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Way to go Riley!!!!! Congrats on your first elk!!! I'll be sure to show the pic to the boys when I get home from work tonight! S.

Outstanding!!!! Thanks for sharing the story and pic, and congrats on your archery kill!!! I have a question though. I've been a novice archer for several years. By novice, I mean that I never got into it in a hard core way and I don't shoot on a regular basis (hence, I don't archery hunt much...). My question though is regarding your comment about 'holding a little high to compensate for the uphill shot.....'; I always thought you should hold low to compensate for an uphill shot?? Again, being a total novice, I'm interested in this comment so as I grow my skills so I can improve as an archer..... I always thought that given 'physics' and the natural laws of gravity, that you should hold low (with a rifle or bow.....) while shooting on an incline or a decline of any significance.... Is this not true? Any hard-core bow shooters wanna comment please???? Thanks! S.

Spot n' stalk on a big ol' bull elk! Awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing! S.

Those that have been around a camp fire with me know that I can sometimes have a VERY foul mouth. Like most, I suppose.... As far as foul language on this site though, I try to limit it quite a lot. Primarily for the reasons that Amanda has pointed-out above. I don't really see this as a censorship issue though. This is not a public forum (as much as it might seem like it....). It is a private place that Amanda started, and she obviously has the right to set the tone she wants. To me it is more a matter of respect. We all know the type of site that Amanda is trying to run here, and I personally don't find it very hard to limit my foul language. It reminds me of when I go see my mom, mother in law, or sister, or someone like that. I'm NOT going to use foul language for the few hours I might be with her cuz I know she wouldn't not appreciate it. That's how I look at this place.... All that being said, I can definitely appreciate the fact that at the end of the day this is a hunting website, and there is plenty of times when the extra color in the written words help GREATLY to make the desired point. It's always going to be that way, and I think Amanda realistically knows this.... S.

Congrats on a great hunt Hector & Scott! Great write-up & pics!! Love this time of year!!!!! S.

Cool video! Thanks for sharing!!!! S.

Seems like mathews' response summed this topic-up pretty well; It's all a matter of opinion! LOL To mathews, asking what unit a buck was taken in is 'a dumb question'. To me, it is simply 'a question'..... I've been asked MANY questions through-out my life. IMO, the 'dumb questions' are ones where the answer is obvious, hence there was no need to ask in the first place. Again, it looks to me like this topic is like many. Your position on the topic will depend on your opinion! And each of us has one! LOL I just find it funny that someone would complain about someone asking. Dumb question or not, simply don't answer if you don't want to! S.

I guess that I agree with bowsniper and donnident on this topic. First Mark's point; The hunting units are HUGE! Telling someone you killed a trophy in a particular unit really doesn't give them any info that is useful over & above what they could get out of the G&F regulations anyway... Secondly though, I agree with donnident; What is the harm in someone asking??? Don't answer the question if you don't want to. It's that simple... S.

Outstanding deersandbeers!!!! LOL S.

Great buck!!!! Thanks for sharing! S. PS: Looks a bit like that buck Mikey Bool (rest his soul...) killed a few years ago....

Thanks for showing more pics Scott! I love the tractor shots on the original set of pics. Those critters are SO freaking huge!! Do you have any 'skinning' pics? I'd love to see the size/scale as you're getting the skin off that huge boy! S.

Way to go! VERY cool, and great pics!!! Congrats! S.

Whoa!!!! HUGE bull!!!!! Thanks for sharing! S.

Outstanding! Congrats to the hunters!!! S.

Very cool Jim!!!! Awesome story!!!! Sincere congrats on a great deer! S.

I'll be down in "A" with a friend starting Thursday evening. We've camping & hunting N/E of Arivaca. Maybe we'll stop by!! Good luck to you!!! S.

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!!! I hunted muleys ONLY for many years until bitten by the coues bug a few years ago..... Makes me miss the old days a bit! S.

Awesome story Cody! Congratulations on a great budk, and thanks much for sharing!!! S.

Gutpile, sincere congratulations on the success and fulfillment of your boy's hunt! I echo Brian's sentiments. NOTHING like a 'kids' hunt!!! (whether it's a doe, cow, buck, bull... doesn't matter!)! Thanks a bunch for sharing! Myself and my children were up on the Kiabab last weekend as well. As soon as I get a chance, I'll post a couple of pics and a quick story of our weekend. In summary though, my youngest son killed his first deer and his little sister was there with him all the way. Good stuff!!! Again, thanks much for sharing the pics/story! S.

You're kidding, right???? You actually tapped it and watched it??? JK.... No doubt she's good looking.... S. :-)

Nicely done Christian (and Randy...... and Tyler, Cory, etc...)! Good luck with the junior hunt next weekend! S.

Thanks for the reminder Amanda!!! I'll call my dad in a bit. He was a navigator in a B-17 bomber over Europe in WWII. Many close calls while there, including getting shot-down over France only to get back to England and find himself back in the seat of another B-17!!! I never get tired of his stories, and my admiration of what he did NEVER subsides!!! Thank you to ALL vets!!! S. :-)

I work in the copper mining industry and based on your radical statement above I take great exception to the fact that you are happy that copper prices are falling. I don't quite know how to say it nicely but what a ignorant statement. You should really do some research before you open you mouth to the impact that copper has on the economy of this nation and more importantly the State of Arizona. Whether or not you agree with the Rosemont mine i could care less but when you start talking about being happy about falling copper prices you sir directly affect my lively hood. I am not sure what you do for a living but I sure would not go around hoping that your business would fail. There are many many members of this forum who's living is made mining copper so I'm sure you have not made many friends today. So it's OK for consumers to bear the brunt of high copper prices???? You 'take great exception to the fact that someone is happy copper prices are falling'??? Do you take exception to someone being happy about falling oil/gas prices??? I say let the market dictate the prices.... I am absolutely happy when the price of copper falls! Aren't we all happy when the price of gasoline (oil) falls? What's the difference (other than you happen to make your living off of it...?)? I'm in the credit/money business. Am I happy when the price of money falls? No, but the vast majority of people are.... I don't take exception to it. FYI; The price of ANYTHING falling directly affects someone's livelyhood.... We're all in the same boat. S. PS: My dad was a geologist & mining engineer. I grew-up on copper! Copper put me through college, so please know I don't have anything against the industry.

You guys are hilarious!!!! Wasn't he borne in Hawaii?? ; S.

VERY, VERY, VERY cool video record of that hunt!!!! I just watched the whole thing (at work, in a meeting, no less.... LOL) and it was awesome!!!! Thanks much for posting, and congrats to your brother! S.