JT’s 2022 Year In Review
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From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
JTreeman's Link
This will be my 5th year (I think) doing this thread. I have added a link to 2021 above if anyone is interested.
Last year I think I posted about 50 pics, this year I have almost 150, So if I get long and boring I don’t blame you for checking out! I’m gonna do the year in chronological order, then finish up with some random pics from the year.
I finished up 2021 with MX coues deer. Then went straight to ARkansas for a quick duck hunt with some buddies. So I’m gonna start it off with a non-Bowhunting trip. Sorry about that, but plenty of Bowhunting to come.
—jim
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
ARkansas magic
ARkansas magic
Sunrise from the blind and the ducks were already flying. We had a great first day with lots of action. Variety of ducks, but the highlight was the pintails for sure!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The second day was even better, full 6 man limit with a full limit of pins again.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Good fun with the boys. Mako the dog didn’t want to cooperate with the pics though
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Ace and I did a little stomping around the woods in Feb, I found a shed and Ace looked the other way…
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Then it was time to hit the road in mid March. TX is a great state for “off season” hunting adventure. This was the first of 3 for my winter/spring.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Palo Verde Canyon in the TX panhandle is a really cool place.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
I started off with a nanny, this is a medium size female, much bigger ones around, but many had kids, so I was careful which I was shooting. Good start to the trip.
From: kota-man
27-Jan-23
Nice…Good to see you finished strong South of the border. I tried to leave you a bunch of big ones on your first stop!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Was able to get get a nice spot and stalk pig down too. Messed up a good opportunity on a coyote too.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Was able to get on a group and got this nice ram at 30 yards after a morning of cat and mouse.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Another pig added to the list.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
And another nanny to round out the week. It was only about 200 feet down right there.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Total Archery Challenge came to Oklahoma for the first time the beginning of April. Group of guys went down and had a fun day slinging arrows.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Had some pigs on camera on one of my leases, but pretty hit and miss and mainly at night.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Ace and I did some stuff around the house and hunting spots. Feeding pigs, checking cameras, a little burning, and a bit of horn hunting.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
My good friend Bake has invited me to MO to hunt turkeys each spring and one I look forward to every year. Only had a couple days this year but second morning a take i shot and come up a little short, and he was short a few tail feathers too!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
MO turkey hunting ends at 1pm, so afternoons fishing makes for even more fun.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Mid morning on the last day we had a group of Jakes came in to the decoys and I decided a Jake was better than a tag!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Oklahoma changed up the season and bag limits a little, so I just got my one bird, and maybe all I could have got, seemed a little slow for me this year.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
After my turkey tag was filled I tried for some pigs, but they wouldn’t cooperate. Stupid pigs.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
An unseasonably warm May found me in TX chasing free range Axis deer. I was sweating balls, and apparently the deer were too, lots of hours over 3 days yielded but one sighting.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Run home and work for a week and pick up my buddy, then back down to TX. We took a little 3 day trip to chase feral goats and pigs on a different ranch. Hot weather made it tough again, but we scratched a couple out. Cool ranch and a fun weekend.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
My buddy was able to connect in a cool Billie, and I was able to scratch out one pig.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Ace and I enjoy spring and summer evenings catching a few little bass.
From: t-roy
27-Jan-23
I never did get a “Thank You” card for leaving all the pigs and the bigger sheep for you in Texas. Good stuff, so far, but you better type faster, cuz I’m sure you’re leaving for yet another hunt in a couple of days….
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Finally the first part of June I was able to connect with a big OK boar. I really enjoyed my summer chasing these guys around.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
End of June I flew up to SD for another Total Archery Challenge with a group of Bowsite guys. We had a house for the weekend and had a great time on the mountain and off!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The last day a couple guys had to leave early, but Justin, Nick, and I finished it out strong!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Chumming to bring in the big boys.
Chumming to bring in the big boys.
In July another airplane took me west to California for a little Mako shark bowfishing out of Huntington Beach with a couple good buddies.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Shot from back deck
Shot from back deck
Big Pizza Man holding me in the boat as the fight wore on.
Big Pizza Man holding me in the boat as the fight wore on.
The second day I was up to shoot. We had a real giant come in. The captain guessed him at 900-1000 lbs. I got a good arrow in him, and we fought for 2.5 hours. Unfortunately he made a long run, a big twisting jump and got on my line above the leader and broke off.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
I was home a couple weeks and Ace and I snuck out to move a pig set-up. It took about 10 days for him to find it, and by then I had to go to British Columbia.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
About the second week of September I headed off on a real Adventure hunt. 2 weeks in northern British Columbia with a pocket full of tags and a heavy pack. Beaver flight in to a little dinky high mountain lake. Had to hike out, because they couldn’t get us out of that lake.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Some glassing and bear chasing the first night got thing started right. We found 5 billies, with 3 shooters in a big bowl.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
How he laid
How he laid
My outfitter/guide/friend Ryan who made it all happen.
My outfitter/guide/friend Ryan who made it all happen.
On the 4th day the dream was realized. Archery mountain goat at 25 yards. One arrow though the lungs. Down in 80 yards.
None too soon, I will make no excuses, but I was not in shape, and I was already starting to wear down in those big mountains. Worked out perfectly.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Spent another night in the high country, then headed down to the extract lake with heavy packs the next morning.
From: huntinelk
27-Jan-23
About time you quit hunting for a few minutes to do this.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
We spent the night at the lake after a HEAVY hike out thought some nasty brush. Nice quiet night on the water, which yielded to a grunting moose at the far end the next morning. After deciding he was a shooter and headed to Ryan’s calls I moved into position. But in our hasty plan I misunderstood the ambush position and stopped about 100 yards short. Later we found his tracks exactly where Ryan told me to get to, but I wasn’t there…
We already had the beaver coming to get us for a hop over to a better moose spot. They arrived early afternoon. A beautiful day for flying!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
We hopped over a few mountains to grab a canoe and some moose camp provisions (real food). Then back out into the bush. With a little more robust camp we were set for a few days.
From: midwest
27-Jan-23
These BC pics are just frickin outstanding!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Only slightly better than the one with you in them Nick!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
After a couple days of slow moose action we finally got the wind we really wanted and a nice cool calm morning. Ryan’s calling got one going first thing, but he faded. We kept after it and this guy came running straight to the call about an hour later. He came just as I expected and i put a perfect arrow right behind his shoulder from 16 yards! He was down in about 120 and an easy pack out back to the canoe. Just as we all imagine it!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The beaver couldn’t get us for a couple days, and was gonna have to make at least 2 trips, so we packed up camp, and stashed the meat and started to hike out. It was long and brushy, but down hill mostly. And we covered a lot of it with the canoe. Back to base camp that night for some warm cabins and yummy frozen pizzas!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
We had one more full day till Ryan’s next hunter was coming in so I said let’s ride some Forrest roads and see if we can whack a couple of Grouse and see what we see. We didn’t get an early start, but early enough for a few hours on the Quad. Just before we left I decided I better take one arrow with a broad head. That was a good decision!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
A lucky end to an incredible couple week. I spotted this bear crossing the 2 track in front of us while Ryan was dodging potholes. We stopped and he crested the hill and I gave it a running stalk. When I got there he has his head down feeding and i snuck a bit further and got a good arrow in him at 20 yards, dead in 40!
But we didn’t get any grouse…
From: Straight Shooter
27-Jan-23
Cool pics thanks for sharing. I’ve been lucky enough to kill 2 moose but I’m really jealous with the goat. Should be able to draw an Aoudad tag soon, that’s also on my list.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Gonna be hard to follow that trip!
Got home, on a Friday. Sunday afternoon I tell my girlfriend I’m going pig hunting, she says “you just got home” I said “yeah, but I got pigs on camera!”
This guy and his buddy came in just before dark and I got him.
I had a couple other close calls over the summer and one silly miss. Only killed 2 but had a ton of fun getting after them.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
View from my room
View from my room
Really cool country
Really cool country
My good friend Kyle and I had a fallow deer hunt in Bulgaria planned for 2021, but Covid, we rescheduled for 2022, so here we go, off to Eastern Europe!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The fallow rut is an incredible sight to behold. It’s really hard to even imagine. The number of deer in the rut pits (leks) is crazy. They are roaring, grunting, fighting all hours of the day. Hard to even explain without being there.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The trip started awesome, but quickly went downhill for me. This is where things get real.
First afternoon I stalk to within 40 of a stud bedded out in the open. Another big stag came and stood him up and I proceeded to miss by a mile. After that I went on to miss twice more that evening and then again the next day! Yeah, 4 misses all under 40 yards. To say I was shook was probably an under statement. The Next day I decide 25 is my max, 2 stags fight up to me, I decide to shoot the one in the right, yup, you guessed it. Put one right in his shoulder blade. The guide ended up getting him with the rifle before he got away. Holey crap….
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
And my ride has arrived…
And my ride has arrived…
Finally on the last morning I was able to get my Sh-t together and got this decent stag. Not a giant, but happy to have him after my performance. Beautiful animals.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Sheep in them hills
Sheep in them hills
Sheep camp
Sheep camp
My good friend Gene had an Utah bighorn sheep tag and had invited me to come and caddy for him on the hunt. I’ll never hunt a bighorn, so I jumped right in.
Last week of October we meet in Salt Lake City and head out for his unit. He had a guy do a little pre scouting for him, so we had a good idea where sheep were hanging out. We pitch camp in the dark with high expectations for the morning.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Genes beautiful ram.
Genes beautiful ram.
We get up in the dark and drive to our glassing spot. We find one and Gene goes and shoots it. Yes almost that easy. To be clear I did absolutely NOTHING of value on this hunt! But I still claim to be 100% first day kills guiding sheep.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
TX pig set-up
TX pig set-up
View from the stand
View from the stand
Since Gene got his thing done I headed home and had been invited to TX the following week for a pig hunt. I flew home, Ace and I jumped in the car and drove to Bay City TX to meet up with the boys!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Ace getting a little tracking work in.
Ace getting a little tracking work in.
Kyle was nice enough to invite me (and Ace) Cajunarcher, and Iceman down for a few days. We had lots of fun and even killed a few critters.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
A look at the farm I’m hunting
A look at the farm I’m hunting
View from the stand
View from the stand
Aces buck.
Aces buck.
Of course Nov is for whitetails, but to be honest I really don’t get into it all that much. But I decided I would try to get one for ace to track and enjoy a few evenings in the wood. I finally connected on this nice buck and Ace had a ball tracking.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Kyle’s KS deer
I did NOT kill this buck
Kyle’s KS deer
I did NOT kill this buck
To be crystal clear I did NOT kill this deer.
The same evening Kyle called from KS and said he had hit a good buck just before dark. He was unsure of the hit, but thought it might be back a little, so he backed out.
Ace and I got up early and drove up to help him find it. It was tough tracking scenario for ace. He certainly did NOT find the deer, but he helped and loves being out.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
I hunted a couple more times in OK, but didn’t take it too serious.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
View from the “blind”
View from the “blind”
Trail cam photo that appears to show what I thought I saw, arrow right behind the shoulder.
Trail cam photo that appears to show what I thought I saw, arrow right behind the shoulder.
My buddy just down the road had a bunch of does he wanted to thin, so I sat one evening at his place. Does came and I decided to shoot this one.
I have no idea what happened but when I let the arrow go I was already saying “dead deer”. The arrow slammed her and she flopped and jumped and ran off with the arrow hanging out. It looked like it was right behind the shoulder! And if you look close in the trail cam pic it appears to be too. Strange things. Zero blood, we looked, Ace sniffed, nothing.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Blind time
Blind time
Nice Drake Gadwall
Nice Drake Gadwall
Slow hunting means an afternoon trip to Mack’s
Slow hunting means an afternoon trip to Mack’s
Before Christmas we moved our AR duck hunt up a few weeks. It was nowhere near as good as last year, actually pretty much a bust. But fun couple days with the boys .
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Crabs spread
Crabs spread
View from the blind
View from the blind
The only 2 cranes…
The only 2 cranes…
After 3 day in Stuttgart we headed back across OK and to the TX panhandle to try our hand at Sandhill cranes. Hoping to leave the duck jinx behind. Tons of cranes around, but we couldn’t catch a break. I was hunting with a bow, but the boys barely managed 2 with shotguns. They just weren’t working in our field the 2 mornings we hunted.
From: RK
27-Jan-23
Awesome stuff Jim
Sandhills were a joke this year. Coming to feeders. Hundreds each morning We still managed to kill a few ????
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Come to find out I’m the worlds worst snowmobile driver. Had to have crashed at least 25 times
Come to find out I’m the worlds worst snowmobile driver. Had to have crashed at least 25 times
Plenty of miles on snowmobiles
Plenty of miles on snowmobiles
The day after Christmas I headed to WY to chase a mountain Lion. I hunt with an outfitter there who I’ve become good friends with, but with the tag situation as it is I’m not sure when I’ll be able to hunt with him again. So with no tag this year we decided to do a Lion hunt and give me a reason to come visit him and his family. And hopefully kill a Lion!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Lion kill in the bush. Female with a kitten. Tracks all though through the rocks
Lion kill in the bush. Female with a kitten. Tracks all though through the rocks
Collard sheep carcus and ear tag.
Collard sheep carcus and ear tag.
Some rams in the same area on the horizon. My buddy Bruce guided a hunter to a 182” in the same area.
Some rams in the same area on the horizon. My buddy Bruce guided a hunter to a 182” in the same area.
Found plenty of tracks, and even saw one small female, but nothing we wanted to chase. Did find a lion killed ewe sheep. She had a collar. We called it in, but they said they already had a guy in the way to pick it up.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
We should hook up next year RK, I really want to get a couple with a bow!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Some bulls
Some bulls
Wintering elk. That is probably only about 1/3 of the herd
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
8° when I took this pic. Thank god for heated grips.
8° when I took this pic. Thank god for heated grips.
Shiras moose. He is about 80 yards. In the second pic you can see him just over the left side of my head.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Plenty of cool stuff, but couldn’t get on a Lion. I only had 5 days to hunt, and I would blame that, but Bruce kept hunting and didn’t cut a good big track for several day. So I guess I didn’t miss much.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
After WY I took a quick day to run down the the Dallas Safari Club show. Meet up with some friends and see the sights.
Bigpizzaman with his polar bear. Rumor has it that the one on the right you can barely see belongs to another bowsiter.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Cool reflection pic
Cool reflection pic
A fine coues buck, but just a little smaller than I was looking for on this ranch. Cory killed them all the week before!
A fine coues buck, but just a little smaller than I was looking for on this ranch. Cory killed them all the week before!
Lots of Hours in the blind
Lots of Hours in the blind
Ended the first week with no shot.
Ended the first week with no shot.
Couple weeks working and then headed down to Sonora, MX for a couple weeks coues deer hunting.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Changed ranches for the second week. After seeing lots of deer the week before my finger got a little itchy. I shot this buck the first morning. A nice 6pt buck that easily makes P&y measuring over 86” gross.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The next morning I was able to stalk a group of javelinas and got a shot at this old girl.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The ranch didn’t have any more coues deer tags, and I wanted to keep hunting, so I guess that leaves mule deer! Nice heavy desert Mulie taken on the 4th day over water. 22 yards
The mule deer also finished out my deer slam. I think they should all may P&y except my Sitka Blacktail. Need to get some stuff measured..,
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Then I finished off the year strong with a solid pope and young jackrabbit!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
That wraps it up for the year. A beautiful Mexico sunset.
I’m gonna throw in a few random/misc pics here, no order or rhyme or reason.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Aces’ idea of “helping” with yard work around the house
Aces’ idea of “helping” with yard work around the house
Mako, my buddies duck dog
Mako, my buddies duck dog
Love having the dogs around!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Cool pic of Palo Duro Canyon and my Aoudad ram.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
100° hog hunting attire
100° hog hunting attire
Some hot weather OK hog hunting. Some evenings it was easily over 100° when I got in the tree.
From: HUNT MAN
27-Jan-23
My Hero does it again!!! Hammertime my friend!! Can’t wait for the next one!! Strong work . Hunt
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Moose calling on a BC high country lake on a calm morning. What a place to be.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Some real life Total Archery Challenge practice for that MX jackrabbit!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Cool view in Bulgaria
From: hdaman
27-Jan-23
Awesome pics and recap Jim, thanks!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Some different ways to cover the miles to get to where the hunting happens. I covered a few miles this year…
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
One more reason people hate pigs!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
I hate Choya on my boots, I can’t even imagine them all over my face!!!!
From: huntinelk
27-Jan-23
Congratulations on a great year. Thanks again for your priceless help last fall.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
The GF’s car and Ace the co-pilot
The GF’s car and Ace the co-pilot
The shark hunt presidential suite.
The shark hunt presidential suite.
Euros put a lot of $ back in the hunting fund vs taxidermy
Euros put a lot of $ back in the hunting fund vs taxidermy
Some People ask how I can afford to do so much. Some little corners can be cut, like taking the GF’s car to TX when I know I won’t be off road (40mpg vs 14mpg).
On the shark hunt there was 3 of us, instead of getting 2 hotel rooms (on the beach no less), I literally slept in the closet.
I don’t do any taxidermy, just euros. I always fly coach as cheap as possible.
None of that stuff is gonna pay for a sheep hunt, but it starts to add up over multiple trips.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Checking out some billies below us
Checking out some billies below us
My dream trophy. Only took me 3 hunts to get it done…
My dream trophy. Only took me 3 hunts to get it done…
A few more awesome goat hunt pics from BC
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Pick-up truck cab loaded with a dog, a bow, and a bag of corn. Some real Texas Sh-t right there!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Cool cactus/rainbow pic.
Cool cactus/rainbow pic.
Long days in the blind you will take any friend you can get.
Long days in the blind you will take any friend you can get.
The Mighty Caracara, the finder of lost deer…
The Mighty Caracara, the finder of lost deer…
Kinda a typical “represso” water hole hunting set-up.
Kinda a typical “represso” water hole hunting set-up.
Some cool Sonora, MX pics
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
California dreaming.
California dreaming.
British Columbia Dreaming
British Columbia Dreaming
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Number 10
Number 10
JTreeman's Link
The Canada moose completed a personal goal of mine, an Archery Super 10.
I did a quick thread on that, which can be found at the link above.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Aoudad ewe with a bunch of little ones. They are cute little buggers. And they sure can stick to rocks!
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Another pic of my BC black bear. Easily makes p&y
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Ace on road trips…
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Bye bye beaver.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
Finish it off with a couple sunset pics. Cool pic of the moose and canoe.
From: JTreeman
27-Jan-23
That’s is, that’s all I got fellas. Another year in the books. Got some stuff planned this year, hope it is anywhere near as good as last.
Thanks for following along. If you made it this far you are probably set to start your marathon training!
—jim
From: buckfevered
27-Jan-23
Great recap Jim. Really enjoyed all the pics. Best of luck in all the adventures that will make up your ‘23 recap!
From: Zackman
27-Jan-23
Congrats to my friend with the coolest hair on another exciting recap. And congrats on finishing your archery super 10 and deer slam!
I just wish you got a chance to enjoy some time away from work and do some hunting. Maybe next year…
From: midwest
27-Jan-23
Jim showing Joel proper trigger punch technique. :)
Jim showing Joel proper trigger punch technique. :)
Unreal. Thanks for taking the time to share it all here!
Many may not know but Jim is a damn fine archer when he’s not in Bulgaria . He met me last Spring down near St. Louis, MO for an archery clinic with Joel Turner.
Jim gave Joel a clinic on the fine art of command shooting. While Joel was critiquing Jim’s “too fast” trigger work, Jim is blowing off fletchings while wadding arrows together down range. lol
From: Paul@thefort
27-Jan-23
I am dizzy from the rolier (roller) coaster ride. Thanks! Well done. My best, Paul
From: Bake
27-Jan-23
Awesome year again Jim!! Congrats!
From: Willieboat
27-Jan-23
Thanks for sharing!
From: Stoneman
27-Jan-23
Really enjoyed this. Congratulations on a dream year “for most of us knuckle draggers” well done!
Very nice Billy!
From: bowhunt
28-Jan-23
Holly sh!t
What a year. It looks like you have mastered the art of prioritizing your time.
Thanks for taking some of that time to share your adventures.
From: Nick Muche
28-Jan-23
What a fantastic year Jim!!! Good stuff all around, but that rabbit won’t make P&Y….
From: LUNG$HOT
28-Jan-23
Awesome season Jim! Do you still have a girlfriend? ;-)
From: Mad Trapper
28-Jan-23
Very nice Jim! When I grow up I want to be just like you and Gene!
From: Treeline
28-Jan-23
Spectacular year for sure! Congratulations on living the dream!
From: Supernaut
28-Jan-23
Wow, what a year!
Thank you so much for sharing your pics and recaps with us.
Threads like these are truly my favorite ones on Bowsite.
I can tell you love your buddy Ace as much as I love my dogs.
Thanks again Jim and may 2023 be just as blessed, safe and fun for you.
From: Bowboy
28-Jan-23
You had a banner hunting year well done.
From: otcWill
28-Jan-23
I'm impressed. One helluva season my friend! Thanks for posting
From: bowhunter24
28-Jan-23
Thanks for taking us on your ride sure looked like a lot of fun!!!
From: Jaquomo
28-Jan-23
Jim, your "season" would be a great hunting career for most bowhunters. Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us so we can dream!
From: LWood
28-Jan-23
Jim- Thanks for sharing your year, again! I really enjoy this annual thread. Congrats on all the success and great adventures!
Lenny
From: WhattheFOC
28-Jan-23
Sorry to hear you struck out on grouse.
From: Altitude Sickness
28-Jan-23
Congrats on a great year. Thanks for posting. Who doesn’t like seeing all those trophies and scenery
From: caribou77
28-Jan-23
Wow what a year! Good job
From: Ron Niziolek
28-Jan-23
Great stuff Jim. Thanks for taking the time to share your adventures. Congrats on the 10!
From: Charlie Rehor
28-Jan-23
Good for you. Congrats.
All: Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
From: Bou'bound
28-Jan-23
What a great recap thank you for sharing
From: bghunter
28-Jan-23
Wow what a year. Great write up and photos.
From: WV Mountaineer
28-Jan-23
Livin’!!!! I love it!!!
From: Marty
28-Jan-23
Congrats! What a season!
From: Jason Stafford
28-Jan-23
Congrats Jim, outstanding year!
From: JohnMC
28-Jan-23
Living the dream.
From: jordanathome
28-Jan-23
Very cool.....thanks for sharing. Ace crashed out upside down in his bed was the best pic though.
From: Ambush
28-Jan-23
Jim, you make a guy grin with happiness for you and hate you at the same time for living what most of us can only dream about.
But like you say, you're just an ordinary guy making the extraordinary commitment to get it done. I think those famous "Just Do It' T-shirts must be inspired by you.
Big congrats again on finishing the Super 10 in grand style!
From: IdyllwildArcher
28-Jan-23
Good stuff Jim. Grats on another great year and your milestones.
From: TMac
28-Jan-23
Congratulations what a year….unreal! Great recap thanks for sharing!
From: APauls
28-Jan-23
The planning alone seems like a full time job heck of a year man!! For interests sake, what brand of broad heads and arrows do you shoot? Just wanna know for next time I buy stocks...
From: Buffalo1
28-Jan-23
Jim you had an awesome and interesting year. You really got some nice trophies.
Thanks for sharing and taking us along with you.
From: pav
29-Jan-23
Another incredible year Jim! Congrats on the hunts, the Super Ten, and living the dream!!!
From: BULELK1
29-Jan-23
Hell of a good year man!
I still feel sad that I didn't offer you and Gene my home for a shower, meal and good night's sleep after his Sheep Hunt out here.........Dang it.
Good luck, Robb
From: sticksender
29-Jan-23
Enjoyed your report & pics...big congrats on all your success last year.
From: cnelk
29-Jan-23
Awesome year! Thanks for taking the time to share
From: Julius Koenig
29-Jan-23
Thanks for Sharing. Congrats on a great year!
From: glidingindian
29-Jan-23
You did all this and still have a GF that loans you her car to save $$ ? Damn, you are my hero!
From: njbuck
30-Jan-23
Congrats again on one hell of a year!
From: iceman
30-Jan-23
Congrats again, ole boy. Glad I could be a part of one of the 25 trips :)
From: Beav
30-Jan-23
Holy crap!!! Now that was a fantastic year. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
From: Chief 419
30-Jan-23
Congrats on completing your Super 10! When do you find time to work? The ears on your Jack rabbit looked a little short for P&Y.
From: Ken
30-Jan-23
Congratulations on a great year. Hope your 2023 is great too. Thanks for sharing!
From: Mark Watkins
30-Jan-23
HUGE Congrats Jim!!! Amazing!!!
What a year, pics and narrative!!
Mark
From: bigeasygator
30-Jan-23
The only problem with this year’s thread is we didn’t manage to get any pics together. Let’s make sure we find a way to fix that this year. Congrats on an incredible year, my friend.
From: Kurt
30-Jan-23
Good shooting! Lots of hunting! Fun times!
From: 12yards
30-Jan-23
Thanks for sharing! As a guy who started hunting because of my dad's waterfowling heritage, I love the pics of the sprig! We shoot them up here in MN, but they're never that pretty. Great hunts all around!
From: westgak
30-Jan-23
Very enjoyable read! Thanks for sharing
From: Quinn @work
30-Jan-23
Wow unreal! Now that's the true definition of "have mullet, will travel". Congrats!
From: goelk
30-Jan-23
Living the Dream Thanks for sharing and hope 2023 just as good or better Lots of food to eat. LOL
From: JTreeman
31-Jan-23
Thanks guys. Appreciate all the nice comments and PM’s.
I’ve got some stuff planned this year, should be a fun year. I’m gonna try to get through it without bankruptcy.
—jim
From: Bou'bound
01-Feb-23
What a great recap thank you for sharing
