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Well my first rifle Coues hunt was a success. Took this guy this afternoon trying to sneak along the edge of some thick cover and that was that. Barely 100 yard shot. This was definitely a change of pace from my normal long range glassing and expecting a longer shot. I found a really nice area with a ton of fresh sign and plenty of deer so I ditched the conventional thinking and hunkered down on a small ridge that overlooked the edge of thick oaks a couple hundred yards long. I had seen deer coming in and out, one huge buck, a few small ones, and a few decent ones. But none of the bucks were out in the open, not surprisingly. I either glassed them up in their beds behind cover or sneaking through it. But this afternoon I forced myself to stop glassing across the field and focus on that tucked away little corner. I knew that the bucks were either crossing that area or skirting it, or they would be by next weekend as the rut kicks in. Sure enough, I watched about nine does trickle through a break in the cattle fence at the end of the corner. I glanced back to my right and saw antlers shining in the sun only 100 yards away. He was either facing straight at me or straight away so I glassed him real quick to confirm he was a whitetail and to see if I would be happy with him. My gut said to send it so I swung the rifle and shooting sticks towards him. He was mostly quartered away with his head straight away with his attention on something in the brush. I set the scope behind his front shoulder and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately he started to turn away the instant the trigger broke so the bullet went in where I wanted but came out the base of his throat. He bucked straight up and fell over dead but the cape was a lost cause. No big deal. Time to relax and be grateful. Good luck everyone. I hope you have or had success this season!

I know at least 30 people that have had it and don’t personally know anybody that has passed because of it .Truth be told out of the 30ish people that had it all 30ish of them said it wasn’t shiit . Is it a thing for sure ! is it blown out of proportion with out a doubt !

How are we part of the problem? Y’all have been told to stay home and social distance. Not our fault you guys all didn’t.

Half my family is now down with it, as I I type. My Mom who is 88 tested Neg. fortunately. Christmas is pretty well a solo house affair for us in a family that thrives on gatherings and being together at holidays. Those of you who think it’s B S really are part of the problem.

Hey folks! Before I go into detail of my adventure. I just wanna give a few shout outs to everyone who helped and landed a hand to me! Thank you Josiah for helping me on this trip! You're an amazing guide and I hope to see you again soon and hunt with you again at some point! Thank you Damon for leaning as much as offering me your quad! I am sorry I couldnt text you that I didnt need to use it! I lost your number because my phone broke Dave, thank you for some scouting advice back in july! I meant to follow you up on some more pointers but same issue happened with Damon! Last but not least another Dave I met in Peoria! Thank you for allowing me to buy the ammo I desperately needed! It saved my behind! Thank you all! My elk trip was good. Only there for 2 days and saw only 3 elk. 1 bull and 2 cows. Got within 30 of the bull but by the time I saw him he was already running But here we are with my deer hunt story! 11-19-20 I had left a little late but got to my unit around 430 PM drove down the FR22 to camp and I lost phone service. Google directed me to another outfitters camp and we didnt even know till hours later! So I eventually made it to my actual camp right down the road! Almost got myself a nice steal from that first camp lol! 11-20-20 OPENING DAY I met my guide Josiah who was amazing! We left camp at 530 and got out to glassing before shooting light. Saw deer EVERYWHERE and even my biggest buck I had ever seen and he told me it wasnt a shooter. I was mind boggled! But I trusted him! Heard a shot hit a deer near us right at light. Saw 60 deer that morning passed 8 bucks too! Then passed another 2 that evening with seeing another 40 does 11-21-20 DAY 2 We had set a trail cam on a water hole and saw a 210 plus buck on it! So we wanted to sit water that morning. We get there and passed a cool drop-tine buck but the other side had 2 points but still really cool! And saw about 30 does in 3 hours! We decided to stay sitting on the ground with little water, a few small snacks, and no blind or anything all day! So much action. Saw like 10 or 11 bucks that day! And countless does about 100-120 more! Heard some deer fighting that night too! Really fun! 11-22-20 DAY 3 TAG FILLED My guide Josiah was teaching me a lot about hunting, life, God, everything in general! He was an awesome dude! We prayed before every hunt and it made me think and reflect on new things on a new level. And that's a great thing. We decided to leave camp before 5 AM and get there set up with a blind and chair and food before 6 AM. We were prepared for another whole day at the water whole this time! We said prayer at 6:50 AM opened the blind and 2 minutes later I see movement to the left and a doe comes down to water and then a buck. It was so dark all you could see what a silhouette of the deer and some horn. I put my cross hairs on every buck and wait for Josiah to say shoot or dont shoot. And he said shoot...that....buck. I didnt hesitate, I trusted him like family! So I shot immediately! Hit him really good with the .243 bout 100 yard shot! He went around the small hill behind the water with his doe. Then 2 minutes later that doe was hoofing it back the other way! So we left the blind to check and this was our result. After we got pictures we did the gutless method and all the guides helped me at camp because I never quartered a deer before so they taught me! It was a ton of fun! 11-23-20 HEADING HOME Well our guide left early because he had to take care of somethings at home! So me and my girlfriend left that next morning! We packed up tied the skull to my ice chest to show it off to all the cars on the way home. As we headed back into Flag we got into a hit and run. Almost was fatal buck I luckily swerved enough to only get my back quarter of my truck dented. We came out okay. The driver took off into a forest road and some nice folks chased them back out but then that same car hit another on the highway right next to mine! So they had no choice but to pull over! They were just scared! They were younger than me and I'm 19. So we called the police and they helped us all out! Nobody was injured thankfully! But God was protecting all of us in that incident! For all the cars going 65 I would say damage was pretty minimal! But here is pics of all the highlights of our adventure!

Here's my 2020 37a desert. Using the fish and game numbers, he nets 176" with my math. Using the fish and game's math, 174 1/2" 😳. The fractions were not added up right for the gross score and the deductions where done wrong. Will have him officially scored after the sixty days. He was aged at 11 to 12 years old. The class of sheep I have always wanted to harvest. It was a awesome hunt. And getting to experience it with family made it even better. I have been trying to draw a sheep tag for years and I honestly wasn't sure it was ever going to happen. Many thanks to the fish and game and all the people that keep our Arizona sheep alive. I spent almost four months scouting for this hunt and can see how people can get addicted to sheep hunting.

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Hearing they are going pretty good in some spots with mature bucks with most of the doe groups in northern AZ. A two point was harassing a group of does behind my place yesterday morning. Some smart guys poached him with rifles a couple hours late. The Calvary showed up and eventually after some excitement the guy/guys got busted. Don’t use rifles in archery season boys and girls.

What makes this country great is that we're each entitled to our own opinions. But we're not entitled to our own facts. So the stats I saw in the United States show about 105 deaths per day by motor vehicle accident while we've been averaging over 2,000 COVID deaths per day recently. Maybe I'm missing something though.

300,000 Americans dead so far and people still think it’s fake. No comprendo....

Thanks to the couple guys that PM’d me! Had a tough hunt as it was a struggle to turn up water or elk with only 1 full day of scouting before the hunt. finally turned up 2 bulls feeding together the evening of the third day at about 300 yards. Couldn’t get a clear shot at the bigger of the two so I slipped in for a shot and well I ended up getting a bit closer than I expected.... 30 yards😂 guess I should’ve brought the Bow! Anyways the 300 did it’s job and I wrapped my tag on my very first Bull!

Thanks guys it is always fun hunting with your family. Funny story is that he runs cross country and track and he talked a little smack about this ol man keeping up with him. Little did he know that I am still in decent backpacking shape and since I was splitting the load up I made sure to load him up a little heavier than I normally would.

Josh, Thank you for all the nice words but listen my friend I was enjoying hunting with you and Alexa much more than you will ever realize. There was zero guide stress and you all were very refreshing and anxious to learn and always in expectation. The ultimate client that every guide wants but now your a friend that I will always look forward to helping. God answers prayer ! God bless you and Alexa thru the Holiday season! Let me know if you guys need anything buddy!! Your friend, Josiah 20201122_080351_00.mp4

My favorite band of all time. Some of you Gen X’ers may agree.... It’s a crime that they are not in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame

Interesting point is we are in December and the flu seems nonexistent this year. Hospitals are making hand over first right now. Someone is stacking some serious cash. Non profits especially

I don’t think that the CDC gets any money for reported COVID deaths, their reporting seems to show a pretty close correlation in increased 2020 total US deaths vs 2019 total deaths . In fact, the number of increased reported deaths in 2020 comes pretty close to hospital reported COVID deaths. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/provisional-tables.htm While most of us are not worried about COVID personally, when it is all said and done I doubt many of us won’t know someone that has has died from this virus.

I have a box to try in my 300 blk ,,, should slow it down enough for no bang bang noise out of the can. !!!!

everyone has heard it but....a classic nonetheless

Can we buy it and sell it for more on craigslist and offer-up?

How many of you clowns will get the vaccine as soon as you can ?

Careful basing your facts and opinions on feelings...someone will call you a liberal. 😳

We could have shot about a 158” ram yesterday but couldn’t think of a good reason to do it. North Growlers

Okay, I could have done a better job of presenting my point and that is that the average person, that doesn't have underlying conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc, is not dying from covid. I feel more at risk of a car wreck than dying from covid. Next time I'll try not to state my feelings and opinions as facts.

Both boxes spoken for. Just trying to help out when I can, eventhough $30 is stupid money for a box of 22s it pisses me off seeing people gouge others to make a buck.