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I don't know the guy. I'm not associated with the guy. BUT THIS IS A SMOKIN DEAL! Smokin Deal on Swarovski 10x50

Casey are you going poop in that second picture? Come on man.....you could have waited until after the picture! Congrats on the dog.

I headed down south to do some scouting in 34a yesterday and had a new experience.....TALL TALL GRASS. Which got me thinking. It sure would be nice to be able to shoot off my tripod. A few weeks ago Ron G. posted some pics of his wife's elk hunt and the very first picture which I've attached has the exact adapter I'm looking for. He said he made it from a monopod, trekking stick adapter and the Bogen/Manfrotto quick release plate. I've looked high and low and can find JUST THE V-SHAPED topper.....he got his at Cabelas and it's rare that I make it up to PHX. Does anyone know where to but them? Scott

Congrats on your buck Scott.....NOTHING WRONG WITH AN 85" BUCK! I know exactly how it goes. When a guy is married with lil' ones it's a completely different deal that hunting when your single. Glad you'll get to spend time with the family.....THAT'S WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ANYWAY. Scott

Someone's not going to be happy.....I really think this is a sad situation for Malik (whom I DO NOT KNOW).

Congrats guys! great buck and great shot

what model, and condition

777 BEANS

I have the Swarovski LRF.....I'd sell it to if you if I were dyin' but I'm not.....I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT THOUGH!!!

Congrats Kevin!

You got to excited about your post and forgot to post the pics......I'm sure they are great buck but I can't see them

If it's a Remington 700 or a Savage I'd recommend Dan Carey in Florence. http://www.careycustomrifleco.com/

Congrats! That's buck has some sweet character!

Thanks for all the compliments. A good friend of mine is doing a Euro mount for me.....I'll make the wooden plaque and he did the whitening and such. We had a great time

I just got back from my 34a hunt.....had the special opportunity to spend it with my dad and my friend and his son. I was so thankful to have my dad along! I love to hunt with him. He's one of the best glassers I know. The hunt started Friday morning at 330AM. We headed from Marana to our spot in 34a and started working our way to our glassing spot. I had found 2 bucks pre-season, one of which was 95-100" buck and another really nice 3x3. So as soon as we got over the ridge we started glassing where I had seen them previously....nos sign of the bucks. So I look up the ridge and both of them are standing broadside to us. By the time we took our packs off they were headed over the rigde....why didn't we look up the hill first?!? Dangit! So we hot foot it up to the top of the ridge and into a little draw between the two canyons. We start glassing and no bucks. So we headed up to the top of the next ridge and start glassing. My dad was a little behind us to he glassed the next canyon, he radios and says he's got the two bucks and they are slowing moving across the canyon towards some cows. So we gather our gear and get ready to go back and he said they just topped out and are now out of site. We stay put and decide to go another ridge over to glass. As many of you know on Friday the weather couldn't have been any better....Brisk and cold with lots of cloud cover. We sit down and start glassing and my dad gets up to us. A few minutes before he gets to us I picked up a couple of head of deer and get the spotter on them. Between trying to describe to my friend and putting the spotter on the tripod I loose them. So we decide to head up to a better glassing spot and we hadn't been there for 10 minutes when we picked up 4 bucks. 3 of them were decent 3x3's and the other was a 2 point. We sat and watched them for about 2 hours and picked up about 15 does and 2 hunters. The buck would feed down in to the drainages, then head buck up the hill, back to the drainage and then back to the top. After a few cycle so this the hunter had moved off the opposite ridge and spooked the bucks.....we'd seen enough we were going after these bucks. 1 hour later we got to the bottom of canyon while my dad stayed up top to spot. When we got to the bottom of the canyon, my dad radios us and says that the hunter had pushed again and the does were headed our way. So we sat down so that we could see the bald slopes we were going to go up to close the distance on the bucks. This is where God intervenes.....less than 35 seconds after my dad radios here comes 3 bucks single file off the bald face. I should add we literally had a 5 foot shooting window....my friend shoots at the first buck and misses. The second buck comes through and he shoots again....another miss. The buck turned back and started to go up the rigde and came back. As soon as he stepped into the shooting alley I fired and he was down. The last portion of the hunt my dad didn't actually see buck heard the shots. We radioed back and let him know we had a downed buck. The only thing I felt bad about was my friends son kept saying "Dad, how could you have missed.....what happened. Dad, you were supposed to get that buck!".....Boy did I feel bad. I felt back for my friend......this is all coming from a 9 year old. Ouch! We walked 7 total miles that day. We got the buck down at 1100AM and didn't get back to the truck until 800PM....LONG DAY! No pain no gain! I couldn't be happier with this buck. I haven't put a tape on him yet buck I think he'll score 90-92". I want to thank my Dad, Mutt and Draycen for a great time! The only thing I regret was I didn't take more pics and when I took the pics of my buck my camera was on the smallest setting.....shaking my head, I'm an idiot! Scott

congrats.

It is amazing what happens to animals as they age....alot like humans. We enter life as infants with simple minds and as we get older we return to that. Deer antler growth is pretty much the same.....they grow to totally maturity (some big some small), then go back to simple small beginnings.

Great buck congrats. What unit were you in?

Congrats on a sweet lookin' buck!

Great write-up and a beautiful buck! Congrats Dan!

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Well with all the medical bills stacking up since my hip replacement ALOT of my toys have to go.....so next item on the selling block is my 80mm Swarovski spotting scope. It comes with the 20-60x eye piece. This thing is in perfect conditions. I've had it for about 2 seasons now......been in the field maybe 20 times. As you know you won't find better glass out there. It comes with the Creedmore sports cover. Asking $1700+shipping. The DCA DOES NOT COME WITH IT AT THIS PRICE.

I may mount him.....not sure. How did you guys do?

We saw a total of 4 other hunters.....an all of them seemed to be just out bustin' brush hoping to see something jump up. We saw a total of 13 bucks in 2 days and most of them were 3x3's. They should be bigger next year Hopefully maybe come late December I can make a run in there during the rut to see what we see. Scott