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I've certainly noticed the boars are much more pungent than the sows from a smell standpoint. As for taste, haven't noticed any difference although I am careful to use multiple sets of gloves and even switch out blades between skinning and cutting off meat. Javelina are one of the animals I look most forward to putting in my freezer every year. 🍖

The illegals are thick. Camp in smart places and carry a side arm.

That is a cool buck even without that crazy brow/extra beam/whatever it is! Would definitely be a great one to wrap your tag around.

Congrats Speedy! Awesome story! The first one's always the hardest and now that you have that one under the belt the next ones will come easier.

I didn't really notice any major changes with the Javi due to the drought this year. I did see more pigs overall and noticed they were knocking over barrel cactus and eating them. I just assumed that was for water consumption but maybe they do that regardless. 🤷‍♂️

Can't beat those results! A trad bow Coues has to be as difficult as any hunt out there.

I think Lance nailed it here. Bummer for your buddy. I'm sure he'd give a left nut to have that arrow back.

I'm sure I'm low of the actual but if I got those trail cam pics I'd put him in that 330 class.

Must be talking the tenderloin. Very easy to go behind the last rib, push the guts down and darn near work out the tenderloin with your finger.

Agreed ☝️. End of February into early March I'll still have desert bucks on camera pushing does or nose to ground running washes.

You guys put in the work and were rewarded with a sweet ram! Fired up for you guys! Congrats!!

A short relationship but I had dubbed him "Whitetail" as his antler configuration looked much more like something from a Texas buck than an AZ muley. I don't think he could have any whitetail blood in him as I was up towards Kingman, which (I believe) is too far north and west of coues deer distribution but I could be wrong. One other kinda neat thing with this buck was he had "fangs" that looked like small, sharp canine teeth on his upper jaw. I've never seen this before on any deer.

I put 4 stalks on this buck Friday but each time busted by one of his 11 does. Caught up with him again Saturday morning and made what I thought was a very marginal shot. Playing safe, I spent the rest of the day glassing, trying to find him with the optics to no avail. The following morning dropped into where he took off after the shot and found him within 200 yards. The arrow, although farther back then I would have preferred, did catch vitals so I'm sure he was done within a couple of minutes. Don't mind the long hair. It's Covid season and I'm living my best Tom Hanks from Cast Away.

I was up north by Prescott, Friday-Sunday and the rut was in full swing. Watched a couple bucks battle it out for a good 10 minutes and only saw a single doe group that didn't have buck(s) in tow. Wrapped my tag around a nice buck. Was tickled pink.

Received mine today. 🤘

I was told by G&F drawn tags would be put in the mail Dec 4th. Should have them in the next couple days.

Chipotle Jerky. This is a Hank Shaw recipe that has become my go-to as with wife approval! It's delicious. https://honest-food.net/venison-jerky-recipe-chipotle/

I did get out this morning. Birds were spooky but I managed 9 over a few hours. This cooler weather and bird numbers being what they are sure makes a guy want to take a hike everyday!

Freakin' awesome! Love those big bases. Congrats to Deagan on a fantastic first buck!

6 birds in 90 minutes a heck of a pace. Gotta love that! I need to get back out, might just have to do so in the AM...🤔

Well done gentlemen! 🤘

Wowza! What a story and fun read. Thanks for sharing!

I see they also have an aerosol version but I think the deodorant stick may the better route. Seems to me it might "wear out" once applied at a slower pace than the spray.

I'm definitely going to add it to my midwest whitetail pack. I'll take every edge I can get.

That's a fantastic buck! I love those polished knobs around his bases. Crazy he licked the tree you were in and still had no idea you were there.