OpticNerd

Congrats that’s a long shot in my book. I can hit targets out to 700-800 but so far my longest on a deer has been right around 350. Kudos for keeping it real when you could have easily left the misses out of the story. My hats off to you you’re a brave man👍

Got a mule deer cape if anyone needs one. Killed 2 days ago and it’s currently in the freezer. Unfortunately the cape isn’t tubed because I already cut up the back of the neck before deciding to cape it. Buck field dressed right at 190 pounds. Nice looking cape. Asking $75 located in Sierra Vista.

Off the head

Not much to say about this hunt. We found him 500-600 yards out. Waited for him to bed. Snuck up to 180. He stood up and my father in law knocked him back down again. Tagged out and back to the truck by noon. Here’s a hot take for ya tagging out on opening morning is overrated.

Thanks! Already ate the tenderloins and some backstrap. Very tasty! If it was my tag he definitely would have gotten a pass which would then lead me to desperately looking for a spike on the last day🤣

We have 6 more deer tags. 4 for the kids and the other 2 are for my wife and I. How about you guys?

Na man this opening morning stuff sucks..Nothing beats that feeling you get when you bag a buck on the last day after hunting your butt off. Last day buck trumps first day buck every time.

CVA Accura rifle with a thumbhole in the stock.

Nice congrats! Good looking cow. These youth cow hunts have been some of our favorite hunts over the years. Thanks for sharing 👍

That tripod part had me scratching my head. I still can't think of a good reason for implementing a rule like that other than to keep the crossbow guys from being able to shoot further than the bow hunters thus making it a little more like an actual bow hunt.

Good question. Probably not too many but I don’t know. I will say that just 1 deer or elk taken by someone who cheated the system so they could use a crossbow during an archery hunt is 1 too many.

True but a lot of guys want to hunt the rut. Rifle rut tags are few and far between and very hard to draw so the best and sometimes only option to hunt the rut are the archery hunts.

I’ll take the White Hots and all 4 packs of 45 cal Barnes Expander MZ 195gr. Sending a text now.

I got some old wood boxes free to anyone who wants to come get them. Not in the best condition but I imagine they could be useful for someone. Located in Sierra Vista.

Could be laughing about the black tape/firearm incident on the door. Got a chuckle out of me. Good luck with the sale 👍

Cool thanks man! I’ll send you a dm with my cousin’s number. Good luck on your hunt 👍

My cousin’s wife drew the early muzzy in 9 definitely relieved to be getting some moisture up there.

That’s crazy man! Crongrats but I think I hate you! 😜 How was the antler growth last year? Do you think you saw anything over 380?

Nothing too fancy here all I want is for one of my kids to get an AZ early rifle bull tag before they become adults and move out.

Thank you 🙏 I Hope to have the full video/videos done sooner than later. If it turns out OK I’ll post it in this thread when it’s finished 👍

Wanted to share a short video I just put together of our 2024 hunts. Not much to it...5 kills and a couple missed shots. I'm still getting over the miss on that last buck. Missing a buck like that will give a hunter nightmares for the rest of their life. I'm just glad it wasn't me doing the missing for once 😜