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Congrats. Love it when a plan comes together.

PT Barnum

Welcome to AZ. There are pines within an hour of Tucson and you can go practice at the PSE shop. Mule deer will go into the rut a couple of weeks before the Whitetails and it will usually be on by 12/15 with the WT coming on in January. They are a bit easier to sneak up on when the rut is going. Most AZ guys/Gals like to spot and stalk but there are those who will sit water too. Blinds and tree stands are effective but I'd say less than 20% of the guys use them. You can't set out bait or use doe urine either but you can use salt. Deer are deer so most of your knowledge and experience will carry over. The hardest part may be forcing yourself to slow down. The AZ soil is very noisey to walk on. Early morning for a couple of hours when it is wet from dew isn't too bad but once it evaporates watch out. On a dry clear day sound travels and travels out in the desert. I've sat up on a hill and heard every word a couple of guys said in the conversation and they were 500 yards away so you can imagine how well the deer hear. I've had deer make me at a 300 yards and freeze for a minute or two. If you don't move they will ignore you and continue going about their business.

That looks like some steep country. Congrats.

I'd say it's a good thing since Lowes employees are trained to evade and never make eye contact with customers. A robot is a step up from a talking box of rocks.

Nice

Very nice. Enjoyed the story.

I believe they call 3X.

They will most likely send out an email or post something just prior to them starting the process.

Steller.

That's great. Now what are the chances of both guys being from Vail and finding this Forum.

Great story and pictures. Congrats.

They also lost the hides from my son and daughters first deer hunt. Acted like it was no big deal and said they didn't keep track of which tannery they sent the hides too. They weren't too thrilled about giving back my deposit either. This was in 99 or 2000 so maybe they have gotten better.

I'm not sure if they are even available anymore and I checked all the usual places. Nosler seems to be pushing the Accubonds.

Nice shooting. Is that a Tikka?

Congrats. That's a heck of a story.

Actually I'm just waiting for the story Bud.

I saw a pic of a spike someone shot and posted on FB.

I bone them out in the field and ice them down when I get back to camp. At home I pick through the meat to get any dirt or hair out then rinse it off and brine it overnight in a bucket of ice water. This gets out 90% of the smell. Then I drain the meat and put it in a couple of big bowl covered with plastic wrap with a corner left open to breathe. I leave it in the fridge for up to 10 days and it starts to break down and get tender. Then I'll cook some and freeze the rest.

Great story and pictures.

Very cool. Congrats all the way around.

Nope. Hope to never deneragrate to that level.

Fixed it for you.

Sounds like one of the episodes from last year.