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Great well deserved buck. You put the time in and it shows. Who knows maybe that big muley will make till next year and you can hunt him again. Congrats on a great buck. Enjoyed the read.

Yes, but it was a few years ago. Don't know how to go back and find it easily. It seems that during the Oct coues deer hunt lots of people will hear the bulls bugling still but something happens between then and the archery hunt. They go silent for the most part. My bull bugled and it gave himself away. Took me a couple days to get him figured out but it worked out in the end.

Interesting. I came across some squash type plants down south a few weeks ago that had some sort of gourds on them. I thought they resembled pumpkins only yellow instead of orange. So I picked a couple and brought them home for the kids to carve. I wandered if they were edible too.

It has nothing to do with power or lack of power. It has to do with the performance of the bullet once it hits the animal. They do not expand and leave the same size entry and exit hole. It would be the equivalent of shooting a bow with field points instead of broadheads.

The bull in my avatar was killed on a late archery hunt and was running with some cows. It is all luck if you can find a cow that didn't take the first time around there will be bulls around.

I knew Chef would be quick to hop in here on this post. That is right up his alley. Looks pretty dang good. Were the pictures of the buck in another post?

Wow that is a cool looking buck. And big too. Congrats

I wonder how much all these different hunts have affected it to. There used to be one general hunt where I grew up and everyone went hunting. Now there are about five hunts just for deer in a lot of the units. So they are starting way earlier.

Great buck. Sounds like a fun hunt. How far did you pack in? And how long did you stay? I always think about doing a backpack hunt but wonder how far people go in.

When I hunted Mexico a couple years ago we watched coues deer feeding with cattle all the time. As soon as I spotted cattle I started scanning the area looking for the deer.

Happy Birthday Phil. Hope you have a good one.

I just put the leveling Bilsteins in my truck and love them. A lot better ride for sure. And it leveled the front end of my truck at the same time. I was due for tires so I just did everything at once.

I wear as little as I can when I hike into a glassing area because I know I will be heating up. I may be cold for a few minutes but once you get warmed up it isn't bad. Then once I set up to glass I put all my extras on to keep me warm. Edit : I was writing while firstcoueswas80 was hitting enter apparently.

Nice cat. Looks like the coyotes got lucky that time.

Wow, what an adventure. That is a trip you will never forget. Great writeup and photos. And a couple nice bucks to top it all off. Congrats

I 2nd what Lv2hnt said. You will be in good hands. They usually kill big bucks every year. And they know where they are.

Where did these videos come from? I can remember seeing this before. Just sure when or where. The best is "hey I like your hat but it isn't going to save you" in episode 4. On a side note I loved Grizzly Adams when I was a kid.

That is flat out awesome. And what makes it even better is he did it with a crossbow.

Congrats on a nice buck.

I also shoot a 168 grain copper bullet. But it is the Sierra Match King. I have shot 3 animals with this bullet and none of them went more than a few yards. And I have never had a problem with expansion. Maybe it is the fact that the bullet is leaving the rifle at almost 3200 fps. I don't have any intentions of changing anything.

Great write up. You earned that bull. Congrats

Congratulations again Hector. Well deserved bull for you and your dad. It is a stud with awesome mass. I got to hold it and it is impressive.

Looks like a blast. Congrats on a nice buck too.

Great buck.

Great price for the Jim White head. I have the same one and love it.