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Nice! Looks like fun. You fishin all day and hoggin all night? We need some more pictures

Just leave it unplugged this thread is all about dribbling

Sounds like an incredible young lady. Congrats to her and good job parents!

Wow they look great! Good for him.

An adventure in the wild with Dad, that's the best stuff there is.

No worries, I'm on it.

Congrats to you guys! Nice work.

^^^^ This is it. If you did all you could do, then you go home with some good memories and be thankful for the time in the woods, which is it's own reward.

Exactly my thought too. I've gotten dozens of cats on cam and never seen an area shut down because of it. I've had lions on cam over night, then had deer on the same cam a few hours later, but every spot I have is variable based on the time of year. My summer spots aren't worth poop during the rut & some of my rut spots seem pretty desolate during the august hunt.

i bought a stinger for my 16 y.o. daughter this year as she had out grown her old Parker youth bow. Very nice shooting little bow for the price. She shoot's out to 40 yards with it pretty well. Plenty of steam, even at 33# draw weight.

Sounds like they were polite and on their way in before you ever showed up. Can’t see how they did anything wrong. I wouldn’t change my plans for the morning just because somebody blew by me on a dirt road

Good stuff. Thank you for sharing with us!

Awesome buck and last years was nice too! Good for you, congrats!

Very cool! Congrats and way to stick with it!

Congrats to you guys! Sure looks like a great season

Looks pretty clean. Interested in any trades?

So sorry to hear what your little girl is going through. Best wishes for her, you and your family.

Nothing wrong with a freebie now and then. Congrats to both of you!

That’s one awesome ram! Congrats to you.

Good luck mulepacker. Hope you and the family have a safe and memorable hunt. Can't wait for the picks, you guys always do it up right!

Congrats to you! Nice coues buck.

IMO trophy hunting has some very big pluses for hunting overall. People voluntarily going home empty handed while waiting for a biggin keeps success rates lower which in turn allows for greater tag allotment and for an otc archery hunt. I think it’s pretty admirable that some people are disciplined enough to let deer after deer walk by in the pursuit of something special. Good for them. However, they should not take their personal standards and use them as a soap box from which they can look down on the rest of us. We each get to set our own standard and it doesn’t make anybody a lesser hunter or person for shooting a smaller deer. Some people are new to the sport and just excited to be successful, some people have disabilities that physically limit them, some have lack of time, and some just enjoy the meat and don’t really give a crap about the antlers. All are entitled to harvest whatever fate allows and their own personal standards accept. I love seeing the pics of people with their first kills sitting there grinning ear to ear while holding a spike or little forky in their hands. That enjoyment and excitement is the best part of the sport.

Hope you had a wonderful birthday

First off, I’m by no means bagging on the long range guys. That kind of shooting is an impressive skill. If we’re talking about marksmanship? The nod has to go to the long range shot. If we’re talking about hunting skill? That deer, whether it be a stupid forky or a 130” monster coues who’s so brilliant he could fix your taxes for you and beat you at chess will have absolutely zero chance of winding you or hearing you at that range. To get a deer, any deer, at 12 yards you have to beat their nose eyes and ears. That’s more of a hunting feat to me. I’ve never killed anything with a rifle but have killed more than a few with a bow. 113” coues, 155” mule deer, and a array of smaller ones. They were all easy. The hard ones were the ones that busted me and ran away, big or small. That’s one of the great things about our sport, regardless of your preference there’s a season and weapon to suit you.

Whats wrong with shooting forkies? Ive taken a couple of them home on the last day of my hunts. Theyre the best tasting deer you can find in Arizona. Id be happy to shoot a doe if they ever made it legal again. Only thing tastier than a baby buck is a baby doe.