I figured this would be cool to share. Recently got back from Arizona where we hunted Javalena. I took Ruger on his 1st archery hunt. I have helped him on quite a few rifle hunts for elk and deer and antelope as he has been old enough to hunt, but this was his 1st with the bow in hand. We went down with a good friend Craig who has hunted down there before. We camped out under the stars. Cooked on open fires and got poked by every kind of thorn!! It was a fun trip and real fun to see Ruger on his 1st archery hunt. I always enjoy taking kids hunting. I find it more rewarding than hunting myself.
Below is photos from the hunt. More of a picture essay than me telling the story in writing as lame as that might be
Looks like a frontal on that one lil piggy... =D
Looks like great fun, gotta do that someday. Able to get out after those lil string jumpin' deer this year?
Way to get the youngin involved in a great outdoor adventure....nice leadership!!!
Mark
Congrats!!! >>>>----->
my best, Paul
Disclaimer: I know javelina are not classified as swine, but if it quacks like a duck.............
Yea you have to draw the tags to hunt javalena
In my opinion javalena are a very under rated animal! I've heard lots of people call them rats or varmits etc. but they are a very interesting critter. And actually not a pig, or wild boar!
I've heard people say they meat is horrible. I have found that to be un true as well. Every javalena I have killed we have eaten and it tastes good. I think people associate the smell of javalena with that meaning the meat must taste bad. I have found people in regards to javalena similar with say pronghorn. I personally love pronghorn meat but I meet a lot of people that say the meat is horrible.
Camping, outdoor cooking, glassing and stalking. A genuine hunting adventure.
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Oh, but there is a record book! There are two, as a matter of fact. Arizona has both a bowhunting record book (Bowhunting in Arizona) and an "all weapons" record book (Arizona Wildlife Trophies), both of which keep records for all of Arizona's big game species, including Javelina. The state record in both books is a bow-killed boar that scored 15 4/16 (length+width of skull, excluding teeth). I'll include a link to the bowhunting record book's website. If anyone is interested in entering an Arizona bow-killed animal, all the instructions are on the website. Any P&Y or B&C Measurer can score it for you in your home state, just make sure that they know that (unlike a bear or lion) the teeth are not included in the length measurement.
*Edited to fix the odd autocorrect crap
Orionsbrother- no we don't use cots. Sleep on the ground. Put a piece of tyvek down and sleep on the tyvek. Used big big Agnes pads with no issue
Ramcats?
The javis I spotted on my hunt sure would have been fun to stalk but I was too sick to go after them. :(
Maybe next year.
