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Regan, Get Tommy on here.

So, would that be 126 even?!

Before you start back peddling, denying the "arrogant or tooting your own horn" Remeber this.. You WERE arrogant, you were tooting your own horn to an EXTREME level. Saying your not lucky, your good after you kill ONE COUES DEER... Eat that humble pie, hunt hard, and kill a buck you want to kill whether it be a 130" 10x11 nontypical, A 80" 3x3 who has awesome mass, or is super wide, or a dang spike that is going to make a nice steak or two. But PLEASE have a HUGE slice of humble pie, and quit TELLING people how amazing of a coues hunter you are. IF you are as "good" as you say, the trophies you hang your tag on year to year will do the speaking for themselves and you wont have to say another word but type up the story. That will win you respect more than anything.

Let me tell you a little secret from personal experience. Yeah, you killed a heck of a buck your first buck. So what. That makes 1 in a row. When I first got here, I was like you... Young, dumb and.... yeah that one. Anyways, I went around (still do a little) tooting my own horn. Especially when I had the tag I had waited for for a LONG time. December 36b. Anyways, if you continue to pound your chest like King Kong like I did, it will bite you in the arse. I PROMISE you this. Next thing you know, you are shooting deer in the head and blowing thier skull plates apart. Then, god forbid you kill a small buck, or dont kill at all. Believe me, the pressure and the jokes at your expense will get to you. Face the facts. YOU ARE A COUES ROOKIE! Heck, I am a Coues rookie! (I have 7 under my belt, biggest is 92" or so, broken skull plate!) You have killed one buck, albeit a dang fine speciemen. It takes many, many more hunts and succesful hunts with your tag hanging on a big, mature buck to say you are GOOD. I personally know the person who I, and many other people believe to be the best Coues deer hunter in the world. He is the most humble, hunter there is. When you kill record book bucks year after year and pass on a 110" gross bucks because they are "too small", then you can call yourself good. Until then, call a spade a spade. A bunch of luck, and some skill came together to get you a awesome buck. Should you be proud as can be about that buck? Heck yeah! He is one bad arse buck! Should you think you are the worlds greatest Coues hunter because you have ONE bad arse buck?! HECK NO! Like I said, this is from personal experience... A slice of Humble Pie goes a LONG way, both here and in the real world. May we ALL kill Booner bucks.

my last response and i'll let this go but how many times had you seen that deer before you shot it or how many sheds off of that particular deer do you have that is my point there are big bucks in every unit, some people are more skilled than others but even the rookies kill big bucks sometimes. I am not saying you arent a good hunter I am sure you are very knowledgeable as for this topic in particular the more time in the field behind the glasses and yes walking for miles and miles will help but even after locating a big buck before your hunt it is going to be completely different when there are hundreds of other hunters in the field so yes even for the greatest of hunters luck will eventually play a very important part of the hunt. azantlerhead I meant no disrespect toward your abilitys and wish you the best of luck this year I was simply giving my opinion on your post. I didn't see that deer once before I got him, or I woulda shot him then, The shed I found in the wash behind our camp actually just led me to the group of them, or their bedroom anyway, away from the masses of hunters. The location(s) I found on that hunt are just that, where they go and stick once the gunshots/ traffic starts up, or where they would be anyways. They'll be there again . No scouting this year dureing my hunt, just hunting. None taken my friend, that's what it's all about, shareing our opinions. You are with the masses that say I was just lucky, I hope to prove everyone wrong, I was hopeing to be noted as an accomplished hunter with last years buck, I dedicated that buck to my dad when we did the pics/haul out., For teaching me too hunt and passing on his wisdom- we both got a little chocked up., no joke, and did as he told me to, when I was leaving the camper at 4 a.m that last morning, "Get the Big One" as he knew I had found the group and was sitting /glassing their bedroom the previous two days, and pin pointing their bedroom the first four days of the hunt. Who needs luck when your good? I hope this is read as confident and not cocky, cause that's what I'm trying to relate. And the thing about well written books and the tactics there in, or thousands of hours of hunting shows , THEY WORK, along with the priceless time/miles in the field I've put in.. Pro's don't rely on luck. Neither will I, nor did I. I might be sadly mistaken, but wasnt that your first buck?

wow 20% off of firearms too?! Thats awesome!

Make sure to be out there well before the sun comes up. The bucks usually bed early. They then get up as the sun rotates so glassing at odd hours can be productive. I have found the best luck is to actually glass in the shadows in the morning. This usually goes against the grain, but I have had decent success with this.

Yeah, plent around Flagstaff and all over 6a as well. Unit one has a bunch too

Skull plates are pretty small on a Coues Casey Maybe you should start shooting for the boiler room I also have not held out for a larger bucks except for last year. Oh and 2 years earlier when I passed a 90 +- because of the 100 +- that just did not come all the way in the day before I really feel other than luck, time spent scouting and hunting play the biggest roll in harvesting a big buck. Scheduled surgery today for Nov 6th and after recovery, look out because the GameHauler will once again be the BIG GameGetter Time is coming for Amber to roll You must be taking your Ginko Biloba old man, because you remember MY hunts more than your own...

That is pretty funny, actually. IMO, not good enough to play in the pros.

I will let ya know when I shoot a big one what the secret was! On the other hand, I am TERRIBLE at passing on deer! Take for example my December hunt... Shot one of the first good 3x3's I saw. Also, not rushing the shot is important too! Had a really really nice buck (105 +/-) in my scope last year.. Didnt get him becaise I didnt have a perfect shot.

How about some info on the gaping whole? rifle, bullet, distance?

126 6/8 Talk about a DREAM buck!

Thats a big ole' rattler! He would go goooood in the grill!

Needin to swap out stocks, any one have a stock wrench?

Only if Jacque is taking me out to dinner afterwards.

Why you givin Jimmy credit?! You and I both know he didnt do nothing! Great job! htats one nice bull! Sounds like he was a tough, stubborn old crabby Bastid just like your old man!

I carry my XD every second of every day that I am out in the woods

Yeah that does look like a big buck! Where are the trophy photos from 5 feet?!

Man thats a good shed! Too bad you couldnt find the owner!

He has two posts, and both of them are the same... Thinkin he might be trying to sneak some free advertising.

Looks like a heck of a goat to me!

I like the Zeiss.

Your AR is IDENTICAL to mine. I have the 20 inche heavy barre, and that big ole for end. I also have camo tape wrapped around mine. Nice. Too bad you blew the head up of the fox!

Please say that you had the home insurance premium to cover the stolen guns... I am buying a house right now, and when I met with my Insurance Agent, that is one of the first things I asked about!