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Brent, you do get a refund now if you don't draw correct?

I got one of these in a m77 mark II... Tack driver.

There are the products with the both of both worlds like the cabelas euro hds. No questions asked warranty but you likely wont need to use it becasue meopta builds a quality European product that's stout. I recently dropped my 12x50 euro hds and they hit really really hard on the concrete. This happened right in the middle of my rifle hunt. I used them for the rest of my hunt and I could tell that there was the slightest bit of misalignment with them. It wasn't much but I could notice it when I took my eyes out of them and I went slightly cross-eyed. I let a few people look through them during the hunt and each time people commented on how awesome they were. They never even noticed the problem. I took them to cabelas the next week and they replaced them for me no questions asked, even though they themselves couldn't see any problem with them. I guarantee if the Chinese glass that I've owned In the past(vortex) was to hit the concrete as hard as my euro hds hit the concrete, they would have been useless for the rest of the hunt. I bought the euro hds for the quality of their glass, but the warranty that comes with them is just as good as anything else on the market and may be even better since you can stop by the store and do an exchange if necessary.

Just curious, but how did the Seahawks get the reputation for being cheaters? I'm not a Seahawks fan by any means but the only thing I know about them doing wrong is getting in trouble for too much physical contact at their practices during training camps. Is that really cheating?, and is there more to the story?

Bhuntn Shockwaves are legit. Best bang for your buck in my opinion. I've had some blades bend but never break on em. Dependable.

Man that's awesome. You achieved what many are still striving to do. I can totally relate to you saying how much you respect that buck. Soak this one up man, cuz it's a feeling that's hard to come by.

Think it's doable with a bow?

That's freaking awesome. Big ol rams. Good job Phil. Making it look easy.

Can somebody rotate the picture for me please. I have no idea how to do it.

Kinda reminds me of the feral mule I saw during my rifle hunt in a border unit this year. He likes the rocks too. He may be a better climber than that goat though. You'll have to zoom in I was kinda far away. Look for white.

Sawbuck. Paper tuning alone won't do it in my experience. Try French tuning or modified French tuning or walk back tuning and then broadhead tuning. Muzzies are known to be one of the tougher heads to tune for so if you want new fixed heads look into the exodus, Slick tricks, wac em, wasp, or any of the other short low profile heads on the market. Most of them are solid heads. Chances are that you're still going to have trouble with your broadheads hitting with your field tips though. A properly tuned bow will shoot muzzys next to field tips. At least within a reasonable distance of say 50-60 yards. Find somebody close to you with tuning experience and have them help you tune it. You'll be happy you did, and penetration will be better too. Otherwise choose one of the popular mechanicals and settle for your broadheads hitting in the same general area as your field tips.

My suggestion would be to read up on broadhead tuning and make sure you tune your bow. If they are shooting a foot different than your field points then a different broadhead won't fix the problem it will just dampen it a little bit. I personally shoot mechanicals at deer, but without a proper tune, even mechanicals aren't spot on. Tune your bow first and make sure your arrow spine is correct.

Doesn't get any better than that. Congrats again Phil. Killing deer like that in that area ain't easy.

I just use a regular eastern whitetail grunt. I use the adjustable kind. I move the band up the reed just a little bit to make the grunt less deep but only by a little bit not much. Some of these coues bucks grunt just as deep as an eastern deer. I use a flex tone grunt call and it works well.

Most people spend their time dreaming about white sand beaches and resorts with temperature controlled pools and room service. Coues hunters dream about a different kind of paradise. Coues hunters dream about a place filled with rock that attempts to roll out from under you and break your ankles with every step. Coues hunters dream about a place that draws blood with every movement. We dream about a place that fills our eyes with sweat and leaves our lungs rapidly gasping for air. I had the late November hunt this year. A week in this paradise left me bleeding like it normally does. The rocks tried to break me like they normally do. My caterpillar-sized eyebrows filled my eyes with sweat like they normally do. And, like I normally do, I had an amazing time and after only a few days removed from it, Paradise is already calling me back. The first two days of my hunt, I got to watch my Brother-In-Law Cody C. attempt to fill his first coues tag. Watching new hunters succeed is the best. Cody smoked this buck at 330 yards on what turned out to be a miserably windy day. We got the deer packed out in a reasonable amount of time, which gave me some time to prepare for the backpack trip i had planned with my hunting partner Cody M., who had the same tag. A week before the hunt started,Cody packed some water into the area that we were planning on backpacking into. Cody came out of that country with some video footage of an absolute gigantic deer he had found that day. We decided pretty quickly that this deer was worth spending the rest the hunt on. I think i have Cody convinced to share his story about this awesome deer here on coueswhitetail.com so stay tuned for that. Here is a little teaser pic. I dont want to spoil that so ill just say that all of Cody's hard work and dedication finally paid off and it took us alot less time than we had anticipated so that opened up the rest of the hunt to look for a deer that i had found last january. Because of the birth of my second daughter, I had scouted a total of 0 times for this hunt. I wasnt too worried about another hunter finding this buck, but I had to hope that no lion got to him since I saw him last January. I couldnt expect him to be ecactly where i saw him in January, so I decided to look everywhere within a mile on every side of that spot. I had looked hard for him in all directions but one without turning him up. I took breaks from the area and hunted other places a couple of times but I kept having an itch to go back and look this buck. I saw some tempting bucks the entire hunt but i never saw one that could get me to give up hope on this buck. Cody had to go back to work so I dedicated one last day to hunt this deer. My dog Tila and I pushed back into the direction that I had not yet hunted. We gridded the area all morning, moving from high point to high point, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. by 11am, things were looking pretty grim. We had seen 7 does, two small bucks, and very little deer sign. I expected to see such little deer sign in this area, but im not gonna lie, I expected to find this deer that morning. There were only a few north sopes left in this area for me to focus on until dark so we changed positions one last time before we were going to stay put until closer to dark. I decided to try and look at one more north slope before I ate some lunch. This was the only slope in the area that had any mountain mahogany on it, and low and behold, there he was, neck deep in the biggest bush on that hill. I was 70% sure it was him but I wasnt positive. Im sure some of you reading this probably wonder how I could think it was the same buck after not seeing him for a year, but this country has a very low deer density, and his big square frame had been sketched into my brain the entire time. I called Cody M. just to let him know what was about to happen, and to calm my nerves. I then quickly cut the distance in half to 320 yards and got set up. In no time, a blue plastic-tipped bullet was on its way. It hit right where I was aiming and within seconds I followed up with one more shot and my time in paradise was now over. I would have given anything to have somebody share that moment with me, but there's something about walking up to that buck with just tila that made it special. This was the 37th buck I had laid eyes on during the hunt. He ended up being just over 1.5 miles as a crow flies from where I first saw him last january. 1.5 miles doesnt seem like much to most people but this really was like finding a needle in a haystack for me, Or a needle in paradise I guess you could say. The pack out was brutal, but Tila led me right to the quad. 　 　 　 Thanks to my brother Cole and my ol' man Travis for helping out the first day. You guys move up those hills pretty good for a couple of tanks. Thanks to my baby bro George for helping out on saturday. A third back for carrying out meat was something that I wish I had more often. Thanks to Caleb for keeping Cody calm and packing out some of my gear. I know your pack wasn't light, and you still left me in the dust on the hike out. Brutal! Thanks to Cody and Cody for letting me be part of your guys' hunt. Cody C. is well on his way to being a legit hunter and it wont be long before he starts smacking bucks consistently. Cody M. is and has been what I would consider an elite coues deer hunter. I knew it was only a matter of time before he laid down a true giant. Thanks to Tila for sticking by my side and leading to and from the quad in the dark. The biggest thanks of all though goes to my wife. Without you my world would stop spinning. For every one struggle i have up on the mountain, shes at home taking care of 4. I love you. Thanks for reading, Creed

I love that buck! Sometimes things are just meant to happen.

That woukd have been a hard one to pass. His main beams almost touch. Sweet looking deer.

That's awesome. Bucket list achievement for sure. Spot n stalk coues with a stick bow is one of the biggest accomplishments in the hunting world in my opinion. Especially in December. Wow.

In my phone call, I was told that they had determined that adding more tags would not be detrimental to the wildlife so they made the decision to add some. They didn't say how many. I should have asked more questions but I was at work when they called.

I got the call too and I also joined the draw.

Now that's freaking cool

Dang I wish you took me on my first deer hunt.

Looks like a blast.

Can you imagine dying with your eye two inches away from somebody that you just tried to beat up, looking at him in the eye as he dies also. Crazy.

That's a dream of mine right there. Two big ol coues bucks locked together would be better though.