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Sweet! Gotta love a day away from work that you get to spend hunting. Looks aweful cold though. Phil

Congrats on a great looking buck. Can't wait to hear the story. Get everything taken care of and get it posted for all of us junkies. Phil

SWEEEET shed man. That things a pig for sure. Don't forget to post the other side when you find it. Phil

Happy Birthday Jim! I hope it goes well and may you have many more just like it. Phil

Jim as you know I have cingular with the new razor2 phone and its pretty good except for where we hunt up north and down south. Other then those two areas I have never had problems. Dad and Jim S. both have Verizon and they get service right at camp down south and in most areas up north. If they bought a higher quality phone they would get even better service. The phone we just got for Coach is with Verizon for these very reasons. If it wasn't for the fact that my work pays for mine I would switch to Verizon with out hesitation. See ya soon. Phil

HOLY SMOKES, awesome set of sheds that you found there....and the exact unit is...? Great find and thanks for sharing the pics with us. Phil

Wow I have two daughters that are six and four and I am just now starting the oldest out with a b.b. gun. I couldn't imagine her shooting anything larger at this point. She loves to go with me but I still can't imagine her being ready to actually pull the trigger herself. Phil

Congrats to B.J. and great write up Shortpants. Thanks for posting the pics and story. Always a pleasure to see somebody get his first one down. Phil

Wow those are some beautiful bucks. Congrats to all the hunters! Do you happen to have any scores on any of them? Phil

Well I was finally able to close the deal the day after Christmas with my trusty bowtech. I actually got a little bit of a late start due to some issues with a land owner so I had to take the long way into where I wanted to hunt but it turned out for the best. I left the truck and made a mad dash to the top of the mountain and before I could even get set up to start glassing I started spotting does and my hopes soared. I was thinking that the rut might be kicking in and any minute I would spot a buck with the two different groups of does but I was wrong for two reasons....1. the bucks didn't show up with the does and 2. there was no sign of a rut going on. I put my binos down for a quick moment and happened to catch some movement off to my left and only a little over a hundred yards away, I thru my binos up and instantly knew that I was looking at a really good buck. I made a quick check of the wind, grabbed my range finder out of my pack and started crawling towards the buck using what cover I had available. It was slow going but the buck didn't seem to be in any hurry as he was just feeding up the slope towards me and I didn't want to rush anything so I took my time in stalking the bruiser buck. Everything was going great when out of a small draw between the big buck and I another buck showed up. He caught me right as I had came out from behind a small yucca and I was nailed down. We stared at each other for a while and then he started feeding quartering towards me, I quickly ranged him at 52 yards and made the decision that he was good enough for me. I let the arrow fly and it hit its mark and I got to watch the buck go about 40 yards and pile up. The big buck just stood where he was and watched all of this happen, he was joined by yet another buck and they just worked their way down the mountain. It was a great day for me and I couldn't be happier with the buck that I took especially knowing that the big buck is still out there waiting for another day. Here is a picture of the big buck after I had made the shot on mine. Sorry its not the best picture but at this point I was pretty excited. Thanks, Phil

Sweet sheds man! Great finds for sure. I think I might have a hard time not killing an afternoon or morning looking for the matches even if I had tags in my pocket. Not too often you come across something like that. Phil

Got to second this one since he is my grandpa and one of the toughest hunters I know. He still can out walk me and slap me a round when needed. As Jim said he knows unit 10 better then any other person alive. He just happened to have gone through lung surgery this past week and already talking about getting back out in the hills. I can only hope to be going half as strong as he is when or if I reach his age. Phil

What a great buck! Congrats. It does look like a nice spot to be hunting....cool looking back ground. Phil

Welcome to the site and you are correct that it is an addiction and as coues sniper said just wait until you get one! I was fortunate enough to get my second archery coues on the 26th of December and I can't wait to get back and try it all over again. Phil

Sweet buck man and great write up...it cracked me up but at the same time I could relate to everything you were saying. Congrats. Phil

Sweet Man!! Awesome for you and your Dad on the great find. Phil

Great write up Doug on what sounds like a tough but enjoyable hunt. Tough ending but it happens sometimes no matter what we do to try and prevent it. Thanks for sharing the pictures and your story with us. Phil

Sweet Pics! Thanks for sharing them with us. Phil

Sweet short story with a great ending! Congrats on a fine archery muley. Phil

Congrats to you and your hunting party Younghunter! Cool pictures on some great pigs! Phil

Sweet buck and great pictures! Congrats. Phil

Great bucks! A huge congrats to you and your hunting party. As for score its hard to tell but I would put your uncle's in the mid to low 80s and I would say yours is going to be right around the 100" mark. Congrats again and thanks for sharing them with us. That buck of yours is a toad for sure and has beautiful coloration. From the last picture I think I've hunted some of those hills and they sure are steep with every rock seeming to be the size and shape of a softball, way to get er done. Phil

Thanks for all of your replies it really means alot to me. I was telling my buddies how even though this buck is about 30 inches smaller then the buck that I took with a rifle last year it is probably my favorite just because of doing it with my bow and stretching it to the end of my hunt. Phil

Awesome looking buck. Congrats to you and your dad for making a successful hunt! THanks for sharing it with us. Phil

Congrats on a sucessfull hunt and great job on the video. All of my family just got done watching it and they really enjoyed it. Phil