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Seldom Drawn you might be on to something. We hunted 11 days and never saw a shooter. Over the past few years we have seen far better deer and invested far fewer days with our leftover S. AZ tags. We too went to the extremes to get in remote country with zero hunting pressure Gorgeous country and we were hunting so it's hard to complain, but it's some pretty expensive tag soup. Congrats to Hoss for flat getting it done up there this year. Good work to you and your hunters.

Deadheads we too had a great time this year on the San Carlos but also did not harvest. I hunted 11 days and never saw a 100' buck. Beautiful remote country, but couldn't find a shooter.

Why am I not surprised? Congratulations on another beauty.

Bump for a good guy. If anybody needs this service, Mark is the man to call.

Thanks maximus. I have 150s, 165s and 180s. Looking for 125s as that is the best load I have found for my gun. Also I have 125 BTs as emergency. Thanks again, a very generous offer.

I am in desperate search of anybody that has some of these new in 2013 Nosler Accubond in 30 caliber 125 grain. My load is dialed in, my scope is dialed in, my gun is ready and I dont have enough for my hunt. Ran through them and can't find anymore everybody is sold out I have searched high and low. I could easily change to a different load but nothing shoots out of my gun like this load and I have custom turret for it and all. Not even looking for a full box if it matters, 10 bullets would be enough to get me by I can back them up with some Nosler green tip hunting ballistic tips. I called nosler and they are 45-60 days out from any more production. Any direction, leads or ideas are appreciated. Thanks, Cowman

Outstanding options for your daughter. Inline 4 pts are special to say the least. Good luck.

Atta boy Jake. Couple more weeks and one of them needs to take a dirt nap. Keep the pictures coming. Cheers BL

Thanks Hoofnit. I have been shooting the ballistic tips with this load for several years and was looking for something different when Nosler came out with this 125 Accubond in February. After harvesting several coues and antelope with this load and a hunting ballistic tip i have learned what many would have already expected and that is that the Ballistic tip will absolutely disintegrate at speeds over 3100 fps. This load is somewhere in the 3400 to 3500 fps range and everytime I have made contact with an animal at under 200 yards it has a) absolutely destroyed them the bullet has completely come apart and exploded at contact and c) there has been ZERO exit wound. Past 200 yards they work fine especially on a coues. I have not lost an animal yet as none have moved more than 5 feet but i am worried what would happen if I had to blood trail without an exit wound. I shot a pretty good buck last fall at 20 yards with a 300 win mag. Hit him right behind the shoulder, didnt even hit a rib going in and there was still NO exit wound. Tiny bullet fragments all over the completely hamburgered chest cavity but there wasnt even a mark on the inside wall of the offside ribcage. That really got my attention and made me excited when the accubond came out in 125 gr. I get the argument of 100% energy dump and I have certainly smoked 3 coues and 2 antelope with it, but I'm just not comfortable anymore with the "what if." As I suggested in my intitial post I already have some rounds loaded up with 125 BTs as a backup and they do shoot exactly the same as the accubonds. In a pinch, I can use them. But until then I will exhaust all efforts to secure even 5-10 of those accubonds. I have also tried many different load combinations with different powders and charges in both the 150 and 165 grain bullets but none shoot as well as the 125s do out of my gun. By far the best load I have come up with for accuracy out of my gun is the 125's. Good discussion, thanks for the help.

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Diehard, I havent seen the bull, any other pictures, nor do I know the hunter. But... Matching double 3rds, Matching double 4ths, we are talking at least an extra 60 inches right there alone. Doesnt take long for all those extras to add up. Just my thoughts. heck of a bull. Congrats to the hunter.

Thank you WM U37B for taking the opportunity to further discussion and at your attempt to steer this conversation in a constructive direction. I am with Becker on this one.

Not an easy tag to fill by yourself. That country seperates the men from the boys. Congratulations on getting it done on a dandy.

Very nicely done. Might be 25 years before she gets to do that again in AZ. Way to make the most of her small window of availability. Nice shooting too on a super buck.

Congratulations on a tremendous accomplishment and lifetime trophy. Curious about your bullet choice, looks like a Nosler Ballistic Tip, true? If so, I am very surprised it held together that well. Congratulations again!

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Pics?

Nate, Hand calls are definitely the most rewarding but dude you have got to stop spreading rumors.... The Tally Ho doesn't work in Arizona!!! Wouldnt want anybody to waste their 6-8 bucks and add any more of them to the hills. You can get replacements reeds for them if yours is worn out. I think they come 2 to a pack.

5 bucks average 113.4, my gosh you guys were on fire. Well played gentlemen.

Wow! What a stud deer. Dream buck. Congrats that one is going to be hard to top.

Way to go Sean! Big congrats to you and your dad. Go enjoy another Banquet beer you earned it.

Incredible! Don't know how you earn one any more than this. Beautiful deer.

I just spent a week on the Kaibab and didnt see a buck that big. Well deserved. Congratulations.

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It's a longshot but if you find two, I need one as well. No joke, serious. For similar reasons.