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Captured this over the weekend, the very hard to spot, very illusive desert whitetail. Was afraid to get closer to take a shot because I was down wind.

You gotta be aware of how good the optics are these days. I find the thickest stand of bushes I can so I don’t end up like this guy 🤷🏼‍♂️

Easy guys its a joke. Lighten up

Took my son out to check some petroglyphs I found the other day and happened to see some tines hanging above us. Can you spot the antler?

I haven’t shared a story in a while, been trying to find the time to write this one up and finally taking the time today. I didn’t draw a tag this year but my 2 youngest boys did. My 16 year old, Rusten found a spot he wanted to hunt and made a couple trips in there and scouted it pretty well. He found where we could get water and got a good lay of the the land but never found any big bucks. The first few days of the hunt we decided to go to an area we were already familiar with. After a pretty brutal hike we set up a quick camp and started glassing. We quickly found a cool 2x3 buck bedded at 600 yards but while we were trying to decide if one of the boys wanted to shoot him, he got up and disappeared into the brush. By then it was mid-day so we decided to drop into the canyon and filter some water to get us through the next couple days. After filling up we made our way back to our glassing point. At around 2pm, Rusten glassed up two bucks bedded at 800 yards. We took a good look at them and thought the bigger one might be close to 100”. My 14 year old Camm, decided he wanted to shoot the bigger of the two bucks so we made a plan. Rusten stayed on the hill while Camm and I moved closer. While we were getting into position the bucks got up and started feeding. We got to 415 yards and found a big boulder to get into a semi-prone position. He was able to make a great shot and put down his 3rd coues deer and his biggest buck yet at around 97”. By the time we got him broke down and back to camp it was 830 and we were pretty exhausted. We got Camm’s meat cooled off and hanging in the shade and we were back at it the next morning looking for a buck for Rusten. He had his sights set pretty high on an only shooting a big buck. He has been lucky enough to kill two bucks around the 100” mark already. One of them was on the same hill that camm just killed his buck on so we were hopeful of finding another good buck. Unfortunately, the next 2 days the wind picked up big time and we only turned up some small bucks and a bear. We decided to pack Camm’s deer out and move camp to the area Rusten scouted After a few hours at home we were back at it the next morning in a new area with high hopes Monday we found around 10 bucks, nothing big, but that evening we saw a couple that were too far out that looked promising. Tuesday morning we glassed close to camp at first light but by mid-day we were over were we saw the bucks the previous evening. We were on top of a the biggest hill in the area looking down into some shaded cuts. At around 2pm, I found a buck up feeding about 600 yards below us. As I was trying to point him out to the boys, he disappeared behind some trees. We were waiting for him to come out and another buck appears that was noticeably bigger. I wasn’t sure how big but I could see he had long beams and decent point length. Rusten decided pretty quickly he wanted to shoot him. Normally, I would help my boys find a place to shoot from and get the rifle set up for them but this time I just told Rusten to make it happen. We weren’t able to get any closer because of a big bluff below us so I gave him the dope for 613 yards and he knocked him down. I was pretty surprised when I walked up to him to see that he was a better buck than I thought. This is Rusten’s 5th coues deer and also his best at close 106” We were beyond blessed on this hunt. My boys impress me so much with their willingness to put in the hard work chasing these deer in the backcountry. We had a lot of laughs especially trying to stuff the 3 of us into a 2 man backpacking tent. Good memories for sure.

When you gotta go you gotta go. Open hillside or thick drainage with cover. Just another pick of the wild outdoors. Kinda funny because not shown often , but also nothing to be embarrassed of.

I don’t mind being filmed but I’d rather it was not posted in the internet

Can’t even shoot in peace without being recorded these days

Like Adam previously stated not a coues but it was harvested with a specialty pistol. With 30 BP I finally drew an AZ desert bighorn sheep permit. I used a custom Remington XP-100 in 284 Winchester to harvest my ram at 157 yards.

New in box and sealed. Rem 700 Triggertech primary adjustable trigger. Flat. NO bolt release. Has safely. Right handed. Pickup north phx sportsmans. SOLD

Have you been on one? You know the kind. Easy access, game rich environment, all the comforts of home. Well this was NOT one of those hunts. Here’s some scenery pics I took while I was with my friend on his hunt.

If that's the case then what do guys who take photos of it and post it on the internet hide?

Guys who think like this are probably hiding some deep desires. Just saying.

Pm sent. If you send me your address in the next hour, I will ship these today.

I'm wondering how long he was drooling over him. Probably made a poster out of it to hang in his bathroom next to his child porn.

And you couldn’t look the other way?

Batteries are actually in the outer part, they can be changed after dying. I went through panic mode when mine went dead the first time....

I think you are spot on for the right time to go for best rut activity as peak rut is early-mid January. Good luck!

I think they mostly eat candy and Cheetos.

Got it! Thank you! I seen that before but it was out of Europe and didn’t see that they would ship to the US but I just got the order placed

http://www.walkstool.com/webshop

My brother and I were fortunate to call this dude in a few evenings ago. Targeting lions specifically. He came in on my side. 30 minutes on the nose. 4-5 year old, 6'7" at 81 yards ...

It is difficult to say "no" to the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. Seems that each year, Utah and the eastern Sierras make voices heard, but Colorado shouts louder. So again, I pointed the truck northeast from Flagstaff and spent the first week of October around Durango, Ouray and Telluride. The aspen colors seemed to be a week behind the usual time frame, perhaps due to the rainfall and warmer temperatures. Still, pockets of color could be found to oggle the eyes and point the lens at. Here is a link to the gallery of Colorado fall images for your perusal. https://www.plateaulightphotography.com/New-Work/Colorado-Fall-2022/

Finally got a solid photo of a mule deer buck and he was still in full velvet. Should be stripping any day now.