Coues Sniper

+1 I'd go with a SilverFlame 2 blade http://www.german-kinetics.com/html/broadheads.html Awesome, awesome broadheads for larger game. Pricey, but when penetration is at a premium...

Now THAT was cool . Great idea with the kiddos in the backpack. They don't have to walk and they get a birdseye, over the shoulder view of the whole hunt. Too cool. Congrats. By the way, how do you like those "Shooter's Gloves"?

THAT'S friggin cool

CnS, Made your wife's salsa for the game today - it was a hit. And easy to make! Might be my go to recipe. Tell her thanks again for me

Nice work guys, great bucks. No shortage of confidence with those 2 kids either . I was the same way - just wait till they miss one!

Thanks Doug . And no, there's no evidence of a break or injury during velvet that I can see. I attached a couple pics. His right pedicle comes off at a different angle than his left. And right at the brow it just makes a big turn. But the actual antler looks normal. He actually has a 2nd drop that measures.

Happy Birthday man

Prayers out for the family and friends. Sorry Case, strength for you as well.

Thanks Jay. I think I could have sold that "Pack Rack" for about $1000 bucks to the rest of the guys in camp after I told them how I killed my deer . They shared (fought over) it the rest of the trip, but didn't have the success I did. I just got lucky and was in the right place at the right time I guess.

Jeremy, That sounds awesome. I'll definitely give those a try. Thanks man CnS - I still haven't had a chance to make your salsa yet. Plan to this weekend. And I forgot all about those stretchers. I'll talk to Longshooter and see if he can make it up there for me. Thanks guys Kevin

Hogs are NO PROBLEM with a bow. Bring the sticks, you'll have a ball

Unreal deer, huge congrats! Looks like that shirt has been through he!! and back

Thanks Jim! And that does look alot like him!

Congrats on 2 awesome bucks! The picture of Blades from the top reminds me of Goldmans buck from the CW T-shirts

Wow, great photos and an even better deer! Congrats

Thanks Gino! I thought Adam's deer was a baby too when I first saw it (I mentioned something about that jack I killed being about the same size ), but his teeth were pretty worn. He wasn't an old deer by any means, but he was older than I thought. Just a midget I guess! Thanks . The weather was definitely a bitter sweet deal. It was bad timing, but we needed it too. I just hope it keeps it up all spring.

In my book, he would definitely count. Trash is all bonus if you ask me . And character like that is hard to come by. I hope he shows up even bigger for you next year. Congrats again on some great deer, I still can't get over the frame on that first buck.

Sweet deer. Bases would have gotten it if I were around. Oh baby

STUD

Neat buck, especially for your first! Congrats

What an awesome deer, congrats! I killed my first buck with a .243 also - back in 1985 . It had open sights even. Congrats again on a sweet buck

Sorry to hear that Jim

I was lucky enough to have some time today to go to a sheep capture near my hometown of Las Vegas. These captures are always a blast, but this one was very special. Today our goal was to transport 25 sheep, and every one of them was to be a mature ram! I haven't been involved in our sheep group for very long (Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn) but no one, not even the old salty guys who have been around for forever, can remember a capture where we caught as many rams of this size. This is an area that is closed off to hunting and the population of older rams has gotten to the point where some of them needed to be removed. The rams that were caught were transported to areas that needed a boost so it was a win-win. The smallest ram we captured we guessed was in the mid 150's and the largest was in the low 170's. It was an unbeleivable day. Slingin' 4 big rams in Crazy how gentle the pilot can put them down... Carrying a nice ram to the tables... This was one of the biggest rams of the day. A Book ram for sure. I'm the goofy guy with his hat backwards. The chopper kept blowing it off My cousin with another good ram. My cousins son and nephew were also there and had a blast. They got to help hold a few rams down and fold the nets up to use in the guns again. 3 more.. My favorite picture of the day. Check out the bruiser laying down And this guy was by far my favorite ram of the day. They aged this old guy at 13 1/2 . They decided the stress of moving him might be too much for the old timer so we let him go after a good looking over. He had sinusitis (sp?) pretty bad, but was in great health other than that. Closer pic of the sinusitis. The capture was very successful and all these rams are currently on their way to their new homes. It was a day I won't soon forget, and who knows - maybe I'll be lucky enough to see one of these rams again someday . Hope you enjoyed the pics.

Couple more pictures of another good ram. This ram was 9 1/2 and would have booked - for sure.

They do shed. November has been my experience.