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I like the new format but the one thing that I really enjoyed that I can not find is the view new posts. Am I missing something? Brent

Thanks, I've tried the new content and don't get anything. I'll keep working on it. Brent

Hi, It is too big for me. The waist belt rides low on the hips. I have a friend that 5'10" and he uses a medium. Size is pretty important and there might be some tips on the website on fitting the pack to a body type. Let me know. Brent

Hi, I'm guessing 89 7/8's Brent

199 even Brent

Hi, I've been trying to get a hold of someone at badlands about some warranty work on a 4500. Call both numbers on their website and they've been discontinued. I got another number from Eric at Payson Outfitters and got the same results. I would sure like to talk to someone; phone, email, smoke signals, whatever before I mail them my pack. Has anyone had warranty work done on a badlands pack? Does anyone know how to get a hold of them? Brent

Hi, I was able to check a repair number, but as far as talking to someone, I tried three different numbers and they all said discontinued. The waist belt on the 4500 has a internal plastic piece. This has torn where they punched holes for the seem. The one side has torn almost complete through. Brent

Hi, I second the thought on a pop up blind. I used to make a blind with what ever I could find but when I started using a pop up blind, I saw a lot more deer. I believe that whitetails watch a water hole before they come in and a pop blind works on all five sides. Also, I like to keep my shooting windows as small a possible. If you ever get a chance take a picture of your blind from the other side of the water hole, the thing that stands out the most is the black openings. I also believe that you can control the scent better from a pop up. I weigh down all the edges from the inside. Another added bonus is you really can move as much as you want as long as you're are quiet. I like to take pictures as they come in and they really can't see you move. Brent

Hi, Here's a few pictures of Courtney's 2010 Burro Mtn Muley. This is her first mule deer and we hunted hard to find the right buck in the right spot for her to shoot. She made a great 260 yard shot and killed this great 4x4 in his bed at 415pm on the last day. We had a great hunt and have to thank Tommy of Gila Wilderness Hunts for his help. This buck was shot 360 yards from one of his way points. Brent

Once again, great job! Good luck on the pigs. Brent and Courtney

Hi, Courtney and I had another great hunt together. With the help of her cousin Anthony, we found this neat non-typical buck at 720 this morning. Court made a great 296 yard shot with her new 264 win mag that we had built. The pictures really don't do it justice. We were hanging on a pretty steep side of a hill. We named him Captain Hook. His one main does a nasty hook along his face and the main on the three point side hooks downward at the tip. Brent

Hi, I shoot a pse madness and heard a sound right of the bat. Drove me nuts untill I found it. Check the tiny set screws that are on the string dampener. It's the one's that adjust the length of the dampener itself. Tighten them up and you might get rid of the noise. It did for me. Bren

Pm sent, Actually, figured it sold. Brent

Great buck!!!! Love the pictures. Good luck on the New Mexico hunt. Brent and Courtney

Here's a few pictures of the horns. The black part is actually hard horn that he didn't get the velvet off. I'm thinking when I make a european mount out of it, the velvet will come off and I can stain it. Brent and Courtney

Great looking deer. Now, Court and I know what we are looking for next Friday! Thanks again for getting back with me about Tommy. I gave him a call and his maps are all ready sitting in my office. We'll let you know how it turns out. Brent

could you give a few more details? Draw length, draw weigh, price? Brent

Thank you. Eastman's put her 2008 coues in the youth section, so this year I had Courtney send Eastman's her story that she posted on Amanda's site with hopes that they could find room for it. But it came as a surprise when they put her 2009 buck in the youth section. Who knows about this year....Court drew a Burro Mtn youth tag in New Mexico and a 33 youth tag this year. We can't wait till October. Thanks again, Brent and Courtney

Here's a few pictures from our vacation in Alaska. The pictures are in no real order. We spent three day halibut fishing and crabbing. The other two days we spent stream fishing with the bears and deer. Five days with family and good food. Brent

That is southeast Alaska. My parents live in Hoonah. It's on a island south of Juneau. Brent

I think someone missed 109 4/8 That's my guess

congrats on your tags. Good luck to you and your mom. Brent and Courtney

My Bivy Buck It all started with a loaded backpack. "What's up?" I asked my dad. "You drew a late November tag and we're going to bivy in to a area where I have been wanting to try for years." he said, smiling. "Do you think you can carry this up the stairs?" I carried it up the stairs a couple days, here and there; but, I know now that I should have done it more. LOL. It is now the day after Thanksgiving and I am finding out why my dad wanted me to carry the pack up the stairs. We were just leaving the truck and the camp was five miles away. We followed a trail that we had carried nine liters of water a month ago. That water was now buried where we were headed; a camping spot that I had named Frog Camp because of the frogs that were in the spring near the camp. We has also seen some snakes, but I think I like the frogs better. We also could have named it pack rat camp because when we got there to set up camp we went to get the supplies we had buried, we found that every bit of food had been eaten (at least they were nice enough to leave the trash) and the rats had also managed to opened one of the bottles of water. There was still plenty. Three and a half hours later, we were at camp. We stopped here and there to glass and rest and only saw two does. We set up the tent and unloaded the packs. After a quick lunch of cherry pop tarts and jerky(yummm), we headed up the hill for the evening hunt. The wind was blowing and we only saw three does and a spike. My dad asked if I wanted to shoot the spike but I passed ( I mean after the first year, you cant go smaller. Can you? ). I wanted to try to get a bigger buck than last year. We hunted till dark and put the headlamps on. We soon saw the reflection of the tent in the glow of the light. I tried my best to hike in the dark without falling but happened to fall on my butt at least once. I was hungry and was ready for dinner. Dad got out his Jetboil stove and we were soon eating our Mountain House meals. Mine was beef strogonoff and it was good (probally because I was so hungry). After scarfing the whole thing down, I felt like I was going to POP. We were in the tent by 700. I was tired and only played my ipod for a while. I snuggled into my sleeping bag and covered my head. It was already getting cold and windy. We were up at 500 and after runny oatmeal (I like it that way) and hot chocolate with the little marshmallows, we put the headlamps on and headed towards the hilltop to glass. Talk about being cold, I was shaking like a leaf. The wind was blowing and clouds were covering the morning sun. I sat, trying to stay warm, and looked through my bino's. We were not seeing any deer and my dad kept facing a different direction trying to glass up anything. He had just said "that something was not right; that there must be a lion in this valley", when we saw three dogs; one black and two brown dogs, two of them had collars on. They were big and they seemed to be chasing something. Just then I saw a doe and two fawns headed right towards us and I said "Dad, look I think there are deer coming or wait, maybe bunnies!" They ran right by and I don't think they ever saw us. The dogs went the other way up the mountain. We kept moving and glassing. The wind was blowing hard and dad was looking for a canyon that maybe the deer were hiding in away from the wind. We finally saw our first buck at 1130. He was a small three point and was standing below us a 200 yards. We decided to pass on him (I kinda did but I hadnt really made up my mind yet) and he walked away behind something. After watching him keep looking around at something, we decided that there was probably another deer bedded down near by. He disappeared and after waiting awhile, we started down to where we last saw him. We ended up getting fifty yards from three bucks, one that my dad kept calling a "toad". Sadly, I never really saw this "toad" well, not his antlers anyway. They were bedded below us and while we were trying to get a rest, the wind shifted and they just walked away. They never stopped and I tried to get a shot off of the shooting sticks but the wind was blowing too hard. We gave them sometime and then climbed to the hilltop. The hilltop was huge and we were pretty high up. The other side was really far down (kinda scary). Dad thought that they would bed back down and maybe we would get lucky. We glassed this valley looking straight off of a clift. We never saw those bucks again. I was pretty down for awhile but I thought, oh well, we will find another one soon. We made another move and soon was looking over another valley. Dad said it reminded him of last years hunt. He quickly spotted a deer and watched it bed back down. He thought he saw another deer bedded down in the shade so he pulled out his spotting scope, quickly looked through it and said "It's a good buck, let's go". I was pretty excited even though I never got see the buck. We crossed the valley and soon were 250 yards from the deer. I had to hide behind a rock so they wouldn't smell or hear us. We set up the 243 on it's bipod and waited for the wind to die down. I got the gun to where I could see the deer through the scope. I asked my dad where to aim when they"re lying down. My dad told me were to hold. I told him I was holding as steady as I could and I thought I was ready. He said "ok then shoot when you're ready". The buck got out of his bed and ran towards us. He died by the wash. He was another non-typical; a three by four with eye guards. We took pictures and boned him out. Dad said "he thought he was not as big as my first one but he is a really good buck". I was pretty proud. We packed him back to camp and got there at 515. We didn't stop once cause dad wouldn't be able to get back up with his backpack on. It was windy and trying to rain. We decided to pack up camp and head back to the truck. We ate another Mountain House and loaded the packs. I was carrying in my 2800: a sleeping bag, my pad, my clothes, the spotting scope, the tripod, some water and the trash. It was heavy but not as heavy as my dad's 4500. He had everything else plus the deer meat. At 615, we put on our packs and headlamps and started back to the truck. Once again, we didnt stop once and I didn't think I could do it but I did!! The way I got through it was by singing any song I could think of. Mainly Christmas carols and Taylor Swift. I'm sure my voice wasn't very good but I wasnt really trying either. Haha. When I was singing I didnt feel the pain and it went by much faster. Even dad sang some of the songs. That was even funnier. We got there at 945 and I was tired and so were my feet. We slept in the truck and listened to the rain which to me was peaceful until it started to hail. That morning we drove home after getting some breakfast sandwiches at wendy's (yum). One of the good things about hunting is the yummy food that tastes so much better after working hard all day for it.

hi, I was wondering if anyone is having the same problem I'm having. I've been trying to take the on-line hunter safety course for Arizona for the past year. Has anyone else noticed that there is never a field day here in Tucson to complete the course? There's one every month in Phoenix. I've called the education department and they said that they're planning some but they can't tell me when. Is there anyone else in Tucson, or close by, that wants to do the class on-line with out driving to Phoenix? Brent

Holy crap, Just got Courtney's email. She drew a junior tag for the burro mtns. One of 25 tags, which if I read it right, is really one of two tags. Brent