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The deer in the first picture is bedded down in the grass. Azbirdhunter88 is correct on the second picture. The deer in the shadow is the one I saw first. Thought I was doing good until I saw the one standing in the wide open. Don't know how I missed her at first. I had a total of 7 does on that hillside at one time.

That is strange. No Vortex on their site at all. Guess they did stop carrying them.

Congrats on a couple great bucks. I was going to message you but got too busy. I was down south this last week and was going to see if you were in the same unit.

Just had this conversation on my hunt this last weekend. I poked myself twice cleaning two bucks. Real minor but still makes you think. They are scary. It doesn't always work but I try to cut away from myself whenever possible. Glad you are ok. And great buck by the way.

That is a great buck. Would love to see how big the other one was. Congrats to your wife.

How did your bullet perform at 7 yards? Nice buck by the way.

Congrats on a great bear. The best part is it looks like you had plenty of help for the pack out.

Not only is your son going to have a hard time passing that, you are going to have a hard time catching up. Congrats on a buck of a lifetime.

Great bucks. I have seen the larva in several deer nostrils through the years. It seems pretty common.

Congrats on both. Great buck. I had the same tag a couple years ago and the burn can be a zoo with hunters everywhere.

AZDiamondHeat, I am going to have to call you out. I saw a toy hauler on the side of your house when I was there that would make most of us jealous. Pretty sure you are cooking on a stove inside. I on the other hand am roughing it with a Camp Chef 3 burner with the hinged grill and a griddle like about half the guys in this post.

Great coolers. I have a 65 and love it.

Wow is all I can say.

Either you have the best spot in the state or I have a lot to learn about calling in coyotes. And I think it is the ladder of the two. Excellent calling.

I think it would make a neat mount. Cool buck. I have heard it happening with muleys too. Chef here on the site shot what him and all of Duwane Adams guides thought was a monster buck only to walk up on it and it being a little buck with a good rack.

I have the same rifle and shoot 2" groups at 500 yds shooting the 140 grain Berger VLD bullets. I love the rifle. I never shot it without a muzzle break so I can't say anything about recoil. In fact that is the rifle in my avatar picture.

Great buck. Congrats to your son. Hunts like that are character builders. You should be proud of him.

There was recently a thread on the same topic. I think for the money the same Harris 27" swivel bipod that you were using is about as good as you can get. I just put one on one of my rifles and really like it.

Cool buck. Congrats

I was there a few years ago and we went out for a day fish. We took turns on the pole and ended up landing 3 fish. There were six of us total. If I was to do it again I would want a max of 4 guys and fish for whatever is biting instead of going for bigger fish. It can be pretty slow waiting for bites.

Great buck. Yes, you do not pass that buck up. Congrats to your son.

This is kind of like our version of decorating a house. It is funny to sit here reading about color choices. That said I really like the Patriot Brown.

Was that a cat or a little dog? I have some behind my house that I am going to thin out this Saturday morning. I hear them early in the morning howling.

Best post of the week. Awesome

Congrats on a great buck. Let him know his hair looked good for the pictures.