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I think they both look good...yes the eye set & shape on the velvet buck looks different from the other one, but it's not that bad. The hard horn buck is an up right pose, different form company, winter cape, & a "different taxidermist". The velvet buck looks like a semi sneek pose, summer cape, different form company, & a "different taxidermist"...All these things will make a mount look different from the next. As far as making major adjustments to the finished "dry" mount...once the clay & glue dry, that's it. You would need to get another cape & have it remounted...Beautiful bucks! Congrats.

Great story & congratulations on a beautiful buck!

Nice to see you finally got out of town, I know you were gettin "city fever" ....Great pic's, Drake looks right at home up in the hills.....Bret

Great job you guys! & you caught it all on tape...what a bonus Pictures are awesome too.

"Oh and CWT.com sticker on the back window".....SOLD!!!! I know mjmhunter & I know this truck...he took very good care of it & it's in great condition. He also wacked a bunch of critters while he owned it....so it might be good luck for the new owner

Sounds like you put in alot of time & effrort on that hunt...& it shows! Congratulations & GREAT story!

Just got back from a turkey hunt w/ my brother & nephew...We got this bird to gobble Fri. morning & tried "several" times to get ahead of him to set up & call. On my last attempt we were just about ready to pull over & get set up when I caught movement to my right...he had already crossed the road & was getting ready to drop into a deep draw. I pulled over & my brother got out, closed the distanc to 40 yds. & rolled him w/ one shot. He was a mature tom w/ a 9 1/2'' beard. I'd really like to say we called this bird in, but an opportunity like that is hard to pass up Thanks, Bret

WOW! 3 for 3...that's awesome I've always wanted one to come in struttin'...Congrat's to you guys.

Here it is Jimbo....Thanks for all the comments guys

Younghunter, I was able to get several birds to respond to my crow call but nothing else....actually calling them in was another story...I guess I wasn't speaking the right language Good luck if you go back up. firstcoueswas80, "Unlucky" That's what I say about my kids too...when people say they look like me tjhunt2, I appreciate that....I like to tell it how it happened.

Just like old times hey Jimbo ...you have always been kind of a snake magnet Great pic's.

Hey tjhunt2, That had to be an incredible experience! ...Great story & congratulations on a beutiful cat. jnobleinaz, Awesome picture with the kids.

I reccomend the guys at Magnum Precision off of 27th ave. & Indian School...by Shooters World. They do great work & have been in business for a long time....Good luck

Chalky, brown, broke off piece...it don't matter it's a coues shed Good job!

younghunter, I'm not sure if it had been broke but his rt. side was very cool....The pedicle is twice the size of the lt. side & is positioned more forward on the skull. It was a bonus to me because I usually shoot (Freaks of the woods) one antlered deer one antlered caribou ...you know As far as your bull hunt...you'll have alot more scouting in than I did...last Sep. is when I went to Alaska w/ Jim & didn't get out as much as I would have for my elk hunt. Seeing good bulls while scouting & knowing where they were close to the hunt will help alot. Like HUNTMUP said if you have the whole hunt off....HOLD OUT.....this way you get to milk the hunt for all it's worth & shoot a smaller bull toward the end if you don't wack the big one 1st and you should be very proud of that coues from last year! They're all "trophies" to me ....Bret

That's awesome coosefan! That picture brought back some great memories...not you on it but the bull itself I might have got that bull too if I had a little more self control on that hunt See this was my 1st archery bull tag & I told everyone that I hope the 1st bull that comes in is a big one, because I'm going to have a hard time passing up a branch antlered bull Well that's what happened...I shot the 1st bull that came in to the call on the 2nd day of the hunt...& while we were skinning my bull we called in the one I was hoping to get a chance at....the one in coosefan's pic! Oh well, It Just added to the whole experience I'm very proud of my bull & wouldn't change it for nothin'...(Maybe) next time I can hold out a little longer HUNTMUP, hopefully your tag will be on a bull like that this September Here is the bull I got & another pic of (the one that got away) before coosefan tamed it Thanks, Bret

Went shed hunting with some family & friends this past weekend & my kids found a few of their own 1st pic is my daughter with her 1st shed she found with her mom. The 2nd one is my son Jakob with a cool twisted spike he found. The last pic is all the kids with our pile at the end of the trip...Thanks, Bret

Hey Jim, I thought the same thing about the (orange) sweatshirt my daughter was wearing....hey it works for Josh It was a great time with family & friends that's for sure...the antlers were just a bonus.Here are a few (as it lay) pic's that we found....Bret This is my wife & daughter with Kelsi's 1st shed. My son Jakob with a cool twisted spike he found. This is our friend Craig's son Tanner with his 1st set. This is the brown set I was holding in Jim's post. And here is our''antlerdogs''as Jim called them with all the sheds.

younghunter, LIVE & LEARN ....it just makes us better hunters. Here are a couple more of my favorites....My wifes 1st javelina & my sons 1st brownie both from this year.

Thanks shortpants & younghunter. Shortpants,I actually shot that buck on the run after he jumped up from his bed...That was the first & only time I've seen a deer (sneek) like a cat too :oHe was side hilling about a 150 yds across from me & all I saw was that he had a good frame.I laid down, put the cross hairs in (front) of the shoulder & hit him in the heart...lucky maybe,but I'll take it I had no idea how big he was until I walked up to him but I knew even back then, that he would be hard to beat...13 years later & I'm still trying. Casey, Actually it was 105+ & Yes I'll be the 1st to admit I got serious BUCK FEVER on a BUCK OF A LIFETIME.It was Jan. of 05'' & myself & coosefan were trying our luck at spot & stalk coues again....I glassed him up one morning & we watched him feed over the ridge w/ his doe about 900 yds away.Coosefan stayed back while I made the stalk. After about an hour I was about 100 yds from where we last saw him. All of a sudden here he came following the doe back over & bedded 75 yds above me I had the wind right & continued to close the gap.I picked a boulder I thought would get me to within 25 yds, & crawled to it.Once I got there I slowly peeked over & saw the tips of his antlers & he was facing my direction :unsure:I was now within bow range of the biggest buck I have ever seen!!!I came to full draw & stepped out,there was alot of brush covering his vitals so I grunted at him trying to get him to stand.We had a stand off for what seemed like a couple of minutes..I finally picked a spot where his shoulder would have been & shot right over him! He busted out of there & stopped,now he was around 35 yds,I already had another arrow knocked & drew back....WHACK! I hit him right at the base of his right antler He ran down the hill & shook the arrow loose in the bottom, found his doe & chased her over the ridge like nothing ever happened Moral of this story....TRY not to look at the rack , relax,don't rush it,pick your spot,& make the shot!I didn't get near that rattled on my archery mule deer, but I had 3 1/2 hours to think about it on my stalk.This one happened really fast & it's a COUES!!!what else can I say There you happy Casey! Here is the buck that got away...Jim took these pic's through the spotting scope before I made the stalk.Hope you enjoy,great pic's everyone...Bret

Hey HUNTMUP nice to hear from you.I bought that old chevy from you right out of high school & had it for 7 years.Like Jim said we had alot of fun in that truck & made alot of great memories.It means more to me than any other vehicle I've ever owned...Thanks, again younghunter,It was an 81 chevy, 1/2 ton, s.b., 4x4,w/ a 4'' lift.It had a 350 motor,high rise intake, 4 barrel carb.,duel exhaust w/ flow masters,& a new process 208 granny 4 speed trans....It was awesome! Casey,Don't listen to Jim...he's having way too much fun at our expense

O.K. enough of these childish games,back to pictures....Here is my 1st coues from 94 that scored 92'' & my 1st & only archery mulie from 03...I didn't score this one because it was a 4xnothin, not even a pedicle on the other side.

Hey Casey,That's o.k...a 100lb pig would look like a little (red) next to you & no...it wasn't as tall as me, that's called trick photography. Ooooh...Casey................he got ya there! atleast i weigh 100 lbs! I know your HEAD weighs atleast that much after meeting you last year....oh yea & your back pack full of rocks too

Hey Casey,That's o.k...a 100lb pig would look like a little (red) next to you & for you & (azhuntnut)...no,it wasn't as tall as me, that's called trick photography.