OpticNerd

Thank you Hatchet Jack! My binos are a Redneck ridged special. They started out as an old pair of Nikon 8x30 EII that I've since replaced the left objective with an objective from a Nikon ED50 spotting scope giving me 20x50 on the left and 8x30 on the right. I call them my Nikensteins. I do majority of my glassin with the 8s and anytime I need a closer look at something I just look through the 20x on the left side. My reasoning for doing this is I'm legally blind in my left eye. They definitely aren't Swaros but they've work pretty good for me.

Thanks and you're welcome Houston much appreciated!

Thanks sneakem33 glad you enjoyed it. It was definitely a great season for us. Can't wait to see what this year brings.

Thanks and you're welcome campmeat!

Me too. Good to hear. Hopefully the draw goes smoothly if so we might now within the next week. Come on late tag!

If so they weren't killed by us. The last time I saw the bigger one(Ivory) which was about a week after I videoed him he was all by himself and looked like he was hurt. I didn't see any wounds on him but he was moving really slow and just didn't look right. There's a good chance he died before the hunts started. I did spend a ton of time during the hunts looking for him but couldn't turn him up. Thanks to those who left a comment and thumbs up!

delete please

That's what I'm thinking. First stop Sparkys in Hatch NM. Good thing I got a car that gets 40mpg 👍

Have any of you guys ever hit or heard of anyone hitting a deer with a ricochet? About a week ago I was on a muzzleloader hunt with a guy and this happened to him. So the guy shoots at a bedded buck 180 yards below us. After the shot he jumped up out of his bed ran about 10 ft and stops. He stood there panting for about 20 to 30 seconds and it look like there might have been a little blood coming out his mouth but it was hard to tell for sure because he kept licking all around his mouth. He then sat down on his butt for about 10 seconds then proceeded to lie down. He laid there for about 30 seconds and then he rolled down to the bottom of the canyon. At this point in time I was thinking "heck yeah dead deer!" Long story short we jumped the buck up about 2 hours later and it didn't look hurt at all as he left the country. We found no blood where he was laying or anywhere else either. He laid there for over an hour and we still couldn't find a drop in the spot he was laying. The whole time as we were looking I thought the buck took a direct hit. It wasn't until I got home and watched the video and I could see that the bullet hit about an inch under his shoulder. This whole experience was absolutly crazy and I've never heard or seen anything like it before. So have any of you guys ever experieced something like this before or even heard about something like this happening to someone else?

Hopefully...My biggest concern after watching the video in slow mo over an over again was it looks like there might be an impact around the base of his neck. My initial thought after seeing this was a piece of the bullet hit his windpipe and he wouldn't be able to recover. No matter what happened I'm just relieved to see him alive. Hopefully I can do an autopsy on him come November and get some answers. That'd be awesome!

Definitely tried but I suck. I got within 400 just couldn't get it done.

Dudes still alive. Found him on my late Dec hunt about 1/4 mile from where he got shot at. He wasn't limping. He was eating normally. I saw no scars or wounds. As far as I could tell he looked perfectly fine. I still don't know what the heck happened but it was good to see him alive and well. P1000238.mp4

Dang! Twice in the last month someone accusing trophyhunter of something??? This can't be a coincidence...They're out to get you man!

Brutal

I don't have any specific recommendations but any bino with atleast 15mm of eye relief should work. 17mm and above would be ideal. I had a pair with an eye relief of 15mm it was very tight but I was still able to see the entire FOV. 17mm and above is alot more comfy for me and my eyes and I wouldn't go less than that if at all possible.

This one looks alot better than your other one with the slimy rabbit poop on it.

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Nice! I'm still trying to get my first walleye. Fished lake Mary 5 or 6 times and still haven't caught one. How'd it taste?

With such a dry monsoon I thought the coues antler growth was going to be a bit lacking this year but from what little I've seen online and in person it's actually looking pretty good. How about everyone else? Anyone seeing any drought stricken coues out there?

Hope it's not going to be a repeat of last years draw. Don't know if my heart could handle it. Tomorrow @8:05 & 7/8th.

Very cool! Love the look of this stud bull. Thanks for sharing!

I absolutely love helping people hunt but when it comes to my tag I'm a solo guy. Me against the animal one on one. I don't know why this is but I don't like any help filling my tags.

Hypothetically speaking if a guy put down the wrong hunting license number on his elk app is he boned or can he get it fix by calling the azgf tomorrow morning when they open?

She didn't know for sure but she did say as soon as they're done giving all the famous YouTubers/influencers their tags they'll start the draw for us commoners. I guess it's taking longer than they thought because Randy can't decide on what tag he wants.

Those of you who said it shouldn't be a problem were apparently correct. I talked with a nice lady from the g&f yesterday and she also said it should be fine. I'm actually quite surprised this wasn't going to be an issue to be honest. Definitely relieved to here that my boys first elk app should go through without any problems due to this stupid mistake of mine. Now all we gotta do is wait and see if we get lucky.