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I drove a long way to hunt these tricky little buggers. I wanted to shoot my personal best, but only had a chance to check this guy out through my scope while he was running away. Turns out my excitement got the best of me, but I was still happy to tag a buck and to get back home before Christmas. Since I didn't get my personal best I still have an excuse to go back down for another try. Hope you all have a merry Christmas and get lots of hunting goodies in your stockings.

Come on man, I didn't hunt out of state from California. I think I will stay away from horses, packing that little guy off of the mountain was quite enough for me. I do like that horse picture though and might print it out on a canvas.

I leave in two days to drive 20 hrs from Idaho down to southern az for my December coues hunt. I thought I was excited already, but your post really got my heart racing. Hope I am lucky enough to find his little brother. Nice job.

I have been in the market for a new range finder and decided to pull the trigger on the sig sauer kilo 2000 after reading the reviews on here. I was a bit too late, as I got an email this morning telling me they are on backorder. Dang.

Filthy.

Muther effin cubbies!!!!

For super quick and easy add granola, dried fruit, powdered milk and a plastic spoon to a ziplock. When you get hungry add a little water, stir and eat. No prep time and no clean up.

Hopefully nobody minds out of state posts. I have not found a hunting forum anywhere close to this one in Idaho. I had this guy come in to water with four smaller bucks the first day of the season around 1:30 and was able to shoot him at 20 yards from my blind. I can't believe I never hunted these guys before. It is a ton of fun and they are TASTY!

I got on to see if anyone had made any fake or real posts about getting drawn for deer. Even though I didn't see anything I decided to check my credit card anyways and saw a charge to the AZ Game and Fish for $300 on July 9th. I taught in Tucson for thirteen years before moving back to Idaho last June. I made sure to buy a lifetime AZ hunting licence before I left because I couldn't bear the thought of never seeing my old honey hole again. I told my wife I only had about a ten percent chance of getting drawn for the 36C December Coues hunt. Guess Christmas came early this year! Good luck to the rest of you. Man I miss this site, I spent a lot of hours on here over the years.

Never mind about being the first. . . Didn't scroll down far enough. Still exciting though.

Congrats to you both! I will be coming back to Arizona one of these days for a hunt and will look you guys up. I would hope Steven feels obligated to lead his old teacher to a monster buck based on me passing him in physics back in the day.

I might have to beg to differ on the analogy being dumb based on the results for the NBA point three contest listed below. Don't forget to take into account that money balls are part of the total. I know Curry could do it. I am just saying it would most likely take him a lot of tries and I doubt he would bet a years salary on doing it on his first try. I was bitter last night and still a little bitter this morning. Wisconsin was amazing. My original point was that they would have beat any team and coach in the country shooting the 3 ball like that. The cats just got in front of them on the wrong night. Season Location Player Team Final score / max 1985–86 Dallas, TX Larry Bird* Boston Celtics 22 / 30 1986–87 Seattle, WA Larry Bird* (2) Boston Celtics (2) 16 / 30 1987–88 Chicago, IL Larry Bird* (3) Boston Celtics (3) 17 / 30 1988–89 Houston, TX Dale Ellis Seattle SuperSonics 19 / 30 1989–90 Miami, FL Craig Hodges Chicago Bulls 19 / 30 1990–91 Charlotte, NC Craig Hodges (2) Chicago Bulls (2) 17 / 30 1991–92 Orlando, FL Craig Hodges (3) Chicago Bulls (3) 16 / 30 1992–93 Salt Lake City, UT Mark Price Cleveland Cavaliers 18 / 30 1993–94 Minneapolis, MN Mark Price (2) Cleveland Cavaliers (2) 24 / 30 1994–95 Phoenix, AZ Glen Rice Miami Heat 17 / 30 1995–96 San Antonio, TX Tim Legler Washington Bullets 20 / 30 1996–97 Cleveland, OH Steve Kerr Chicago Bulls (4) 22 / 30 1997–98 New York, NY Jeff Hornacek Utah Jazz 16 / 30 1998–99[a] Canceled due to the league's lockout[a] 1999–00 Oakland, CA Jeff Hornacek (2) Utah Jazz (2) 13 / 30 2000–01 Washington, D.C. Ray Allen^ Milwaukee Bucks 19 / 30 2001–02 Philadelphia, PA Peja Stojaković^ Sacramento Kings 19 / 30 2002–03 Atlanta, GA Peja Stojaković^ (2) Sacramento Kings (2) 22 / 30 2003–04 Los Angeles, CA Voshon Lenard Denver Nuggets 18 / 30 2004–05 Denver, CO Quentin Richardson Phoenix Suns 19 / 30 2005–06 Houston, TX Dirk Nowitzki^ Dallas Mavericks 18 / 30 2006–07[12] Las Vegas, NV Jason Kapono^ Miami Heat (2) 24 / 30 2007–08[2] New Orleans, LA Jason Kapono^ (2) Toronto Raptors 25 / 30 2008–09 Phoenix, AZ Daequan Cook^ Miami Heat (3) 19 / 30 2009–10 Dallas, TX Paul Pierce^ Boston Celtics (4) 20 / 30 2010–11 Los Angeles, CA James Jones^ Miami Heat (4) 20 / 30 2011–12 Orlando, FL Kevin Love^ Minnesota Timberwolves 17 / 30 2012–13 Houston, TX Kyrie Irving^ Cleveland Cavaliers (3) 23 / 30 2013–14 New Orleans, LA Marco Belinelli^ San Antonio Spurs 24 / 34[c] 2014–15 New York- Brooklyn, NY, Stephen Curry ^ Golden State Warriors 27 / 34[c]

The original poster proved they were mentally deficient with their second sentence. How many of those three point shots were uncontested? Maybe one? Did Coach Miller have an opportunity to swat any of them away? 10 of 12 from 3? Are you freaking kidding me?? Do you think Steph Curry would put any money on going 10 for 12 unguarded? Maybe $1000 just because he is dirty stinking rich, and he would lose 95% of the time. They were on fire tonight. Did they deserve to win. . . . yes. Could they reproduce that performance again to save their their own lives? Maybe 1 out of a 1000 times.

I would not be surprised to see hunting and gun ownership significantly limited in my life time. Freedoms are being dealt a slow death of a thousand cuts.

Just water, because it is the heaviest and most necessary thing to have in the desert. When I was done I dumped anything left and packed out the containers.

Today at 6:45 a.m. I win.

I bottomed out the trigger on my tikka at 2 lbs and never figured out how nice it was until I shot the old .270 winchester my father in law gave my son. I went to shoot it for the first time and pulled up to see if I had left the safety on. I ended up taking the Winchester to a gunsmith and he said the trigger pull was at 7lbs. I love the trigger on my tikka and wonder how much better an aftermarket trigger can be. I am not saying an aftermarket trigger is not better, but would be interested to know how many tikka owners with aftermarket trigger experience have switched out their stock triggers. I just focus on the target and give a slight squeeze and let the gun surprise me when it goes off. My senses are probably just unrefined.

I have the zeiss conquest with the rapid z 600. After getting everything dialed in the marks are right on. I don't dial since I don't plan on shooting over 600 and the aim points have served me well. I think dialing in your shot would be fun assuming you have the time set everything up. I have missed shot opportunities on deer because they fed out of my view while I was trying to get my gun set up without worrying about turrets. My nerves would probably cause me to mess up dialing it in if I thought I had limited window of opportunity at a big buck. The best option might be a reticle with aim points for shorter shots requiring quick action plus turrets for when you have more time or plan on taking a longer shot.

Yikes! Thanks for the reminder. That will give me something to think about as I walk to my javalina glassing spot in the dark Friday morning.

Thanks for the post. I thought I had anger issues, but now I am feeling better about myself.

I started out with a badlands, then went to a eberlestock, then a kifaru. The kifaru timberline is head and shoulders above the other two in my opinion. I liked the badlands pack and really tried to like the eberlestock but for some reason could not get it to fit comfortably. If you are able to jump straight to a kifaru I don't think you would regret the purchase. I know I haven't.

That is a great analogy. The best solution for society would be to sterilize the dog and the owners. Then give the dog to someone who will handle it responsibly.

A+ for the story and A+ for the pictures. I can't see the video at work, but look forward to checking it out at home. Nice work.

I have used a 700rc2 for years and it has always done the job. I am sure there are better options out there, but I don't want to try them or I might have to buy a new one.

It is nice to be reminded that for every dirt ball there is at least one good person in this world. Seems like the dirt balls get a lot more attention.