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Absolutly beautiful buck

Here is a picture of all of us. Thanks so much Royce and Darin for a fun hunt. We shot this bull just before 7 and didn't get him out until almost dark. Long, hard but fun day

Short Video Here is a small video showing how wide he was on the pack out

Nice job on your first bull.

Nice buck, and thanks for sharing that story

congrats on a real cool 2x2 very good deer. wadnaz that was a buddy of mine from Utah, down for the hunt. We/he found a couple but nothing for him to hang his tag on. I was surprised to see that CW.com sticker on his truck, the site is spreading.

I love that gun, and it is worth a good amount BUT you will be hard pressed to find a long range gun already set up with a "higher" quality scope on it for anywhere close to being that cheap, even with the scope thrown in. A long range gun may not have tons of money into it, but quite often has a lot of time and energy into it that makes it worth significantly more than a stock gun, even as quality as that Kimber. Just my .02

I wear the smart wool and thorlos and I do not wear liners. I bought a couple pairs and didn't find much benefit from them. That being said, with a stiffer boot you may want to wear them for awhile until they break in.

Congrats Mrs. Grong, what a super buck

I had the pleasure of spending a very long, tiresome awesome and successful day with my good friend Joe. We made the drive after work, hunted hard and Joe found and made a good shot on this buck. This buck is pretty cool and heavy, I havent' put a tape on him yet, but should be around 90. It was a great day to spend time with a buddy I don't see as often as I should. The only thing we missed is our friend Rob as he was in Montana missing deer when he should have been down with us.

Super Job Clay and I got to see those animals in the working stage, Congrats Verndog on some cool mounts.

Great job Lance some beautiful bucks

I know a bunch of "ol timers" who killed big bucks. No one knows about them. One guy in particular, told me he walked ridges and killed bucks, never really glassed and he has over 30 mounts on the wall and a bunch of 100+ antlers piled around. Some high 120's and quite a few teen bucks. One of the most impressive group of Coues I've ever seen. He was one of the few that hunted them 50 years ago. I believe because of the more popularity and the internet has made it seem like more big bucks than normal get killed every year. Like has been said they always have been there, just more talked about now.

Well this year as all years started early during July and August. We had found a few good bucks and had high expectations. Opening morning found me and my buddy Darin and Royce in one of our favorite places that hasn't had much pressure in many years. Well long story short an acquaintance thought he would be cool and started giving directions (coordinates) to this place so we ended up with about 10 people in there. All summer and fall no one had been in here and all of a sudden a bunch of people were there, kind of frustrating, I was a little torqued, but we decided to make the most of it. After glassing a few bucks and watching these guys shoot maybe 12 shots at small bucks (and gut shoot them) we moved away from that spot and to another area we had seen some great bucks. We glassed this buck up at 4:00pm and recognizing from scouting, we decided to kill him. Darin made a great shot at 500 yards. This buck is a super cool buck, with great eye guards. I scored him quickly at 107 2/8th. He had a bit of velvet still on that had turned black on the right antlers. After lots of days and lots of bucks I decided to shoot this buck after passing him multiple times during the day. I had a bunch of problems arising at work, I had been away from family for a long time and decided I was done. I shot this buck at dark through one shoulder and neck at 650 yards. He is just under 90 I think. Mine is the wide one, Jack killed his buck the same evening. I had lost my camera earlier in my elk hunt and took a couple of pictures at dark with my phone. Here is one of the many bears we saw, this picture of this fatty is one of my favorites. All in all, it was a great hunt, many bucks seen and passed and I had a great time with great friends. A big thanks to Darin and Royce.

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Thanks a bunch. This buck was one of my favorites that I've seen this year. When I first saw him from 900+ yards I could see those eyeguards stand out. Pretty neat. One of my favorite sayings is "it is what it is". The funny thing is that I have a couple of friends that went into the "store" he works and he was telling them that he is the one that showed us a couple of the bucks last year we killed, not knowing that they knew me. I guess it comes with working in the hunting industry, you need to act like you know a lot in order to sell customers hunting supplies, even if you just got to see the bucks killed. I was just surprised at how many people knew the exact location to stop and glass. Anyway what is done is done, lesson learned. Not 36a

That 3a 3c hunt is extremely tough in the late season. My advice is to scout in the low juniper/cedar country and be prepared to walk. Some areas up by Black Canyon you can glass, but usually after all the hunts it is difficult to see anything, they will not be in the open areas. I live in Pinedale, PM me if you want as it gets closer and I can give you some starting areas. You may get lucky and get a bull to come in blind, but no for all intents and purposes they will not answer calls.

Most Nov hunts the bulls will be separated from the cows. Occasionally we find a decent bull still checking on cows, but it is rare. They will not be talking much at all, most of the bulls will be in thick, remote areas with lots of feed and water trying to recoup from the rut. It does depend on the unit like Loco4coues was referring to when he asked. Good luck on your hunt.

Darin and I with his buck at home

Super buck Amanda, good luck Scott

That is an awesome buck, I too love the cape on that buck, that will make an awesome mount, share pictures as you do mount that buck.

super buck and mount love it

Nice buck, Trey sent me a picture, nice to see you on here. Congrats on a great buck. Houston

What if my buck is a heavy 8 year old but going down hill and scores only 90" will that work? jk, hopefully a good year for coues deer

Great buck, nice tall tines, great forks and good width. super job.