SunDevil

Scared? Come on Scotty - there is not time to be scared. Seriously - it so incredible that you wont even think about being scared. Congrats Shorts!!!

was he guided? did you find out what it scored? Bummer

Anyone know what happened with this buck?

So is this buck still alive?

Happy Birthday! Thanks for calling last night - it was good visiting with you - even if you are going to make the draw odds in my unit worse for me. Ha just kidding. Take Amanda's advice and got with 27. CYA

I saw a couple pictures of that drop tine buck too. I could be wrong but it really doesnt look like a MX buck. The MX bucks seem to have a more brown coloration to their coats than grey. Also, MX bucks dont seem to have such pronounced white rings around their eyes and muzzle (the white seems to be blended in more with the brown). This buck is grey and has sharp white circles around its eyes and muzzle. Doesnt really matter much anyway - either way it is still an AWESOME buck. CB

As a fellow AZ native I have to say (from looking at that picture anyway) - you are crazy man!!! I'll take 100 degrees over 32 degrees any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Good luck to you but I am sorry, that is just plain nuts. CB

how many bucks that don't meet the point restriction would be accidentally shot and left to lay?

the black has got to go - green would be good. CB

probably not going to have any - you will just have to take my word on it. CB

let me see - there was a 119" buck taken on the youth hunt. there is probably a pick of that buck at sportsmans in tucson. I also know of 104", 115" and 124" bucks that were taken on dec hunts. also heard of another lion that was taken out of the predator demographic. CB

SS - where are you going to on your mission? Better be barbequing as much of that venison as you can before you leave - especially if you are going to a 3rd world country. Good luck and nice buck! CB

wasn't there someone who fell out of a treestand last year a broke an ankle or his back or something like that? I guess it is a more common occurence than what you think. Didn't even think you could hang a treestand in a mesquite tree let alone get it high enough to hurt yourself if you fell off. Seriously - sorry to hear about that. Glad he was able to make it out and hope he has a quick recovery. CB

1st - 24A or B (cant remember which one) 2nd - 32 3rd - 30A 4th - 36C 5th - 34B 6th - NM 23 7th - 33 One in each. Now thats a lot of scouting!

I know of one that was taken this year during the Nov hunt. It was a 5X10. Also, I know of one that was taken in 2002. That one was a typical 3X3 but it had 4 'eye guard' type points coming off from one of it's bases. Those are the only 2 that I know of. CB

one thing I didn't mention is that we went back into that same spot the next morning and the bigger buck was right back up on the same hill that I had just shot his little buddy on the evening before. unbelievable. it is amazing how habitual they are - definetly creatures of habit. We weren't able to get to him before he bedded that second morning and he never showed his face that evening but he was probably within 100 yards of his little buddies gut pile. also, I am by no means a 'head hunter' but shooting mature bucks definetly is the goal we strive for and we usually work pretty hard towards trying to achieve that goal every year. I guess a good comparison would be making the playoffs but not winning the superbowl. Accidentally shooting this little buck was a little discouraging. I had finally found a buck that I had been looking/working for and I screwed up. Also, this little guy was probably only 2.5 years old. He would have been a dandy in a couple of years. Oh well - he will taste good on the barbeque. Later. CB

Come on - let's be honest - how many others out there have done this (I have heard of it happening to a few people I know)? Fortunately it was a coues buck - unfortunately it was a dink. Fortunately I shot it in the head - unfortunately it had the potential to be a really good buck in a couple of years. Fortunately it was close to the road - unfortunately someone else shot the buck I was looking for the 1st weekend of the hunt. Here is the the short of it. The day before the hunt we went scouting and I found a buck I really liked and wanted to go after. Friday morning there were a bunch of people in our spot. Heard some shots and never saw the deer I was looking for.... Until a guy roDE by our camp at lunch time and I saw the buck I was looking for on his quad. I was pretty bummed. That buck had bladed main beams out at the end kind of like a putty knife. The next weekend. I found a nice buck but he had bedded before we could get up to where he was at. We busted 3 little bucks while we were hiking up there and Scout'm thought he was long gone. Glassed for awhile but never saw him. Scout'm and I split up that evening and sure enough, just after 5:00 the buck came out of the cut he had bedded in. He was with a smaller buck. Didn't have a shot from where I was so I moved about 50 yards to my left to a rock pile. They were over 300 yards away so I thought I would be safe to move. Must have spooked them a little because they started to get a little ancy. Looked in my binos and saw the big buck was on the left. Put my binos down and got my rifle up. It took a couple of seconds to find them in my rifle scope. There was only enough light to tell the deer on the left was a buck so I fired. Got my gear and hustled over to where they were. Was only wondering if I got him or not (not if I got the right one). I walked up and was excited to find a dead deer only to be shocked that it was the little buck. Was initially a little ticked but then shook it off because there wasn't anything I could do about it now. Later I was a pretty bummed because the little buck I harvested really had potential and would have been a really nice buck in a couple of years. Oh well - first time for everything I guess. CB

gotta love G3s that are longer than the G2s!

the really sweet thing about this buck is that it is very symetrical. only about 1 inch of deductions. about a half inch on the eye guards and then an 1/8th here and an 1/8th there. very, very nice buck. now you just need a cape!

you left the most important part out for 4X4ORD - the fact of where that buck came from.... 30A.

come on Casey - 75? just for kicks I put a tape on him and came up with 64. oh well - maybe I can change my name to 'seventhcoueswas64'. naw I'll stick with sundevil - even though they fired my coach. CB

just quit jamming your 243 ammo into your 223 rifle. I know you are always trying to get improved ballistic performance but come on. that should take care of it.

A LOT BIGGER - 3X3 with probably about 8 inch G2s. Short thirds but good main beam and great G2s. Probably a mid 90s deer. CB

Doug - Love your toilet bowl cartoon! I was alone. If Scout'm had been with me it would not have happened. Very rarely do we split up but we did that evening. There were however several benefits to this situation. One I did not mention is we found a little spot that holds deer but is difficult to hunt correctly. I am sure we will scout this spot in the future and who knows, maybe the bigger buck that got away will be in there next year. Anyway, here is a pic of "W" (short and code word for 'wrong'). I wasn't even able to get any field pics because I was alone and it was dark. Oh well - better pics would have been tough anyway because he had a hole in his cheek and his mouth wouldn't shut because his jaw had been shot out. Later. CB

Heard about it and just found a pic of it. CB http://www.azodchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12950