SunDevil

neat that you found him earlier in the year and then were able to put a tag on him. looks like a 2x3 with a slightly interested Shih tzu?

what do you want for you zeiss scopes? is the 3-9 X 40 just a plain duplex reticle? thanks.

definetly some good bucks come out of the ag fields in Willcox. looks like you did a good job finding 3 of them. congrats on some nice bucks!!!

it is going to probably take a taxidermist 3 - 4 months to get your cape back from the tannery. then he will probably have a bunch of mounts to work on ahead of yours. by the time you need to pay up it will have been probably 10 - 12 months anyway. just stick $50 a month into a savings account and by the time it is ready you will have the funds you need. also, if you are anything like me or like most of us you probably have some extra equipment that is not being used that could be liquidated to help with the taxidermy bill. just put it up on the classified section or throw it on craigs or e bay. better to take your time, do it right, be patient but have something you will enjoy looking at.

great buck for sure! i've always been into good eye guards, 4x4s are not that common and you can't go wrong with nice mass like that. thanks for sharing.

good to see the ladies getting it done. congrats to her. nice of the boys to take her out and good for her to stick it out in such nasty weather.

nice buck. he must really love to hunt. I am afriad I would have found a new hobby years ago. good job and congrats.

good job. gotta love that character. those are some memories that will last for years. congrats.

tough question to ask other people. there are some people that mount pretty much everything they harvest. if they have the money for it good for them. others look for a great hunt and others look just for trophies. this is most definetly a personal decision. I had decided not to mount my deer from last year but when I shot another buck this year that could pass for at least a cousin if not a brother I have decided to have them both mounted together. if not for the deer this year I probably would not have ever had my deer from last year mounted even though it is a great deer.

nice first coues for sure. congrats!!!

that crab clawed set is pretty nice.

I unfortunately would. probably still going to be close but you will not know until you shoot it. better to be safe than sorry because an inch or two at 100 yards will be a lot more at 300 or 400.

That is just AWESOME. Congrats on such a fine trophy. Would love to come over and see it sometime once you get the mount done. Of course, will also be interested in seeing your fully body ibex mount along with all the rest of your trophies. Wish I had some more money and didn't hate the snow so much. Congrats again.

GREAT JOB!!!

WOW - that 2nd buck has got some DEEP front forks. Good job and congrats to those guys.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEG!!! Just tell TJ you are keeping your new found income for yourself and maybe, if he is nice you might kick a little his way, but only if he keeps up on his chores (dishes, laundry, dusting, toilets, etc). \"/

WOW - a Savage model 99. you do not see many of those being used to hunt deer anymore, especially coues whitetail. what caliber is it in? my dad has one in .243 and I think I might get it from him next year to use on my hunt.

been there done that on two of your accounts. shot the wrong buck and had kid songs running through my head while hiking or glassing. sucked that it was so windy. still am wondering what is up in those canyons that we did not see that day because of the wind. and then on Thurs there was absolutely no wind at all. might need to go back in there in Jan to check it out. it was good for everyone to get home early on Thurs. I got to go watch gymnastics for the first time. nice buck and nice shooting.

sorry - attached the wrong video clip. got the right one now.

EXCELLENT job Ernesto. Congratulations to ALL of you!!! tell Tony I said - "Cuando caliente el sol aqui in la playa?"

I was afraid you'd say that. That will be a huge deduction. yea that might result in deductions when compared to the other side but you are going to pick up extra length on the measurement of the g2 and g3 by doing it the way Chef says to.

in todays pc environment it is best not to offend anyone.

that sucks that you got sick. rest of it sounds like hunting. it is usually worth the time to try and find a good spot to shoot from. remember that lots of guys never even see bucks like that and you got a couple shots at one of them. valuable lessons learned for future hunts for sure.

how deep do you want to get into this? first pass is for max bonus pt holders. 20% of the tags go to these individuals. if you put in with other people they avg your bogus points. after that the next pass looks at your first two choices. if you do not draw than you go to the next pass which looks at your last 3 choices but only after they have gone through everyone's first two. thus, when you look at draw odds, typically if a hunt has draw odds of less than 100% you would not draw this hunt if you put it as one of your last 3 choices because all the tags would be gone in the first pass. also, non residents can only draw 10% of the tags. lots of info on this on the g&f website but it is a little complicated and does get a little confusing. good luck.

well one thing we have discovered the last couple of years is utilizing the peak times for game activity from the solunar table calendar. we have observed enough coorelation between these times and actual observed game activity for these times not to be flukes or coincidences.