OpticNerd

With some of the youth hunts starting this week I wanted to share a video of my daughter's hunt from back in 2018. I've been hunting all my life and hunting with my kids is definitely my favorite. Hope this gets some of you excited for the up coming deer season and good luck to all the youth hunters this weekend!

Dang! It always amazes me when pieces of broken off antlers are found in these guys. So cool congrats!

Same two bucks with two more little guys.

Thanks! I agree hunting with my two young ladies have been nothing but awesome so far. I just hope they still want to hunt with dad the older they get. Thank you! She definitely gets her shooting skills from her mom. I would have missed that shot at least a couple times before connecting. Good luck on your son's hunt!

Thanks for the comments everyone we really appreciate it.

Thanks my fellow coues brother. I love hunting with my girls. Pretty sure I mentioned this somewhere but I got three of them with tags this year plus the wife and I. Going to be hunting with a 15 year old a 12 and a 10 should be a fun year. I'm pretty sure you'll do fine in the heat of the moment unless your an idiot like me but I don't think that's the case. Pretty sure your nickname around the hunting community is "The Iceman!" Thanks. Ain't nobody want a part of my special Cajun seasoning! Especially my salami flavored one😆 Thank you! 2 deer down by the age of 12 sounds like your girls doing pretty good so far. I've been in 35b a few times but never hunted there. Looks like some awesome country. Good luck!

Sounds like my uncle. Minus the bumper sticker. He hates bumper stickers.

Hi, my name's Joe and I'm a road hunter. It's been 3 days since my last road hunt. Some days are better than others but today has been a tough one because all I can think of is cruising around in my truck looking for deer sipping back on a Dr. Pepper while listening to some Jon Pardi, Luke Combs and Midland. heck I might even through in a little 311 just to mix it up a bit. As much as I try there's no use fighting it I'm a born and raised roadhuntin fool.

Way to hang in there and get done young man! Good luck on the rest of your AZ big 10 quest. These hunting with kids posts are definitely some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Running solo this morning without any velvet.

Heeey Boooboooo.....Did you take my pickanick basket????

Hahaha! The deadline for friend applications ended years ago May 25 2005 to be exact. Coincidently thats the same day as my wedding anniversary🤣🤣🤣

It's actually almost a perfect spot. Only down side is the hill the bucks are on is visible from a road. Other than that it's a great location to kill a big buck. Now just if they stay put until Nov and someone else doesn't beat us to them.

To be clear I was curious about the color of a bucks velvet and if the color of his fur has anything to do with the color of his velvet. After reading the article in Outdoor Writer's link I didn't see anything in there about the color of a bucks velvet. I'll have to reread it just incase I missed something.

That's a sweet looking buck. I love the look of a coues with some red or orange on them. I tried to send you the cords but your inbox was full. Thanks. That's the one my two oldest want. If he stays were he's at there's a real good chance he's getting shot at but who am I kidding the bigger bucks never stay where they need to.

Thanks Tony!

My daughters like them too. They're already staking claim on them. Unfortunately for me they have tags before me so there's a chance they might get the bigger one before I even get a chance at it. I guess I'll just have to go find a bigger one. Haha. Yep I didn't notice until I got home. Thanks!

That quartering to you is one tough shot. From what you described I would think it should be a dead bull. As far as the bh goes like a lot of others Ive heard numerous horror stories about Montecs and elk even witnessed 2 myself. Anytime an animal doesn't die right away the bh seems to be the first and easiest to blame. I will say this you put a Montec through an elk heart he'll die every time pretty sure double center lung it's dead everytime as well. I think a lot of these horror stories are do to not so great shot placement. Crazy story about that bull you called in. Must have been quite the rush. There's nothing like calling in a big ol bull. Good luck on the rest of the hunt and finding your dads bull.

I got my MR in as well about a week ago. I got the Terraframe 65. I haven't been able to fully test it out just yet. Definitely can tell it's lighter than my old Eberlestalk Just One but more importantly it actually feels like it fits me. It's a bit smaller than I thought it was going to be. The non camo bugs me a lot more than I thought it would but I should get use to it. I also didn't think it was going to fit all my gear because how small it looked but it all fit. Maybe I'll get the chance to test it out a bit better this weekend hopefully out in the hills. So far it still feels like an upgrade from my old pack just a few things I got to get use to.

Heck yes pretty sweet! Great job all around. I like the double rainbow pic even though I don't quite know what it means.

Probably right with that guess. Tag or not you're one lucky dude if you get to go elk hunting for 9 years in a row.

9 years of elk hunting.. You're one lucky guy!

Great buck azbugler! Congrats and thanks for biting!

Reasons to buy new Swarovski 115mm. 1. Maximum glass for maximum optical quality. 2. Half the weight I'm currently using. 3. Nut veins. I can finally see nut veins! Thanks bonecollector I wouldhave never thought of that one. I'm starting to think your name might means something different than I originally thought.🤣

So how many of you guys are going to be getting the new 115mm Swaro?