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Bet they saw this thread and were like, "Great, CWT is on to us again. Put em up!"

He is not on social media. yes he hunts the same unit/area every year but he does not shoot the first buck he sees he is pretty certain he saw this buck 3 - 4 years ago The big Dec storm moved in the day after he killed it. The impending storm probably had this buck up and moving around to the hunters knowledge and other hunters he knows in the area, no one else was aware of this bucks existence

Maybe the hunter doesn’t want the publicity? I know of several trophy hunters who never post anything and nobody would no about any of there trophy’s.

Happens every 5-6 years due to the calendar changing. All hunts are set to start on specific weeks of the year. Example: late elk to start on the 48th Friday of the year. (No idea if that's the correct week) As the calendar moves around from year to year with a leap year or two eventually the hunts bump back. I think the last time it bumped back like this was 2017.

All three have been recovered. The lady they were able to pull out died at the scene. The other two were recovered the next day. Sad deal.

I posted this for the original sale so might as well share and/or give a free bmup at min ----If it helps I set two of these up in 6.5c for my wife and daughter over the last few years. They both shoot very well (3/4 at 100 with factory eldx) and I’ve shot out to 600 with them both and they track and hold spot on. I did group one at 500 and didn't put a caliper to it but it was 2 shots in the 3" diamond I did have PCR put a brake on them as well. In my opinion one of the best women’s/bigger kid rifle going. When I put the first one together I took it on my coues hunt (you know just to test it out and make sure it was safe) and loved to carry it and it worked great. Since then the girls have shot a few pigs and deer and these little rifles perform very well. Glws

23 is no joke. you can see bulls all day….. and can’t kill them.

I'd take a 300 all day long, have 12 points hoping this is the year for early archery! Will fit perfectly over the fire place

Free bump. This is a smoking deal for a bomb proof grinder. I wanted the 3/4hp cabelas but couldn’t swing it at the time. I bought one of these instead and said I’d buy the 3/4hp when I broke this one. 5 elk and 2 deer later it’s still chugging along great.

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And smallmouth and walleye and stripers

OK - here's what I did and it worked. On the top of the page to the right of your username is a "Create" box. Select that and in the drop down select "status". From there you should be able to upload a photo, and then use that in a PM (when you select "Insert other media --> insert existing attachment" Weird method, but it worked for me.

LMAO!!!!! never, but what happens at camp, stays at camp!

When was this setup purchased new? How much use? Thanks!

Pending a new home.

This was effective April 1, 2022 for UPS, I think it was Jan. 1, 2022 for Fed-Ex. It's their policy not ATF rules. I believe it's to cut down on internal theft. I set up account and have no issues, I print and pay for label at home and drop off. My dealer recently took firearm to hub, and they would not ship it. He had to go home set up account and print shipping label and then return to hub to drop off. A few miles, a few gallons of gas, and a few headaches later! s

Good price for a good light weight set of mounts. Do your own research but these should fit any Ruger American rifle as well the others listed in the photo. I am running a set of 1 inch and a set of 30mm DNZ for "Savage round receiver" rings on my Ruger Americans and they fit great. GLWS

That's what I've done for years. My boy's call me a trophy spike hunter. Big congrats to the hunter.

It's up now. https://azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/2023-Pronghorn-and-Elk-Regulations_221222.pdf

I cannot be denied this year!

Early archery for me no matter what size bull I’m after.

Another angle

# 5 is my grandpappy.

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.