SunDevil

With the exception of my 15X Swaros, I have switched to Nikon for everything. You really are trying to split hairs when you compare Swaro, Zeiss and Leica to each other and to Nikon's high end stuff. Nikon can be more competitive on the prices because the US dollar is worth more in Japan and labor costs in Japan are less than Europe. Just something to think about. CB

Then there are these http://www.azodchat.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11757

Why not spend $150 more and get these http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index...?showtopic=3542 also for a little more money there are these http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index...?showtopic=3296 finally, Nikon just came out with a new pair of Monarchs. they are 12 X 56 and are available at less than $500. Over the last couple of years, Nikon's Monarch line has received a lot of respect for quality for value.

BMF - I have a buddy who has a son that is just about ready to start shooting. I called him and left him a message. Hopefully he gets back to me before it is gone. CB

c'mon -06 nothing compares to the beauty of a mature mule deer buck, but I will give you this, once I try coues and yes I will put in some serious scouting just as I do for mulies, I'll let you know if I feel the the same. Mulie, you are crazy man! big old fat necked mature mule deer buck, gag, you can have them all! nice big coues bucks are so much more beautiful. check out the one I took in New Mexico last year and you will know what I am talking about. also, a coues buck will typically not stand around watching you while you shoot at it. i havent hunted a lot of carp but the ones i have been around didnt act to smart. i know the big old ones though didnt get that way by being stupid. last spring my dad and uncle were down around the coronado national monument and they saw a couple real nice coues bucks. good luck! CB

it is on the front of the site, way down at the bottom. here it is.

from your plane? must have eagle eyes.

I do not see anything wrong with how UT does it. One you can only choose from one of the 4 once in a lifetime species to apply for each year (buffalo, sheep, goat and moose). Also, you can only choose from one of the premium hunts to apply for each year (antelope, elk and deer) Finally, after you draw a premium hunt you have to take 2 years off from that species before you can apply for it again. Just my 2 cents. CB

2 hours - try probably more like 2 days

so that would be: 30A October 30B October 30B November and what for elk?

Unfortunately, I can not take credit for the picture. I was the spotter while they were putting on the stalk and then after it was over I started looking for the other guy that was with us. CB

Here is a pic of a very happy 1st time coues deer hunter with his very 1st coues buck. This is my buddy's step brother from CA. He had read about coues deer hunting and had heard my buddy talk about it during holiday visits and finally decided to see what it was all about. We got him all set up with binos on a tripod and let him have at it. It was kind of funny in that he had no idea what any of the trees, bushes or cactus were called but he learned real quick. He was amazed at the terrain, vegetation and that deer lived in this environment. Amazingly, after only scouting with us the day before the hunt, he glassed up a bigger buck than this opening morning all by himself. Unfortunately after several hours of stalking that buck he was never able to get a shot at it. He shot this 90" buck on Sunday morning of the October hunt. Probably the neatest thing about the experience with him was that on Saturday afternoon he told us that even if he didn't get a deer, this was the best deer hunt he had ever been on. He has hunted muleys in UT and blacktails in CA. It was pretty cool! I glassed this buck up, they took off and BAM, he went and nailed it. He was so pumped. We kept telling him he had no idea what he had just done and that there were people that hunt for years and never are fortunate to get a deer like that. Anyway, my buddy's credit card was hit for 2 non resident deer tags, so he is coming back for another crack at the elusive grey ghost. We just don't know if it will be in Oct or Dec. Enjoy and good luck on the draw. CB Here is another one. CB

Do they redo everyone from below that person and on? The impact could be exponential! Say hunter B got his 2nd choice (hunt because his 1st choice was all gone (hunt A). Then someone above hunter B that got his 1st choice (hunt A) did not have a valid CC. Now he gets a hunt A tag instead of a hunt B tag. Then hunter C could be effected because he got hunt C tag when hunt B tag was his 1st choice, etc., etc., etc. Or do all the tags that didn't get distributed due to bad CCs become available in the first-come leftover permit process?

Doug, that new Nikon scope got selected by Outdoor Life as one of it's top 2 scopes. It is a compact scope that would be perfect for an Alaska kodiak hunt. The only drawback is that it only magnifies up to 30X. Something to consider. CB

we are a sad bunch!!!

The taxidermist that did this work is Stacy Tompkinson. He lives in St David. He is a great guy and as you can see does great work. CB

This is my favorite view of him. It is actually quartering towards him but is by far the best angle. You can't tell from the picture but he is done on a wall pedestal form. CB

here is another reason for a spotting scope http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/video_clips.htm

Fortunately this evidence is on a teenagers bedroom wall back east. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index...?showtopic=3163

Here is the angle my buddy really likes. He says it makes the left main beam look really big. Also, you can see all the skin rolls in his neck from turning to the left. CB

looks like deer and turkey so far for me.

they are also great for looking for 'eyeguards'

Manny has a very good point. I use my scope all the time to get a better look at something that may be part of a deer but just cant tell for sure in the binos. CB

Good question Allen! You can see deer a long ways away in a pair of 15s. Sometimes they are to far away to tell if they are bucks or does. Sometimes if you are far away you can tell by body size or hide color but not always. A spotter comes in handy to find out if any of the deer you have found are bucks. Also, the spotter does come in very handy in determining if a buck is a shooter or not. Quite often those bucks are a long ways away. Hiking all the way over to them to get a closer look could take a long time and use up a lot of boot leather. In my opinion, expending time and energy on a buck you may decide to pass on is a waste. Frequently, they are gone or bedded down by the time you get over there. Who knows, you might have been able to glass up a different buck or two if you had stayed put. Last year in NM I glassed up a nice buck but couldn't tell how good he really was until I checked him out in the spotter. In the 15s he looked like just a nice buck. My buddy said 'throw the scope on him and see what he looks like'. Well, he got REALLY nice in a hurry. He was a 3X4 that we estimated to be between 100 - 105. One of those monster NM canyons was between us and there was no way to get closer. Needless to say, the next day we looked for a way over there to see if we could find him again and get a closer look. When I got home I looked on the topo and that buck was 8/10ths of a mile away from us. In my 75X Nikon spotter, he looked like he was right there next to us They are expensive and heavy but well worth it in the long run. CB

you guys are terrible!