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Less than 3 weeks now!!! Cant wait to get back to AZ and start glassing up some coues bucks and seeing all my friends back home!

Congrats on a once in a lifetime bull Josh!

There is no better feeling than spending quality time in the field with your dad! Hope you and your dad have many more years ahead.

Way to go Conner!!! That is a great looking buck!

My buddy smoked a decent buck in 4b Saturday morning. Good luck on your hunt and post pics when you can.

Maybe we will see you down there again Doug. I will let you know where we will be camped and holpefully you could swing by for a beer.

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It can be a pain to adjust especially if you come up over a rise and you have your pin set for 40 yards thinking that is going to be how far he is and he ends up being 20. You can look at some site companies like sureloc, spott hogg or even copper john and get a multiple pin sliding sight, that way you can have your 20 through 40, 50 or 60 and use your bottome pin for any longer shots with the slide.

I was thinking the same thing... has to be the same person.

I would reccomend going to a shop and asking them to let you shoot a bow set up at 29 and 29.5 inch draw. With your wingspan measurement I would normally set someone up with a 29 inch draw so you can shoot with a slight bent arm. This will be alot more comfortable and you will probably be more consistant. You do not want to be stretched out to much since that will cause poor form and you would be more likely to catch your arm when shooting especially when shooting with a jacket on.

Gun is SPF

My dad is looking to sell his Remington 700 CDL in .257 Weatherby. It has a stainless steel action and fluted barrel, action blueprinted, freefloated, timney trigger set to 2.5 pounds and it shoots sub MOA out to 600 yards (will give load recipe). Also with the gun is the scope, Leupold VX-III 4.5-14x40 with front parallex and varmint hunter reticle. The ring base setup is a Talley setup. Pictures will be posted later. Asking $1400 obo.

I will be there tomorrow also. Looking forward to seeing everybody again.

Just wanted to let everybody on here know that I am going to be moving to Nebraska on the 20th. I am hoping to be back for a coues hunt this next year but there is no garuntees. I will be attending the Arizona Elk Society banuet on the 19th and hope to see a bunch of you there.

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Great story and pictures as always Jim! Hug e congrats to you on fulfilling one of your dreams also... now you get to do it again next year!

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Well part 2 is not as elaborate as part 1 but it sure was fun. My work schedule had changed so I had Tuesday and Wednesday off. My buddy Randy also had the same days off and said that he would go along for the ride and help me out, which I can't thank him enough for! Waking up at 3:30 Tuesday morning I loaded all my gear in the truck and went to pick Randy up for our drive. We left Randy's house around 4:30 and hit the road. We stopped and got Randy his permits for the rez and headed out in hopes of finding a true San Carlos monster. We got to the point we wanted to glass from right at first light and setup. We weren't glassing 15 minutes when Randy found a good buck. After looking him over we determined he was 90 class 3 point and decided to keep on looking. We continued glassing for the next hour turning up some does and little bucks when I glassed up a good buck about a mile out. I got the spotter him and saw tall tines and a wide frame. I let Randy check him out and the buck moved out of view for us. At this point I am excited thinking we had found a buck over the 100 mark. We loaded up and to go reloacte the buck. After an hour hike we popped up over the ridge and I saw a deer on the hillside. Randy got a look at the buck with his 10's and said it was him. I took a quick look through my 15's to make sure also and saw the tall tines. I then setup my gun and settled in for the shot and asked for a range. I dialed my turret for 315 yards and took some deep breathes. The crosshairs were right on the bottom of his chest as I attempted to press down on the pack to bring the back of the gun down when I touched off the trigger! the buck moved about 10 yards to our right. This time I got all settled in with the crosshairs dead on him. I squoze the trigger and the buck just dropped in his tracks. We loaded up and circled around to the buck and saw that he was not what we thought, but the buck is an absolutly gourous animal! I cant thank everbody that helped out enough Randy, Jesse, my dad, Bryan and I cannot thank Matthew enough times! Here is the area I shot him out of Setting up for the shot The buck Randy and I with the buck The packout Hope you all enjoy it!

Just got back from my first trip to San Carlos and it was a blast! My dad and I got to the reservation on thursday and went to find a camping spot, but with the blizzard that was going on we had to camp at the campground in town, which was nice extremly nice since we had full hookups. We went out that afternoon to check out some areas, but couldnt see much of anything do to the fact there was a whiteout. On friday we went out friday morning to try to do some glassing, but with some weather still in the area it was tough. We managed to glass up several does throughout the morning. Here is the area we were glassing throughout the morning. Going through a creek we were welcomed to some steam. That afternoon Matthew showed up and we went out to do some more scouting. We scouted all afternoon turning up some bucks including a buck that needed a closer look the next morning. Saturday morning we woke up early ready to find a shooter buck. When we arrived at the first glassing point it was -9 outside! Matthew had told me that the first 100 inch buck was mine, but with alot of time available for this hunt I was looking for something really special. We glassed for several hours turning up around 10 does and several smaller bucks when we decided to move around the hill to see up a canyon. We setup to glass when I glassed up a big buck. I looked through the spotter and saw alot of mass on a 3 point frame. I figured the buck would go in the mid to upper 90's and told Matthew if he wanted to shoot it that it was his. We moved around to get closer and when we went to relocate the buck all we could find was a small 3 point muley! We picked the area apart and could not relocate the buck. With some doubts from Matthew thinking that the buck I saw was the muley when went and got the truck to drive up to a higher point to glass. We werent there 5 minutes when we relocated the heavy 3 point and now we were able to see the buck had a kicker coming off his right G3. Matthew setup for the shot and settled in. The shot went right and the buck started to move up the hill. Several shots later, all of which went right, the buck went over the hill out of site. Confused as to why this was going on we went to make sure Matthews gun was dialed in, we found out that it was 6 to 7 inches to right. We adjusted the zero and Matthew took another shot at 475 after dialing the turret up and everything was dead on now. We glassed the rest of the day turning up several bucks including a mid 80's type 2 point with 5 inch eyeguards. It was cold Here is a smaller 3 point bedded that we found in the afternoon Sun setting after the first day Sunday morning we went back to the same area in hopes to find that same buck again for Matthew. My buddy Jesse came up saturday night to help out all day sunday and monday. We werent setup for 5 minutes when Matthew found the buck chasing 2 does across the hill. The buck was covering alot of ground so we just watched in hopes he would calm down and give us an opprotunity. The buck bedded down near the top of the hill so we made our move. We moved in and as we were setting up to relocate the buck he stood up because of 2 smaller bucks sparring near him. So we setup for the long shot. Matthew dialed his turret and took aim. After the shot we heard the distinct WOP sound. The buck went out of view for us, but thanks to Jesse he was able to see the buck bed down. We werent sure of the hit so we made so Matthew would move in on the buck and I would go around the backside to watch incase the buck busted out. I setup on teh backside to glass when I found another mid 90's type buck chasing 3 does up a hill. I kept glassing when I heard a gunshot. What felt like 15 minutes which was probably 30 seconds I got the call on the radio that there was a dead deer. Walking up on the buck we realized how much mass the buck had and how bladed he was. Also we were able to see that he had a kicker busted off his left antler and had double eyeguards at one point that were busted off. Glassing point Buck bedded Matthew and his buck The whole gang Some pictures to show the character The buck ended up going right around 100 with 3 broken extra points! That night we went to try to find me a buck now. We glassed several areas turning up does and smaller bucks at each point. At our last stop at last light I glassed up a large framed buck, but couldnt tell how big he really was due to the distance and low light. Matthew had to head out Sunday night because of work so it was just my dad, jesse and me. We went to the area we saw the big framed buck the night before turning up 3 bucks chasing 1 doe. The biggest of the 3 bucks was a 90 class buck that had his beam snapped off after his eyeguard on one side and his g2 snapped off halfway up on the other. Throughout the day we glassed several different areas finding bucks at each stop but nothing over 85. Our last stop put us right back where we started when Jesse glassed up a small 3x4 chasing 3 does. We kept glassing when I glassed up the big framed buck again but he went into a juniper and bedded before I could get a good look at him again. One of the glassing areas Then Tuesday we setup to glass the backside of the mountain where we saw the large framed buck turning up a 160 type muley chasing does, but no whitetail. We circled around to glass from the same point we saw the large framed buck turning up NOTHING! We moved up to check another point finding another big 2 point. It was the slowest day yet, but I will be back up for the last 4 days. Here is the big 2 point Hopefully part 2 will have more pictues with my success

I am looking at getting a new pack here in the next few months and am curious what you all think of the badlands ox. I was looking it over today and like the lightweight external frame and the meat slot on it. My questions is does anybody on here have one or heard how comfortable it is with a heavy load? I have always loved my eberlestock but after 5 hard seasons with it it is on its last leg.

Work schedule got changed so I will be out the next 2 days trying to find me a monster! Will be posting pictures and Part 2 when I get back!

I work at Bass Pro and we can typically get any caliber and any model from Tikka. Just call in and ask.

Congrats on a great buck Mitch! Now go get Jake a buck!

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Sorry guys I accidently posted before all the pics were in the right place. They are all up now!