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Zach, do you have a tag? I haven't hunted it but I have seen some great bucks while quail hunting.

How dare you! I couldn't even watch the entire video. What a bunch of crap.

Thanks and good luck on your Colorado hunt.

I have had the early tag twice in the last ten years or so. The first time there was a good hard freeze and nothing was up top. Ended up finding everything along the 22 road in the transition. The last time I had the tag they were all up top and I killed my buck literally a couple hundred yards from main road going down to the park.

Yes, joined the AF to travel and got stationed at CAFB. Luckily I got to go all over the world on TDY's. They were awesome to watch fly when we were out of the country with no restrictions. When we would go to Canada the jets would come home with the paint peeling off the leading edge of the wings. I also saw an AMI (airspeed mach indicator) stuck at 2.2. Not so fun to work on though.

Avionics tech on the F111. One of the best decisions I ever made. Gave me some direction and an education.

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That is one cool looking bull. There is no way I could ever pass him up. Congrats

Great video.

Bradford White is very popular. Rheem is the other brand that I see a lot of. They also make GE. I am a home inspector and see a ton of them. The catch pan is required if the water heater is on a common wall with the home. I still see them all the time without and write it up every time. If your shut-off valve is starting to show corrosion I would replace that at the same time. Be careful if you decide to go tankless as a tankless water heater usually needs a larger gas supply line to operate properly.

Looks like there were at least a few big bucks up there. Congrats

Congrats again Ernesto! Now go get your bull.

It can happen to the best of us. I drew the Kaibab a few years ago and watched three bucks coming across the ridge across from me. The second buck was a great buck. When they finally popped out of the brush directly across from me I shot the second buck and it turned out that it had changed positions with another buck. Needless to say I shot a much smaller buck. That is hunting. Congrats on an outstanding hunt. This was the best thread I have followed in a long time.

Congrats, looking forward to the story and pictures. Been looking forward to the conclusion.

The outdoor writer for the Republic was Ned Smith and Reed Peterson. They also had a little hunting show on local TV. Ned is still around but Reed passed away a few years ago. I hunted Mexico a few years ago with Ned and his son. I loved hearing all the stories.

That is a beautiful bear. Congrats

The point is just jump through their hoops and it isn't a big deal. Unless your bringing velvet antlers back just do what they ask and you are fine. It isn't going to be the end of the world.

Sounds about the same as we deal with every year when we go hunting in Mexico and bring back antlers and capes.

One thing that we always do at some point while we are hunting is green chili burritos using 505 Southwestern Hatch Valley green chile sauce and a Costco whole chicken that we shred and mix together. Add some sour cream, cheese and anything else that you like. Super easy and tastes great.

Were the pictures all of the same cat at the same time? The middle picture without the first and last pictures could be debated. But the first and last pictures are definitely of a lion.

Yeah my keyboard just got slobbered on. Those are some awesome bulls. I have a tag this year and will be shooting anything close to those bulls.

I had the exact same one for several years. I had to really look close to see if this was it. Great trailer and easy to pull with anything. Good luck with the sale.

If you are associated with that family your life expectancy can't be good. Unbelievable

I thought the same thing when I saw this in the coues deer section. I killed a buck real close to there some years ago on the early hunt. It was a strange year because it snowed early and forced everything to start moving prior to the early rifle hunt. We would go way out west and hunt the cliffs for a couple days hardly seeing any deer. Then we would take a day and go back further east and get our fill of seeing a couple hundred deer a day before going back out west again. We saw a few sets of monster tracks but couldn't find the monster that made them.

Nice, you can never go too big for coyotes.