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So I've only be up close to two dead coues bucks. One I just killed a couple days ago and one a buddy killed years ago on a January hunt. Both bucks had bot fly larvae in their nostrils. One was in 22 and one in 23. Nasty things! Now I've killed and/or been around dozens of mulies and eastern whitetails up close and I've never once seen the larvae on them. Coincidence? Ot is there something to coues bucks that attract them. I know they are harmless but they sure are gross!

Me mad? No, not at all. Incredible buck. But as an official measurer myself (P&Y) it does irk me a bit when people change the process into something that it's not. There is nothing official (even if scored by an official measurer) until the animal is recorded. And certainly nothing at all official about a green or gross score. State the green/gross score if you want, but don't claim there is anything official about it. Now sad, on the other hand, I might be, just a little bit for the buck and the manner in which he was killed, but that's just me. I'm not personally into the long range shooting thing. Don't care to start a debate. Fine if it's your thing, it's just not mine. And yes, I hunt with a rifle too. I'm not just a bowhunting snob. Congrats to the shooter and the crew. Glad it made them happy. Amazing animal!

Incredible buck! Admirable effort to finding and keeping tabs on him. But one point made me laugh, "official gross green score". No such thing. Nothing is official unless scored and recorded by an official measurer and that can't happen until after 60 days. As for the 902 yards part... biting my lip.

This is so annoying! I'm a non resident so this process is foreign to me. It says in big red letters right across the front of my punched deer tag that I need to report a harvest within 10 days. OK, fine. So I go onto the DFG website and click a link to report a big game harvest. Easy enough, I think. It takes me to some survey that asks me for a User ID and Survey ID number. WTH is that? It leaves an email contact to reach out to with questions. So I do. The guy gets right back to me and says that info is on your postcard. I say I have no postcard. So the guy tells me if I have no postcard I don't have to report. I tell him back that it says I have to report within 10 days right on the tag. And how could I possibly have a postcard within 10 days of harvest if the GFD didn't even know a harvest had taken place? So now he calls me. He's as confused as I am and has no idea what I am supposed to do. So.... I'm in limbo here. I want to do this right as I have a pile of points and dont want it to cause me problems or keep me out of a draw or something in the future. How the heck do you report a deer harvest in AZ?

Thanks Brian for the response. May I suggest educating your employees so that when we call with this conflicting obvious issue there is some knowledge? It would save you some man hours.

Huh? It says in big red letters across the front of the DEER tag that I must report within 10 days.

No more debate please, but what's the latest on this? Did the ban pass? If so, when does it go into effect?

So what became of this? Did the ban pass, and if so, when does it become effective? Any updated info. No debate, just a status report please.

I live 325 miles away from where I like to hunt coues deer. In years past the areas that I have found with the most deer are heavily timbered and under oak canopy. It's hard to spot and stalk because once you do see one, they are hard to keep tabs on during the stalk if they get in the trees. Especially hard in Jan when they are chasing. Was thinking about switchinggears this year and setting up some blinds with feeders, hopefully attract the does and the bucks following them. Being that I live so far away, frequent trips to check stands is out of the question. So I was thinking what if I set up a big pipe feeder and strap it to a tree? A section of abs pipe with an elbow at the bottom the deer can eat out of and let it gravity feed. Make it big enough to where it will last for a while. Has anyone done this with success? How big will I need to make it so that the feed will last for a while? Or am I just wasting my time? I was thinking maybe a trip out in Nov to put the feeders up. Another trip out in Dec to check on things, set up blinds, and then coming back for hunting in early January. See anything wrong with my plan?

I don't normally see pigs up this high. Coatis, hmmm, never thought about them. Actually bears are my biggest concern. Not sure how to keep them or other critters away. Any ideas?

WRONG. I may be from out of state, but this isn't my first AZ rodeo. Please DO NOT turn this into a bait vs. not baiting debate. Please just address my questions or keep quiet.

Check your PM.

VERY interested. Can you please send pics to ntreadwell77@yahoo.com? I'd call you right now but it might be too late in the evening. Will do tomorrow. How old are they? Are you set up for paypal?

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thanks! I just called their US counterpart and they said they'd take care of me.

Anyone know how to get ahold of Velbon? I can't even find their website. I need to send some items back to them for repair. I just bought a Sherpa 600 tripod and I liked it initially but it has an inherent design flaw. When the legs fold in they rest on the lip of the center support hub. The "lip" is a ring around the base of the hub. The legs are very easily dented as they push against the lip of the hub. Once dented the leg sections wont slide all the way up because the dent stops the smaller leg section from sliding into the big one. After only one trip, one leg won't close without serious effort and the other two are starting to dent. I just need them to send me a leg for now and I can jury rig some rubber or cushioning around the lip of the hub to keep it from happening again. Or i might just send the whole thing into them. Then my PH157Q head has too much slop in it. When the stick is loosened enough to actually pan and tilt the head there is a good bit of "play" and jiggle to the head. It makes small smooth movements very difficult. I have several other buddies with the same head and they do not have the same problems. And the stud on the quick release plate snapped off. If anyone knows how to reach these guys I'd really appreciate it.

Without getting complicated, the force of gravity is a constant. It doesnt change one uphill or downhill angles. You could have a 30 yard 30 degree shot up or a 30 yards 30 degree shot down. The true horizontal distance over a flat plane is the exact same, which is why you hold low on both uphill and downhill shots. You may have got a little lucky on your last couple uphill shots.

Unreal! Spectacular buck. Belongs in a magazine. Also humbling as I can't kill one half as big with my whizbang modern bow and high tech gear.

Great buck. Congrats. I agree with the other guys, steep shots up or down, you should hold low.

What a perfect buck. I dream of one like that with a bow.

Not a broadhead issue. I just don't think the shot was as good as you may have thought. I know of a kid who buried that same broadhead up to the fletching on a large cow elk while only pulling 53 lbs. Shot was almost 40 yards.

Google and download the Easton arrow tuning guide. It is the bow tuning bible. Provided your arrows are properly spined and you are not getting any fletching contact (rule this out first!), you should be able to get your broadeads to group together with your field points. Get them grouping together regarless of where they hit on the target. You make rest adjustments to accomplish this FIRST, then you move your sight so that the arrows hit the bullseye. You mentioned another problem that nobody has adressed. The broadhead blades should not be hitting your riser. If they do, your arrow is simply a bit too short. Cut the arrow so that the broadhead is out in front of the riser at full draw.

Do you guys hunt with the screen up or down? Have you ever had it adversely effect a shot? I'm not worried about 20 yard shots too much but has anyone tried a 40+ yards shot though it? how about an angled shot through it? I feel like it will be helpful to keep up but I must admit that for some reason I just don't have much confidence getting an accurate arrow through it. Especially at longer yardages. But man, it sucks staring through that stuff all day.

No, the blind with the screen up looks the same as it always does. It's when I open the screen that I get a black hole. So far the blind is not spooking them, the bigger bucks just arent coming in. Little bucks and does come in, but no big boys yet. I've left the screen up completely and opened it just a little and it doesn't seem to make a difference with the does and spikes, I'm just not sure about the big bucks. That new black hole can't help things.

See that is the problem. The blinds I use are left in place too, but with the screen up, so the moment you open just a part, you have a big black hole that wasn't there before. That worries me that it would keep deer from coming within range. So it's a toss up, do I open the screen and risk not having deer come in, or do I leave the screen in place and risk it affecting my shot? Which risk is worth taking?