kaibabkiller

For real??? Bah HaHaHa.... Yeah that is what I'd do... Pick up a world class coues head, pay to have it mounted, and then give it to one of potentially many hunters that were after this deer but were beaten to the punch by Mother Nature?? What- tever... LOL. Would love to see this buck in a world class collection... hope he gets a mint for it, but if I'da found it it would never leave my house unless it was replaced by a replica mount.... Good luck with the sale. +1!!!

+1!

Whatever happened to keeping the muzzle pointed in a SAFE direction at all times!!!! I was told to keep the block/trigger assembly clean = no issues.

The scouting started 3 weeks ago with us glassing up good deer and having a great time. We planned on getting up to the area on Thursday afternoon but was suprised to find out that we could make it up early. So Wednesday we found ourselves glassing the same canyons that had weeks previous held bucks, but didn't see any bucks only does. Thursday ended up mostly the same, great numbers of does(35) only one spike(250 yds. from camp). Along came the 21st and with it opening day, and more does. Then Saturday came, more does! By the end of daylight on Saturday we had glassed 61 Coues does and 1 spike! I was starting to get upset and Kehl was getting discouraged. My father made it up Saturday and with him came luck! We woke up early Sunday morning made coffee and some breakfast and hit the hilltop. After 2 hours behind the glass my father walked to the next cut to see if he could see the quail that had been calling since daybreak. He stood there for about five minutes and then a deer popped up! "DEER! DEER!" he quietly hollared to us, Kehl grabbed his .308 and I grabbed the scope. We covered the 40 yds. in no time, I put the scope on the deer and said "SPIKE"! Kehl put one in the chamber as I was removing the spotter from the tripod, he rested the gun, pulled it tight to his shoulder and squeezed the trigger. BOOM! Missed just over the deer. RELOAD! Take a deep breath, exhale and squeeze. BOOM! the deer kicked, came up on its hind legs and fell down the canyon! After high-fives and hugs Kehl and I went to recover his deer. Im very proud of him he didnt complain when it was 90 degrees and we werent seeing any bucks and he had ice in his veins when it was time to make the shot.

That's a smoker buck!! That mountain is killer country, my 60 year old dad got the fever and went climbing all over it.Well at least you still have Dec. archery. At'll see ya up there in Jan. It was a pleasure meeting you all.

Thats purely energy transfer. It didnt really ruin any meat. Took a little off the shoulder but the rest is fine. The actual entrance hole is .30 and exit is about 2" (at rib cage). I believe it just stretched the hide to tearing point. Keep in mind the deer was extremely quartering to us.

Just wanted to share a photo of the exit wound on the deer my son shot yesterday. I know there are plenty of people who believe match grade, boat-tail hollow points shouldn't be used for hunting but the proofs in the pudding. This is a 30 cal. Berger VLD 168 grain at 2685 fps.The bullet entered in the brisket opposit side.Now we'll see what this does to his bull in November!

Not a 30-06, it's a .308 Win.

HAVALON PIRANTA!!!!!! You'll never want to use another knife once you've had the pleasure.

Congrats, she'll be tasty. Was it an any elk hunt?

I didn't get much sleep last night. Leaving here in about two hrs. Good luck to all.

Awesome buck, he's not done growing yet either!

Here are a few bucks I've been watching this summer. Antler growth seems slow?Heres the kitty, a shooter for sure, If it will only walk by when Im in the blind!

Post the pics!!!!!

My avatar is a 28 ram. Not sure if you're hunting Desert or Rocky but we saw this guy with about 30 ewes and one other ram. Pic was taken in 2008. If your tags for Rocky mtn. I'll be happy.to tell you where we saw them.

17 years old, unit 31, forky coues buck!

Not yet, I will one day!

Dates are correct. Seem behind to me as well.

I hunt 4A for the quantity of bulls and its not to far from home.

Every inch bought and paid for! Beautiful Arizona bull. Congrats to all involved!

24a October for the boys, December 31 for the wife!

July 18 at 10:00 am

Yesterday, westbound 60 at higley around 6:30 pm.

I can hook up the refrigeration in whatever set up you build.

I was just wondering what everyones using to keep the blades from opening? I was going to use rubber bands but havent found any small enough.