RosinBag's Arizona Semi Live Mule Deer Hunt

[RosinBag]

Big zero tonight...many hours glassing and turned up nothing. Worst day yet, but tomorrow is a new day.

 

[Slim Jim]

I dig the optimism. Keep it up Doug

 

[RosinBag]

I am sitting here and my face is burning from the wind and sun today. Forecast for extreme wind tomorrow afternoon until Friday early AM. Temps dropping to teens thru weekend.

Pics from today..

 

[Yeti]

Awesome pics good luck tomorrow

 

[vcb]

Hey Doug, Hit it hard. Stay strong....hunting solo is 50% mental toughness!! Get it done buddy..Your gonna stick one tomorrow

 

[a3dhunter]

Stay ready for anything, big buck could be around the next corner.

 

[Muledeernv]

Hey keep your sprits up you will find one good job on the javi

 

[Califhuntn]

Unfortunately I've had that experience before. Congrats on the Javelina. Good luck on the buck.

 

[Bearhunter]

Lay the smack down brother!!

 

[RosinBag]

How the morning started...

 

[IAHNTR]

Good luck today. Hope you can get a few stalks in.

 

[HellsCanyon]

Good luck man I hope the day is going well!

Mike

 

[RosinBag]

Me too, covered a lot of country and saw eight does. Abdolutely terrible. This same route I did last year and would see dozens if dies and six to eight bucks each morning. I talked with a rancher and he said very few deer this year and he thought it was due to lack of water in the area.

I did than into some more Javelina. I spotted them at about 300 yards and I wanted to see if the would come fighting if I called them in at that distance. Usually I have to be closer, but I didn't have anything to lose, so I tried it. Worked like a charm. I could only see about ten, but about 20 came charging in.

I video taped it with my phone and I am going to try and load it up.

 

[RosinBag]

These are all I could see, but entry came in.

 

[RosinBag]

I can't upload videos to tapatalk. I will try and get someone to upload for me.

 

[RosinBag]

So I couldnt upload the videos. i emailed sections of video to Aron and he is going to try and post them for me.

initially they are about 300 yards out, but you cant see them in video. so i sent him the ones were you can actually tell there Javelina.

They get as close as about 15' and one almost runs into my spotting scope. I think he was just going to jump into my Kifaru DT2, since his buddy was in it two days ago. Another reason to buy Kifaru, animals know that is where they belong.

I may have used one bad word, so I apologize now.

I don't know where video cuts off, but I let them get about 100 yards away as they were leaving and called them right back into to bow killing range.

I really needed to have Travis (Drhorsepower) as he has a tag left. Hopefully though he is killing today.

 

[River Rat]

Thanks for the updates , good luck !

 

[hflier]

I didn't know you could call Javelina.

 

[RosinBag]

Oh yeah, they are like gangsters, badass when in a group, not so tough when by themselves.

 

[couesbitten]

Sounds fun, what kind of call for javelin?