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in my hunt november hut we had the same thing. in some places we saw a lot of deer but very few decent size bucks, the biggest buck i was maybe 65-70 inch 3x3. my dad saw 2 that were beteen 80-90. and a guy we were with killed a 90+. as far as actualy seeing ilegals, we only saw 11, maybe this is why i plan on working for the Border Patrol??

shoot a deer(legally) and walk around with it on ur back allllll day long for a few weeks and u should see one

Alber aka couesstalker and i went out yesterday (sunday) for a day of huntin. the mornin weather was bad, windy, rainy, and cold.we glassed our buts off and took a short hike with glassin and neither the swarovskis or the docters could find game. after a dissappointing morning, we were driving out of the area to go to another area. on the way out, i made a spot just like Tucson John, 300 + - yards away, movin truck of what turned out to be a heard of 14 HUGE pigs. albert went up after them and got right behind the pigs had em at 40 yards just couldnt get a clear shot.

just paid for one and it should be gettin here soon, i read the one story where it worked awesome, my dad has the feb HAM hunt and hope it will work there.

Amanda, what unit will you be in for the hame hunt? my dad and i will be in 36b, if you are in the area we might have to meet up sometime. will you be carrying a pistol or bow?

newbee, i agree, i feel, in buying my springfield arms xd-40, that i have the best handgun out there. i did a lot of research on it, and was willing to pay more money for a H&K or a Sig, but when it all came down to it, i liked the trigger and the action of the xd. the H&K and Sig all had to long of trigger pulls and that equals more time. some people would say that Glock makes the best handgun out there, and i have one of those also, a model 26. 9mm. i can shoot both of these handguns well and they both fit me well ( for my size i have small hands, and the glock has the clip extenders) would i trust the life of my self, my little brother and my parents with me having to protect ourselves with my xd, you bet your butt i would. would i trust it to stop a charging lion, deer, or pig, loaded with federal hallowpoints you bet your butt i would, the bottom line is i have confidence in myself and this gun. to me, besides a 8 round 12 guage, my xd is the best home defense out there

when i had shot my first deer, these two other hunters came off of the hill that we were on before we had moved to a ridge to shoot. atfer the deer had been down for about 5 minutes, we were waitng for our buddies who had pushed it out, to go mark it so we could go to them, the guys from the hill started walkng down right to it and the whole time my dad is yelling at them to get the 1@#!@#$ away( i was reloading). i honeslty think that if our buddies hadnt showed up right when the two other hunters passed it, and if we hadnt been yellin at them from the ridge top, they would have stolen my deer, i mean it was the last day, and a respectiable 80" 3x3 with eye guards.

they guy that i hunt with, his dad has killed some monsters, the only one that he has ever got taped went 124"typical and he knows that he has killed bucks bigger than that. he remembers his dad used t kill some monsters and just throw the skulls i the back yard.

my best friends dad does this call with his hands and mouth, it basicalls sounds like donald duck SCREAMING. i have seen him call pigs, deer, and coyotes, but he has also called in lions and bobcats!

this is true, good thing im not the shooter for this hunt. dad bought himself a HAM tag, but mom "wouldnt let him get me one because she didnt want me coming home and putting the miles on my truck" yeah right, like thats gonna keep me home!i will be home thursday night, leave tucson monday mid day i think dad is gonna carry his bow and his .357 mag, so either way he can lay one down!

i have been out archery hunting 2 times, and 2 times i have been the spotter on a stalk. i went out with albert aka couesstalker deer/pig hunting and put him on some pigs and yesterday,(friday) took my old man out and put him on a 93" or so.nice buck, heavy and wide. once we spotted this buck, with about 8-10 does around him, we saw him chase a fork off and we went after him. when we got within about 500 yards, i found him in the docters and my dad went after him. he was bedded about 5 yards above a big prickly pear. after close to a hour, he got up and moved not but maybe 7 yards, this cost my dad confusion and didnt know where he was and we of course didnt bring the radios. i had the buck in my binos and see dad walking up to him.he wasnt but 20 yards from him when my dad stepped out behind a octillo. a doe that my dad didnt know was there saw him and busted him. he never saw them leave even though they were 20 yards away and never knew where the buck was. if we had the radios i know we would have a nice buck at the taxidermist's. we had golden oppurtunity and because of no radios couldnt capitalize.

i have an honest question for ya guys about the people looking at you through their scopes. when you are hiking and you kick up a deer, you of course throw up your rifle instead of the binos right? by the time that you have identified it with you binos as a buckm gotten ur gun up, found it in ur scope its gone, so to save time and possibly squeeze a shot of at a trophy, you throw your gun up, do u think that is what these guys did or do u honestly think they didnt have binos? either way its not at all right!

i go to NAU also and will be coming home feb. 11 to help my dad get as pig on the HAM hunt, mom wouldnt let him get me one thinkin i wouldnt be comin home for the hunt, what in the world was she thinkin!!! ill be there of course!

i didnt see a single coyote while i was deer huntin. heard a whole bunch of them every night but ever saw any. have seen 3 while out quail hunting.

my dads rifle shoots the 140 grain remingtons well. we are going to start reloading this soon with 140 grain hornady accubonds as my 270 and 30-06 shoot this bullet very well. the only thing is we do not know how much powder to use in this casing, any suggestions? doug? o btw doug, how was the rest of the quail hunt?

scott and i went out the other day to try our luck, saw a decent amount of birds, didnt take mnay but say a decent amount, had a good time and got to let some lead fly

way to go John! glad that those alpens got used and got to take a buck! what does the buck look like? is he biger than the one on the wall? what did u end up packing with ya

i heard rumor that one of my acquantance(sp) from hs brother(another acduanance) shot a high high 400's maybe possibly 500's inch bull, i dont think it was on the res. and heard it was a pig! thats all i know about it, i sure would like to see that one and this res bull.

i had a truck that i loved, it was the first car i had, it was a 89 f250 with the 460 in it, 2 inch lift, 33" BFG's long bed extended cab K&N filtercharger, Flowmaster exhaust. we had it for sale for nearly a year, we hadnt sold it cause we wanted a high price for it. one day out of the blue, some guys showed up wi th cash and my dad sold it, i was soooooooo mad at him and i STILL miss that truck and what was 2.5 years ago!

my dad has one and i like it a lot. shoots flat and knocks the piss outta ya. try reloadin for it. my dad is gonna put a new scope on it(he has a simmons on it now and it sucks but when we get a new one it will shoot well.

dang man you know your stuff, i was thinkin the same thing about my self!!!!!

i dont see anything....

why not just use that doubler? doesnt it make the swarovski's 30 power???

all that i know is i would not take too kindly too that. i cant belive somebody took one through the shirt! what did he do after that if you dont mind me asking?

very nice, pretty much sums up how my hunt went: i was lookin for a big one, then a smaller one, than anything with antlers!