Yuma Outdoorsman

Got a couple more good ones on camera, Unfortunatet, the angle of my camera changed and somehow, it seemed to miss a few closer shots of what seem like good sized bucks.

I've got quite a few pictures of different bucks this year on camera and they all seem to have a bigger body to them than previous years. We have had our cameras in this area for 3-4 years now and I don't remember seeing any deer with a belly like some of them do this year. Weird thing is it's not any greener than in previous years. Oh well, can't wait to get out and hunt em.

Hahaha well crap, there is my problem!

Got a cool picture of 3 bucks on camera and a few close up shots of the bigger bucks. Cropped them a bit to take away some background scenery but figured I would share them here. 1 night and 49 more days until I can hunt em! Haven't had a chance to go look for them in person yet but will be out soon. Sorry for some blurry pics, posting these off my phone as they are easier to crop that way.

I got a few decent bucks on camera. One is really good in my opinion. I am surprised at how far along some of these deer are but I'm not complaining. Camera date and time are not correct as I switched out SD cards and did not realize it reset those.

Seen some pictures floating around the internet of this years Governor's tag holder and his kill. Awesome bull scoring 436 1/8. Here is the link where I seen it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Hunting/comments/3e8w2f/436_18_bull_elk_taken_in_arizona_this_morning/

Oh ya it is, just seen the dates on the website. Please delete this if possible.

I put together a little video of me bass fishing Mittry Lake down here around Yuma from a few days ago. I caught one flipping and the rest on top water. The frog bite is picking up and I hope to get some more footage soon. Hope you enjoy!

The deer in the desert where I'm at look really healthy. Antler growth hasn't been any better than in the last few years though. The desert is really green though with some areas looking like a jungle. Should make for a good year. Here is a picture of a decent buck I got on a camera recently.

Got this buck on camera and quite a few others as well. He isn't the biggest I've seen at this location but got my blood pumping with a little over a month left till opening day. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/tshaddy16/th_PRMS0152_zpsv56y4zzo.mp4

Checked my camera yesterday and in 4 nights I got some good pictures. Pretty crazy to see how much these deer have grown in just under a month.

Unfortunately these deer are in an area closed to hunting right now.

Just curious to see some fish people have caught around the state or even the country. I fish mainly at Mittry Lake or Martinez/Fisher's Landing for bass down here in the Yuma area and here are a few fish I have caught this year. Please feel free to post up some pic's of fish you have caught this year.

Set my camera up for 4 nights on a waterhole in the desert and got over 2200 pics of deer. About 90% of the photos I got were of bucks, granted a lot of them were smaller in size. Here are a few of the better ones I got. Curious to see what these racks look like in another month. They seem to be a little slow growing but I've never put up a camera this early to compare for past seasons. Thanks for looking. Just realized in the group photo that the first and last buck were the same one, oops.

Man I bet those made some great fish tacos!

Oz31p- sounds like she is being raised right! 👍 Coues Stew- those are some nice fish!

Try a wacky rigged senko or a drop shot rig if you can see the bass. Cast out ahead of the direction they are headed and usually they will hit those 2 baits right away. Good luck!

Thanks for the kind words. I've been extremely lucky and fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately the 10lb mark was never met but they were a blast to catch. The weights in order of the pics are 7.5, 9.49, 7.4, 6.1, 7.9, 5.10, and 6.8. That double digit mark is truly something special. There is no way I could repeat the luck I've had his year in years to come but I'm hoping so. Oz31p- very cool to be able to catch a variety of species and allow some kids to enjoy it as well. My father included us kids in almost all his adventures and I am very thankful for it. It's awesome to pass the passion of the outdoors on to the next generation. I just had a daughter of my own and look forward to those moments in the future! Anyone else have any pics? I know there has to be someone rippin up the flatties and stripers!

I have set a camera up on a fresh rub in the desert around here before for a week and never got a picture on the camera. Hopefully you have better results. I would think they would come back but not on my case...

I got this guy on camera a few years ago. What would you guess he would score? I've never seen scoring done on a bighorn and have never hunted them but would imagine this would be a shooter in most sheep hunters opinion. Thanks for looking.

Spotted this guy this past january with 30 minutes of light left on the last day of archery season. I couldn't close the gap in time to get a shot. I knew he was a good one but couldn't ever get a real clear view of him so I set up a trail camera on a waterhole in the area. I left it out for a week and ended up getting 20+ photos of him. This one (cropped a bit) was my favorite of them all.

Really appreciate all the opinions on this ram. Also have enjoyed the tips on what guys look for when guessing scores.

Thanks for the replies and words of advice on how to judge a score on bighorn. I appreciate the information. Cool to see different opinions.

Another good shot!

Try to fix this post haha didn't realize I put all my photobucket stuff up for everyone to see. Anyways, nice bucks I got down in the desert over the weekend on camera.