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That would be great! It's gotta be the same bull though. That just can't happen to often.

JVS, you crack me up. My whole post was a complete farse and I'm thinking that is actually how some of the personell at the G&F look at things. In fact, have you ever noticed that when a huge buck or bull gets killed out of a unit, they take all the credit for it. Like they had something to do with the monstrosity of an animal. Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a G&F bashing thread like I usually would. I was simply having some fun. I thought with all the people that have looked at this thread would have made a comment or two. Hope some of you got what I was saying and got a laugh. The Eppinger name I got from a taxidermist I use sometimes. For a few years he thought that was my last name. He even wrote it on the back of one of my mounts even though he had the tag with my name on it.

Hey no prob dude, what a killer buck indeed! 13" G2's?!?!?!?!?! HOLY SCHNIEKEES!!!! That's the longest I've ever heard of! WOW INDEED! I've never had an article in T.H., had one in Eastmans' Bowhunter a few years back and another in the newest issue of Hunting Illustrated. It's been a great year for us so far. Hopefully I can top my year off with arrowing a big Coues buck in Dec or January. Later man, can't wait to see some better pics of him too!

DesertBull I totally agree, cutting 50% of elk tags and move them to a later hunt would definitely put the early tags into the Premium category. Those sonsabitches are trying to be sneaky. They word things so that they make it sound like they're doing us a favor and giving us more "Hunter Opportunity" when all that really means is more money for those crybabies! More tags = More money for the Dept. I F'n hate the G&F Dept. Just like the Forest Svc, they both cry about not having enough funds for this or for that when they all drive brand dang new Dodge trucks. I don't think I've ever seen an empolyee for either dept drive a vehicle that was any older than 2 years. "We're sorry but we just don't have the funds for that right now." they all say. You go into any one of their offices and there's 10-15 people pushing pencils and I'd bet a half of a % of anything they're doing is worth a dang. All those idiots do is create programs to try and figure out what caused a problem and what can they do to fix it and once those programs are created they'll never go away or they'd be out of a job. Therefore, they never get solved and BS programs continue and that's our wonderful hard earned tax dollars at work. OK, this will make you see why I hate the AZG&F. With all the treehuggers employed by the the AZG&F there's a program, which I'm sure some of you have personally seen out in the woods, where they try to figure out what's causing the frog population, that live in and around stock tanks, to decrease. Well my personal opinion is, who cares cause those frogs weren't there untill the ranchers had them dug in the first place. But I digress. My Dad was riding his mule up in Sycamore Basin a couple winters ago, here in 6A, and he could see about a dozen AZG&F trucks parked all around the tank. He rode up to see what all the fuss was and he was told that they were looking for the frogs that used to live in the tank. They were all flusterred that they couldn't find any and were quick to blame cattle and elk for their dissappearance. Dad kinda thought for a minute and said to the guy in charge, "You know, come to think of it, I've never seen a frog in the middle of winter either." and just rode off. If some of you are slow at catching on, frogs hibernate during the winter! Those lamebrains were probably gonna stretch 12' high fencing around the tank so that the animals wouldn't hurt any of those precious frogs. Another time a few summers ago ol Redbeard hiked into a tank only to find a few G&F vehicles with tents all around. Well you or I do the same and we get ticketed for camping w/in 1/4mile of a water hole. These freakin morons were stomping around the tank trying to catch and count frogs while pretty much obliterating all the knee high grass that the frogs need to live and hide in. You'd have to hear Redbeard's story about it, he gave those idiots a serious piece of his mind that day. I've seen a few spots in 8 and 7M where those freakin idiots have fenced off a freakin acre around stock tanks or other riparian areas so that a flippin frog won't get stepped on. OK OK, I'm gonna go take a breather now and go beat up the wife.... I mean punching bag!

COUGH COUGH COUGH GASP GASP!! someone hand me a paper bag!!!!!!! WHEEZE WHEEEEEEZE!! SOB that is one freakin awesome deer Mason, congratufreakinlations!!!! WOW!

Hey Jack, I heard the same thing about a big 6A buck. I'm trying to find out from Caputo what the deal is.

I swear to God that Ernie McMinamin (RIP), from Cornville, found that rack in 9 about 10 years ago. NO S*#T! Buckhorn, you still have that lady's number?

Hey there 25.06 you better post a picture of that shed!!! Good luck finding the match!

Man that'd be awesome if one of your girls get him!! Let us no ASAP if one of them does.

Shiras, Dude that sucks balls man!!! I'd be as PO'd as you are too buddy. Yikes. My trail cams are just held to the trees with bungee cords, one of these days I'll have to secure them a little better but I just don't think anyone's gonna find them. Did you have yours in an easy to find kinda spot or what?

After continuously looking at that freakin hog I come up with rough gross score of a 117" 3pt frame with a few xtra for the cheaters. That thing is a PIG!!!!!!!!!! That's why I keep adding batteries and film to my trail cams, hoping to get a picture like that. dang!! Any other pics of that deer at all on your camera? Velvet or not? Keep those pics a comin!

Dude that is awesome! Congrats

Right on Scott, thanks for the story and all the pics!

YIKES!!!!!!!! Killer picture man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that is freakin awesome!

Great pics Amanda. Love the turtle and the tarantula. I've seen a couple of them little guys lately, one here in the yard and another elk hunting. I'm a rock hound too so I loved the fossil pics. Thanks for posting them.

Hey thanks man! We've worked hard to keep the site somewhat original. We had a hunter kill a lion about 5 weeks ago and I've got the video so I'm gonna have to work into a small clip and put it on there one of these days soon. That lion/dog fight was on the cover of Full Cry magazine back in the late 80's, pretty awesome shot that my Dad took.

Thanks for the plug Amanda thats aweful nice of you.

Watch your step younghunter grasshoppa. Killer photos Andrew!

He's in Payson

I know why you and Littlebear are such good buddies, look where his hand is at in the pic. .....naughty!!!

dang strait Matt!

HA HA!!!!!!! I'll have to check that out dude.

Oh man that is great Doug. Too funny! I got a pic of the top of a bear's head this summer and can't believe he didn't even slap it.

Wait a minute, is your dad from another state?

SON OF A BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!! That thing is AWESOME!!!!!!!! Any other pics of him in the day? Those big dudes usually only move at night so I'm guessing that you don't. Freakin awesome man. Lets hope the rut makes him dumb and you can stick him with an arrow! Man that is a cool buck!!!!!!!!!!!!!