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Here is a picture of us glassing on the San Carlos several years ago. Looks like we have upgraded some equipment since then.

Glass them up, bed them down and put on a stalk. Or glass what direction they are heading and cut them off.

A buddy of mine shot one while we were calling for bear one year at 7 yards. Completely took us off guard and from the only spot that neither of us could see. His voice raised about an octave when he was talking to me right afterward. Spooked him pretty good.

Both of my daughters phones have broken screens right now. It has happened so many times that they don't even have them fixed anymore.

Congrats on a couple great bucks.

That is awesome. I always joke about a turkey I shot years ago. First few minutes of opening morning of the first time I ever hunted turkey. Called him right in. I called him the dumbest turkey on the mountain.

I sure hope your deal turns out better than it did for my wife. She had the same thing happen a couple years ago but the other driver didn't even attempt to slow down and had the bare minimum insurance that only covered a small portion of the cost of the medical. We ended up having to sue our own insurance because they wanted to give her $2K for a settlement when the medical was over $20K.

Congrats on a buck of a couple life times.

I was just in 23 the other day doing some calling and saw two herds of Javelina. And we saw a lot more sign. There are also some right around Young. But that would be a little difficult to hunt depending on if it is a HAM hunt or a rifle hunt. Feel free to PM me if you would like and I will give you more specifics. Good luck.

This is the story of the year. Congrats to everyone involved.

Cool buck. Way to keep at it.

I used to hunt quail all the time off Kings Ranch Rd and always did great on them. Don't remember seeing many rabbits though. You have to go all the way back until you hit the state trust land though. They are slowly building more and more homes back there.

There is a tab that pops off the bumper and it accesses a mount point for a tow loop that threads into it. Apparently he never read the manual. I used to have a BMW and the loop was in the trunk next to the spare tire. It would have been easy to tow.

Let's see some pictures. This was an awesome thread. I was thinking of taking the day off Friday if it came to it but no need now. Congrats to the hunting and everyone that helped.

I had my company Christmas dinner at Rodizio Grill last week and left there stuffed. It is the Brazilian style restaurant where they bring you all the meats on a spit and carve off what you want. And the best thing is it is only $29 per person. I am pretty sure that they just opened not long ago. Excellent food and service. Someone else mentioned the Angry Crab. Really liked that too.

Wow, that really sucks. I have been very fortunate that I haven't had any taxidermy horror stories. I think there are enough people out there and few enough of them that even when they get bad reviews like this they will still get business. And without any organization to watch over them they don't have to be accountable for anything or anyone.

Nice bear. I assume that is the bear from your avatar.

I think with Javelina it is a cycle. They populate way faster than deer and elk do. So the numbers will take off and get out of control in a short time. So the multiple tags come into play for a while until the numbers are brought back down some. Just my opinion anyway.

Congratulations on a great hunt and buck. That is pretty impressive considering you have never stepped foot in the unit or seen a Coues deer before.

This was a pretty laid back Christmas this year. We are building a new home and sort of made limits on spending for each other. Of course I didn't follow the limits at all. And my daughters are both in their late teens, early 20s. So we are going to have to wait for hopefully at least a few years before they have kids for us to start spoiling.

I love the title. That is what I call every hunt that I go on and don't kill anything. Some of them cow hunts are the hardest hunts in the state.

That is a great price for this scope. I have the exact scope on one of my rifles and really like it.

Great looking rifle. I don't think I would dip it either.

Ouch. That almost happened to me last year on the Kaibab. You have to wonder how that would play out in the future if it ever happened again. Not sure he would be so quick to come forward.

I have several pigeons that look like that. Maybe it is a hybrid?