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Can you imagine if the other states had gone differently and the entire country was waiting on us to hand count all those votes. They would have an absolute meltdown.

Fox News was even talking about how slow Arizona is. Florida has about 3X the voters and had almost all the votes counted within a couple hours of the polls closing. I keep checking the numbers and Trump is slowly pulling away with every update. It is nice to see us back to red. Now to get Lake to keep closing the gap.

Those first pictures did that buck no justice whatsoever. I wouldn't even think it was the same buck. I have a 165 buck and was definitely thinking mine was bigger. Than those field photos showed up. Wow. Not sure about score but I wouldn't pass it up on the late hunt for sure. Congrats to the hunter.

Both great bucks! Congrats to you both.

Great thread! I have had this exact conversation with friends recently. I always thought as I got older I would have more time to do the things I like to do like camping and hunting. But in reality I have less time. I feel like most of my time is planned for me between my kids and grand kids. And if I am idle I feel like I should be doing something work related. Then add on top of that the fact that it is so hard to draw a decent tag that it is hard to get motivated to even hunt anymore. I recently picked up a bunch of brass to do some reloading and don't even feel like loading it because I will never be able to use it. Hopefully when the grand kids get old enough to hunt it will re-energize me. Only a few years to go.

I remember them from my Air Force days working on the jets. Every fastener had to be safety wired. GLWS

Awesome video. Great shooting. He looked like one of those fainting goats when he hit the dirt.

My first thought was somewhere between 106 and 108.

I never thought I would see the day that you can't draw turkey with 5 pts. It used to be every couple years max.

You have better make sure that you have a rifle stock that is rigid enough to handle the force of leaning into your rifle when shooting. I missed the biggest buck of my life in Mexico because of a bipod. It ended up pushing the fore stock into the barrel which caused the rifle to be off. I didn't learn what happened until I got back to the home and took it out shooting. It never even crossed my mind that could be an issue. So I will stick to my pack or shooting sticks. But I do have a Harris 25S that is pretty nice.

Congratulations to you and your son. That is the happiest hunter I have seen on here in a bit.

I just sent you a message and cleared some space in my inbox. Thanks

If one happens to fall through I will take it.

Great thread. Elk hunting can definitely be a humbling thing. And then there are times where it seems too easy. Congrats on a great hunt. Your son will remember it for the rest of his life and learn from it. You can't say that you didn't give your all.

As I sit here reading this thread getting ready to go to work I can hear the gun shots across the street and cant help but wonder how far they went away from the road to shoot. I am just off Meridian and Ray and they have been flying pretty good this year.