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Nathan is a true friend... And I don't say that lightly. I'm a lucky man to call him such a good friend. I hope I get a chance to return the favor some day.

LAR DOG you are THE MAN!!!!! Congrats on another well earned trophy!

Another gorgeous buck Clay, congrats!

Way to go Joel!! Congrats on your success!

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Thanks for all the wonderful comments everyone! It was quite the special experience and I couldn't wait to share it with all of you as well. It's been a banner year for giant bucks both in AZ and in MX, I just heard of 2 others just killed in the past couple days that are giants as well so it's not all over with just yet. Thanks so much again everyone!

Thanks for all the kind comments everyone! And yes Amanda, that Grong Orange shirt has been very very good to me

Holy smokes!! Great bucks and good friends, can't ask for more! Thanks for sharing!

GOODNESS!!!! Congrats!!

Great bucks!!!

Way cool! I like the turn.

Very nice!

Hilarious!! The gentleman said he took Christmas morning off to Skype with his family. You're slippin oh great Den-Mother, yer slippin...

Nathan those are great sheds!! Thanks for sharing with us!

FANTASTIC BRIAN!!!!!!!!!

Went out with a buddy of mine and his wife on Sunday to hunt for some whitetail. We saw some decent rutting action but no big bucks. I sat glassing and looked at a shed we'd seen last year with the Swarovski scope and realized it was nearly an 8pt so I thought about making the trek to get it this time. I continued glassing for wt and spotted what looked like eyeguards at 3/4 mi away in the bottom of the canyon. I put the scope on it and it was for sure a horn and it looked like a good one but they all do…. Man this pic does not look 3/4mi away thru the Swarovski scope but it sure was. 1000 vertical feet down too! I just happened to sit in the only spot where you could see it. 30 yards either way and I wouldn't have. So I bailed off the edge of the canyon and commenced to shorten the life of my knees yet again.... From the shed pictured above I went strait down the ridge to the bottom of the canyon then back up a side draw to where the other shed was at. Talk about a score!!! Soon as I saw it I realized I had seen the bull back in '05/'06 perhaps, called it into 40 yards and didn't have my video camera! Stupid!! All I knew was that this bull had the biggest top end I'd ever seen! I guessed the bull around 380 then with 2' long swords. I measured the beam on this shed at 53", the 4th at 24 7/8" and the 5th at 17 3/4". 29" of mass and an estimated 17" first eye guard and the bull would've scored around 382 with a 36" spread. The shed weighs 13lbs. I think this is my 2nd best ever shed in 25 years of looking for the dumb things. I have 2 pics of the bull alive on some trail camera pics somewhere if I can find em…. Enjoy the pics I plotted out my hike on google earth and I hiked right at 6 miles and dropped 1000' and had to hike back out of that hooker to get back to the truck. My tail was seriously dragging when I got there and my knees still feel like they're about to explode. HA!! I should be slapped for doing that hike! It was awful… Enjoy the pics Josh PS: Yes I do know I'm missing a lens cover for my binos

Oh man Dan, I totally hear you on that one. I hear 45-50" for a set of sheds constantly. I just say, look in the record books and look at the avg spread of similarly sized bulls. Anyway, hunters will be hunters. Can't wait to see some of your upcoming posts of your knee wrenching hikes as well

Phil that is just to awesome man, thanks for sharing all of it... Always love your posts

Shaun, Congrats on a SAWEEEET buck man that is awesome!! Didn't you shoot that with my good friend Pat Feldt of Arizona Guided Hunts? Pretty sure you and your buck look familiar from him sharing those photos last January. He said you made a heck of a stalk. Congrats again and welcome to the site!!!

flatline don't get too discouraged, lack of knowledge of where to go and how to actually hunt them beloved little buggers takes time. That late hunt is awesome, wish I had the tag. I went out a time or two to glass with friends and we never had a tough time finding the deer in 6A but we also know how to hunt it and where to look. Between now and the next time you get a tag spend some good quality time behind some good binoculars and you'll eventually find them. Sorry this hunt didn't work out for you but it will eventually, just keep at it and keep us posted.

Dude you rock!!

If I had to guess from the progression in the size of the sheds I would say 6-8 years old. The right antler has/had a total of 8 points on it, the left has 4 I think? Lots of wavy bumps and ridges of palmation but no truly defined points. As far as score, the previous year's set scores over 350", this year who knows.....

HAHAHA!!! I've seen a lot of antlers in my life and have never seen one with a double row of palmation like this thing! I can't believe you responed to my post within a minute of my posting this!!! Stalker? LOL!!

Was in 21 this past Sunday and watched 2 bucks chase the heck out of 2 different does. I think they were just practicing but it was sure fun to watch.

Great story!! Quick and to the point! Congrats on a sweet buck!