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I recently had to buy my grandpas rifle from a pawn shop. But, as a friend says, funds come and go, but memories dont.

The Rifle is a model 94 Winchester in 25/35. This was the first rifle that my grandfather bought and the only one he ever had. He bought the rifle in the Prescott area, this deer was also killed with this rifle in the Prescott area. Pretty cool to have both of them, I can only imagine the miles that were walked carrying this rifle. I even have some of the original boxes of ammo.

Don’t worry about him. If you never kill anything you don’t have to worry about recovering it. Also, he has to get his 10 negative posts a day quota in.

I am a pretty average hunter and a below average gear guy, I use 150 dollar binoculars that I bought ten years ago. I usually use the two second rule in judging if its a shooter or not. Listening to Jay Scott Podcast, I hear him use the term 'cream' quite a bit. If Jay is the cream, I am more like grounds. To use a fishing analogy he would be in the private boat with a captains chair and my preference would be swigging coors lights on a party boat learning from other guys swigging coors lights. For the most part I do not like waiting for tags with this exception, I wanted to hunt the AZ strip once in my life. I will post daily as cell service allows my views and pics from 13b. People keep telling me I need to get a guide or buy a scouting package. Although I am sure it would help with my success, I consider hunting to be a test of what I know and what my intended quarry knows, (that and two daughters college tuition payments pretty much rules out buying anything) Here are some pics from my scouting. Big shout out to shane koury for helping me decide what a shooter is this year and pointing me in the right direction to check. First Buck seen Too cute not to stop and take a pic First real bucks A big three in the afternoon MY bison hunt sucked the majority of my vacation so my intention is to hunt the first few days then ten days starting just before labor day weekend. either my failure or success will be epic.

Came across my biggest coues shed this morning, while trying hard to find its twin I spotted one tine sticking out out of the grass and leaves then another opposite and I thought no way could that be my first full dead head?! The shed was so thick at the base I wondered if it was a hybrid. Serious mass on this thing. The dead head I think is between 90-95 compared to my last buck. Any guesses on what the mutant would be? Anyway I'm freaking stoked!

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An artist expression representing your toil in the USAF. Cool. Thanks for clarifying.

I Defended my country -30 years in- US military & retired. U S A F, all over this Earth, So ,that any type of person- can have freedom of thought & expression; So- go for it- until you are content.

this is probably one of those that have my movers pick it up and send a cashier's check.

I think we all agree its a whitetail... but it's not a coues... or at least his antlers aren't from a coues. Why don't you all fill us in on the details of that trophy?

My biggest concern was velvet antlers since I just dont want anyone messing with my velvet bucks. I called Clay Goldman one of the premier taxidermists and law abiding guys in Az and he received some info i would like to pass on... Quote---Ok, you can bring deer and elk in from out of state. The catch is, they have to be taken directly to a licensed taxidermist or meat processor. You can't process them yourself. Please spread this around to anyone you know that might be wondering. Just FYI I didnt verify it but I would trust. Clay with my life

When I saw this I thought it was SEEKER not SHOOTER. I left disappointed in the coherence of your post.

sorry my ignorance, how do you do a reverse image search?

Nobody has stated it is complicated or daunting. I only asked as a point of conversation. Oh look, a conversation about a hunting topic! You're welcome.

I think you are about $200 high in price on a good day. Great action that has been around for a long time. A 204 or 22-250 is more sought after as a predator rifle out West. There is no collector value on these and originally they sold for much less.

I empty the rest of my ammo into a nearby tree and try to blow all the bark and foliage off and better yet start a small fire with the sparks. Then when you get over to the area you can reference where you shot from by the big shiny pile of brass.

Toilet paper in a tree at the shot spot, mark a land mark and go for it. Look back at the t paper if needed for reference.

Take a picture, the. Take a picture thru your binos

In case anyone was still tempted, I did a reverse image search. Exact picture is on an astronomy classified, except asking price is $1400. https://astromart.com/classifieds/astromart-classifieds/binoculars/show/swarovski-slc-15x56-neu-binoculars

Not a pronghorn. It's a doe or fawn mule deer. It was 1 or 2 miles west of the rest stop in that area. I kept my eyes peeled the next 15 miles but didnt see any lope.

Sonoran pronghorn perhaps? They are found south of I-8 between Gila Bend and Yuma. A herd of Sonoran pronghorn has also been established on Kofa NWR/YPG in King Valley. Who knows where that one wondered over from.

Was it Trails End Taxidermy?

I got it done. 1 shot and done... Awesome hunt!!!!

A friend of mine shot a bull at 60 yards with the sevr broadhead last year and I was pretty impressed with the penetration and blood trail.

He needs to file a complaint with the Maker. Seems he got a brain and a penis but only enough blood to run one at a time.