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That's the kinda spot you want to make sure you bring a video camera to. If nothing else, you should have a good time filming critters

I haven't got any good trail cam pics yet this year, but we laid eyes on a couple dandies last weekend up in the high country. Bucks are looking good and bulls are looking phenomenal. With a couple months left to grow (for deer at least) it's looking like a good year to me.

Happy birthday. Hope it was spent with family and good friends.... or cold beer and naughty girls.... Or... better yet... all of the above

Man, he looks maaaaaaaaaaaaaad! Nice pics.

What hasn't changed for the worse in this country? I don't know if things are really that much different from when I was a kid or if I'm just getting more aware of it as I get older, but I can't read a single 'news' article or go to the grocery story or even drive to work without bumping into enough rude, obnoxious freak show people to make me think the whole dang world has gone insane

Looks all muley to me too. Nice find!

I remember the story. That little deer is a big trophy.

Expensive rifles and peckers.... always the same stuff around here!

My most memorable shot is my worst one. A 32 yard chip shot at a little spike buck that was staring right at me. That deer did a complete 180 turn in the time it took my 280 fps arrow to cover 32 yards and turned an otherwise well executed shot into the crappiest day I ever had hunting. Only deer I ever lost. To top it off I'd completely missed a nice 6 point two hours earlier that was also alert and also had jumped the string. A hard lesson on shot selection but it's one I remember every time there's a deer in front of me.

So for $200 does he get two regular sized ones or one double sized?

Awesome bear! Big congrats!

I think my first coues is still the most memorable. There was a few more days of season left, but I was leaving in a couple days to head over seas for a couple weeks, so it was my last day to hunt. I'd blown a couple opportunities already, so I was happy to have another crack at a deer. I had hiked about 1-1/2 hours in to one of my favorite spots and was setting up a decoy to give that a try when I looked up and saw this little buck watching me from up the hill. I was already kneeling, so I put an arrow on the string, ranged him, thought it over.... ranged him again and decided to take the shot. 78.5 yards from me knees. That's been my longest kill shot and longest pack-out both so far. I hope to never break either of those records. That 1.5 hour hike in took about 3.5 going out. Agonizing! Every step it felt like my leg muscles were about to jump right off the bone. I did it 20 steps at a time, then stop & rest. Pack weighed in at 80 lbs when I got home, but it was heavier than that at the beginning when I still had all my water. Small deer, but a big way to wrap up a tough season. I'll take it.

Sure are a lot of awesome bucks on this thread, but if I had to pick my ideal dream buck it'd pretty much look just like yours. I can appreciate the deer with lots of junk and the freaky massive ones, but I think your buck is a perfect example of a beautiful tall tined nice symmetrical rack. That's just an awesome trophy to have on the wall.

Best one so far

I'm the world's worst shed hunter, but have been running some trail cams in the same spots for years and see pictures of the same coues bucks over & over again, year after year, plus seeing them in the same saddles and bowls over & over again. If he was there to drop that shed, I'd bet every dime I have that he'll show up on that same hillside again unless he's gone for a ride in somebody's truck already. The only question is when......

Amazing work, as always. Thanks for sharing!

Sorry, those are all still being used.

This compressor is about 3 years old. Bought from Lowes in October of 2014 for around $900. Currently does not have power to it, but it was still running when I unplugged it about 6 months ago. I was keeping it for a back-up, but I'm getting ready to buy some more equipment so I need all the floor space I can get. Thanks. Matt Call 602-908-2931

220 1ph Motor sticker says 208-230v 1ph 22.0 amps

Happy birthday

To early in the game for that kind of talk. Some guys only come on line periodically or when it's closer to hunting season. Just keep bumping this to the top for a couple months, your odds of success will get better as we approach hunting season. Good luck I hope you find it.

The area I hunted was in farm country, properties varying from 80 to about 300 acres. The deer I took was with archery at about 45 yards. Blew a few opportunities at less than 30 yard shots. The family I hunted with hunts with iron sight rifles on their property. I'm not sure if any of them even owns a scope. I have no idea what it's like in the western part of the state. Its a lot more open country, but I don't know how much of it is private vs public land I mean.

Not sure what the public land is like or how hard access to private is to gain, but I hunted on a friends place back in Nebraska a couple years ago and am going back this fall. You can buy two 'any deer' tags which act as your buck tags and unlimited doe only tags. Lot of deer back there and Kansas didn't seem to suffer from a lack of them either on my drive there and back

Went last year for four days. Never laid eyes on a living bull, orange everywhere and more guides than you can imagine using horses to haul people in away from the road. Only saw two people with dead ones. It can be done but it's real tough. We hunted around Delores, not far from Cortez

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