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Congratulations. Javelina are the perfect animal for kids.

Way to go Eric and Gino!!! I hope someday I can draw a sheep tag and get similar results.

That buck looks nearly identical to a buck I killed about 3 or 4 years ago. Pretty cool!!!

Congrats, that's an awsome buck!!!

That was one of the weird things about Dan's camp. Every morning it seemed like Jason would end up with a whole bag full of butterfingers and no one else would get a single one! Weird??? Perhaps butterfingers and snoring are related? I hunted with Ted all week. I believe it was his son Taylor who glassed up Jason and Tommys bucks.

Yep, 10 rifle hunters and 80 archery hunters. They are slowly killing off the herd so they can eventually develop the land.

I think the Fain ranch is more like a 70-75 inch antelope hunt anymore. Last year there was one buck that may have been 78-80 and another buck that was 76-78. Those were the two biggest bucks that I know of. It's not a large area and they offer a bunch of tags! You'll still see quite a few goats, but nothing like there was a few years back.

Bowhunter4life, I'd think twice before burning 10 points on 19A (Fain Ranch). It's no where near what it used to be in terms of trophy quality!!! I live in Prescott and see it every day. 19B still produces some quality bucks, but I'd steer clear of the Fain Ranch if you're looking for big bucks.

That's a nice buck!!!! Make sure to be real careful when you're hanging him in the tree. You wouldn't want to accidently hit one of his antler tips against a rock and break it.

Soooooo much trash and so little time!

I've come across 3 or 4 while out in the woods and I'll have to admit that each time I was really tempted to leave them a big shiny moon on their picture card, butt... (pun intended) each time I just looked around and left them alone! In fact one time I left the camera alone and a few weeks later went into Don's Sport Shop in Scottsdale and had one of the employees show me some of his trail camera pictures and sure enough they were from the same spot and he had my picture walking by. I'd have been pretty embarassed if he had my shiney moon smiling for the camera! I agree with Josh, if it's not yours and you take it you're just rationalizing stealing.

Coues7 is right on! These people need to focus on working, not hunting. I also think this will have minimal if any impact at all in the big scheme of things. I highly doubt that very many people will be able to take advantage of it if it goes through. In fact it really seems like a waste of a bunch of politations time and tax payers money that they are even voting on it. Another useless law hitting the books!!!

And I think for an extra $7 bucks per year you can get 100K worth of insurance coverage that will cover any search and rescue costs in the event of an emergency. I had a buddy that had an accident at Canyon Lake a few years ago and the AirEvac helicopter flight alone cost over 15K from Canyon Lake to a Phoenix hospital. That stuff gets real pricey!!!!

This was my second year hunting with Dan and I'm already saving my pennies for next year! Anyone that wants to go better start saving up pretty quick as I think Dan starts booking at the end of February or beginning of March.

Great pic's and stories guys! You shot some slammer bucks! It was a lot of fun to finally meet you and hunt with you. You are both my new best ben de ho's!!! Here's a couple pic's of my buck from the same hunt. If you look close you can see that it never rubbed its velvet clean and it dried like dark leather on the G3's and tips of the main beams.

Congratulations on a great archery buck! I'll see you tomorrow........ IN MEXICO!!!!

I agree I am having a dificult time diciding on which one to vote for! Mitt Romney was the canidate that said he was a life long hunter, but in fact has never purchased a hunting license! There all guilty of telling lots of little half truths to lift them selves up.

A 51 inch 3 point is an awesome buck!

Congratulations Mike! That's a buck well deserved, you work harder than anyone I know at treestand hunting coues.

MDA33, sorry to hijack your thread, but I just had to speak out! You really have to watch what you say or what pictures you post because different people will find some possible fault and expose it to everyone as if it's gospel and drag your name and reputation through the mud. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. I thought you made it pretty clear that the sun went down and about 5 minutes later you killed a fox. Since when is that illegal in Arizona? Are you going to get it mounted? I killed one awhile back and I'm having a full lifesize mount done of him, but I haven't got it back yet.

Congrats on the fox. They're sure curious buggars. Sorry there's always got to be someone to show disrespect and insult your integrity by suggesting you may have shot it illegally. Seems like every day there is another self appointed, self righteous, internet cop on here making outrageous assumptions and following up with presumptious accusations. Enough is enough people!

Yes, there is an advantage but there is also an advantage to having a scope with a larger objective lens to let in more light so you can see your target. Although with all the ballistics programs available it's not as big a deal anymore. It's just a trade off of what is more important to you for a given hunting situation.

I think they cost $3000 because there are no restrictions for the NR's. That was the only way for the G&F to keep the NR's from drawing all the tags.

Way to go 4runner, looks like you had a great year!!! That antelope is a stud! Coues7, I killed three deer in 2007, what's wrong with that? Two mule deer and one coues deer.