bigbuckfever

Marine Lt. Colonel David L. Althoff (Ret), Aviator of the Year 1968, recipient of 3 Silver Stars, father, community leader, passed away early this morning. I want to thank all who offered a prayer or held a space for him, even if just for a second. Semper Fi.

Wow, that is frickin awesome! Congratulations and hope you get to tag a toad.

Just got hit for $270. Looks like I get to hunt with my brother again. Yessssssss

That looks like a pretty happy kid to me, good job dad! Passing the torch.

Got a little in Mesa, but not enough to make the weeds pull out easily.

That's a mighty fine buck, congrats and I'm glad you decided to share it.

Sounds like you had a great hunt, congratulations. I enjoyed the story too, thanks for sharing.

I feel for you man. Wishing you the best.

I've used it before for general guestimate.

Thanks for the prayers from everyone, it really does mean a lot to me and my dad. Yes Eddie, Korea and Viet Nam. A-D Skyraider and chopper pilot.

I was waiting for my pizza at Nellos last night and they were on the tv at the bar. Someone (I couldn't identify male/female/other) was commenting for the broadcast team wearing the most bizarre outfit. I couldn't help but laugh and the gal next to me was snickering at it too. Feel sorry for the athletes but that was a complete shite show. Some moron made the decision to put this person on air. Add another sporting event to the list I can't stomach anymore.

654321, are the pics from the AZGFD cameras that are set at water catchment sites "public knowledge" or confidential ?

Heck yeah buck fever is real!! Congrats on fighting through it and getting such a nice buck.

I think every archer has had a bout of "buck fever" at one time. The last two deer I connected on with a bow I was able to hold the pin almost perfectly still and I hit where my pin was holding. I didn't start power shaking until after the shot, then I was a hot mess. (It was awesome) The last deer I tried to shoot at, I had two nice 3 pointers coming into my waterhole and I told myself I was going to shoot at the first one to give me an opportunity, even though the second one was noticeably bigger. When the first one got to 32 yards and turned to look back at the bigger guy, I drew and shot and saw my arrow sail over his back. I couldn't think straight and was shaking like a little kid before the shot. I still relive that f-up and can't explain why I couldn't calm down before the shot. It happens. The best advice I can give is to get a precise pre-shot routine that you can concentrate on as your drawing the arrow back. Then TRY to concentrate on the follow through. A clean miss is better than a poor hit that only wounds the animal.

Really nice buck, congrats.

Awesome way to finish out the year, congrats.

Public land, public access. Private land, private access. Doesn't matter how many "set ups" a business has put effort into for a profit if it is on public land, that by definition is "public use". Effort put into a hunt by one person is never the same as the effort of another hunter.

That's a beautiful buck with some great character. Congrats.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Nice forky

The money spent on influencers to bring more hunters to AZ could be better spent on an ad campaign promoting positive images about hunters and how we actually help overall wildlife populations.

One vote for "as is"

The first time I read his view that women belong in the kitchen I thought he was an *sshat that had too much to drink , but as I got to know him through his posts about his daughter and how proud he was of her I realized it was just his schtick and I came to look forward to his stirring the pot to try and get a reaction. Miss him for sure.