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very nice bull, congrats to him.

Awesome! Congrats to you guys!

I read an interview with Chuck Adams years ago where he said spot & stalk coues is the toughest bowhunt on the continent. If ole Chuck thinks they're tough, you know they've got some skills. That having been said, I do think coues deer are easier to kill than a muley, if you sit an ambush. Spot & stalk though, coues are much tougher to creep up on, at least that's been my experience.

Very nice! Congrats.

Outstanding buck! Congrats.

Had a slow start to the season. Not much movement for the first couple days, but we both had opportunities at very small bucks which were let to walk by. Then on day 3, my hunting partner Jeff had a group of three bucks walk by him about an hour into the morning. The biggest of the 3 was at the back herding the other two little guys in front of him. They passed by giving a 20 yard shot and Jeff double lunged a very cool, mature fork horn buck.

So here's the story: have a salt lick I've been running for about 12 years now. It's been good for seeing bucks early in the summer, but not great for hunting season, they usually disperse when the does drop their fawns. Actually a better spot for elk in august than it is for deer. This lick is about 1.5 miles down a ridge, no roads or trails. Never seen another person in there, until this year. Came in July to check my camera, and it had been rehomed. I put another one up about 10 ft up in a different tree. Came back in August and now there's another camera in a lock box on the exact tree that my stolen one had hung from. My new camera captured a picture of the guy, although not a great one. He showed up about 2 days after I was there. I'm fine with moving on, but don't like somebody just swooping in and taking a spot from me, especially when I'm pretty sure the new guy has stolen my moultrie. I've heard a couple gallons of bleach works wonders....

Awesome buck, congrats!

We've got a couple bachelor herds in the area that have some real nice bucks in them. It's against my nature to hold my fire when there's a perfectly good deer right in front of me, but knowing that those big boys are out there, plus having a November rifle tag in my pocket, I'm planning on holding out for something worthy of a shoulder mount. Have to be a 8 point or better. At least that's what I say now, last couple days of a hunt those 6 pointers start looking reaaaaaaaaaaally tasty...

I'm leaving tomorrow and will be hunting Sunday-Thursday. Good luck & be safe out there.

If he's got a rut hunt, he likely won't see any. If he has a post rut hunt, his odds are pretty good on that salt lick. I'll be heading back over there this weekend for last week of the hunt. Planning on spending as much time as I can in my 'hot seat' treestand that has produced a 113" coues for me a few years ago and a 90ish for my buddy this year. If I tag out early enough, I'll head back over & leave a note for this guy on his camera and try to make contact. If I don't tag early enough (or at all), then I'll just wait and see if his camera is up again next year. I've already pulled my stuff off that lick for the year, so it's all his until next summer.

Awesome buck Dylan! Congrats, and welcome to the site.

Hunted up here by my place in Prescott yesterday evening and today. Probably saw some where in between 15-20 muleys. Only spike bucks, nothing to hang a tag on. Saw quite a few spotted fawns with their mamas. Love seeing the little ones! Great time of year to sit in a tree

I’ve got a ripcord on one of my bows. As mentioned, cut those dang prongs down and your problem will be solved. That plastic launcher arm is an issue in its own right. my two primary bows have vapor trail limb drivers on them. If you’re going to use a drop away, use a limb driver. They are much more reliable than anything requiring springs to pull it out of the way of a fast moving arrow.

I think people believe their camps and noise disturb deer a lot more than they do. Especially in the case of wilderness deer. Ive been 8 miles deep in the mazatzal and had two herds of deer walk into my camp to stare at my little fire from less than 10 yards away within 30 minutes of each other. Had a forky buck walk dang near right up to us when we were camped by a creek making breakfast in the morning one time. Last year I had a doe and her fawn walk right up to me when I was going up a tree in a climber. Deer are very curious critters. In my experience your much more likely to spook them out by moving through an area. I usually sleep right at my glassing spot if I’m using binos and if I’m sitting an ambush, I’ll be within 100-200 yards of it so I don’t make too much noise going in. I’ve even slept in my ground blind before and still seen deer the next day.

I’ve often had them snotted up by elk. Bear are the worst (next to people that is). I think the electronics give off some kind of faint smell they are curious about. If there’s elk around, you need to hang them high, above 6 feet they usually don’t bother with them. A bear box can keep them from moving them, but they’ll still snot the lense up sometimes

Another outstanding buck! Dang ed, you’re a big buck killing machine! Congrats.

Wow! Very nice coues buck, congrats!

Very common for young bucks to run with does all year long. Young deer will follow around anyone that’ll have them. I’ve got a mixed herd of 2 spikes a forky and a 3x3 that have been showing up on camera with does this summer, no fawns. I’m guessing young yearling does that didn’t get bred last winter. It’s a deer daycare. A couple miles a away I’m seeing a couple different pure bachelor herds and also a mixed herd of does with spikes and fawns.

Very nice! Congrats!

Probably somebody with an eBay store. May be worth a look to search for your type of camera and see if any of the sellers are located in az

That really sucks. Seems like no matter where you put them or how well you protect them, they're just not safe any more.

The far right is no better than the far left. I switched my part to independent this year, I don't want to be affiliated with either. RIP Senator and Ms. Franklin.

That's awesome Stanley. Congrats to you guys, sounds like a great time!

I shot a deer a few years ago that spent about 5 minutes below my treestand sniffing my pee from the day prior before moving out far enough to meet my arrow.