Big or Bust

Yes - Kifaru for the win.... Casey, I can stop by one day and you can take a peak if you wish.

I would agree with something similar...

Coues seem to take drought on average better than any ungulate I've seen. I've got good bucks on camera and I'm in a spot that has had 0.74" of rain since March. But, ponds were full entering spring....

Laffin. Ok. Minimal relative to other species but that's just flat not accurate....

Those are contributing factors but forest management across the west is the true culprit.

Great job....doesn't look like the same range I'll be hunting in at those same heights in a few weeks. Great job. Cool buck. Congrats.

I do spend a lot of days a year in the woods but they went from tripod to padded case to pack. No falls, horses, etc. heck if I know....

Meopta. Swaros are fragile and I got tired of sending back 15's that were internally fogging resulting in me having to pay to fix the same issue 3 times in 5 years. Meopta are super bins. Don't miss Swaro at all quite frankly.

Lock your doors!

This buck scores 142""....

I agree. Maybe gets into the 40's...

My number 1 buck this past year, an old buck in the 190's broke his main beam off right above the brow sometime the week before opening day. Heartbreaking. My number 2 buck in the same area which I ended up targeting and killing, had fresh antler puncture wounds and lots of cape damage on his neck when I killed him likely from fighting with my Number 1 during the first November season. It was a weird year last year. Good stuff boys. Love talking big desert bucks.

I've had bucks, big bucks, consistently hitting cams on water. For years, spring through pre-rut. One summer their water dries up and I get the same deer on other cams many miles away never to return to the area they called home for years even with new water. They rehomed if you will. Big old desert bucks are fascinating and will teach you a lot about deer that runs counter to common thoughts IME...

Agree. Desert bucks can move. A lot and far chasing water. I agree with the roving home range too relative to resources. They will also move far to rut. Most of the bucks I chase are solo deer as they tend to do in the desert with some age. Not all, but most. If you've got bucks found, they'll be around that area during your hunt. Only two things will change that, their water dries up or lions move in. Both will make bucks disappear.

Got through this morning at 8 AM sharp. Thanks -

Thank you. I was number 342 in line. I'll try tomorrow.

What number are you guys calling? Mine is jacked up too and every number I tried on the renewal notice is busy or disconnected. Thanks -

Yes, 3' up in a saguaro....

I was also in 5BS this past wknd and to say the conditions and feed looked good would be an understatement with good rains every day this wknd to boot....

Small peepee?

Copy...grin .

Nah - he ain't a butt hurt kinda cat...

I think it's trending towards no leftovers and archery draw for sure in the next 5-10 years but I think this year, in most states out west, everybody wants to be a farmer and provider this year with the "Rona" BS and put meat on the table. I mean heck, go to your local Ace. Everyone idiot now wants to raise chickens, goats, cows, etc. All of a sudden....

Thanks for the laugh -

Yep - when I got them I was skeptical. I immediately went on a 10 mile walkabout through catclaw, mesquite, scrub, etc. I was impressed by the end of it and still am as they are holding up well to boot.