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100 Coues. 170 muley

Many of you know that I have been shooting a Nikon more than a Winchester the past several years. As life progresses, interests change also. I do find landscape photography a lot like hunting in that one has to research and scout locations, check the weather, hike in the dark to get to locations, and have patience for the right opportunity. Even if a glorious sunset does not happen, or a royal bull steps in the opening, the time spent in nature is a blessing. This past Oktober, I spent the first week in southwest Colorado photographing fall colors. I had not been to Colorado in five years for various reasons, but the return happened when the colors of the aspens and oaks were the best in several years. What wonders some summer rain and optimum temperature make. The venture to the San Juan Mountains included some areas that I was familiar with and then an area I was invited to meet some friends. Turns out, this "new" location was where I had archer and rifle hunted elk for a few seasons twenty some odd years ago. Here is one of my favorite image from the trip. The rest may be seen on my website using this link: https://www.plateaulightphotography.com/New-Work/Colorado-Fall-2021/

It's gotta be the range finder. Try changing the battery or creating a new profile and see what happens.

The taxidermist just finished my mule deer I shot last year. I love it! They did a very good job. It was an incredible hunt that produced this great buck!

Youth retention is very important, and with a little time, effort and a bit of money... one youth at a time. Kent

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You need to buy weather tech, they stay in your car by custom cut and fit.

Seems you been hunting in 34A not 34B.

I have the same range finder and just took my buck in Colorado at 530 yards, worked like a charm. 2 things I can think of…..I’ve heard that these can develop a “beam divergence.” Meaning, you’re aiming the box at your target, but that’s not actually where the laser is going. Possibly ranging something further. When it gave you the dial to MOA, didn’t that immediately send up a red flag? If I ranged 400 and it told me to dial up 18.2 MOA (example) I would have immediately known something was wrong, should be closer to 3.5 or so. The only other thing that will give you drastically different outputs would be your G1, G7 input. If you’re shooting a bullet with a G7 drag and you enter it as a G1 drag, it will have you dial up significantly more MOA.

Aim lower

Here’s the other side. His left side was a little smaller, although he had a second eye guard!

100 inch Coues is sexy Af 170” muley needs another year 💀

I wouldn't go TOO far off the main roads up there with a trailer on a late hunt. Never know with weather. Could be 60* or could dump 36" of snow.

Did you dial moa instead of clicks in the excitement? For example instead of 24 clicks, dialed 24 moa, about 95 clicks. That would have been around 12' high for 400 yds. It would be hard to tell exactly how high you shot without a steep backdrop behind the target.

I usually don’t notice the drug smugglers when I’m out hunting and I’m weighed down with my own guns and drugs

They have a hard time with scores. I’ve seen plenty where they talk about the buck being 180 or bigger and that’s from them looking at it and not measuring it. Elk are much more inflatable to the point you need to subtract 20” right away from what some of these guides are claiming. A 180 Net typical is a very big deer. Many times it can gross over 180 and the net is much lower than that. I have a set of antlers from NM from 1974 and it grosses 191 and nets just over 180 officially. When it comes to the final score after drying, that’s something that you usually never see or ever hear about unless it actually makes the book, then they most certainly post about that, but a lot fall short and they never mention that again. It’s human nature to overestimate things and whenever I hear a score I’m skeptical unless I see a score sheet with an offical scorer’s name after the 90 day drying time. That is probably what we see a lot of, the overuse 180. From a guides point of view, it doesn’t hurt to claim being around lots of 180 deer.

All leftovers have been issued to Randy Newburg.

No problem Azdesertrat - I knew I was rolling the dice. I purchased exactly what I wanted from you...still a great deal.

Who even thinks about covid anymore? Only people suffering from psychosis

So still no puppy pics ?

John it was great to meet you and give you big kudos for what you and everyone else have done. I can’t wait to see the pictures of the kids getting after the squirrels.

Here’s a buck my buddy killed on his ranch in Colorado couple weeks ago….this is 178” and shows how big a deer has to be to hit 180”

We want puppy pics! Also born 10/31 available 11/20, isn’t that kinda crazy young to separate them from their mother?

Cutting out a few hunts will always increase trophy quality. More bucks get older.