Mossback Arizona Scouting Packages

One of the services provided by Mossback Arizona are our scouting packages. Since our guides are in the field year round, our scouting packages are unrivaled by any other outfits. What sets our packages apart from others? Our scouting packages included video and trail cam photos of bulls from your unit throughout the summer and into the fall. With our scouting packet you'll also receive maps with detailed information on water sources, bedding areas, and general elk activity. Our scouting package also includes a day in the field with one of our guides showing you the locations of bulls that you've seen grow throughout the summer. This is not a one shot deal. Throughout the summer we'll keep you current on what we are seeing in the field including feed and water conditions and antler growth. You'll see and know about bulls in your unit before 99.99% of the other tag holders. Our package differs from others as we do not just mark up a map with areas we've hunted in the past. You'll get photos and video of bull from this year's scouting. I'm sure you've heard about someone seeing or chasing a 400" bull. With our package you don't just get the story, you get the proof in the form of video and photos. Elk habits and conditions change year to year so the information you get from our scouting will give you the upper hand come opening morning. You'll be hard pressed to find another public land outfitter that can provide you photos and videos starting with shed antlers picked up in your unit all through the summer leading right up to opening morning. Our scouting packages regularly draw the attention of AZ's commissioner tag holders as we are annually following the top end bulls across AZ premier elk units and we can back up our claims of giant bulls.

Still not sure? Consider these two facts.

1) Gas is not getting any cheaper these days. Most of the small towns located withing AZ's elk units are very proud of their gas and often you'll pay more at the pump than in your home town. Let's take the current average price of gas, $3.75 per gallon and assume you drive a well-tuned 4WD truck for scouting which means you are probably getting on average 18 miles to the gallon. If you are lucky enough to live witin the state of AZ and live only a few hours away from your unit, chances are you'll put on at least 450 miles per scouting trip. In gas alone, you are already pushing $100 per trip. Throw in groceries, oil changes, vehicle repairs, and you'll build up quite a bill for scouting. That's all based on weekend scouting trips. Most of our guides live in prime elk units and scouting is done almost daily throughout the summer.

2)Most folks ask if we send photos and videos of the top end bulls that we find or do we save them for ourselves. Well here is a prime example of the service we offer. Last year, I was out on a field day with one of our scouting package clients when we glassed up two giant bulls. One was a bull that we'd gotten trail cam photos of previously. We harvested this 410" bull several days later by Stan Atwood and the other 400" bull was never harvested. Can you imagine the confidence you would have entering the hunt armed with info on bulls of this caliber?

You have more than likely waited years to draw your Arizona elk tag, don't trust your tag to an outfitter that shows up several days before you do. Watch bulls in your unit grow throughout the summer and know more about antler growth in your unit than most other tag holders will have.

Give us a call if you are interested in our scouting package or any other service we offer. We would love to talk to you about the tag you've drawn and what we may be able to provide for you. To give you an example of what you can expect, I've reduced one of our scouting package DVDs down to a highlight video. This is from a 2009 package as our 2010 packages still contain bulls that were not harvested last year. Enjoy the video and we look forward to talking with you.

Clints 2010 AZ Giant 402 Bull

Well my cousin Clint was able to draw a tag of a lifetime last year, a northern AZ early rifle bull tag. After all the months of anticipation, within 2 hours of opening morning, it was all over. Clint took this amazing bull with a couple shots from about 25 yards. This was bull number 13 that he had in his sights in a matter of a few hours. He was passing great bulls and his patience was running thin. Some of the other bulls were not far behind this guy, but when this one stepped out, Brian gave him the go ahead. As the bull screamed in his face at a mere 25 yards, Clint let him have it. Unfortunately, they were so excited the footage is a little shaky! This bull scored 402 gross, and is larger than we had thought. We had followed this bull for a couple of years. He had made a move this year and became quite elusive. As you can see the antler configuration is very similar. With all the scouting that we do, it is nice to put some of these bulls on the ground so we know how big they really are. This helped Brian give Clint the go ahead on this monster bull. We also have some scouting video of this bull from 2009 that you can watch. Congrats Clint!

2009

Here he is in 2009.

Clint with his AZ Giant.

The big royal was over 27"

Clint admiring his beautiful bull.

Here I am holding this giant.

This picture shows the huge front end.

Clints nephew Tate loved holding this bull.

With 57 & 61.5" beams, this bull has it all.

Another picture.

Congrats Clint on a bull of a lifetime.

2011 Barbary Sheep

Well, this was a great hunt for some awesome animals. Once you have the sheep bug, you take what you can get I guess. Here are some pics of this great time. We were able to capture a lot of amazing video, which we will post at a later date. This is a challenging hunt to find quality rams on public land, but we have taken some dandy rams out of this country, including the largest which is 32". I missed a golden opportunity at a great ram, and with limited time, was not able to find another "shooter" ram. It was fun to get "buck fever" again, even though I missed, and listen to my brother give me a hard time for missing a chip shot. It was the next day that he grabbed the gun and made an amazing shot on his great ram.

Still shot from video

Big glass is essential in this country.

Glassing with the KOWAS.

Shane looking at a big ram.

Shane with his great ram.

My brother and I with Shanes trophy.

Beautiful Country

Shane and I in a packin out!

This was very rough country to get to the animals, but it made it all the better.

Alaska Sheep 2010 Part 5 of 5

Here is the final video showing our pack out and a grizz from the brooks range.
Enjoy

Alaska Sheep 2010 Part 4 of 5

Here is the video of my first dall ram!

Alaska Sheep 2010 Part 3 of 5

Well here is Shane harvesting his first dall ram! Enjoy.

Alaska Sheep 2010 Part 2 of 5

Here is part 2 of the sheep hunt. We locate Shanes ram and sit on him all day anticipating opening day!

Alaska Sheep 2010 Part 1 of 5

As promised, we have finally put together a small video of our 2010 Alaska sheep hunt adventure.  If possible, make sure you watch it in full 1080 HD.  Click on the video and in youtube and change settings to whatever your connection will support.  Enjoy part 1.