brian390

Man that bull is really nice! What a beast! Congrats to the hunter.

I've seen pics and know of one big bull out of unit 1 from a friend of mine. Maybe it's the same bull some of you guys know about. I won't post the pics because I don't have his ok.

Awesome 3c bull congrats! WHT_MTNMAN, funny and great post.

Awesome bull! That is quite the third on the right side.

Great buck! Congrats! I really like the extra character on the horns.

Great buck! Congrats.

It's tough with a bow! Great buck. Congrats!

Great buck! Congrats!

Great buck and story! Congrats to the hunter and guide. Man that's a lot of mass on top!

Lark nailed it with his post.

Dang that's a nice buck! Congrats.

Congrats on a great buck! That is a buck I dream of getting. That thing is tall!!! What's his length if you don't mind saying?

Great buck! Awesome curl on it.

65 points total.

So far I've seen on here three great opening weekend archery stories under the mule deer section. I'll tell you a little bit about my hunt this weekend. I had a group of bucks scouted out and I hunted them all weekend but had no luck. Two in the group were pretty decent bucks and I was hunting in unit 7 east. My brother passed on a 40 yard shot at a two point and a 20 yard shot at a spike over the weekend and they weren't in the group that we were hunting. On opening day my brother ran into the group of bigger bucks in a draw while they were looking for somewhere to bed. He got a 40 yard shot but the buck took a step while he was shooting and he missed him. On Sunday I ran into the same group of bucks right next to the same draw as my brother did. The group hadn't seen me when I saw them. Instead of feeding my direction they fed to my left, and went in the draw. I didn't see them again after they went into the draw. Other than that quite a few hunters out there hunting and campers. Good luck to all of you the rest of the season. If any of you got some stories or more success photos of opening weekend I'm sure that everyone would like to see and hear them.

Bnnes, thanks for posting some great pictures. It almost looks like you're hunting in the southern half of the state. Keep at it and good luck on your hunt.

It was a zoo out there.

Congrats on a great buck. Naturebob, I've been hunting with a guy that has a tag in unit 7, and we've ran into three rattlers so far.

9 days sounds fun. Good luck on your hunt.

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Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

EAS, in the very first picture in your post of the velvet buck still growing, do you have the date of that pic? Thanks.

I use ear protection when sighting in but not when hunting.

I have the Arizona Strip BLM visitor map 2010 edition. It's a really good map and I always find them at the service stations around Fredonia, Colorado City, and St. George. Right now there are two availaible on Amazon.com for twelve bucks each. If it were me I would try this map. Good luck on your hunt and congrats on drawing an awesome tag.

Not drawn here. Congrats to everyone that drew.