Wrongway and Ocho
January 26, 2008
New #5 Typical Archery Elk from Arizona 2007 400 4/8 net P&Y by Jim Mullins As our hunting party sat in the shade of a small bush, we gazed through the small openings to our trophy a thousand yards further. This was indeed a trophy beyond comparison; we knew we were hunting one of the [...]
Wyatt Bull
January 24, 2008
411 6/8 Gross, 393 1/8 Net Non-typical Archery Elk Behind the Re-creations by Joey Wyatt It was 2006, and my hunting partner, Brad Sears, and I had just put in for the bull elk draw. I was up fishing in Alaska when the draw results were released. Brad gave me a call and let me [...]
Oregon 2007 Success
January 24, 2008
A Soldier Returns To Continue His Passion of Hunting Pending Oregon State Record Archery Velvet Typical Mule deer by Nick Mickelson My love for hunting and fishing started nineteen years ago when my great-grandpa put a .22 in my hands when I was just six years old. I couldn’t wait to turn twelve so that [...]
Oregon Beauty
January 22, 2008
“You Just Killed The Biggest Deer I Have Ever Seen.” by Rob McKibbin It was Friday, the day before opening day, when I called my hunting buddy Dennis to see how soon he could get off of work and go with me to scout some bucks for the next day. Dennis finished up around 1:00 [...]
Oregon State Record Archery Buck
January 15, 2008
A 230 1/8 Gross Velvet Mule Deer by Chris Dunlap As I leveled my pin on the sweet spot I only had one thought, “Do not punch your trigger again.” I had missed this same big buck twelve days earlier this season. My season, like most hunter’s, started with a lot of hope. This just [...]
Franklin Bull
July 5, 2007
Behind the Recreation “Franklin Bull” World Record Archery Bull Elk One of the greatest challenges in hunting Arizona’s monster bulls is to draw a tag. Nick Franklin did just that in 2003. He actually drew his second choice hunt. Nick’s brother Charlie had also drawn a tag in the same unit and the two of [...]
