Yuma Outdoorsman

I got my buck back I shot in November. I originally was going to have another guy do it but he has developed arthritis so badly that he can no longer do taxidermy. I was not able to get my buck to Noel until Mid-December and on Saturday he called and said he had it all done. Just can't beat the turn around he offers and the work he does. Out the door was $475. Now, this buck isn't a monster by any means but he fits perfectly in a specific spot in my house.

No, it’s an open room in the house, sort of like a den. Our kids had stuff all over the ground so I had to crop the picture 😂

Haha I live in Yuma and work from Dateland to Coachella so I’m in the imperial valley a lot. Thanks everybody for the kind words. I appreciate it! Hope to get me a bigger one next year!

First time seeing your post but the only time I've ever had issues with mine is when the batteries died. Unless you are using the lithium energizer batteries, nothing else really has lasted too long on my camera. The lithiums will last 3-4 weeks.

A month before the season, I found this matching set of drop antlers in a wash, about 250 yards apart. I shot this buck about 1.5-2 miles north of where I found the drop antlers. Personally, I think there is a lot of similarities between them. Just curious if you guys think this is the same buck or not. Thanks.

Congrats to you! Nice looking buck!

Did anybody on here have success in the Muzzleloader hunt for 39/41? I haven’t heard much. I know of a 5x4 and a 3x3 but that’s it. **edit...I just realized this was muzzleloader for coues not just general muzzleloader. My bad.

Did anybody have any luck on this hunt from the forum? I heard of a 3x3 and a nice 5x4 but that’s it.

Yes, ferry duster. Our deer eat it up when it’s green.

https://ultimatepredatorgear.com/mule-deer-stalker-decoy/ This works good in my opinion...

Not a lot of bucks were posted on here this year so I figured I'd share my buck from this season. Not much to the story. Tried glassing first few hours with zero luck. Was walking a finger wash off a main wash where we had seen some good tracks. Figured that with it being the 2nd weekend of the hunt, a lot of these deer had been pressured and would be on the out skirts of stuff in the day time. Ended up kicking this buck and another one up at 50 yards. They got to about 100 yards and slowed down to look back at me. I didn't have much time to shoot, I got this buck in my scope first and fired off a shot that dropped him. He tried to get back up and I put another one in him and that was it. He isn't the biggest buck but he's a solid 4x4 that I'm proud to have taken. I have a perfect spot in my home where he will fit.

I found these drops antlers a month before the season about 1.5-2 miles north of where I shot my buck. Think it is the same buck?

Unfortunately, I won't be able to until I get the buck back from the taxidermist.

In my unit in southwest AZ, we were being told all the deer are “up high” but we found that anywhere we found ferry duster, there were deer. This year, we found more deer than any year previous and they were all in the flats where ferry duster littered the washes. Not “up high”...

Deer I hunt are 4-5 miles from the closest water...have seen them 7-8 miles at times. Just depends on the year.

Let me know if the deal falls through with one of them. I am interested.

This is from August 14th to September 11th. Not a giant buck but I am impressed with the growth in a short amount of time. 54 days out from opening day.

Sorry for the confusion in the title, as Huntnfish stated, this buck is different than a post I had previously made about another buck. I was just showing the growth of this buck from August 14th to September 11th on this particular buck. The previous post was of a different buck.

I have had a camera out since early August and was a bit depressed at first. Overall growth seems to be down from previous years in the area I hunt. Just comparing old pictures to this year. Anyways, I was pleasantly surprised to see the growth over the month of August, with little rain most of the summer in my unit. This buck is only a forkie but he has impressive size. Last year he was a bit bigger, but still a nice buck this year. The first picture is from August 4th and the next two are from August 28 and August 30. I will be keeping an eye on him and see how he finishes out. I might pursue this buck as I think it would be a cool buck to harvest. I have some other good bucks hitting this particular waterhole but they aren't as wide as this one. Not sure why the pics are so blurry, they are clear on my computer. Anyways, thanks for looking.

Here are a couple I found within about 15 minutes apart of each other last October.

Ive caught some big fish at Mittry this year on frogs. Yesterday, I went out and caught 5 before a morning storm blew me and the bass tracker I was in off the lake. I got a little video of the biggest one that weighed 6.3. Not the greatest video quality but just something to share. Never loaded a video off my phone before so hope it works. 4B4A1DCD-E5BF-44EA-86BD-69383896CBAF.MOV

Thanks for watching fellas. It's tougher to get fish on camera solo than I thought haha. ivhunter- No unfortunately we were not able to find him once the season came.

https://youtu.be/rwHuSswz0ZI Here is a better clip of a few fish I got recently.

Sorry guys, when I get to my office tomorrow, I can post a better video. In the mean time, here are some other frog fish from this year at Mittry. The one with a picture of 4 fish are 4 different fish I caught on a Booyah Toadrunner in about an hour one day. First time I had ever thrown it. The single fish is one over 9lbs I got a Spro Bronzeye 65. If any of you live in Arizona, you gotta get down to Yuma late April-June and come frog fish Mittry. Those are the months I typically do best.

So where does one draw the line on "hunter ethics?" We can't use trail cameras on water because they aid people in the harvesting of animals and it's not fair chase. I see the argument and acknowledge that's a fair point. My rebuttal is we have all sorts of top of the line equipment now days that makes "fair chase" hunting almost non-existent. From rifles that shoot to 1000+ yards, bows that can shoot to 100+ yards, binoculars that see for miles, rangefinders that give yardage readings at extreme distances and even give yardage to account for arc; just to name a few. I'm not taking one side or the other, if trail cameras are banned from water then so be it. Just funny to see guys who are against trail cameras because of "fair chase" yet have all the top gear that makes hunting no more fair chase than a stationary camera taking pictures at a water hole in my opinion.