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Congrats on the purchase cant wait to see all you scouting and hunting pictures since you will be able to get so much further in

I wish I could be down there but I have an interview on Saturday and have previous obligations on Sunday.

Not sure about 24b but they were going crazy in 31 Saturday morning and the rut in 36b wasn't kicking in good until the third weekend in January so my guess would be they are still rutting.

Well we were in unit 31 same as last year but it didn't go as planned. We left later friday morning and weren't able to start glassing til noon. Got up on the same perch as last year and started glassing. Continued glassing for about 2 1/2 hours and then it started to snow. Here is a pic of the area I was glassing. We then made our hike back to camp and watched all of the 25 feet we could see in front of us. We sat in the trailer planning for the next morning. So this morning we woke up and made the hike in. Glassed from sunup to 9 in the flats only turning up a jackrabbit. So I decided to turn and glass the juniper hills behind me. Glassed til 11:30 and turned up 27 deer 8 of them being bucks. Out of those 8 bucks 1 was a spike, 2 were forks, 1 small 3x3, 1 80 class 3x3 and 3 100+ bucks. I was only able to get a picture of 1 buck because the country was thick and they were rutting hard chasing does all over the place. This buck was busted off on his left side right before where his g2 was suppose to be, but on his right side he was a 6 point including eyeguards. I figured if he matched he would be around a 105 class buck if not bigger. But when I went back to my dad to move closer to the flats to glass again he hurt his back so we had to call it a day and a hunt. Here is the buck Here is a picture of the country where I found all the bucks and where they were.

It was his first ammendment right to say what he said but he just worded it wrongly. He made a mistake that he will never be able to take back and we lost a great writer and outdoorsman due to it. One of his articles about a coues hunt in Arizona back in 1993 was what got me involved into coues hunting. He will be missed by me and many other outdoorsman.

Great story I am looking forward to hearing about Kads's stories in a few year.

I agree big time. It is one of my many resolutions this year. ARIZONA GUIDE that is a great buck sad to see him fall to a lion. Hope he spread his genes around in that area.

Big congrats to your son. It is a great feeling harvesting your first big game animal.

Man those boys are off to a great start and with a 350 yard shot to boot. Not many adults can do that!

What I learned is to scout more than 1 general area! I learned the area very well after 2 scouting trips and had seen alot of deer including a good amount of bucks. I just kept going back to the same area. If I would have expanded my area I would have known alot more areas that I could glass and hunt.

You guys are doing awesome keep up the good work!

Nice pig there vml. I dont know if that is a bar it looks almost like an old remington pump?

GameHauler or Mike or Shed King whatever your name is that has to be one of the smallest shed I have seen

Treestandman that muley is sweet. Do you have any other pics of him other than those 2?

Jays deer and your brothers deer are awesome also but I would definately shoot the deer you got this last year. Great job there RHINO

Who needs a knife when you can do it with your bare hands

I see decent to good numbers of them at high elevations and low elevations. They are definately widening there range and moving into more mule deer looking country. The population just keeps going up in my opinion.

azsagebrush that last bull has got some of the biggest thirds I have ever seen!!! Anotehr great thread going here but sadly I do not have any trailcams so no pics from me.

Big thanks to you Doug and a big thanks to everyone who donated to the contest. Lastly congrats to all the successful hunters!!!

It depends on if you want larger tires. I would recomend going with a leveling kit just because I have hear that it does not put as much strain on the front end and alignment.

Way to make it happen in your limited time. That is still a great buck man.

I am a poor college student also but have my priorties straight. 1. Hunting 2. Camping 3. Girls 4. Camping It is very simple. Save up by putting away 1/2 your paycheck each time and within a year you should have a high quality spotter.

Thanks guys I am hoping to break the 2000 mark within December 31st of 2008 Also Jim I was unable to post for 3 months for a job excursion so it wasnt quite 2 1/2 years only 2 1/4 or so

This is my 1000th post and it only took 2 1/2 years!!!

Josh how much do I need to pay you to take me shed hunting?!?! You da man!