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Jim You're not allowed to be on cwt without posting pix of big, dead bucks...... Get to posting.

We have used that method for years... it has good and bad points but we don't like drawing coyotes into our hunting spots so we carry them out whole... you can walk for a long ways like this if the pole is long enough... and it is easier if both guys are the same height... It does not swing too much if you tie there heads up tight... Well I'm screwed..... I only know a handful of hunters who are 6'4!!

Sweet buck for sure. I have always thought about packing a deer out like that but thought it would swing back and forth too much. How do you keep it from doing that?

Wow that thing is huge. On another note, there are tons of lions out there and not many people will argue the fact there aren't a ton of lions. I have seen 5, all within 30 yards or less, mostly less.

look at the width and main beams on that stud! Great buck! 100+ for sure.

SO from now on, every time I pass some one stopped on the side of the road, I have to ask permission to go on and make sure im no messing something up?

Does the Warthog work like advertised?

That would get interesting for sure.... The best thing you can do is know the law, and hold your ground. Dont let them bully you, by what your story says you were in the right. Every gate must be marked, and the fence every 1/4 mile. If it is not properly marked, you are not trespassing but must leave when they ask you to. Stand your ground and wait for the sheriff next time. They need to learn that they cant do that crap!!

They look awesome as rugs!!

Does the chapstick come with it? Is it used? If so, how much? Condition?

H4831sc has been my go to powder for any and all rounds that it is applicable to!

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Took mE a lot longer than that to kill my first!

200 yards on a fox is no easy feat at all! Very nicely done... I prefer 30 yards an din with the 12 guage!

Over pentrating does nothing for you, accept when one needs 2+ (sorry for the + Becker) FEET of penetration to get to the vitals of a hard 1/4"ing away bull elk, not 2-3 INCHES then an explosion... I have used, on Coues, both bullets in discussion here. The Coues I shot at 572 yards with the 115 Berger VLD from my .257 wby lived for approximately 25 minutes AFTER the hit. Granted, he didnt go but about 10 yards and got REALLY sick REALLY quick but he also didnt srop a single drop of blood. When Matt and I walked up to the buck, we expected him to be gut shot, instead this is what we found : Not a dead center lung hit, but about 1.5-2" back from dead center. The internal damage was massive, the lungs destroyed but there as no exit, and no blood. Had this buck decided to get out of town instead of stay where he was he probably would not have been recovered. If there was an exit, I am sure there would be blood every where. Would a TTSX have worked better? Its hard to say. The buck died within eye sight, there was no tracking involved, but he also wasnt a bang-flop. I'm not gonna say for sure that a TTSX would have worked BETTER, but it probably would have been different results. Now, I have seen atleast 5 Coues deer die to a TSX/TTSX and not a single one has taken another step (257 wby, 270 wsm, 7 Rem Mag). To me, thats pretty impressive. Not to mention my brothers elk, and the 10 African animals I killed all with TTSX's. Plus, with accuracy like this (510 yards) 95%+ weight retention, and penetration for days, why wouldnt one use a TTSX? I like the ballistic tip/BTHP/VLD style bullets for predators. In fact, I have probably shot 100 or so coyotes with BT's and I now load 68 grain Hornady BTHP's for my AR-15. They definately have their place, and if TRUE long range is what your after, they are probably the best choice. For me though, with my max shooting distace of 600-650 yards the TTSX/Accubond type bullets work the best for me and are my preferance. As a side note, a lot of coyote hunters experience shoulder splash fairly regularly with these type of bullets. I havent seen it a lot, but I have seen it and it is nasty and leaves a coyote running away with nothing more than a 4-6" circle of hair missing and some exposed bone.

Cody sent me the picture of it, and yep... Thats the buck. Butcher said 34b.

I have no problem NOT taking pictures of stuff that isnt mine. Had the hunter been there, I would have asked his permission and snapped/posted away. But, since he wasnt I decided it to be more respectful (and follow Amandas board rules) of not posting away with out permission.

I'll be there in an hour. Better make me a big plate!

My dad, being that he tends to be kind of tight and likes to buy stuff several times before he listens to me and gets the good stuff, bought one of those Shooters Ridge bipods... Holy piece of $hit! That thing took me an HOUR to put on becuse it barely opened enough, and it fell apart after about 2 miles in coues country! That next week he went out and bought a Harris. Used in in Africa, Mexico, New Mexico, etc... It is an awesome piece of gear. Adds some weight to the rifle for sure, but it is worth it!

Glad to hear you made it out alright! Those quad roll overs can be nasty! Looks like great shot placement on the buck. How far and what rifle/cliber?

Awesome buck. I like him!

Jim, Glad you could make the drive down! I hope you caught your cold early enough... I feel like twice ran over dog poo right about now.

TTSX fired from .257 wby into a coues deer at 291 yards: TTSX from Red Hartebeest and Black Springbok. Fired from 300 wsm (168 graners)

The only Bipod I'll run. Its expensive, but I bet between my brother, dad, and I we've used it on probably 20+ critters, not including predators.

Alright, a little bit more of the story: Opening weekend, myself, and my buddy Sergio saw 72 deer in 2 days. Not a single inch of horn! Sunday, Phil (cramerhunts) came out and we went back into one of my honey holes... Where I killed my buck last year. Well, we finally saw some horn, but it wasnt much at all. We got rained out Monday so we came back for to town. I went out the next weekend, didnt see much. I did manage to slip a TTSX through a coyote at 537 (this comes into play later on). I BARELY hit him, shooting high.... Christmas day I went out and dropped the trailer off and came back into town. The 26th, I met Brian (azpackhorsewhoifyournotcarefulwillwalkyoutomexico) and Codywhi in Amado and off we went to one of Brians honeyholes... It wasnt long before we were seeing bucks, and finally bucks that were breaking the 80" threshold. Not 5 minutes after we got to the good glassing spot, Brian is whistling at me telling me to get over to him. This immedatiely gets my heart going as I know Brian knows how to find bigguns' and he knows what I am looking for. This GORGEOUS 3x3 steps out and I stare and him, and stare at him and stare at him. With a lot of discussion, we all agree he is 97-99" but we can not for sure squeeze 100" out of him, so I (after 2-3 hours of peer pressure) decide to let him pass. When he walks over the hill he looks better than ever and I think to myself I just let a 100"er go. I tell the guys I will shoot him if he shows up again. He does show up again, but at 683 which is too far. The doe he was with decides she doesnt like that hillside and retreats. We stay on that hillside until it is time to make the 2 mile hike out, all in all seeing 13 bucks. On the hike out, we make a few pit stops to glass. At the first one, I see 3 bucks run across an opening one being a no brainer, possibly reaching the 110" area. We take a day off from the area, go into another one and see some nice bucks, 5 between 85-95" which I let walk. The next day (Wednesday) Jim and I hike back into the area looking for the buck I passed on, or the one that I saw on the run. When we get to the main glassing spot, I glass a no brainer in about a minute. One quick glance through the spotting scope and it is affirmed, he is a shooter. The buck is standing at 533 yards (this is where the coyote comes into play). Thinking I was hitting a little high, I decided to twist the turret to the 500 yard marker instead of 525... Well, when I launch the first bullet, Jim calls my shot high. A couple clicks down on the turret, and he says that one went low and off walks the buck. After some discussion, he says he thinks the first one went low as well and just played a trick on him. IF I would have spun the turret to where I should have, that buck would probably be wearing my tag. Jim and I think this buck would have gone between 103-108" (and I think it was NOT the same buck from the day prior), A about an hour later, Jim makes an awesome spot on a really nice buck bedded down about 1100 yards away. After throwing the spotter on him, I decided we need a closer look. We make our way to 480 yards, but are on the side of a 30* canyon and I really have no way to get prone to shoot this buck from his bed. From this spot, we agree he is really tall, kind of narrow, but has matching kickers that look to be 2-3" long off of his G2's... He needs to die. When this buck stands up, we were still trying to engineer a shooting position. After he laid back down, we decided to give up a few yards of range, and get on top of the canyon and get prone. We were a ways back there, and it was getting late. We both agree on a time for the buck to stand up, and if he stood up in time, he would die. Well, he didnt! Bright and early, Jim and I were on our way back up the nearly vertical mountain. From our first glassing spot, we glassed up the same 85" buck we had been seeing, which I kept in mind, just in case.... When we got to our main spot it was dead. The same ridge that 2 days prior held 16 bucks didnt hold anything but one lone coyote walking through. We found 2 does and that was it. At 1130 we agreed we were probably wasting our time and were going to head out to a new area. We made our normal pit stops to glass. Right off the bat, I glassed up 2 seperate does... About 5 minutes later I had another deer... When he turned his head I knew it was a good buck, worth a look. When I threw the spotter on him, he looked really nice, like the buck I missed. I got excited and ranged him, 525 read the Leica. I got Jim on him, the ear plug in and was ready to rock and roll. When he stopped licking himself, I sent a TTSX his way and I saw him go belly up and roll down the canyon. Jim said he could see the bullet impact and knew the deer was not going anywhere. The bullet took out 2 ribs, both lungs, and a chunk of spine... The buck didnt feel a thing, or take another breath. Now came the interesting part... Finding the downed deer on a STEEP, THICK hillside. Surprisngly to both Jim and I, it only took about an hour to get around the canyon, down the canyon, and recover him. He rolled about 75-100 yards and didnt break a single tine! When we got to him, I had my first case of ground shrinkage. We were both expecting to walk up to a solid 105" class buck. We were shocked when we found he was smaller than we agreed he was. A gorgeous deer, and Im proud to put my tag on him. The real work then began getting him taken care of, cut in half, loaded in the packs and out we went. The first 200 yards out the bottom of the canyon was oh so fun! All in all it was a tough, but enjoyable hunt. Started out slow, but I ended up seeing and passing on roughly 40 bucks, some I shouldnt have passed and some I should have. I enjoyed every minute of the hunt and as stated earlier a special thanks to Jim, Brian, Cody, Phil, Sergio, and Sean.