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22 RIFLE DEER HUNT IN THE BOOKS..

Blue jeans, work boots, packing out whole. This reminds me of some great hunts I’ve been on. Nice work and great buck. It doesn’t take $800 in clothing and a $3k rifle to get the job done.

I have a 17 year old GSP that could be for sale at the right price. Doesn't run around like a wild man (too old to run away) , takes hand signals (he is deaf), stays on point on a bird or rabbit (has cataracts so he doesn't see them leave), doesn't bark at everything that moves (deaf and half blind), very calm (sleeps most of the time), good with other dogs and kids (again, sleeps all the time), not an ounce of fat on him. $16999.99

Coues deer hunting is my passion, love it! That's what I breathe. Located a shooter buck, disappeared in the thickness of the desert floor. While glassing for him for about 3 hrs. a BIG BUCK walked into my field of view. My heart skipped a beat! My eyes wide open and my jaw dropped to the floor, what a buck!! Looked for him frantically in the brush and mesquite packed desert floor.. just before dark I saw him again, waling behind some trees and then stopped on a opening to show me his majestic rack, wow! I immediately got up with the intention to grab my rifle and got into position for a shot; as I lifted my tripod to put them by my side some how my swaros got detach or disconnected and fell hard on the rock below me. It was a hard hit I knew that while I was aiming my rifle where I just saw the buck... the buck wasn't there anymore. I looked around that opening with my rifle scope and with my naked eye to see if I can see him again and shoot but nothing...looked again and then some more and notrhing. Immediately after I grabed my binoculars put them back on my tripod to find him again and guess what? they were broken!! My binos broke when fell onto the boulder below me! I could not see through them!! and somewhere below me therea was a huge buck! Looked for him with my naked eyes and through my rifle scope but with no success! 😩 Now I had no binos and it was only the 2nd day of my hunt. I was frustraded, devastated and traumatized...how I was going to look foor that giant on an area that is very thick full of brush and trees with no binoculars? To make a long story short, hunted for him for 4 more days never to see him or the other buck I originally saw before him. On the last day of my hunt I moved to a totally different area. Right at 7:00 am located this buck at 473 yards. I said to my self hey, last day, lets do it! One shot and this buck was mine! It was a long 3 hrs haul to my truck but a very happy camper 😋 Next year, Lord willing...I will go back and look for that big buck and with binos of course. P. S. Sucks to hunt with no swaros.

Does it even really matter?

Some scams are really well masked, but the ole adage, if it's too good to be true, it probably is. I have seen some fakes on Armslist and remeber, most payment services will not protect you on any type of gun/ammo purchase, even if you use paying for good/service.

I guess we can replace citrus for Californians.

We carry the Kowa Neoprene Cover for this scope and this weekend, during our 10% off all Kowa weekend, you'll save 10%

My first job out of college was studying the Sonoran Pronghorn on BMGR. Saw a lot of cool stuff out there! Watched an F16 crash while we were working, that was a trip. Having 18 illegals give up to us to call for help was also pretty wild. As far as the pronghorn, the drought in 2001 reduced the herd from around 200 animals down to around 20. They rounded them up, put them in a pen with no predators and watered it. They have made a pretty remarkable comeback since and have been released regularly and moved to other areas to create other populations like on Kofa NWR/YPG.

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When they shut you down for in class instruction, wrestling practice and college life what do you do??? At a time when this group would be practicing and competing Cole and his coaches/team mates took to the hills with OTC tags! Nothing to brag about head gear wise but there is gonna be some elk steaks in the freezer this winter!!!

You Grew Up In The 80s In Phoenix If You... 1) Would have done anything for a Ladmo bag. 2) Tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk. 3) Can still remember the words to The Hepatitis Song. 4) Spent way too many summer days in a mall. 5) Remember listening to KZZP. 6) Went ice skating at Metrocenter. 7) Get irritated when people say "Yeah, but it's a dry heat." 😎 Have red burnt cheeks in every childhood picture. 9) Had a pool in your backyard. 10) Vacationed in San Diego or Rocky Point. 11) Know what it feel like to come out of an icy cold movie theater into 110 degree heat - I miss that feeling! 12) Saw your mom drive with potholders. 13) Know what "tubing" means. 14) Have been "ice blocking." 15) Spent your weekends at Park and Swap, at the greyhound dog racing track. 16) Consider yourself a "Zonie." 17) Ever put Christmas lights on a cactus. 19) Burnt the bottom of your feet running out to get the mail because you were too lazy to put on shoes. 20) Know some Spanish even though you never studied it. 22) Enjoyed making song requests at Organ Stop Pizza. 23) Got in trouble for leaving crayons in the back seat of the car. 24) Are not intimidated by a Super Big Gulp. 25) Your heroes were Kevin Johnson (KJ), Mark West, and Tom Chambers. 26) Had to pay full replacement price for the rented VCR tape you left in your car. 27) Shopped at Goldwaters, Broadway Southwest, Federated, Globe or Diamonds. 28) Remember Dave Pratt the Morning Mayor on 98 KUPD. 29) Can count the number of times it snowed in Phoenix on one hand. 30) Stood in line to watch movies at the original Cine Capri. 31) Snow cones and brain freezes made summer worthwhile. 32) Cried when Wallace and Ladmo went off the air. 33) Went to Pistol Pete's Pizza, ShowBiz pizza, and can recall Tex Critters at MetroCenter. 35) Remember Gemco. 36) Ate at Furr's Cafeteria. 38) Saw your first concert at the Arizona State Fair. 39) Remember the Madhouse Macdowell (Purple Palace). 40) Remember Suns Fever. 41) Recall Thunder Dan. 42) Mourned the loss of Cotton Fitzsimmons. 43) Believed in the 100 year flood. 44) Did the hokey pokey at Great Skate. 45) Cruised Central Avenue, Metrocenter, or Mill Avenue. 46) Worried about drive by shootings at school. 47) Remember only TWO freeways either the I-10 or I-17. 48) Remember who Rose Mofford or Evan Mecham is. 49) Know what Sonoyta Motors is. 50) Know what Price Club is (and when there was only 1). 51) Had Dimension Cable. 52) Know what the Phoenix Gazette is. 53) Went to Legend City or Compton Terrace. 54) Know what Yellow Front, Lucky's, Smittys, AJ Bayless, are. 55) Suffered with a swamp cooler. 56) Went boogie boarding on irrigation day. 57) Fished in the canal. 58) Went to the hot air balloon races at Thunderbird. 59) Thought 19th Ave and Cactus was in the boonies. 60) Speaking of the boonies - drank in the desert with the rest of your high school friends until the bright light of the helicopter came blaring down. 61) Were ever excited about your appearance on "Pets on Parade." 62) Suffered the consequences of leaving your sister's favorite vinyl record in the car. 63) Remember your parents voting (or not voting for) for the ValTrans monorail. 64) Thought Big Surf was rad! 65) Danced at Club Rio. 66) Remember Tex Earnhardt and his "That Ain't No Bull" commercials. 67) Attended a birthday party in a railroad car at the McDonald's on Bethany Home and 23rd Ave. 68) Remember the Dr. Demento show on KZZP every Sunday night. 69) Burned your hand trying to open your locker at school. 70) Locking your car doors as soon as you got south of Bethany Home. 71) Wished you lived in California. 72) Didn't believe that high schools actually had indoor halls and full size lockers like they do on TV. 73) Didn't go to the park until AFTER dark. 74) Thought sweatbands were not just a fashion statement. 75) Your hypercolor t-shirt was permanently a different color under your arms. 76) Knew not to shoot at a Saguaro because it could fall over on you and kill you. 77) Thought Flagstaff was REALLY cold. 78) Always saw at least 10 people you knew on Mission Beach (San Diego). 79) Knew who worked on Van Buren. 80) Remember when the Roadrunners were the only hockey game in town. 81) Remember when Buckeye was BFE. 82) Wore jellies in the summer even though you had really bad feet sweat. 83) Went to see Santa @ Westridge Mall (that was the best one with the whole set up). 84) Remember when Ahwatukee was a retirement community half way to Tucson. 85) Remember 50 cent movie Tuesdays at Valley West Mall. 86) Have a scar on the back of your thighs from the 3rd degree burns sustained from the metal clip your seat belt clicked in to. No protection given from the OP short shorts. 87) Remember the orange trees planted all the way down the middle of Black Canyon Freeway (Now called I-17). 88) Ever get your butt and legs burned by metal slides at the Whataburger across from Metrocenter? (What sadist would put metal slides on a kids playground in Phoenix????!!) 89) Remember when Sun City wasn't connected to the rest of the valley? 90) Ever have brunch at Mother Tuckers? 91) Remember when it only took 2 hours to drive to Flagstaff. 92) Going to slide rock in Sedona and hoping it wasn't closed due to high levels of bacteria in the water! 93) Remember when Terminal 2 was the only passenger terminal at Sky Harbor and you had to walk on the tarmac. 94) Got free tokens at the Valley West Mall arcade for good grades on your report card. 95) Celebrated a birthday at Ed Debevic's. 96) Thought Bobby McGee's was the coolest restaurant ever or went to Dr. Munchies. 97) Ever rode the "crack the whip" ride at Encanto Park. 98) Ever got attacked by a jumping cactus. 99) Know what to do when you hear a rattle in the desert. 100) Used to shop at LaBelles, eat lunch at Liberty Bell Pizza or get soda at the U-TOTEM on Cactus. 101) Remember the commercial about Valley Fever..."Dustyyyy, dustyyyy, dustyyyy"! 101) Remember when you could get 2 tacos and a small drink at Taco Bell for $2. 102) Had hot air balloons land in your backyard when you lived on 75th Ave and Bell by the orange groves known now as "Arrowhead Mall." 103) Witnessed the shock when the "art" on the 51 when installed. (Referring to the lovely toilet and large silver sphere.) 104) Had the bell rung for their birthday at Farrell's (Christown). 105) Remember going to the Phoenix Firebirds baseball games. 106) Remember Dewey Hopper-the weather guy who always wore school t-shirts. 107) Watched World Beyond on Sat. mornings. 108) Ate at Bob's Big Boy. 109) Enjoyed three scoop ice cream cones at Thrifty's. 110) Ever shopped at Pic n Save (aka "Pick Your Nose") 111) Remember "Come on over, to Peter Piper Pizza!" add your own- a few they forgot 112 - Manzanita raceway

Same goes for if you are trying to buy a vehicle on Facebook Marketplace. There are more scams than real ads on there.

Real nice back up buck!!!

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Way to overcome adversity Ernesto! Great buck. Thanks for posting. Great lesson in being resilient and improvising, adapting, and overcoming. (Also, Let us know how your repair experience goes with Swarovski.)

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Well after my good dog passed a few months ago I came out here and hunted without a dog and used my cousins dogs. That took a couple days and decided need another. Heading to eastern Kansas tomorrow to try a couple out and possibly bring home. Once you have good pointers you can’t be without one. Here’s a bad ace female they have for me to try out.

I don’t think there are that many available my buddy uses this one he says it’s OK https://www.opticsplanet.com/kowa-fitted-cases-for-tsn-spotting-scopes.html

Still not priced high enough for those special ones. That’s been a good dog to you.

Way to hang in there and keep trying. I see many successful hunts ahead for you.

I shot this coues buck in August. My sons and a few friends think I'm a little crazy hunting coues deer with my recurve. I enjoy all types of hunting but hunting with traditional gear has become a passion of mine. This is my biggest coues to date and to do it with my recurve is a dream come true. I was able to spend time with two of my best friends on this hunt and that made it even more special. I'm already dreaming and making plans for next year.

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