Sam

You're right Keith. But, now I get to write those last minute letters of rec for kids who all of a sudden decided to apply to college by the Jan. 1 deadline. Maybe I shouldn't have checked my school email......

Great looking deer. It is hard to pass up other good deer. But, I guess that is what you have to in order to get one like this - congrats.

This is beautiful country and was hoping for one of these tags. I agree on the use of a sled. A few years back, I used a tobaggan to take a whole cow elk. One trip over at least a foot of snow. I have also used a plactic sled to take out quarters.....always worth bringing on a an elk hunt.

My daughter has a late whitetail tag. As you guys know, the hunt goes from 12/13 to 12/31. She has final exams the week of the 16th, so missing school that week is out. Too much review for exams - 4 honors classes. We will have from the 20th to the end of the month to hunt. It is a 3 hour drive to our hunting area. Would you - a. Hunt the 14th and 15th and come home with plans to return. Quick trip, kind of early for the rut and she will not get any studying done. b. Skip opening weekend and leave on the 20th and hunt until the 24th. And then go back after Christmas if need be. c. Wait until the 26th and hunt through the end of the hunt. Hopeing that the rut has kicked in and she doesn't kill a smaller buck if we choose b. She has a good tag and is excited at a chance to get a nice whitetail. My wife and other daughter are not excited about us being gone so much around Christmas, but hey, at least we will be home for Christmas .

Great deer.

Very cool deer. Last day or first day, I don't think I would have passed him up. Congrats.

I agree with all of you guys.....but, I haven't really asked her what she wants to do. I think we sometimes forget that we should give our kids a bit more credit, especially when they are 15. She should have say. I just hope she wants to hunt as long as I do. And the lion tag is a must, but she already shot an elk this year, so I may have to shoot the lion.

Great hunt for the family. Very nice.

Great looking dog. I had one growing up. Ours was very friendly, not aggressive at all. Lots of energy, but very good dogs. I hope someone takes her.....wish I could.

Great job and it is nice when hunters lend a helping hand....

SOLD

.270 - Rem. 700 BDL. Put a youth stock on it, fits perfect. When she was younger she shot the Core Lok Reduced Recoil bullets, less recoil than a .243. She now shoots regular 130 grain bullets.

Sounds like you need to mount the scope further back. You should always mount the scope when the scope is on the highest power. I had the same issue with my daughter and the Leupold base on her .270 - even with a youth stock. So, I put on a Blackhawk Extended base with Leopold rings and was able to move the scope back enough to give her the right eye relief. The Blackhawk Base seems pretty solid - I was not familar with this base as most of the bases I have used are Leupold. But Leopolds have very little adjustment and the Blackhawk has tons of adjustement.

Fun hunt.

Congrats to both of you! How exciting. Two deer on the same ridge and a first for your daughter.

Agreed - THANKS to all my family and friends and to those on this site who have served and who are still serving.

Looks great - you may have a 2nd calling. What a nice looking deer too.

I agree - no upper limit on population numbers is a major problem. AZGFD and the Feds need to look at other states and learn from their mistakes. This has been a disaster from the beginning. Not to mention the amount of money spent on this whole program is an embarrassment to the Department. On a side note..... I don't agree that hippies are behind this - animal rights activities yes, hippies- not really. Back in the 50s and 60s people were called hippies because of the music they listened. Kind of an off shoot of the Beatniks. Trust me, I know many old "hippies" that hunt and live off the land. And they also vote Republican sometimes.

Very nice - congratulations!

Congrats Hoss on a great looking deer. That is a deer of a lifetime and just huge!

Nice deer - there would have been no hesitation for me.

Yep - Alaska uses them for moose also. I have mine from last year. Great moose!

+1 If this ever happens to anyone remember the beer cans would have had his finger prints all over them. TJ That's what I was thinking. I'm sure some of his garbage would have prints. Game and Fish have a list of all those drawn for each unit, but I am not sure how they would match the prints.....unless his prints are alreay on record for some reason. I think alot of prints are on records now a days, many jobs require them, so he could possibly be caught. So glad you decided to report him.

Very nice - I can relate. Congrats to your daughter and everyone involved.

My daughter was fortunate to get her fist elk on the youth hunt. After missing opening day and getting to camp a little late, we headed out from camp Saturday morning just before daylate to go after a bugling bull. It took about 45 minutes until we saw the 1st cow. My daughter could not get a shot. We stayed with the herd and she was soon able to get a shot at a cow that was standing broadside for a few seconds, but started running before she shot. A clean miss as I watching with my binoculars. The bulls kept bugling, so we kept after the herd. After another 10 minutes or so, I decided to try a calf call. We sat down and called for about 10 minutes. Some coyotes started going crazy and the bulls kept at it too. So, I called a little more agressively and soon a cow came over the hill looking in our direction. One shot to the neck and she went down. Of course, the whole morning was memorable for my daughter. My wife was with us too. What a great hunt and the pack out wasn't bad.