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DIY wyoming elk this past September was very good to us. We went 3 of 4 and all of us had multiple opportunities to make it happen. It's tough to hunt and try to film solo so don't give me crap about the footage. hahaha! Hope you guys enjoy and one day have the opportunity to hunt Wyoming. It's my 2nd hunt there and it's a special place for sure... Wade

I'm not as active as I used to be on CWT. But I still linger and have always had a tremendous amount of respect for what Amanda built from the beginning. So if I can contribute to her and the rest of you Coues deer fanatics I will! I finally caught up with this buck after he eluded me last year. He's an old buck (and I'm not very smart) so I honestly couldn't be happier. It's always special when you can follow an animal this long. And for those who've done it, it can be very bitter/sweet also. I especially feel that way as I feel like I linger closer to my Coues deer hunting days being numbered. Enjoy.

A little bit of the history I have with him. I originally glassed this buck up in 2013. I've managed to keep tabs on him since then, believe it or not. In 2016 he was certainly the caliber of buck I wanted to take, but my hunting partner had the same tag with a much bigger buck to hunt in a different area. So it was a no brainer for us to go after his buck opening weekend. We were lucky to kill his buck opening weekend in 2016. Due to other obligations, I couldn't get back out into the field for my own tag until that Monday. Even then, I didn't have the time to get in and hunt this particular buck so that Monday was just a day hunt in a different area. That day Mark and I found a buck I just couldn't let go. So I filled my tag that day and wasn't able to hunt this buck. In 2017 I was fully committed to taking this buck, as I was pleasantly surprised he was still alive. I scouted and hunted him hard, to no avail. Then 2018 came and as luck would have it, he was STILL there and just as special as he was the previous two years. VERY fortunate to follow a buck this long and given ALL of the odds working against me and him during those 5yrs, I got him. My summer and pre-season scouting paid off..

My son connected with this cool forky today. He was sure pumped and I couldn't be more proud. His 2nd year in a row dropping one...he's making me look really bad.

After hunting a specific buck For 3 days with little to no deer to be shown for it I switched hunting areas and met up with my buddy Todd who had found an area in his scouting that had a few mature bucks in it. It payed off and that evening we killed this solid buck. I’m beyond thankful for friends who are willing to grind out the crappy days and come through when I needed it! Thanks fellas!

I'm moving to Maryland and will not have any use for this machine out there. It's currently sitting in elk camp which is where I'm heading later today. Text me if interested or need more info, pics, etc. I don't know the hrs or miles off the top of my head. I'd approximate 80 hrs and 800 miles so it's basically new. It's fully loaded with the following extras from the Honda dealer: Full windshield 1/4 windshield 4 Honda lights $15000 firm - will be off the market 11/30 (that's when I move) Trailer will be sold as well, but not until the side x side is gone. $2500 16' w/ 15 gal gas with electric pump & handle. This is a great trailer... Wade 9282766 five five 4

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Just wanted to do a quick share of the buck I killed this year. I was lucky enough to harvest my first 100"+ coues buck. The area I hunted this year had a lot of people hunting it, which made it tough. In fact the morning I killed this buck 2 other groups of hunters were sitting just above this buck, and a bigger one. I sat patiently hoping they hadn't seen them. At roughly 8:30 am, they got up and left. I couldn't believe it. I got my stuff together, and hiked almost 2 miles around to a better vantage point, and got set up. I glassed the bowl I had seen them disappear into until 4:45 pm. I hadn't been able to find them the entire day. Just when I thought they had given me the slip, I saw them sneaking out. The big one slipped out with no shot opportunity, but the smaller buck decided to pause for one last look. I ranged him at 502 yards, dropped my bag on the ground, dialed my drop, and held for 8 mph for wind. I settled in, exhaled, squeezed the trigger, and the shot went off. I watched the cross hairs come back, never leaving his vitals. He dropped dead before he hit the ground. The old 7mm Rem Mag still lives up to its history of one shot, one kill. I quartered him, and packed him out that night. Although he wasn't the biggest of the two, I'm still proud to say that I finally killed a truly mature coues buck, and I broke the 100" mark. He was scored by a friend of mine, that scored him at 102 7/8" (16 7/8" and 17 1/8" main beams, a 14 4/8" spread, and 27" of mass). He didn't quite make book, but he still made it over to the taxidermist. Lol. You can see by his teeth, that he was an older buck. I'm not sure exactly how old he was, but we're guessing 7-8 years old. Any ways, thanks for looking. Hopefully I can draw a tag again next year. I can't wait to go back.

T-minus 35 hours! My 81 year old dad will be sitting an ambush point waiting for his FIRST Bull Elk with my brothers Rick and Robert! Wish I could be there! Go dad!!!

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Deer I hunt are 4-5 miles from the closest water...have seen them 7-8 miles at times. Just depends on the year.

Trust me, there are Javelina all the way from Williams in Northern AZ to 150 miles south of the Mexican border.

Welcome to my world. 8 shots later I realized what had happened:(

If it is a fuel issue from bad gas, try mechanic in a bottle if all else fails. Have a mower that crapped out after a month. Sat for over a year. Used the mechanic in a bottle and the high test stuff in the can and viola, back in business. My wife couldn't believe I fixed something, LOL!

It varies buck to buck and obviously with resources but I've seen mature bucks have a home range of less than a square mile and some I'd say were over 5...

Always use stabil. never leave gas in it unless you are going to use it again soon. Have a can of starting fluid handy. 👌

great job

It didn't quite all go to sausage (out of the smoker and chilling down now). The traditional tenders for breakfast.

They match. Make sure ur looking at the spring regs.

I love giant 2 points

Nice shot but dang those are pretty tender cuts to grind and cover is seasoning.

Jerky and sausage ? Come on man that's like putting prime fillet in a crock pot with beer and corn nuts ????!!!!!!!

I want to say thanks to all the guys that take part in this forum. You guys made researching this hunt easy. Coues Whitetail was everything it was supposed to be and more. I scouted this buck in July and found him on the second day of my hunt. I was able to get close (150 yards) and seal the deal with one well placed shot. I'm very proud of this buck. The warden was able to age him between 6 - 8 years which makes it all the better. Thanks for the conversation as always and enjoy the pictures! Reece

Not much of a story hunted hard for 3 days, saw this buck on the morning forth day and made it happen. He is my biggest buck to date could not be happier.

Opening day of the 2013 Arizona archery javelina season started off with a nice surprise as I glassed up a nice whitetail buck that was pushing along 3 or 4 does along the top of a ridge about an hour after sunrise. I had my buddy cross a small bowl in front of us with the intent of getting behind the deer and gently herding them toward me. Well, that didn't work, as the deer just turned around and slipped over the ridgetop behind them. My buddy had seen some javelina sign on his side of the bowl, so we decided to follow the ridgtop to the back of the bowl and sneak over into the next valley to glass for javelina. About two steps later on the ridgetop....WOOF!! WOOF!! Javelina were dancing all around us. I pulled back and shot the third pig that stepped between a gap in some brush about 10 yards in front of me. I quickly called my buddy forward into my position, as none of the javelina were exiting in his direction. Unfortunately, no other pigs presented themselves to my buddy, who was on his first ever javelina hunt. I was sure I had a good hit, but an hour and half later, with no other blood trail to follow, we headed down the backside of a steep ridge where we had last identified his wobbly tracks. All of a sudden, a javelina busted out about 20 yards beneath us and ran sideways into the brush. I figured we had jumped up the wounded pig so we gave him another 20 minutes and began heading his direction. After quietly manuvering through the desert fauna, I perched myself on top of a boulder to scan the valley beneath me and actually spotted "the lone" pig standing by some vegetation with his head tilted towards my buddy's direction, as he was still navigating through the vegetation. I yelled out for him to stop and told him that I had a broadside shot that I was about to take. At this point, the pig could care less about our vocal conversation and I clicked my rangfinder which immediately responded back with a distance of 33.8 yards. I swiftly drew back my bow, placed my 30 yard pin on the pig's chest, held my breath for what seemed to be an eternity, and surgicaly squeezed my release. WHACK!! It was a good hit. The javelina raced off, veering directly towards my youth companion, who slung an arrow at it from about 5 yards, which just sailed over its back. The pig only went another 20 yards and vanished near a gigantic boulder surrounded by thick brush. After giving a full 20 minutes before pursuing our wounded quarry, we methodically trailed him directly into a hidden cave that ran a full 15 foot distance underneath the great natural monolith. Fighting back the terror of snakes, spiders, and scorpions, I wriggled my body into the claustrophobic crawl space and pulled the expired javelina out by his mouth. A quick examination revealed that this was not the original wounded pig that we initially had been trailing, but a new javelina altogether. In light of this finding, as I was physically tagging my beloved crown roast, I was also mentally tagging the "lost pig" with my second javelina tag that was going to be used in the same unit during the upcoming HAM hunt. What an awesome adventure!