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Banning baiting would just be one step closer to banning hunting altogether

Me and my brother both got Garmin Rino 530 HCx gps/radios from our parents. Cant wait to use them cuz they are way cool. And i got enough gift cards to sportsmans warehouse to pay for half of my new Vortex Nomad spotting scope, cant wait to try it out either. It was a good Christmas!

They're in there just keep looking. Its supposed to rain Wednesday and Thursday so you should be able to pick up fresh sign pretty easily. If nothing else this should be a good opportunity to teach your son how to scout and find animals in a new unit. He'll definitely benefit from the experience.

I am thinking about buying a Vortex Nomad spotting scope, but I haven't really heard much about them. If any of you guys on here have tried them I would like to hear what you think about them. How do they compare to other spotting scopes in their price range?

I went and picked one up today. I looked through it and a Nikon that was close to the same price and I thought the vortex was much nicer. I looked through it a little when i got home, I'll have to take it hunting soon to see how it will be in the field but I am very happy with it for the price so far.

I know the 80mm objective lens of the skyline would make it clearer but it just seems like it makes the spotting scope too big and would take up too much room in my pack. Thats why i am looking at the nomad.

I've always had good luck with the primos terminator bugle and the woodwise hyper hot cow call. Diaphram calls are great and the most realistic if you can learn how to use them. Make sure to practice plenty on all the calls to make sure that you can make them sound realistic. Also learning when to and how often to call is just as important as learning how to sound like an elk.

congrats on gettin the job done on a great first buck!

if you really wanna hunt just get your grade up

Haha well he should be easy to spot now with the arrow sticking out of his antler

I havent heard anything about him but if you're looking for someone in Gilbert you might check out Eric at Trading post taxidermy. We took both my elk and my brothers elk to Eric and we are very happy with the job he did. He is a great guy and he had our elk ready for us after just 5 months.

I'd guess he is somewhere in the 360's

Awesome bull. Congrats!

I was in 4a helping some buddies out last weekend. Up in the pines they were bugling a bit but not much bugling down in the cedars. It was kinda hit and miss too, one day they might bugle good and the next day you might not hear a single bugle. I dont think the rut is really kicked in yet over there cuz we seen a few herds of cows without bulls and alot of real small bulls had cows but the bigger bulls were usually by themselves.

I just got a picture message of giant bull that says it is a 470 bull that was taken around Camp Verde. Anyone else hear about it or have any information on it?

Yep thats the pic i got

you sure your talkin about the same elk?

What a nut. No one else was hurt right?

that freak is pretty awesome. Its cool how the two bulls are almost in the same exact pose

Blank bale shooting like kaffer62 suggested would be a good idea. But if you dont have a large enough target just get close to your target and practice lightly pulling the trigger, make sure you will not miss the target but you dont need to focus on hitting a specific spot. The point is to get a feel of what a perfect shot (not punching the trigger) feels like. Shoot like that for a week or so then move back and practice shooting like normal without punching the trigger. If you dont want to go through that process then when you practice just try not to pull your trigger right when you get your pin on the target, that is most peoples problem with target panic. Try to hold the pin on the dot and set your finger on the trigger then slowly pull so that you do not know when it will go off. I hope this makes sense and helps.

cool pics and captions!

I'd definitely shoot him.

congrats to the hunters on those great bucks! Those rage broadheads are bad news, my brother shot his elk with one a few years ago and i've never seen so much blood there was even blood splatter way up on his horns. His bull probably only went about 10 yards.

If you read the comments the guy who posted the video said the guy didnt clean the barrel before he shot it

Great Job! congrats on getting your first buck and with a bow! Thanks for sharing