Pine Donkey

Great shot on a great buck! Congratulations!

That is an increadible string of kills you have there. This years buck is beautiful. How about posting a picture of your trophy room for all of us to drool over?

That's a great buck, first or not! Congratulations!

Increadible, just increadible.

That's a grat buck, first or not!

Wow, you made the most out of those tags. Great deer, congratulations.

Doug, that's a great and well deserved honor. However, I believe you have many landscape photoessays that are worthy of the same distinction!

Great video! She looks like she was having a lot of fun. My avatar pic is a still shot of a very similar waterhole...or maybe it's the same one? Thanks for posting the video.

Great news! Glad she is up and around again.

That's a great buck. It sounds like you have a good place to call some dogs since you have filled your deer tag.

Well done. I love the picture of you and your dad! Congratulations on a beautiful deer.

Beautiful as always . Also, Happy Birthday. It seems like you are always giving us the gifts however!

Will do Cody, that will mean a lot to him. Thanks

Garrett has waited since last January to hunt deer again. New Years day found him chasing Coues in a favorite area, but no luck. On the 3rd he decided to look for a muley buck he saw the week before while shooting dogs. He and friends Cody and Cody found the buck early and the stock was on. He moved in as close as possible, but had to shoot across a small draw. Upon release the deer bolted and the arrow hit him further back than desired, yet Garrett saw blood pumping out around the shaft. Although he had a very good blood trail he waited over an hour to trail the deer. About 100 yards later he kicked the buck out of its bed. From there, the blood trail was very weak and quit altoghether after about 450 yards. Without blood or tracks in the rocky terrain, Garrett resorted to climbing high and glassing in hopes of finding the buck in a bed or moving. They glassed until dark without success. The next day Garrett and Cody T. were at it again, glassing for the first several hours, then attempting to find his tracks. They spent all day searching the endless series of draws and cuts that the buck could have gone in, but had no success. He talked Mark (MJE1) into helping him on Saturday. Mark, Cody and Garrett started the morning glassing, they resumed their systematic walking of draws and cuts. Mid morning, in a draw about 1.5 miles from where the deer was shot, Garrett cut the buck's unique tracks. The three slowly worked their way up the draw until Mark spotted antlers sticking out from the base of a mesquite tree. The buck was dead, but surprisingly the meat and cape were all in good condition. It appeared that he had bedded several times in about a 10 yard radius and had likely died the night before. After the celebration, phone calls and pictures the buck was quartered up and packed out. They were able to call a friend, James, who drove out to help and make the pack much shorter.

Great story! Congratulations on getting the first one under your belt!

It's just the smell of success! Congratulations!

There will be an unpressidented increase in all tags. You can see the first steps in the Unit 1 elk tags. Every unit will be stacked with hunters, much like 6A elk or 33 deer tags already are. More hunters drawn, more hunter conflict, more money for G&F and lower hunter satisfaction. All of this will be coupled with more closed roads on public land and less access to private land.

Great job Felicia. Pigs are a blast with the bow, glad you were able to get one.

TJ, I never had my doubt the ole "Pig Master" would come through. How many pigs is that now...or did the number get too high to count. No stories of being hurt or wrecking your quad, just a self induced oxygen shortage. It sounds like the hunt was pretty good this time and Mr. Murphy was no where to be found. I know that pig will soon be your famous sausage. Congratulations of another great hunt!

Gotta love the cycle of life.

Great buck, congratulations!

Wow! You sure set your bar pretty high with that toad as a first buck. Congratulations!

How dare you try to introduce facts and rationality into a debate based off of emotion. What kind of extremist are you?

You guys cleaned up this year! Great bucks, congratulations!

Nice buck...love the mass. Congratulations!