AZbowhntr

Great buck. It definitely looks bigger seeing it in person than it does in the original field photos. That is one heck of a buck Jaycie got there. Congrats to you and her.

270 WSM. Just haven't decided which one yet. I was about set on the Tika t3 but I held the Sako a7 and love the stock.

Ringer, let me know if you need anything else with the Republic. I golf with one of the editors at the Republic and we talked about this a little bit this morning. He said he will help in anyway that he can. And can get us in contact with the proper people (which sounds like you already have). It sounds like you already have the foot in the door but just in case.

It was a great time. Although I don't think I have ever had a bad time at any of the banquets. It is always great catching up with friends that we don't see all the time. It is also nice winning a few things. Our table actaully won two mag lights a tool tote and a gift card. Sure would have been nice going home with a rifle though.

Just make sure you use everything quick. It will not last very long. So the wife says.

I have their 15-45X60 spotting scope that I had for a few years. I was getting ready for an elk hunt and noticed that one of the lens' had come loose. So I called them explaining my situation and sent them in. I had a brand new spotting scope sent back to me with plenty of time left before my hunt. I was very pleased and sent them an email letting them know. About a week later I received a letter from them with a 50% off coupon thanking me for the email. So I bought the 10X42 binoculars. I am very pleased with them for wearing them on my bino buddies and glassing at short distances. If I set up to really glass then I will pull out the 15 power Swaro's.

I think what some people are misunderstanding is that a call to action does not mean getting on CWT and start name calling and fighting amongst ourselves. A call to action means calling or writing letters to those that can actually do something about it. As far as I am concerned there could have been 1 post in that thread telling everyone what was going on. After that it did not get one single thing done except divide us. And that is my .02

The application fee is 7.50 regardless if you draw or not if I am not mistaken. Otherwise the people that draw don't have to pay it? And do the people that don't get drawn get their 7.50 back? I don't think so. Could be wrong though.

I don't know what would equal up to $114 as an elk tag is 121.50, two jr tags would be 115 and a antelope tag and license would be 117.50.

Great video, I like the 5 minute video on the right also. Some awesome action and incredible bulls.

I don't post as much as a lot of the guys on here do. But for a few years I have been almost strictly coming here because of all of the crap that was going on over on the other site. For the most part CWT.com has been incredible with not much need for moderation. It appears though that when a topic this heated comes up it brings the worst out in some people. It is one thing to post our view of a topic but when we start posting our views on others peoples posts it gets ugly. And that is where the need for the moderators comes in. Amanda has worked too hard on this site to let something like this topic bring it down. I feel that if anyone has personal comments to make to someone they should be in an instant message. Or post it on the forum and let the moderators do their job and run the risk of discipline.

Kathi, I know you are out of town right now but I sent you a PM with my address for you to send my ticket. I also ordered a raffle package off of AES's website. I can always meet you if it would be easier. I just live a few minutes down the road. Thanks, Orlin

Great station. I have been listening to it for almost a month now. The only problem is that it doesn't carry very far into Phx. But luckily I get it most of the time in the east valley. I will be sitting at a red light laughing and I'm sure people are looking at me thinking I'm nuts.

This last year I was doing a home inspection on a condo in Mesa and the building next to the one I was inspecting had about a 100 pigeons on the roof. Well all of a sudden they all took off at once. Sounded like a bomb going off so I am looking around to see what caused it. In swoops a hawk and snatches one right out of the air. The pigeon was actually bigger than the hawk was. It took the hawk about 10 minutes to finally kill it. Reminded me of a baker kneading dough but with talons instead.

Great footage. The slomo at the end was cool. I shot one at 3 yds once that was charging. It is a rush.

I don't know how well either coues deer or mule deer would do in a situation like that. Although I know they have mule deer for breeding in Mexico that are fenced. It would be cool though.

Awesome dogs. I grew up on a farm in Idaho and that is all we had. Best dogs I have ever seen. I'm sure you won't have any problems with the last two.

Very nice. They definately make it nice when the weather gets bad. Hector and I had mine in Colorado a few years ago during a snow storm and it made a huge difference. Heater didn't turn off at all one night. But we were warm. It was good to see you also.

A buddy and I went out yesterday morning for a few hours to see if we could call something in. The Foxpro did it's job and I called in two Bobcats on the very first call. We were going to take both of them at the same time and got all set up. My buddy counted to three and I shot the one and he didn't shoot at all. He forgot to take the safety off. Needless to say he missed the running shot about 5 seconds later. Luckily I didn't. He should make a very nice rug type mount. I already have one at the taxidermist being done in at life size. \

Well I am by no means an expert on hunting coues deer in Mexico but we were there the last week of January and we had spotty rutting activity. Most of the bucks chasing does were in the 80" range. It seemed that the bigger bucks were hanging tight waiting for it to heat up. We pretty much decided that we would rather go down the first week of January and catch the bucks still in their bachelor herds. That way when you find a buck you know there are going to be several others around. Only one out of the three of us shot a buck with does.

If anyone has an extra piece of driftwood that they have laying around or that they would be willing to sell I am looking for one. I am having a full body mount done on a bobcat that I shot this last year and need something for it to lay on. Probably about 3' long and maybe 6" in diameter. Thanks

I also posted this in the taxidermy forum but I am looking for a piece of driftwood that I can have a bobcat mount done on. I am looking for about 3' long and 6" in diameter. Thanks

Randy, welcome to CWT. That is a heck of a picture of your buck. I posted one in my thread from when we got back to the truck but nothing compared to yours. It was an awesome time we had and I am looking forward to next year.

Phil, we were seeing at least 40 to 50 deer a day. We didn't catch the rut like we hoped to have but there was still some bucks chasing does. Mostly 80 to 90" bucks. The first morning of the hunt I hadn't gone 300 yds from the ranch house before seeing an 80" buck. I think if we would have caught the rut just right or if we were there earlier in the year when the bucks were still in their bachelor groups we would have seen some bigger bucks. I don't know for sure what the big buck would have scored if he wasn't broke but he was in another class from what we shot. Temo has great plans for the ranch and I feel it is only going to get better. We did see quite a bit of lion sign but didn't see any. We had a fox pro with us and were hoping to do some calling if we killed soon enough but it didn't work out that way.

Ernesto, congrats on a heck of a buck. I had an incredible time down there and wouldn't hesitate to hunt with you and Randy again. I am looking forward to next year and all of us stepping it up a notch.