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At first glance I thought that was a mule deer... Wow, thats a nice WT! Looks like you are right on top of him!

Call him in and kill him.

Thats the first doe with antlers in Arizona I have ever heard of! Looks a little young though, imagine if she had a few more years?!

That thing is unreal!

mmmm sushi is delicious!

Man that is an AWESOME buck! I am a huge sucker for mass and that deer has gobs of it! Congrats to you all!

What does something like that usually run for? I wouldnt mind displaying one of the bigger alpha males I kill. I already have a bobcat, badger, and lion mount.. Might as well have a coyote right?

First dog: Setting up over looking a little draw and hill side. Jake and I were expecting to see any coyotes work their work up the draw, hopefully to the open hill for a 100-200 yard shot. About 3-4 minutes in, I see a dog coming from my left on my hill side headed towards the call. I life my ar off of my shooting sticks and let them fall on me. The dog stops broadside at about 35 yards but through a little bit of brush. I shoot and the dog goes down. About 5 seconds after the dog goes down it starts barking/growling/crying. Now, I could have let this dog sit there and do that to attract other dogs but I dont believe in that so I shoot again and it stops the crying and starts flopping and trying to get up. So I shoot again... Still flopping.. Another shot and it quits flopping but is still alive so I lose another 40 Vmax to the neck and the dog finally dies. Next stand, set up over looking a draw that is pretty open, looking for <200 yard shots. Again, about 3-4 minutes in I see another dog running hard at about 200 yards heading straight to the call. When he drops down in the ditch I turn to face the direction he is coming from. About 20 seconds later, he is at 30 yards, stopped broadside. The Vmax him hard (lots of blood at the initial shot) and he starts running/rolling all at the same time so I shoot again. Same reaction, stops him but he starts running/biting/flopping so, in goes another Vmax. This one finally turns his lights out. There was a lot of blood at the intial, and second shot and no doubt the coyote would have been dead shortly after the first shot but I would rather put another round in to anchor him than not. The first shots werent perfect, but they were all killing shots. I was not at all impressed with the 40gr Vmax and will be switching to heavier ones very soon.

That is what I am planning on doing. I used to shoot 50 gr NBT out of my 22-250 and they worked wonders. I was hoping the 40 grainers wouldn't exit but boy was I wrong! I literally emptied an entire mag into the first dog. He would have died but was flopping and growling and barking. In situations like that I shoot until they are dead and down.

Holy sheep sh!t!

Cant thank you enough Cody! That really was a good spot! You and I will have to go in there soon! Those 40 grain Vmax suck!

Very nice. Me personally when I get out and they are howling at me, I dont call that area. In my experience, that usually means they have been over called and know what you are and what you are doing there.

If I could have any pair to wear around my neck it would be 8.5x42 Swaro EL's I am NOT deserting my Leicas, those 8.5 EL's are AWESOME glass. Perfect size, awesome clarity and just over all awesome. (plus, I watched a 103" buck get killed through a pair with Jim a few years ago)

Watched it at work... I love her.

Awesome job!

+1

Its yours. Sold.

sold

I'll admit, he didnt have the mass I thought he had, but I wouldnt have been able to pass either. He is a neat lookin buck! Imagine if he had one more year?! Woowee big old buck! I woulda shot him to, he will look great on the wall! Love those eyeguards!

Soooo.................

Bill, 3 packs a day? How did you manage to do anything else besides smoke? Holy helll! Imagine how rich you could be! Glad you are still here with us!

On the short bus, everyone is cool becasue we all sit in the back! Obviously Chris was picked on when he rode the bus... Us helmet wearers can be mean! Hence the anger.

BOOM! But I am not a good one to ask as I have a itchy trigger finger when it comes to coues deer.

Tyson, Briggs does look bored to death!!!! We need to get him and Charlie together... Charlie has a little more gas in the tank than Ojos does!

I very well could be wrong, but arent some juniors hunts for any antlered deer? Muley or WT? I know back when I was a junior, there was a juniors only cow elk hunt that coincided with a juniors onle mule deer hunt. I had the cow tag and saw several very nice mule deer, most of which I could have easily killed. I do not know if they do that any more, but it would be worth a shot. I think it was/is one of the only tags in Az where you can hunt two species at a time with a rifle.