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Well my youngest boy shot his first Coues deer in 2017, 250 yd shot in unit 33. He was pretty stocked because it was the biggest out of my other two children at that age…so there was some trash talking going on. Since then he’s been drawn for deer and cow elk but unfortunately has never filled his tag, he was getting pretty down on his luck. Well he got drawn for the early general hunt in 33 unit again and was looking forward to filling his tag. Being that Redington is so close to home we were going to do day trips because of the extreme heat this weekend, regardless we were both ready. We got up at 3:30AM on Friday and got to our parking spot at 5:15 and made it to our glassing spot right at 6:00. I told him to glass this hillside where I saw 3 bucks about a month earlier coming down into a draw. I told him I’m focusing on this other area where I’ve seen an absolute bruiser. Well at 6:30AM I see 2 does, I turn to my left and proceed to tell him but as you would know it, he was asleep…go figure. I then turn to the hill he was looking at and instantly see antlers, I said…I’ve got a buck get up. This was at 6:40AM. He shoots straight up and asks how far, he was bedded at 343yds. I have him get behind the 15’s so he can see what landmarks to focus on when he’s behind the rifle. We both back up about 5 yds on more level ground so he can lay prone. He gets the deer in the scope, I dial it to 350 yds and tell him just breathe easy and squeeze the trigger. As I’m looking through my binos all I hear is heaving breathing, I told him to relax the deer isn’t going anywhere. All of sudden he cracks off the first round and I wasn’t ready, I go back to the binos and see nothing, he says he missed but the deer moved to right about 20’. I’m frantically looking to see where it’s at and I hear another crack, I asked where is it, and then a third shot rang out….he then yelled I got it. At that time I do see the deer tumble. It wasn’t dead so he let one more fly and put it down, right at 6:50AM. As I’m patting him on his back he says “ dad my eye really hurts”, I have him look up at me and he has a really nice egg of a welt just above his eye on his forehead. No signs of blood, so I start to giggle and remind him of what I told him not to do with his eye. For the next 1/2 hour all I hear is, dad this hurts and of course I told him remember what I told you. We cross the canyon and locate his buck, I don’t know who was more excited him or me, but I could definitely tell he’s in hog heaven because he just stood there admiring the antlers. We gutted it and started the haul out, we got back to the truck at 9:45AM completely exhausted due to the heat. Pics of him and his 1st deer-2017 Pics of him and his 2nd deer-2024

We really should be doing more elk scouting but.. Weather was killer for fishing. Salmon was dying down. Not so for trout.

Starting the brisket, 17lbs. Should be ready to wrap with butcher paper early morning. Already separated the point for burnt ends too.

Quail piccata

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One for the books my daughter made an awesome shot got to experience what elk hunt was all about the bulls were going crazy we had 2 fighting 20 yards away she was amazed

A single shot would work also.

113.3 What a buck!!

Cheaper to contract out, than pay a full time employee 🤷🏼

His is definitely wider. Here's a pic with a drafters ruler on inside spread. It's a 12" ruler with about a gap of 1/4 left between plastic and antler. The lines on the ruler actually start and end with about 5/15 on either side of when the marks start and stop. So I figure inside spread on mine to be almost 13" on the nose. So yeah a 16" spread is a big difference.

Good stuff! I like making Asian dishes with quail too. The meat is my favorite from any wild fowl.

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I made the same thing again. If only quail weren’t so hard to hit

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My young boys are into STEM related projects and would love to have this if possible ?

Nice avatar I think the biggest rule is don’t be an asshole dont butt into other people’s adds and most importantly , ignore people who do.

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My guess is your buck inside spread is around 11-12” He says his inside is 16” so yeah it will make everything much bigger. I bet the beams are close to 19” on the OPs buck. That and mass will add up. just my thoughts.

CONGRATS AZ Lance!!! I used to follow Lance's bear hunting and border stories quite a bit back in the day and heard this post was here through a friend. Meant to post earlier. But man, awesome job Lance!!!

Great job. Perfect last day bear.

I don't know how I missed this post! Congratulations Lance! Heck of a bear.

Nice job man! Is that a Marlin? My son has one gifted down a couple generations. Hope to see him fill his coues tag with it next month.

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