OpticNerd

For me I use both fixed and variable mainly because I use my spotter to glass with. If I was only using the spotter to occasionally get a better look at a buck or what not then a zoom eyepiece would be my choice. If I had to pick only one eyepiece I go with a 25x-30x fixed but I prefer to used lowest power fixed available for glassing and a variable up to at least 40x for getting a closer look at stuff. For a year or so I had a fixed 16x, 20x, 27x and 40x in conjunction with a 13x-40x variable. In the end I found myself using the 16x about 90% of the time and for getting a closer look at things I preferred using the viable 13-40x over the others due it's flexibility. I prefer straight over angled but currently I'm using angled with no problems. Angled can be a pain while glassing down hill so keep that in mind if you do majority of your glassing down hill.

Sweet bull Intruder congrats! Is it me or does it seem there are a lot of bulls this year that have at least one big ol' funky 3rd like this.

Da.. Da.. Da.. DANG!! What a bull!

Dang dude everything about this post is spectacular! Out of all the greatness available in this post I think your writing style and how you put your story together is what made this one of my all time favorite posts. Unlike most hunting stories I've read as of late when I read yours I didn't feel like I was reading an advertisement for a bunch of sponsored hunting gear. None of the usual "I kayaked in on my trusty so and so kayak after which I hiked in with my so and so boots then glassed up the buck with my so and so best binoculars in the world finally ending it with my so and so broad head blowing right through the bucks heart like a knife through butter." I don't know if you wrote it this way on purpose but either way I think you did an outstanding job. Congrats and thanks for taking the time to share your hunt with us. Oh I almost forgot.....125 ARCHERY SPOT AND STALK COUES ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! You sir are an official hunting stud in my book. Keep it up!

I have one you can barrow Stud looking bull. A quick guess I say he has a 310ish frame add the extras I guess him around 345 or so. This is one of the bulls that I'd shoot for his character over score.

Post the video of that bad boy. Looks like a shooter to me but I'm not very picky.

It sounds like he/she took it. That's seems to be what he/she is saying. Hope said tree stand actually belongs to the guy who took the camera.

Hard to tell for sure from what you posted but did you take the tree stand?

Thanks and your welcome zackcarp.

Here's a collection of some of my favorite video clips from the last 5 rutting seasons. I've been thinking about doing something like this for a while now and even though a lot of you have seen most(not all) of this footage I feel the layout of the video is different enough from the originals to make it worth watching. Hope this gets you coues nuts out there pumped for the upcoming season. Good luck everyone and enjoy!

Thanks. I tried holding out for that big 5x4 from the video but I'm not very good at passing bucks when they're within 200 yards. Seeing that your from Safford I'm pretty sure we hunted the same spots or two. I was born and raised hunting the units around the Gila Valley.

Thanks Jeff. Honestly I don't know how many of them are still out there running around. I haven't seen any of the bigger ones in awhile. I do know for a fact that there is at least one of them from the video that isn't roaming the hills anymore I shot him in 2013 the following year after getting him on video.

Thanks and your welcome CatfishKev. I too was surprised to watch him walk across those rocks. Ah the things a guy will do just to get a woman.

Thanks! That buck/clip is definitely one of my all time favorites.

Thanks bonecollector.

Good to hear Bubbacoues. Congrats on the tags and good luck!

Thanks guys! Sorry Edge no drone footage yet. I'm too busy using it to find sheds

Dang! That's a gorgeous mount!

Thank you ScottAdams and cramerhunts.

Here's a little something to help past the time while we wait for the draw results to come out. Hopefully they'll be out within the next couple weeks but until then we might as well watch some coues footage while we wait. On a side note the footage looks noticeably better in 4K/1440 this is if your computer can handle it. Also I don't know if it's just my PC or not but to get the video to play in 4K/1440 I have to restart the video after selecting one of these two settings. I don't know why this is but for me the video will not start playing after I select 4k/1440 unless I slide the red timeline bar back to the start of the video.

Cool thanks Red Sparky. Sounds like you definitely have yourself a keeper wife.

Thanks Shawn and Red Sparky. Hey Red Sparky how'd it look on a 4K TV? Is there much difference between 4K and 1080?

Thanks and your welcome Mocha1545. Thank you WHT_MTNMAN.

Thanks and your welcome Coach. Thank you for the compliments wildwoody and AZbowhntr.

Thanks carpcody and stanley. Hey stanley if your looking for another break from work I'm currently working on another video that should give you at least 15-20 min off. I should be done with it in a week or two so keep your eyes open.