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First of all, I hate both of your eldest offspring because they have both taken bigger elk than I have! ;) Congrats on a great season and its so fun to watch your kids' adventures. I need to send you some pics of our father-son fly fishing trip, which you and Trent should join in on...

I had it done three years ago here in Flagstaff after 5 years of my eye doc hounding me at every visit. Best thing I ever did! Like others, I went from 20/200 to 20/15. They told me there was a chance that it would feel like someone dumped gasoline in my eyes and as my wife was driving me...

Its that time of year again. We have our deck of cards for the annual Governor's Tag Raffle. Cards are $20 each and first prize is a Governor's Turkey Tag, valid in any open unit in Arizona for 365 days starting mid-August. This includes both the Goulds units and the Rio units, in addition to...

The Flagstaff, AZ chapter of the NWTF is putting four of these calls in the mail to Muddy as a contribution. 3 GONE 1 LEFT

Great groups! I also learned that 20-round mags are much more conducive for shooting from a rest. I hated the factory trigger on my Oracle, too. Look at the Timney, CMC, and Geissele drop-in triggers. I had a buddy in town that had custom drop ins and he put mine in for $130, which was his...

I'll have to see if my wife will let me adorn ours with one! Got any you can send a brother? I promise I'll get those shooting sticks mailed!

Exactly. Make sure and try various ammo types/brands and bullet weights. If memory serves me correctly, yours should be a 1:9" twist, which should handle a wide variety of bullet weight ranges. Find the one that gets you that 1" group and you'll be set. My Oracle shot 0.5" groups at 100...

You can go onto C0ueswhitetail.com down here in AZ and see all kinds of information on shooting them out to distances well beyond 300 yards. Most guys out here shoot a heavier bullet (69 gr SMK I think), but I have a friend who regularly rings steel out to 900 yards with his AR. His 15-year...

Last fall, we sold our pop up camper after Syd's elk hunt. We'd outgrown it. We shopped and shopped around and finally decided on a 2018 Springdale bumper pull 24 footer. You really have to go look at the layout and what you ultimately want out of it. Ours has an indoor kitchen, but the...

A little late to the game, but I started my daughter on a Mossberg 500 Bantam 20ga when she was 9. The 870 and 11-87s were too heavy for her small frame, but the 500 bantam (20" barrel) is great. I found a smoking deal on a Weatherby SA-08 20ga a year ago and grabbed it for my son. Its a...

Congrats again on a great hunt! Loved the texting back and forth leading up.

We went down this weekend to do a final scouting trip and help with the annual Goulds surveys. I've seen plenty of big toms in my life, but we found one in a canyon (top secret) that gave me a genuine "Holy Siit!" reaction when he turned sideways. Syd is begging me to go after him. He was...

Come up to Flagstaff sometime this summer and we'll head out for a day. When you're ready to hunt AZ, let me know!

You're more than welcome, Daver! Any time you want to hunt the AZ deserts or mountains, just say the word! I've found that, when I'm hunting with my kids, I end up carrying way more gear than I should so that I can make their lives easier and their hunts more enjoyable, especially the farther...

I'd also be looking at the Keys. If you're after redfish, then Venice, LA or Laguna Madre in Texas is good. If it were me, though, I'd be grabbing my 8 and 9 wt fly rods and be heading to Cancun to fish Isla Blanca. There are tarpon, bonefish, snook, and Jack Crevalle in season all summer...

I'll be traveling 6 hours to southeast Arizona in early May to chase those big ol' Goulds turkeys with my daughter! If all goes as planned, I'll be traveling right after that to NW Arizona to help a friend who has one of the two Rio Grande tags for that unit!

I've been waiting for this video since the end of January and it was definitely worth the wait! A friend of ours from The Mountain Project offered to help us on Jacob's first big game hunt, a youth javelina hunt. During planning, Brittany asked me if she could film it as part of their hunting...

If you don't go with the Leverevolution, check out what Barnes has to offer. Its hard to beat the knockdown power of those copper bullets!

Change of plans. After conferring with FinBonz, HuntingKeeper_425 and I are going to team up for a slick father/daughter combo with an even slicker double on Goulds in SE Arizona! We are team "Goulds Medalists"...unless Sydney comes up with something better! Who's the loses now, Muddy?!?! ;)...

I mailed them 5 or so years ago!