SilentButDeadly

Only 100"? Waaaa!! While you sit in your warm cozy living room, pulling the tape slowly, lovingly, over your bucks antlers, I am out there grinding myself into the mountainside, freezing my snotty nose off in the cold wind, trying to find any antlered deer worth catching my arrows! I feel no pity for you Sir!

monsterous

he was sssweeeepppppyyyy, soooo swwwweeeepppyyy you try chasing does 24/7 for a whole 2 months!

Desert Mule Deer - Almost impossible to kill with a bow Coues Whitetail Deer - Very nearly almost totally impossible to kill with a bow Desert Mule Deer shed antlers - Very nearly almost totally impossible to find Coues Whitetail Deer shed antlers - Almost impossible to find, unless you know where to look

good photos, I'd have guessed bigger than 170...

ugh... ugh.... I'm green.... ugh....

what a beaut! my deer usually have more than one hole in them by the time I'm done... good shot!

gulp

I think of GRONG as being like the New England Patriots, or Mr. Miyagi, or something like that... heres some pics of nice sheds I found this summer - size doesn't matter!!!

outstanding deer, smile next time - I know you were smiling on the inside....

I used to work on the back country fire crew at Saguaro NP, it was a 10 mile hike in every week to Manning Camp. One of the guys I worked with got me into the 'light hiking' style of packing, he had recently finished the Pacific Crest Trail (Mexico to Canada) in under 4 months (2,650 mi, over 20 miles day average). My summer/fall camping pack is under 25 pounds now and it will stay that way for the rest of my life. Go-lite frameless pack (<2lbs) Moonstone sleeping bag (<2lbs) therma-rest air matress (<1lb) Tent - you don't need a tent this is Arizona - bring a nylon tarp if you think its going to rain (<1lb) Titanium cook pot w/ pocketrocket stove (8oz) Titanium cup (2oz) lexan Spoon (<1oz) Camelback (6-8lbs full) MSR h20 filter (1lb) - camp near water, if you're out in October there will be springs/potholes Food - depends on how long you're out, bring lots of carbs (5-15lbs) + tripod, binos, etc - can't help you there - go with the best (which usually means heaviest). I would buy everything from an online retailer that gives deep discounts - local backpacking granola crunching companies over-charge out the ying (just like sportsman companies!) Also, I hike in tennis shoes - another aspect of the light hiking style.... You can spend ALOT of money on this - hippies love their gear like hunters love their weapons, and you will have to pay for the good stuff.... Feel free to PM me if you're interested in more info. Tyson PS. Yes, that is a truck sun shade - excellent heat reflection for snow camping! ha!

Patience O' Great One, I'm not going to take any time to look for the other side until after January, besides what else do I have to do between February and May when this year's sheds start dropping? Oh yeah, go looking for Elk brownies in April!

I glassed up a monster shed this afternoon. It was about 1/4 mile from where I was set up. I almost didn't get a chance to pick it up today, landed up going after a couple bucks (maybe the one this came off of!), the little buck came by me at 20 yards (I passed on him ), never saw the big guy again. Anyway, I had enough time to go grab this biggun before dark set in. I didn't have any light to look for the match, but you can bet your butts I'll be back out there after bow season! I measured it up at 51 and change. Split G2, 4 1/4 of mass at the 3rd circumference, G3 is 8 inches! I love Coues! Tyson ps, again sorry about the field photos - I'm too paranoid to give you people ANY hints about my spot! Comfort yourselves with the fact that I've got lots of video and pictures to look at - after I close all my doors and windows and throw a heavy blanket over myself and the screen. pps, here is the link to the video if you REALLY want to see it 'as it lay'. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VkTHisd157BMotTHN-LYnA

Why fix the antler? Its not like Coues are symmetrical every time anyway...

go big!

Ha! I have an inkling that this is the 'other' side of the drop-tine buck I saw last January... It would make sense, I've scoured the Earth looking for that guys sheds and found bupkis until now!!!!

Be careful asking your provider for 'the toughest phone with the best reception,' I got a GPS activated Sprint flip phone that has way worse reception out in the sticks than my old ugly brick phone. When you say 'reception,' mean 'antenna reception,' not 'voice clarity,' as I found out with mine. T

Yep, it's "that" saguaro - Sweet shed man- love the eyeguard and mass! Great job- Hope you get the buck you've been chasing! Why the name change on your CWT login? I like the other one AzP&Y I decided to go with the name change because the USFS bulldozed the old Laquachi Archery Range into the caliche, never to be rebuilt again - and they put a lock on the gate. Oh well. Besides, I figure I've got to make a little fun of myself - can't take yourself too seriously

I agree, too young. To each their own I guess, I'm going to wait until my kids are old enough read the hunting regulations and sign their name on a hunting license, shoot I might even wait until they can write it in cursive! Tyson

looks like a coues

Twelve shots later - I hope you didn't go back to the same watershed the next day, if I were a buck I'd have gotten the heck out of that battlefield!

Took Ken out Coue's hunting in October, he's 72 years young, and can crush a man with his thumb!

wowzas

Squeeaaal!

That is still like a 7% success rate if every single elk gets taken out (as is their plan). Even if they sell 10,000 and there is a 2% success rate, 2% is the chance of getting drawn for bull in Unit 9.