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Dang it Lark! Are you out there mating again with them dang javelina?

Interested in the savage o/u m333. Can you send me more info? Thanks

I scored it at 3?? oh well i guesd you'll find out when i take it down there. Lol good luck Mason

Hey Amanda, i saw that you sponsored the coues deer? How about the elk i'm taking down there this week?

Sent you a pm

I have a joke. I saw Lark pricing a 7mm-08 in Sportsmans the other day and when he saw me he ran like a dirty stinky Javelina.

Sent you a pm

Hit the unmentionables one time while hunting in 22, must of sounded like i was dying while rolling on the ground and BAM! two coyotes came in. Go figure.

I've been there, nice house Mark, the rum drink sounds good. I'll let you know if i can make it. Thanks for the invite, Tony

There is a .243 H&R single shot with a scope for 275 on my company newspaper i'll check if its still for sale if you are interested.

I've been sitting blind for years and have yet to see a deer. lol

I was waiting for my daughter to write this up but she decided to let me do it. The excitement started when we found out both my critters were drawn for whitetail in my home unit. Then I found out my brother drew the same tag as well. Scouting started after my early bull hunt, which was in another thread and successful as well, and we were finding deer from the get go. It was a long wait but after trips to the range and trips to the field the day finally came. Turkey day was quick and as soon as we were done eating it was time to head to grandmas house to get ready for opening day. My son was sick and would miss opening day which was a bummer but my daughter was going to be the one to pick up the slack. First day was slow and a bit windy but we found a button buck and watched him for awhile. My brother was hiking to another ridge and we made our way over to the small buck i set the sticks up and put the rifle in the "Claw" amd clamped it down. My daughter made some final adjustments and I told her to just keep an eye on him for a bit. I asked her if she could see antlers on him and she told me he had little antlers but she didn't mind because he would be real good eating dad. I ranged him at 150 and told her to take a shot when she was ready. She told me she had him and asked if she could shoot, I gave her the go ahead and "boom" dang it she missed. I asked her what happened and she said she thought she hit him. I told her she missed and she was bummed. The deer popped up again further up the hill but was too far for her to shoot so we just watched as he made his way up the hill and over the top. "Its ok dad, i'll get the next one" thats my girl. We hooked back up with my brother and his buddy who also had a tag and decided to check another area before lunch. Well that area was full of people so we headed to town to eat lunch. We ran into my cousins who also had a tag(arizonaelitefreak) and they told us they thought they had a deer down so we headed out to help them find it. We started our hike and we all split up to search for the deer. My daughter is a trooper and hiked her butt off. We jumped a deer on our way to where the deer was when my cousin shot but didn't get a good look at it. We searched for blood in the area he took a shot but didn't find any so we knew it was a clean miss. Day one in the books, deer 1 hunters 0. Day two and my daughter was too tired and decided to stay in with mom so we headed out with my brother and his buddy. My son was still sick so it wasn't looking good for him because I didn't want him to miss school,he wasn't making the best grades he could so school was priority for him. We headed to a spot where we had glassed deer earlier and found deer right off the bat, does, dang it. The spot we wanted was taken so we moved to the other side of the ridge where I knew the deer were bedding down. Well, as luck would have it we spot a buck where we knew hunters were and just as we did the shooting began. Not sure if they got him but when we saw him they were missing. We watched two bucks beat out of there and noticed a doe bedded above them so figured she was a hot doe and those bucks didn't want to leave her. Sounded like the hunters climbed up higher and got another shot. Dang it, too many hunters. Day two, deer 2 hunters 0. Day three and my daughter was ready, yes, this time it was my brother and daughter, no son as he was still sick and my brothers buddy had to go back for a day. We went into an area we knew held alot of deer and found more hunters. Dang it! We were glassing a hill side and had two guys get dropped off below us and started hiking up the hill we were glassing. Nice! We concede the hill for safety reasons and head into what is referred to most people as "the manzanita carpet area" while moving up to a ridge to start glassing I spot a deer two ridges over. Its a buck, nice 2 point with a big body. I asked my daughter if she wanted to try to get closer and she said " lets go dad". My brother and I knew we had to beat brush and decided to head to a ridge which would put us what we thought would be a couple hundred yards from the buck which was perfect for my daughter. We get to where we need to be and get ready to start making our own trail in the manzanita. No easy task as it was thick with manzanita but it was windy and the deer wasn't going anywhere so I figured we had time and no need to rush through this stuff. We were in about 225 yards after about 30 minutes and had brush moving right in front of us, a deer, I set the sticks up and my daughter gets ready. Watch the brush and wait to make sure its a buck. The deer pops out 30 yards and is looking the opposite way, doe, no wait a spike take it. Boom, the deer hunches and I say, you hit it. We make our way to where we last saw him and found good blood then the manzanita opened up to a draw and my daughter says, there he is,no its a bigger one. My brother gets ready and , boom, deer down. We make sure hes down and continue on my daughters blood trail. We find the spike standing under a juniper and, boom, deer dispatched. Two deer down within 100 yards of each other and within 5 minutes of each other. Wow, crazy, and the work begins. My boy never got to make it out and was bummed but was glad his sister filled her tag and can't wait to eat some sausage.

What ever unit Lark isn't in is the unit I like. If you've ever smelled a bigfoot or ten thousand dead skunks then leave the area quickly.Lark will stumble upon you and you'll have to listen to all the stories he's made up over the years.

Nice buck and don't worry he'll break the 100" mark, no problem.

Awesome! Great story and great buck, I bet you're glad you stuck it out.

interested in the muzzleloaders i'll send you a pm

I thought a guide was required in unit D? If not then go to the other side of the lake into unit D and take first major dirt road to the right, you should see signs that you are in unit D, and hunt in about 2 miles. the foothills hold some big bucks.

Thanks soccerstar, it was fun as always when hunting with family.

Have a price on both items?

Holy shoot! i pulled up the regs and was told i was the 10th person to open them up and won a free elk hunt in unit of choice! Whoo hoo! I can't wait, i'm so lucky.

Dang it man!

I saw one at Lindsay and University once. Tee hee.

Mike Vaccaro---Ahead of the Game Taxidermy-- 623-572-5067 He has done all me stuff from Antelope to Couesdeer.