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Got My Osceolla Turkey yesterday in the wind and Drizzle here in Florida . Been waiting along time to get this done as I am a Turkey Freak. Still raining today , I'M ready for the Beach. These guys are a smaller bird and quiet too. Luckily it didn't take me long. Looking to hunt Georgia too ! Enjoy...............BOB!

The first rule of profile pictures is you don't ask about profile pictures......

If I lose my 27BPs for pronghorn, someone at GFD is losing their scalp.

Unit 10 it is! Got through on the phone.

First buck is a Jan archery buck from 2019. The hunter was from Utah. One heck of a hunter. 60 yard shot. Second is a general season buck from 2019. Hunter was from Washington The hunter built his own pistol just for that hunt... if you want to call it that. I would call it a carbine without a buttstock... lol. It's a 6.5 SAUM. Killed that buck at 160 yards. Third and forth are from last Nov. 2 hunters from California. They are desert bucks but not from the Sonoran Desert. I watched both bucks for months. Killed them on day one and day two respectively. Third was killed at 80 yards, forth was killed at 88 yards. All the hunts were on public land and were spot and stalk. The first and forth buck were 8 hour stalks. *no trailcams were used in the taking of these deer... 😂😂😂

7w archery bull. Ran to bull basin and bought a new V3 31 to celebrate the tag! Ya I'm a little excited!

While we should all be concerned, there is some missing info here. First, this bill isn't an assault weapons ban, it is an expansion of background checks, largely focused on private sales. Second, to pass, they need 60 votes in the Senate to pass it. At this time they are well short of 60 in the 50/50 split senate. In order to bring the number down from 60 to a simple majority, they would need to get rid of the filibuster, which at this time is what we should be more concerned about. As long as the filibuster rules are in place, it is going to be really tough to pass their firearms reform.

I got my 2020 Mule Deer buck back. Noel at Ironwood Taxidermy does great work with the quickest turnaround and lowest prices in the industry. Super happy with how it came out. I was the one that started the post about tipping and I did tip. I just appreciate the turn around more than anything.

Tessa and myself just returned from a successful hunt with Heart of Texas Outfitters it was an awesome hunt we saw hundreds of sheep Tessa shot a giant 34 inch super heavy ram . She made a super tuff 575 yard shot down in a deep hole took several hours to pack out through a lot of nasty cat claw . I shot my ram at 600 yards he’s 31.5 and really wide. I missed a ram that may have been bigger than hers . So once again she has the bragging rights

My credit card got hit for elk tag today. I put myself and my wife in separately. Our results still say not drawn. I called game and fish @ 450 they told me it was too late for them to look into it they would call me back tomorrow.

Not everyone has expressed their opinion yet. Give us time.

I own the HD Meoptas and HD SLC's. I had the Meoptas first and loved them. Used them for a few seasons before I got the SLC's. Obviously used the SLC's from then on but last Dec I pulled the Meoptas back out. To me theres no comparison. Like Lance said above, the edge to edge and fish eye is the biggest difference to me. Center clarity is great on the meoptas and color is great. If you want great glass and don't want to refi your house for SLC's, go with Zeiss Conquests. To me eye they're within 3% of the SLC's and much cheaper. The Conquests are better than the Meoptas as well. Better edge to edge and no fisheye. My only real complaint with the Zeiss is it feels like you have to turn the focus wheel more for minor adjustments.

February and he was still checking ‘em...

Whoa, I have a log more bonus points for both elk & 'lope! Thanks to whoever donated theirs!!! 🤣

Until recently, I haven't been around in a long time. Dug up this old post. Interesting read. If you want to know about Sonoran Desert muleys, you won't find too many people that know more than Creed. I say "Sonoran" desert muleys because from my experience, they're pretty different than other mule deer. Even "desert" mule deer that live in different types of desert. I started hunting the desert around 20 years ago. Creed taught me A LOT. We hunted together quite a bit. Good times. As you can probably guess from my handle, I spend a fair bit of time in the desert. Reading through the different comments, I realized, none of them are wrong. Desert bucks are different than other mule deer bucks but in many cases, they're different from each other as well. I've seen big bucks that roam far and wide, never hitting the same water more than a couple times a month. I've also see bucks that live in relativity small areas only using one water source. I've seen bucks that will rut in the same general area they spend the rest of their lives in but as Creed mentioned, there are bucks that will move many many miles to rut. Summer seems to be when they're most habitual. I would attribute that to heat and the need for water. Once it cools off they seem to get really random. I've seen bucks hit a drinker one day, then 3 days later show up at another drinker 5 miles away. Then disappear for 2 weeks only to show up at a third water 3 miles from the first one. The one thing that will make any desert muley habitual is man made food source. Theres so much that goes into hunting desert muleys, it's impossible to cover it all in one sitting. Anyway, if you are looking for a challenge and you want to sharpen your hunting skills, go hunt desert muleys. They take all the skill that's required to be a good hunter multiplied by 10. Couple that with a few years hunting coues bucks and you'll be able to hunt anything, anywhere.

Thanks for posting that last picture for me Richard ,now You can see the Beard on that Picture .It was Raining and we wanted to get out of there so didn't get great pictures. I will help you no problem Buddy. It took Me till age 64 to get it done but it takes time and Money. Lotta miles put in too to get all 5 Species...................BOB!

I'm not to worried about the resale honestly. I've looked through the Meoptas woth my No HDs during mid day, sunny. the Meoptas seemed to be slightly brighter. and to my eyes crisper. although the swaro might of had a slight win on the edge to edge if any. That being said the Meopta defiantly cut the heat waves alot better. I've looked through the new HDs briefly and on both occasions the weather wants too great. I do know there was a noticeable difference between them and my Slc's. No matter what I think both the Meopta and the Newer HDs are better than my SLCs however I'm not sure if the HDs are worth the extra $800

I wasn't drawn. I think AZGFD should have given me one of you whiney F'rs tags

I started my elk hunting yesterday 🙃! No tags for us!

Bull or cow

Either son or I. Of course hoping it’s him! He’s a much better shot that I am, anyway... 😉

We got a youth and a late tag of some sort.

Hit!

Got hit for one Elk tag

$135 charge here. Either 23N early rifle Bull or 9 October cow. 🙂