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As always it was a pleasure seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I appreciate that the ADA gave us all time to voice our concerns and opinions and I am with the rest of you in the hopes that they listened and were able to make a decision. This is assuming they did make a decision and hopefully it will not be just to wait and see. I will be attending the banquet this weekend as well and I truly hope it won't be my last. I will continue to donate my time and money when I can but the out come of this will determine where those donations are given. And yet once again none of these discussions would be possible without this site and Amanda's dedication, THANK YOU!

Happy Birthday Scott, I hope you have a great day and get a chance to enjoy a cold beverage in your honor!

Nice pictures. I would say he'd be in the mid 70's.

Happy Birthday, I hope you have a great day and many more to come! Hopefully this year brings some more tags and great trophies for ya!

Beautiful pictures as always Doug! I'm with Brent on not thinning the herd at all.

Great buck, great smile, and congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Jackson on a great buck!

Man I'm sorry to hear that but it looks like it was still a good time. I was really pulling for you as I have the same tag and haven't had a chance to get over there yet.

Congrats to the hunters and Andy and team! Those are some great cats and awesome pictures!

Awesome job Orlin! Congrats man.

Great story and congrats to all! Just doesn't get any better than hunting with the kids.

Congratulations on a great buck! Super job on the pictures as well. Awesome having your son there with you too!

Happy Birthday, I hope you have a great day!

Well it seems like it was just yesterday that I was day dreaming of being in Old Mexico chasing rutting bucks and enjoying the good life...before I knew it we were headed south for two weeks of coues hunting! Most of you know that I can be really long winded in these recaps so I'll try and keep this one short on words and long on pictures. Hector, Jim, Keven, Mike, and myself hunted Justo's ranch again this year and were able to take some nice bucks. We seemed to time the rut perfect and got to see some serious action. We passed up bucks bigger then the ones we killed in hopes of a toad but it wasn't meant to be. Keven and Mike both tagged out on a couple of beautiful bucks and I was able to take two nice bucks, Jim and Hector passed up some sweet bucks, and a few are still walking the hills by pure luck. It seemed dryer than previous years and I believe the horn growth suffered because of it. We also saw three lions and had a bunch on trail camera which seems to be contributing to the younger age class of bucks that we've been seeing and taking year after year. The lions got plenty of lead thrown their way and can either thank the howling wind or the fading light for being able to still roam the ranch. Justo and his family cannot be beat when it comes to great hospitality and wonderful food, it is always a pleasure to be with them. Some pictures of some of the great food! We can thank Hector for most of these pics Chef Hector working his magic on heating up one of our many lunches. We took some BIG hikes to get to our desired glassing locations. Spent a ton of time behind the glass looking for that special buck. Saw way too many of these. Saw a few of these.... and a few of these..... and a bunch of these! More to come....

Congratulations!

Congratulations on a stud buck! Love the great character on that super awesome deer man!

Very nice! Congratulations to all. Awesome job on the pics and write up!

For the past 15 years I have made my living off of and around the mining industry and I would like to continue.....so I cannot see this as being a bad thing. I have personaly seen wildlife continue there existence and even thrive around and in mines just like the future Rosemont mine. All of the talk about ruining the water shed is not really viable as the studies have been done and the permits granted through much debate but it has been determined that the water shed and its affecting areas will not be harmed. Yes mines are an eyesore but in the grand scheme of things I believe that for the amount of jobs and revenue that this will bring into our struggling state it is well worth it. Yes it will change the area that we hunt but just like the wild life I will change and adapt with it. These are just my beliefs and opinions and I do not pretend to speak for anyone but myself and I respect others' beliefs and opionions, I just thought I would share mine.

Does the buck in the last pic with his hair all stood up have another beam or is that an eye guard that grows forward? Either way cool pics.

Awesome! Hopefully he left some of those genes running around on the ranch.

Yes sir this is true! We had some hard times this year but that's part of hunting sometimes, we definitely proved we can adapt. Good times for sure.....well mostly good times and a couple rough ones! Sure was nice having each other to count on to pull you through when needed. Still haven't found out the name of that snake but from what Justo told us we were lucky to see it first. Thanks everyone for your nice comments!

Very cool, thanks. Timing the rut right is tough to do and sometimes it can be extremly frustrating but it looks like it turned out just fine

Looks great! Just can't beat the taste of coues meat IMHO.

Congratulations on a jaw dropper of a buck! I can't think of anyone that deserves it more than you! That buck has it all and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit jealous I've been waiting to see the pictures and it was well worth the wait! Simply awesome.

Dang Orlin, you guys knocked it out of the park! Congratulations on some absolutely beautiful bucks! That country is gorgeous and looks to be a coues paradise. Did you guys see a lot of deer or were the numbers low with great quality? Did you see any lions or lion sign? Anyway congratulations again, Hector and I were pulling for you and it turned out AWESOME! P.S. I could of done without hearing about the snake....I'm still flinching over the one Hector and I saw.