put the draw on is.... that we won't know any more than we do for a while......

Was fortunate enough to get to tag along this weekend and help my Brother-in-Law (Larry) and his Brother (Dallas) on their kids pig hunts..... What a ball!! Larry and I took the boys with us on Saturday, while Dallas took his daughter out in a different unit. Two of the three boys scored first thing in the morning..... and as luck would have it, it was the two that had never harvested a pig before. My youngest nephew (Tyler) shot a Big boar at, like, 10 feet! And his cousin (Cory) harvested another boar from the same herd just a few minutes later! I was so fun to be out with the family and watch the boys succeed..... glad I was able to be there! PS: The poor picture quality is my fault..... have not taken many Javi pics and obviously have a bit to learn.... These pigs should look a lot bigger than they do in this pic! Tyler (left), Cory (center), Clayton (right)

I don't think so..... but not sure. I'll find out....

Well put Jim.... and Rich as well! I also think that the guys that talk about holding out for the big one and Never filling a tag are lying to themselves..... If you have never put a small buck down on the ground, then how do you know that you will be able close the deal when a real Monster steps out?? We all have too start somewhere..... I have taken some pretty small critters myself and was Very proud to have been that fortunate! And now that I have also been lucky enough to have taken some bigger critters, I appreciate them even more. And then once you do harvest a Monster..... what then.... quit??? ..... heck NO!! Got to keep your eye on the ball...... Memories.... they are just as good on the small critters as they are with the Big ones!!! I want a 120" coues so bad I can taste it!!!! Heck, I'd like to get a 115!!! But, I bet you I shoot some more 95-110 inchers along the way!!! I want to KNOW that the day I see that 120" that I am ready and able to close the deal! So that means that I need to ground check as many as I can from now till that day.... so...... that is what I plan to do!!!!

Good job, Tim! Who pulls the trigger does not matter.... It is the lifetime of memories that occur before and after the trigger is pulled that matters! You are sowing the seeds...... and I bet your crop will be healthy! Nicely Done!!

Yeah, all from Az and all with a bow, except my wifes rifle buck ( the right one on the dbl pedistal) and my Dall was with a rifle in the Northwest Territories. Thanks. My hats off to my Taxidemists for the work they have done for me. Oops, the lion was a rifle kill as well.....

The second taxidermist I use is Chris Harlow (Harlow's Wildlife Studio), in Tucson. Chris does the most amazing custom work that I have ever seen. He has done my sheep mounts, and I have seen some Awesome work in that shop! I will attach pics of my Sheep mounts as well. I would not be afraid to travel for your taxidermy needs...... you are going to look at that mount for a long time.

Well I don't know any guys in the Valley, but I can tell you about the two guys that I use. They are Awesome at what they do! First you will notice that Mogollon Taxidermy is advertised on CW.com...... I have used Clay for many years now and he is at that top of his field.... and has a real nack for custom work. I will attach some pics of the Coues Deer and of the lion that he has done for me in the past couple of years. The lighting is not right because I had to us the flash.... but the work is Great on these mounts. Also, the Dbl pedistal mount is on Clay's web site for a better look at it.

I have the same tripod as Red Rabbit.... I have been using and abusing it for many years. It is light and strong.... also it extends long enough that you can stand behind it (which I only recomend if looking for elk sized game in calm conditions ). The plastic clips are easy & quick to use and have held up very well... none are broken! As for the head..... I used a Boat Anchor..... I mean Bogan head for many years. They are heavy, but hold up well to the wind and the abuse. However, they are noisy over time.....as they begin to wear out..... Although, I am not a big Outdoorsman customer..... I now use the Outdoorsman head..... I do like it very much for how compact, light, quiet, and easy to use it is. It is, however, a little weak under the weight of my STS 65 when it is windy. I have found that with the dove tailed shoes I can remove the head and slide my scope right onto the top of my tripod...... for long range spotting or video it is then rock steady! It is an expensive head, but I think if weight and simplicity are important to you, then this is a great product. Just my $.02 worth......

Oops! That sounds like somethin' I would do!!! ......I mean thinkin' and being wrong.....

Dang! I guess I couldn't hardly miss at that range Troy!!! Have to aim really low!!

Yeah, but most of the folks in that neck fo the woods are a bit Strange...... ..... or Greedy & Selfish! It is a real shame, too.... it is awsome country. Of course.... th Nature Consevancy is just as much to blame as the Locals..... There are some pretty good folks down that way, too though...... ... at least one or two.....

agreed.... hardest part for me would be which gun to use?? Something that makes a small hole????

Your dang strait!!! That is what I was thinkin'!!

I'm not sayin' that I have not washed meat before.... But several meat processors that I know have told me that..... and it makes sense. Sooo, I try not to do it any more, but I still do it, sometimes. I really think that the freeze and thaw w/o being boned and trimmed is what is making vml's deer rank... not the washing. my $.02......

I have only ever had 2 trucks with lifts...... but they are/were higher maintenance and they always sound loose. Prior to lifting my wife's truck, she had a leveling kit on it for a couple of years and it was great. I think for a truck going to the woods that the leveling kit is the way too go. Lifted trucks are only for show.......

Washing meat with a hose won't make it taste bad, but it can promote the spread of bacteria, like E-coli.

OOps..... I fixed it....

Jim, I think you hit the nail on the head with those last 2 pics!!!! Here is a horn that my boy picked up this weekend..... It is not that freaky, but if you look at how the horn would have come off of the bull's head.... The burr is almost 90 degrees to the beam..... I guess this bull had no problem scratchin' his own back! I would have liked to seen this one on the hoof.

Tyson, Is this how HOYT fastens their limbs to their risers Bob I think..... it is actually bailing wire first... them apply duct tape.... The Bailing Wire helps too resonate the hand shock!!!!!

I hate to sound like a broken record..... But if you like the Swaro 15's.... save for them and buy them..... They are the Best! And it isn't like you are going to replace what ever you buy......I mean it is a long term purchase..... When I bought my first Swaros I saved and did side jobs to buy them...... best money I have ever spent. Good glasses will make you a better hunter because you will see more and good glasses will make you more patient. When I go glassing with guys that don't have Swaros, I have noticed that I start glassing way before they do in the mornings...... I have even had guys ask me, "What are you doing? It's way to dark to see, yet."..... and I am glassing away..... FYI....... If I was shopping for my first pair of good optics the only hard choice would be whether to buy the Swaro 10x50's or the 15x56's. My reason is this....... the 10x50's are the best all around glasses.... you can freehand them, more compact, better field of veiw, and brighter & sharper than any other glasses I've ever looked through. The bright, crisp clarrity of the 10x50's really offsetts what you lose in power to the 15x56's...... IMO. I love my 15x56's because of the extra power and I always have my 8x30 or 10x42 binos around my neck for free hand and close in lookin', anyhow. But, if I only wanted to carry one pair of glass all the time...... it would be the 10x50's.... Just my $.02.....