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Wow, my favorite album yet.

A recent family Passport just processed and was delivered in less than 3 weeks, FWIW.

Some might argue predator calling during a deer hunt isn't the best time to do so. Aside from that, I've called in critters, mostly coyotes, with virtually every type of sound from bird/rodent/rabbit/deer distress to coyote vocalizations and fox fights. Starting out calling quietly with realistic sounds and progressing in volume is more important than the sound type itself. If anything, different is better, not specifically what someone online said was best. Location is more important than the calls. Using the wind and good hunting tactics is more important than the location. Predators aren't very forgiving to sloppy hunting. There are more beginners that have called in a coyote and not known it than those that have called them in and killed them. Good luck, get out there and learn as best you can without giving out any free education.

Excellent, congrats!

Great read, congratulations on a bull elk with your brother!

Absolutely fantastic!

Very cool man. Good job keeping after what you wanted!!

Fantastic stuff all around! Very well done, Camm, siblings and parents!

Not necessarily fix it, but this could sure help. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-snubs-feinstein-harris-to-nominate-conservative-judges-to-liberal-9th-circuit Hope and Change 😎 It just took a little longer, say 10 years, than originally stated.

Holding my 6 week-old daughter, this was the best post I've seen on cwt in a very long time. Very well done, Dad and kiddos!

Well since we are getting that technical I'll take Old Navajo Bridge over Marble Canyon for 500, please.

Navajo Bridge

No elk or antelope tag here, just a ton of awesome I wanted to share with my friends here at CWT, starting with my best hunting partner Frank tagging out on a nice mule buck opening weekend with his kids and wife in tow. Most of my trips were by myself and the critters around me, but his early success provided a great glassing partner and voice of support through some frustrating times. I gave up on my tree stands this year after getting tired of waiting for the action to come to me, and set my sights on any spot and stalk coues willing to take an arrow. As usual, lots of great things happened along the way. My javelina tag was filled at the end of a long day of deer hunting. Without the need of a call, and with plenty of suspense as the herd came and went from 10 feet - 10 yards under and around the junipers, I waited for a good sized boar that needed my draw to change his course of interest, and I put an arrow front and center as he looped around back to the herd. With one success out of the way, we kept on and made sure we capitalized on Drake's favorite part of January. After many more cruising bucks and lonely does spotted, I had a day by myself that I'll never forget. I finally found a buck that wouldn't leave his doe's side, a great deep and unique fork with a manzanita-colored forehead. I stalked to 45 yards without an opportunity to get closer and the wait began for him to get up. 1 hour and 45 minutes later, a side by side with loud voices pulled up in the distance and he had enough. He rose, I drew, I released, and he jumped, far. I was left with a hand full of tail, and nothing else to show for the most ideal coues stalk I've ever had an opportunity on. The heartbreak was immediately overcome with a feeling of great success. I thought about it over and over again in my head, and I wouldn't have done a single thing different. That's just the way it goes. January 31st and 5 days later, I found myself back out on the mountain with Frank and a fresh motivation to tag out. We started the day with "deer," "I got bucks," "more bucks," and "there is the buck from last Saturday!" None wanted to settle down with the does in the stalkable country just a few hundred yards in front of us. We moved a mile further along the hunting route, only to find more does and bucks segregated. We ended up getting a really good idea of where the bucks had bedded themselves so I moved in for the heck of it, only for them to get busted by a rummaging Coati I elected not shoot at 10 yards, based on how close I thought I was to the bucks. More defeat that was out of my hands. Then, on my walk back to the area where it all began, I spotted another good fork that had just snuck into a tree line. As I moved to get the wind in my favor, a second deer rustled around at the base of a big dead oak. Although not much, I saw bone on his head and I moved in for a closer look. I weaseled my way under a big shady juniper and next to a prickly pear that put both of my last sightings into shooting range. 5 minutes later, the small buck walked along the tree line right towards me. His raised and lowered his head multiple times in confusion to the new object in his domain. He kept coming closer and ultimately, we were face to face with only a prickly pear between us. Seeing the wet of his nose, I drew from 5 feet away as his head went behind a pad, he quickly stared again. I waited for another pad to clear his vitals and his next step was one of his last. This is the smallest buck I've taken but my motivation to do so was the biggest there is. I knew that going into this hunt, I would not have an August season this year, and who knew when after that. My wife and I have been blessed with greatest gift of all due in late August, and I couldn't be happier to miss the rest of this year's big game seasons. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, and I look forward to sharing our journey in the field together for years to come. As I've done with hunting and shooting, I may be asking for a lot of pointers along the way!

That's interesting, thanks for sharing. I did not want to throw Nosler under the bus but it is the only bullet that has shown pressure in the rifle. It also shot 4 MOA at 100 so it wasn't just cosmetic on the case.

Update: Particularly after I found my ejector stuck inside the bolt, I called Savage and they asked me to send in the rifle for repair. No question asked, they polished the chamber and repaired the bolt of an 11 year-old rifle at no cost. The rifle passed their testing and is on its way home. A huge nod up to Savage Customer Service! I'll report back after my next shoot.

Thank you all. Here is a better picture of her dreaming about all the critters she is going to encounter with daddy.

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2013 on top 2014 on bottom Unfortunately still early on growth in '14.

Specific to your October hunt, I have found the most dependable time to find coues in a given area is first light. The areas with higher hunting pressure shorten the window. Next most dependable is deer re-bedding as the shade changes. I've seen many deer get up at 11am to move a few feet and lay right back down. This is a great time to make the shot if you bedded them earlier in the morning. What's even more dependable is the exceptions to these behavior, just like when people ask "where to glass?" I have seen coues deer do everything against the norm, including getting out of, what seemed like, a perfectly good bed minutes after laying down and moving over a ridge, or feeding for 2 hours in plain sight in the middle of a hot day. I recommend to stay behind your binoculars for as long as possible and constantly re-glass the same areas that gave you a good feeling. When you spot groups of does, move on but frequently re-glass them too. I have seen does bump up a bedded buck many times in October.

Great stuff! Well done, Sir!

Very well done, Creed. Congrats on another awesome archery coues!

I'll take one please

LoL get some, BOB!

+1 for DNZ Game Reaper.

Tough when the guys we want to use for business are out hunting! I'm sure these other guys do great work as well and I wouldn't let it go unfrozen for too long, makes it worse on everyone. Good luck or reconsider doing it yourself, it isn't that bad! One was Draysen's and one DIY.