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Mathews

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  1. Mathews

    November WT Hunt

    Right on man, you guys killed it!
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    NAP Bloodrunner 2 blade

    Shot a Bull last weekend with these. 50 yards, quartered away, hit a little back angled into where it should be, great shot, no more than 6'' of penetration.. Blood was decent, but after almost 10 hours over a couple miles the bull was no longer bleeding and appeared alive and well. Wasnt impressed and rather sad actually.. considering it would have been my first archery bull.. Needless to say I wont be using the bloodrunners anymore.
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    Late Archery Bull ELK (4%)

    Tag soup for me brotha.. Stuck one Saturday quartered away, 50 yards, hit right where I wanted, but barely any penetration. Blood stopped after a few hundred yards, bumped him 3 times after that, finally gave up... Never gonna use those broadheads again.. Had quite a few chances after that, but some VERY bad luck left me with nothin to show for. Sorry To hear! You still have another week though. Can you now go out because of school!? Nah ends Thursday, gotta work the rest of the week
  4. Mathews

    Scouting

    Yeah too many hunts is probably to blame.. Did have a GREAT run-in with a couple scouting, the wife on her first hunt, her husband on his second. They were driving down the road looking for a certain tank as they found elk "droppings" and "hoof marks" on jotted their finds down on their laptop
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    Tour de Tucson

    HAHA
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    Late Archery Bull ELK (4%)

    Tag soup for me brotha.. Stuck one Saturday quartered away, 50 yards, hit right where I wanted, but barely any penetration. Blood stopped after a few hundred yards, bumped him 3 times after that, finally gave up... Never gonna use those broadheads again.. Had quite a few chances after that, but some VERY bad luck left me with nothin to show for.
  7. Mathews

    Hippies are taking over

    I thought for sure there would be a Lark joke by now..
  8. Mathews

    Matched Up!

    Absolutely, thanks
  9. Mathews

    Bino Harnesses

    Mine fits pretty well, but I think my Dad has troubles with his at times. May just depend on body type.
  10. Mathews

    Late Archery Bull ELK (4%)

    Right on man! Ive got a late tag aswell, but have yet to get a shot < 80 yards. Hopefully I'll have a success story to share after this weekend
  11. Mathews

    Bino Harnesses

    +1 for Nimrod
  12. Mathews

    36B 11/4 Coues Hunt

    Im gonna say right at 85"
  13. Mathews

    first coues buck long shot!!!!!!!

    Id kinda like to know what you were shooting that reaches out to 1000+ yards..
  14. Mathews

    4b late archery bull

    Late Archery..
  15. Mathews

    3 for 3

    Wow what an awesome buck!
  16. Mathews

    2011 Oct. Coues

    WOW definitely requires a story
  17. Mathews

    "A Coues Deer the Hard Way"

    Awesome story man, congratulations!
  18. Mathews

    4b late archery bull

    Ive got a late archery tag aswell.. Im guessing it will be a lot of spot n stalk and sitting water/trails.. We'll see how it goes. Good luck
  19. Mathews

    My 2nd coues buck

    Otta go a touch over 90" bro, either way thats an awesome buck way to go!
  20. Mathews

    1st October Rifle Hunt

    Sweet buck, congrats to her!
  21. Opening morning we were a little late getting out(Thanks most in part to a red nissan frontier on a VERY rough road that would not let us pass). We still saw three does, a spike, and two 3 small points I decided to pass on. Didn't have much time for the afternoon hunt and tried an area we've never been to, only saw a small 2 point. Day two we were about 10 minutes late getting out and had a loooong hike up to where we wanted to glass from. On the way up my Dad decided I should go ahead and get behind the glass sooner. Once I reached the top, no sooner had I sat down I heard something walking 30 yards down below me. I figured somehow he had caught up to me until I looked down and a doe walks out, not a clue I was there until I turned a bit. Ears went back, tail went up, and she was gone. Good start to the morning I figured. About 10 minutes later my Dad calls me on the phone and tells me he has 2 bucks spotted down the ridge I was on. I walked down a couple hundred yards, saw my Dad, then peeked over this rock out cropping and they already knew I was there. Threw the glasses up real quick and saw one was a small 2 point and the other a decent 2x3, still, I decided to let him walk. The rest of the morning was rather uneventful, only spotted a few more does. After a couple nap's we moved down ridge and started glassing again at about 3 pm. After about 15 minutes my Dad says he's got a nice buck spotted down in the bottom. I swung the bino's around to take a look and after a couple minutes I decided this was about the size of buck I was after. We decided it was about 600 yards down to the bottom, so I got set up with a steady rest and waited for him to turn. BOOOOM the first shot missed left but good height. The buck kinda jumped back and decided to walk behind a tree below him. After a few minutes he came back out, he was quartered away when I decided to shoot again. I held further back on him this time and BOOM I missed just left of his front shoulder, he jumped back behind the same tree. He finally came back out below the tree, slightly quartered to us I held farther back once again and BOOM the .270 wsm did its job, he was dead where he stood. We made the looong hike down and decided he was a little bigger than expected, without putting a tape to him yet, we think he should go right around 93". Oh and I glassed up an elk shed I didnt get to pick up on the way out as originally planned >.<
  22. Mathews

    Oren gets his first bull

    What an awesome bull, he definitely set the bar high for himself!
  23. Mathews

    At least it isn't tag soup

    Looks the smallest buck contest is over! Thats awesome way to go!
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