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You should mount that buck. He is great.

The good thing about the "Claw", tripods, and bipods is this. It allows younger kids the opportunity to get into the hunting tradition earlier. I know my 12 year old daughter cannot support a full size hunting rig offhand yet. And the aid of a tripod allows her to get into the field and give an opportunity to hunt that would not be there without the aids. I am all for that aid. But, she will learn to shoot offhand as her strength increases. She does just fine with a 10/22 and squirrels offhand, so a deer rifle will soon follow. Being able to shoot offhand is a must for spot and stalk or still hunting. Rarely does a blowing buck allow you the luxury of setting up a tripod when he bolts from 20 yards.

The "ft/lbs" column in a ballistics program takes into consideration the velocity at target and gives you the kinetic energy at ranges. Check out www.jbmballistics.com . It will have a column at you can see what the projected energy will be at different distances. Just make sure you put in good data. Garbage in=garbage out.

Awesome story. Congrats to a very successful hunt with your boy, and great shot.

Depends on the stand, and conditions. Usual gun is a Bushmaster Varminter in .223. Shoots 50 V-max @ 3400fps or 69SMK @ 3033fps. Also took a javelina for my daughter with the 69SMK. The V-max are a much better coyote round out to 500 yards though. Explosive. Sometimes use a Ruger M77 in .22-250. Shoots a 53SMK at 3700fps. If the shots are expected to be longer, I go to a heavier round. Rem 700 in .250 Ackley shooting a 100 SMK has done the trick out past 1300 yards once. Rem 700 in .25-06 Ackley shooting 115 Berger VLDs has worked well too. Also a 12ga w. 3" #4 buck works wonders up close.

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Had a good time on my deer hunt getting her some insight as to what to expect. I just hope we can get into the elk like we did the deer. Getting closer, less than a month away!

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Camo Parker is gone. Koala and Red/White/Blue Parker still available.

Awesome buck. Great looking, and let us know how he tastes!

I have heard Coues have a 2 mile square home area without pressure. I have seen mule deer walk for 2+ miles for no apparent reason while glassing, then see the same buck 2 miles away the next day. Amazing what you can see when the deer don't know you are watching them from a mile+ away.

Glass it all. I always quick check a hillside, then go back and grid the entire side, spending time on deep shade. I have glassed bucks in full daylight, and found only an ear or antler tip in deep foliage. I like northern slopes during midday, and also shady western slopes at first light, and eastern slopes at sundown. And canyon bottoms at all times of the day. The bucks will be where people are NOT.

Amazing buck. Congrats. Love the deep fronts and dark color.

Nice! Tasty eating soon too.

Great buck and great eating in your future.

I use Chris Krueger with Krueger's Creations in the North Valley. I have never had Chris Williams do work for me, but I have a buddy who always does, and his work is great. Whatever you do, do NOT use Ron's Taxidermy. He screwed up one of my deer when I was poor, and ruined one of my friend's big mulies two years ago. My daughter's old Beanie Babies look more realistic. The middle deer looks like a Downs Syndrome buck....go ahead, you can laugh. (the one on the left was my Grandad's buck from the 60s)

See if they have my pic too! I checked out on Monday, 10-17-14 in the late afternoon. Black F250 with this buck in it. Took a couple photos for the check station.

Good times up on the Bab this year. Nice buck, and good times with family all make it even better.

I always leave my deer out at LEAST overnight after quartering, then cut them up, bone them out, and get them on ice. Of course, I ALWAYS kill my deer at least a couple canyons away from any road and it takes me two days to pack them out!!! I just finished my deer processing yesterday, that I shot last Monday. So a good 7 days of aging in about 34° dry temps. I got/made: 21# of ground burger (cut 70/30 w. beef) 11# of Italian sausage (cut 70/30 w. pork) 8# of Chorizo (cut 70/30 w. pork) 9 large roasts (5# each) 8 steaks Backstraps Tenderloins So about 95# of meat altogether, plus about 5# of grissly tough stuff I boiled up and am giving to the dogs. Plus they ate about 2=3# of raw meat while I was butchering on Saturday. We have already eaten one large backstrap, 2 steaks, and 2# of burger. That was just this weekend! Mmmmm good stuff.

Lucky kid to have a father who takes him out and teaches him the traditions of hunting. Good job to both hunter and "guide".

Great story, great deer, great time spent with family, great eating soon.

Awesome. Congrats to the shooter. And to the guide service for making a VERY happy client.

Back about 12 years ago, my Dad and I had a Coues hunt together. I was using my Rem 700 Sendero in 7mm STW w. a 6.5-20 Leupold, and he had his old Springfield .30-06 with peep sights he shot in high school and college on the shooting teams. I shot a rock at 500 yards and thought I was pretty cool. Then he shot the same dang 6" rock with his 06' and open sights. I wasn't so impressed with myself after that. My Dad has the best teaching practices through humility. Don't get me wrong, I can shoot pretty good with open sights, shotguns, handguns too, but my Dad is a true bad-a$$ with a gun. He has been a great teacher, and I am very thankful for him. My brother used to be a "send a lot of lead downrange" kind of guy even though he learned from the same man I did. Up until about a year ago, I would let whatever game we were hunting get out of his range, then pop it. He has since learned to slow down and make the first shot count. I still school him though, thanks to my Dad's teaching.

Awesome buck! I am a muley man myself. Congrats.