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Every first deer is a trophy in my opinion! Way to make the long shot too! Congrats.

Nice job! Way to get those youth hunters out there. I'm jealous about the grouse - I was beginning to think they were the stuff of legend.

Nice buck! Congrats to Blake? Got a story to go along with it?

He's a dandy for sure! Congrats!

Nice job! That's a great looking buck and some really nice country!

Check these guys out! http://www.vimeo.com/16205895 Courtesy of our member sneakfreak!

Man, that is a gorgeous buck! Congrats to you and your dad. This must be the year for father-son hunting!

Great looking buck!!! Congrats! Great story and write up too.

Amazing bucks! Great job, and congratulations!!!

Doug, you sure know how to make an entrance! Looking forward to the story. BTW, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V works really well.

Another thing you might look at is the recoil pad. I don't know what that rifle comes with stock, but the Sims recoil pads are amazing at reducing felt recoil. I put one on a .270 WSM and my 11 and 13 year old commented about how little it kicks.

Put me down for one also. We'll have to figure out how to do it though, I'm not in the valley, but happy to pay shipping costs if that works for you. I have family down in Surprise if it doesn't.

Great buck for sure! Thanks for the pix. You're gonna end up costing me another $1500 - lol.

Very nice indeed! Congrats!

Nice bucks! Good job. Thanks for the story too!

Thanks for the updates - I bet you guys will connect real soon! Good luck on the rest of the hunt!

Nicely Done!!! What a stud of a buck. And Toby, you're the MAN!!! Great hunt, pix and write up! Cherish the moment. Great work by dad to to help get you on him.

Awesome job!!! Congrats on one heck of buck. I love those double eyeguards! Way to work hard and make it happen!

Great looking buck! Man he's a toad. Nicely done!

Yes coocoo, that's exactly what I was saying. And you should board every international flight in a burka chanting "Allah Akbar". Your perception borders super-hero magnitude. How I've survived this long in the woods without a stobe-light duct-taped to my head and a loud speaker proclaiming "Hunter - Do Not Shoot Me", is a total mystery. I guess I'll just have to keep taking my chances wearing camo, with all the drunk and hungover masses shooting at every sound and movement in sight. Maybe I should just "up" my life insurance policy. I'm pretty sure you've got this one nailed.

Looks like you have one gorgeous buck all lined up. Don't you just love the genetics of bucks in that area? IMO, some of the prettiest racks in the state. I sure hope you connect on him tomorrow morning. Looking forward to the updates. Sending a PM.

Here’s an interesting anecdote to the blaze-orange portion of this discussion. The closest I’ve personally come to being shot (as far as I know) was *because* of blaze orange. I was glassing from the top of a little knob that was close to a seldom used two-track on opening morning of a deer hunt several years back. I watched a group of yahoos walk right up the two track with Grandpa in the truck 100 yards behind approach my position. Knowing they were yahoos by the way they conducted themselves, I took a blaze orange vest out of my pack and hung it on a Manzanita limb next to me. As the group reached a spot below me they started looking in all directions through their binoculars, except for the one person in the group with a gun. This was probably a 12 year old kid and he immediately “glassed me up” through his rifle scope and said, “Dad, what’s that?” I only saw the first half-second of the beating that ensued, as I was busy hitting the deck. Suffice it to say, when I did return to the upright position I could see a very frustrated dad, and a very disarmed 12 year old. I’m not saying blaze orange is bad by any means. I sure as heck never wear it, but don’t have anything against those that do. I just thought this was a funny story to tie into the topic.

Holy cow, those deer aren't going to know what hit them! Good luck to all of you with tags. I'm looking forward to the pictures and stories.

Man - that is an AWESOME looking buck! Congrats Wes, and good shooting! Way to hold out for a biggun too!

I'm pretty sure that this is also ILLEGAL you can not permanently attach anything to a tree sure ya want to try to keep your camera safe but its still notthe right thing to do! Hmmm - never thought about that. I figured people are screwing treestand steps by the dozens into trees and didn't see this as much different. I can tell you I'm not leaving it out there with nothing but a cable or chain that can be snipped with bolt cutters.