John McClendon vs State of AZ Game and Fish
August 18, 2008
by John McClendon
Last year I was cited by the AZ Game & Fish Department (AGFD) on a hunt for the Governors Tag. On August 4, 2008 I was found not guilty and all charges against me were dropped. I’ve been a guide for close to 30 years in AZ and have never had anything like this happen to me. I’ve always done my best and have taken the appropriate steps to build and maintain a reputation of high standards and ethics. This entire situation has been very stressful to me and my family. To have the AGFD treat me and my hunter, who has spent upwards of $500,000 to support wildlife conservation in AZ, in such a thoughtless manner has been very disappointing to say the least. For those of you supporting me, thank you…good hunting to you all!
Archery Elk DVD - Hunting Project
August 13, 2008
Goliath - Levi McClendon
In 2005 I was fortunate enough to guide former Green Bay Packer, Shawn Patterson, in pursuit of Goliath. Goliath was a huge typical, 7×7 bull with incredible tine length. Goliath was spotted about 30 days prior to the hunt. After watching him several days, he disappeared into the thick forest not to be found until the night before the hunt. As opening day would have it, we were able to get within a couple hundred yards of Goliath just as the sun was rising. With little interest in adding more cows to his herd, he headed for his bed. We followed him into the thick bedding grounds, made a few cow calls and were able to get a couple responses from him. As we snuck toward Goliath, Shawn spotted him sneaking toward us. With just a slight opening in the thicket, Shawn made a superb shot as the bull was quartering away. Taking no chance of pushing him, we left him for several hours. After returning to track and find Goliath, we were excited to see him just 80 yards from where he was shot! It’s OFFICIAL! Shawn Patterson’s bull is the New Pope & Young World Record, scoring 432 gross and 414 5/8 net. You can see this entire hunt in Awesome Archery Bulls 2. Watch out Shawn… I drew an archery tag this year and if there’s one person I would like to see beat the record…well, need I say more? Good hunting to everyone! Stay posted for another blog post after my archery elk hunt in September.