KEITH

what kind of hound is it? Just wanting to know because the kids liked the dog.

We spotted this deer about 7:15 Monday morning. While planning our stalk the deer bedded down which gave us a little more time to get to closer. This is just what we needed since every other buck we seen on this hunt managed to give us the slip when they would move around the hill to bed down and we were unable to relocate them. So we moved slowly down the ridge until we were 272 yds of the deer. This being my girlfriend's second deer hunt i gave her the first shot at the buck. We both got set up on the buck and she let it rip. While watching the shot through my scope i thought she got him, but the next thing i know the deer is standing up. I tell her to reload and I am going to shoot. I take a couple of deep breaths and settle the crosshairs on him and squeeze the trigger. After the recoil of the gun I don't see the deer anymore. I reload and start looking for the deer. After a few seconds of not seeing I put the gun down and look up where the deer was standing with my binos and can see him laying up there. Once we made our way over to the deer we were shocked at what we had just shot. Then we determined that her shot missed just low of where the deer was laying and mine was the one that killed the deer. We had a great hunt and hopefully next time she will be the one that gets the deer.

I think the game and fish should push the button and post the draw results this afternoon. Then tell Cabela's that the draw is already done and better luck next year.

Did anyone notice that the comissioner gave 10% of the sheep tags to probably non-residents from the 2004 draw? Then are they going to give them another 15% of the tags for a grand total of 25% of the sheep tags. What I am talking about is the red * next to seven of the hunt nubers.

I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GO SEE THE ELK FOR MYSELF. MY UNCLE ENDED UP GETTING SICK AND DID NOT WANT TO GO. HE CALLED THE AGFD IN FEB. WHEN THEY FIRST FOUND IT AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT NO VIOLATION WAS COMMITTED. HE DID NOT TAKE ANY PICUTRES OF HIS OWN BUT HIS BOTHER-IN LAW TOOK VIDEO AND SOME PICUTRES. I AM SURE IF THE AGFD WANT HIS HELP IN LOCATING THE ELK HE WOULD HELP. HE LIVES IN CASA GRANDE.

THE ELK DOWN IN CASA GRANDE IS STILL IN THE SAME AREA HE HAS BEEN SINCE EARLY FEB. MY UNCLE SEEN HIM THIS PAST SUNDAY AND HE HAS SHED HIS ANTLERS. I AM GOING TO A 3D SHOOT IN CASA GRANDE THIS WEEKEND SO I AM GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND CHECK HIM OUT.