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Wow ! What a great bull . Huge Congrats!

That's awesome!

Lionhunter. Your right in a normal year . This is in the top 5 driest winters we have had and if it continues to Feb 1st will be the driest on record! I will emphasis again keep checking the water. My Buddy and I have located 60+ pigs on and with in 1/2 mile of a good water sources this last week alone.

Its Very dry!!! Find the water , look for tracks and even then it is very hit and miss and mostly miss in 19a and 20a . I have had some real sweet spots thru the years but quit going because of people. I believe predators are also a big reason for lack of pigs!

I was wondering where you were! You got your priorities right , Good for you!!! May the the Good Lord continue to bless the pregnancy and Give you and your wife a healthy beautiful little girl! Her name is a awesome ! Psalms 127:3

Great buck! Cool looking rack!

Hey Buddy nice picture!!! The taxidermist there with you will make that bull look alive again for sure! She is a true artist!

I use big eyes all the time! First and foremost the mounting plate is everything . A good machinist can make enough adjustments it will work for any body except the Cyclopes :)he will also set Collimation. Mounting Plate is going to run you $750 +. You can also rotate your tubes too adjust the inter-pupillary distance and mounting plate with width adjustment! I would buy 2 Swarovski bodies in 65mm and a fixed 20X , 30X . The new 20 - 50 variable is ok but can bother your eyes. Becker and Swivelhead know what they are talking about for sure! Just my 2 cents!

Wow ! What a trophy! What was the score?

Tim, Thank you for your concern! My Mom was a solid Christian in every sense of the word and I will see her again!!! !!!! Thank you to all who posted here ! There is a bunch of good folks that are on this site! That's why its my favorite!!! God bless you all!

Huge congrats to your Grandpa!! That's a Great Ram . And Im gonna say a prayer for him to draw a buffalo tag so he can complete the AZ 10 !!!

Thank you, Tim you made my week ! Its been a tough one! You see I lost my Beautiful Momma this week on Monday! She was only 69. I was on the Late Kiabab 12 AW for 10 days helping an uncle on what was the 8th hunt of the year helping others! . I came home on Dec 1st spent 8 hours with my wife and children and then drove to Tucson for a MY coues deer hunt the first one for myself all year. A very good friend of mine put me right where the bucks were and there was a very nice 100 inch buck! Gotta a call, your mom was rushed to the hospital. I knew I wouldn't have time to hunt the big one so I shot a Meat buck at 500 yds and headed for home,. Mom passed Dec 9th. Hug your Mom and Give her a kiss you never know when its going to be the last! To all those that have PM' me thru the year . I did my best to help you and all the while wanting to be there with you especially those with kids . I just cant do it all! Hunting is my passion and the Good Lord has blessed it and the people that I am honored to take.

Good job in a tough unit!

This is a hunting story that touch's your heart. Don, keep up the good work . When its from the heart its not a sacrifice its a joy!!

First of all the names have been change to protect the innocent Rifle hunting bull elk . List of Characters: Group A = Coming Storm = Friend of Family Pacifist = Father Almost = Son and hunter Group B = Under Pressure = Guide Misses = Hunter Video = Videographer Coming Storm, Pacifist and Almost referred to as group A were stalking a large bull elk they had glassed early that morning. As the hunters drew closer to the large bull. Coming Storm glassed 3 hunters referred to as group B stalking the same bull. He said to the young shooter Almost be prepared group B is going to shoot first! Sure enough they shoot twice. First shot seems a clean miss and then a second shot with a smacking sound! Ouch, Coming Storm thinks they Hit the bull and sees the bull moving thru the trees down the ridge 100 yards or so. Group A goes over where bull was shot at to see it on the ground and talk and congratulate the hunters. Instead they find Misses and Video of group B that tell them they missed both shots on that bull. Coming Storm says "Are you sure you missed . I heard a smack like a hit!" Emphatically the Misses says " I MISSED both shots and we found NO BLOOD any where". Group A tells hunters how bad they feel for him and wish him better luck next time. And they head down the ridge because they still could hear bugling bulls across the big opening and maybe that big one was still around. They decide to cut back over to the big meadow and sit on the edge of the pj's looking out to the large opening. As they are sitting there, Coming Storm suggests to Pacifist to sound off with a cow call a few times, which he does. A few minutes later Almost who is sitting at an angle as to slightly facing Coming Storm whispers real loud There is a bull right behind you headed towards us. Coming Storm whirls around quickly and Gasps" Its a big bull shoot him". Almost shoots and believes he hits the bull quartering away on his right rear side! Group A rushes to the spot where the bull was standing and starts to look for Blood . All Of a sudden Group B shows up asking what happened . Group A tells them the story! They start helping look for Blood. Group A goes right , Group B goes left. within 5 minutes or so Coming Storm looks behind him and sees group B lining out like they were on blood! Coming Storm also notices a huddle going on just before they lined out!Coming Storm gathers the hunters of Group A and rushes over to Group B who sure enough are on the blood trail. Coming Storm Says" You guys should be following us as we track this bull seeing we shot it and have blood". Misses and Video look real squimish But Under Pressure the lead man of group B totally ignores us! Coming Storm emphasises again that this is very wrong. Group B continues to move out in front of group A . Coming Storm decides to do the right thing and continue to follow blood for now. Under Pressure decides to swing out and flank the blood trail and Group A .All of a sudden 30 to 40 yards in front of Group A 2 shots are fired. Coming Storm hollers out, " First you follow our blood trail then you shoot our Bull, Wow you guys are real sportsmen". Soon all 6 hunters are at the bull. Storm is not a happy hunter and proceeds to tell Group B the error of their ways. Misses starts to back off and give group A the bull. Pacifist and Almost are also saying they don't want it now. Storm says to: "Misses, Legally you get the bull because of the killing shot . But it was not ethical or morally right what you guys did. Under Pressure calls Storm over to the rear of the bull there are 2 holes. These are different holes than what killed the bull as he was bedded. One hole way high to right of the tail and no blood and one shot on the rear right upper leg with blood dripping down the leg to the Hoof. Storm agrees with Under Pressure that they hit that bull earlier that morning but never had a blood trail and was told they missed by the hunter Storm and Pacifist and Almost take pictures and shake hunters hand and walk away with a unsettled feeling about how wrong this was! Do You Agree or Not?

Very nice Buck! Glad you found him close by without a blood trail.

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Good story! Congrats to you and your son!!!

WOW! That's a Huge Nelsoni Ram! Congrats to all!

Good job ! Hope you get rewarded with a nice one on your hunt!

Yuma Archer : Your tone down is much appreciated! This story would never had been posted had not that bull been posted. Coming Storm always tries to be objective and give every hunter the benefit of the doubt! But he also believes in integerity Bold words below are only to show the response .

Very interesting !! Some get it , some don't. some aren't worth responding to! Don't forget to vote in the poll at the top of the first page!

Nice buck! Good story!

Awesome design!!! I am still blown away how you artists can do that!