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Let me guess....... He shot it with a .270??? Nice work Lark.

I'll be heading down to hunt w/ Cola Blanca in January. I can't wait!!!

Nice carp!!!

Josh, so which brand of bottled water do you recomend pouring into the salt? I personally like to drink Aquafina, but which one will the deer prefer? Perhaps Evian, Dasani, Arrowhead, or Figi? So many different choices!

From my experience when a coues deer gets big his home territory gets rather small. During the rut he may roam a little more looking for does, but the rest of the year he's probably not moving very far.

Anyone ever find any sheds at night? This past Saturday night Treestandman, my two boys, and myself went out in the dark to check a couple of my cameras. At about 9:30 PM on our way back to the quads in the pitch dark I'm using my flashlight to see my way and nearly step on this little coues shed. It's not very big, probably 65-70 inches but it's an antler and it was in the dark. Pretty lucky I guess. I found the mule deer shed on Sunday night while trying to get some video of elk. I wish it's main beam wasn't busted off! To top it off two of my boys were with me when we found the antlers and they were pretty exctited to be the ones to pick them up!

My lips are sealed when it comes to unit 42!!! I'd go in either from Barnhardt or Mt. Peeley. Either way you are going to do some serious vertical climbs, so be in good shape. That's some tough country in there so be careful.

I've never used a wisker biskut, and now I use a drop away rest. But in the past when I used a regular rest if one fletching kept coming off of several different arrows I knew I had a clearance issue.

Ultramag, I think the noise you are referring to is called glunking. It's not very loud so you usually only hear it when you're real close. It's a pretty cool sound. Anyone else heard this before?

Cool story, and a nice lion!!! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice, congratulations!!!

The difference is probably a couple hundred feet per second and a bit more kick on the recoil. Probably about the same as compairing a .30-06 to a .300 win mag.

I've always been happy with the results from the 215's, but give them a try just for comparison.

I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he was ready to go home for the weekend and didn't want to leave his blind behind so he came in and got it?

Great job! Nice buck, I love the split/bladed main beam!

I'll be over there on the early hunt with Treestandman. I've hunted our area for several years now, so I know it pretty well. We did some scouting a few months ago and probably won't get back until the actual hunt at this point. Good luck to everyone!!!

Sitting salt in the late season is an extremly effective way of hunting coues deer. There has been a lot of discussion in the past about how to start a salt hole, where, when, and what kinds of salt. You may want to do a search. In my opinion the two most important factors are the location, and a good trail camera. The rest is easy. As far as the salt is concerned I like to start with 20-40 pounds of salt pellets with a bag of deer cocaine poured over the top, then doused with a gallon or so of water. Mix it all up and you're done. Before you pour out the salt make sure there's a good tree with clear shooting lanes nearby for you to sit in. Don't forget to put up the camera on a nearby tree so you get some pic's of all the animals coming in. If you did your scouting and found a good location you'll be really surprised how quickly the deer will find the salt. Don't worry if you only get does at first, once the rut starts the bucks will follow the does in. Good luck!

Cat, I don't have your same camera, but mine has similar features that I'v used from time to time. The video clips are cool but very memory and battery intensive. I'd only use that feature if you will be able to check on it often. The three picture bursts have never really done much for me except waste more memory and battery power on the same animal. I usually just set mine on single pictures once every 1-5 minutes.

MASSIVE!!! Congratulations!

Once I find a good spot I like to leave mine out almost year round. I will usually check the pictures every 1-3 weeks.

WOW!!!

Nice buck!!! My guess is no he won't go 90, but close. Perhaps 86???

First off to answer Ernesto's question. Yes. If I established a salt lick and came to hunt opening morning and found someone else hunting it, I'd move on. It's not "MY" spot, it's "OURS". Just because I put salt there does not make it "MINE". Now with that said, I personally would never sit a salt hole that was being maintained by someone else, and I think only a real looser would attempt such a stunt. Ernesto and anyone else for that matter, if you can find my salt holes then go ahead and hunt them. After all there not really mine. Two Guns, I opened a can of worms with a lot of different variables to which we may not have answers. Most people seem to assume that the "other" hunter knew that your buddy had spent many hours preparing the drinker and stand. How do we know the "other" hunter didn't think the drinker was working properly and was just full of water? How do we know that the other hunter hadn't brought water into the drinker as well? Many are also assuming that the "other" hunter saw the note. How do we know he saw it? For all we know the other hunter could have been spending equal time as your friend hauling water and scouting the area. Then on opening morning he walks into the tank and hunts. Then your buddy walks in and there's a confrontation. At that point who's right, and who's wrong? Probably a little of both. There are a lot of different possibilities. There's two sides to every story and all we have is you telling us what your buddy told you. I'm not calling anyone a liar but suggesting that sometimes versions differ depending on what side you're listening to. Let me also say that I've been told to F off a few times in my life and some of the time I deserved it. I'm not saying that it's right to speak to another hunter that way but I know there's been times where I've run my mouth and deserve the concequences. Now we have to look at some other factors that further complicate the matter. As I mentioned in an earlier post, many hunters and guides have the opinion that they can "claim" or "reserve" a tank, road, or entire area. They are doing this by hanging treestands for elk and deer hunts in June or July, or in some cases all year long. They are also posting signs claiming certain areas and tanks. This is wrong and as mentioned in some cases illegal. Perhaps the "other" hunter thought your friend was one of these individuals that was trying to "claim" the spot. I don't usually hunt over popular tanks, but at the same time I won't leave a tank alone just because there's a treestand on it. I know of tanks that have had treestands on them for easily 7-8 years! I know there not being used anymore, and even if they were I don't feel like just because there's a stand on a tank that it's off limits to everyone else. To sum it up, the other hunters ethics are certainly in question if he knew he was sneaking in on an area that someone spent a great deal of time and effort to prepare. But the law overrides ethics and the early bird gets the worm. I guess the lessons learned here are to be prepared and have a back up spot, and just get up earlier the next morning and beat the guy to the spot. Two Guns, no hard feelings on any of this. After all it's just my opinion.

I agree it's a touchy situation and both sides have a clear arguement. My personal opinion is that a drinker or a water hole is public. Here's an example: Treestandman and myself went scouting a few weeks ago. We looked at no less than 10 different tanks. By the end of the day we would start joking to each other as we were walking into the tanks about "where will the perminant ground blind be?" Just about every tank we saw had some sort of ground blind constructed of sticks and branches, even tanks that were a 1/2 mile from the road. So if we wanted to hunt these tanks and took time to set up our own blinds or set up cameras, or even haul in water we would have to compete with other hunters. Even if we left a note to another hunter we can't assume that they ever got the note, and even if they did get the note it's still not "our" tank. For all we know they could have spent a lot of time and effort scouting the same exact spot. We have to respect other hunters and share. I think it's equally important to have a back up plan. Now salt on the other hand is a little different in my opinion. Most tanks are public knowledge, while most salt holes are not. I think a person would have to be a pretty big looser to sit a salt hole that is obviosly being maintained and hunted by someone else. But regardless, I think if they beat you to the punch it's still better to just walk away and get there earlier the next day. Put your salt in areas where no one will find them! The problem is that these days lots of people are trying to "claim" water tanks by leaving signs and putting up stands months in advance or even all year long. I saw a sign while scouting for an elk hunt in unit 8 a few years ago that said something like " I will be hunting this stand for elk during the week of.... Please stay away." The persons sign was left out several weeks before the hunt even started. I had another guy put surveyors tape across a road during the hunt with a sign that basicly said someone was hunting in that area and to please be curtious and stay away. Both of these clowns were completley out of line thinking they can "reserve" the areas. You can't lay claim to hunting areas. They're open to everyone! Ps. Sorry for hijacking the original post.

That's a great pic Josh. It should be a good year for the fawns with all the tall grass to hide from predators. I was up north this past weekend and there is knee high grass everywhere, where just a few months ago it was ankle high. Good feed and good cover.