WHT_MTNMAN

That buck is one of my favorites ever posted. Unreal giant buck

Good luck! It looks like a great buck!

Let me tell you a quick story...3 days ago one of the guys in my group didnt pick his cape clean enough so we were told we could go back across pick again and bring it back...we walked across,picked ticks some more and walked back to the US side. Absolutely no problems. I would drive up to the US side talk to the agents specifically the fish and wildlife tell them what is going on, cross to MX side get your buck as long as the paperwork is all good back in 30 minutes. They may even tell you a place to park. In 100% disclosure I have never crossed for deer hunting at Nogales..we cross in Douglas

Well you are on the safe side for sure and I shouldn't have even said that but I talk with INS agents all the time about this and for me what he is doing I wouldn't worry about it, but you are right. Better to be safe than sorry for sure.

If I was going down to get my skull depending on the port I would park my truck in Walmart use the pedestrian walkway pick up the antlers and paperwork and cross back over in 30 minutes. Maybe WW has to go all the way back to the ranch in that case "maybe" I would but If he was being met at the border I wouldn't worry about it.

Wild woody I would never try to take a gun back...you dont need it to get your buck back...all you need is the Contract/UMA form Notice of Arrival and Fish and wildlife form filled out properly, and your tag matching said UMA form. I wouldn't even get Mexican INS, truck permit or Visa or anything. You legally do not need any of that stuff, unless you are going a long ways down into Mx. Pm me if you want

Great bucks and it is truly a wonderful adventure

I've seen and killed lots of Coues but besides the ring around the nose and tail that buck looked and acted like a mule deer in that video. Truth be told I havent seen very many 150" typical coues, ok not even 1, so I have no clue...just a cool buck

Great looking buck, I hope it goes smooth getting him across.

As some of you may know I've spent quite a bit of time hunting Coues and it is by far my passion but since I've made a yearly pilgramage to Mx for coues I've decided to spend a bit more time chasing Mule deer. Well my wife and I travelled to Wy on a 6 day backpack hunt. I was disappointed that this buck was the highest scoring buck I saw, but not disappointed in his "look" I was happy to kill him and pack him back with my beautiful bride of 19 years by my side. Next my Son drew a tag up around the house and after me scouting and finding some solid bucks he reminded me that he couldn't play basketball if he missed any days of school or tryouts so after passing a couple solid 3x4s on Friday he told me he needed to shoot something. As disappointed that all of my scouting would be as not, I have never been the father to live vicariously through his children. He wanted this velvet 4x4 ( October 28th) and so he shot him. I'm proud of him. Next I was able to finish 2018 in a blizzard at 15° on this 4x4 with a 45ish yard shot. Sorry about all the mixed up pictures in the story. I haven't mastered the new look yet.

Yeah I got that email, what a joke.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I've killed all sorts of critters with my bow over the years but I am going through a phase of life with new business growth, kids getting older, school activities,sports etc...that I havent spent the time I would like to hunt for myself and so a little luck was really appreciated in the snow storm. Couple more pics.

Great year! It's amazing how time keeps on moving on. Good luck in 2019!

Great buck and huge congrats!

They are pretty true to size...I normally wear an 11 and i wear an 11 or 44.5 in crispi nevada

Thought and prayers for you and your family

I havent seen a WT rut activity yet, mule deer have been going strong all week. I posted this in my mule deer thread but I killed this buck yesterday chasing off a smaller buck, after not being able to find my target buck the last 2 times out...Bad weather is my favorite time to archery hunt.

I love it! First one is often the hardest one! Congrats to her!

Awesome Ram! Congrats

Congrats on a great buck. Mule deer are overrated.

lol A couple years ago I killed my late archery bull at 0 degrees the first part of November with a few inches of snow. Depends on how you hunt, if you truly wanted to backpack into some places in the winter a good 4 season tent is a must. My .02 I have the Stone Glacier and I really liked it on my WY hunt this year, it was fairly warm and so I didn't get to see how well it stood up to wind and snow, but I was happy with it. Very comfortable for 2 people and gear.

It's pretty easy to get into Mx but getting out with cape and antlers is the hardest part. Make sure you have the contract and all UMA forms and that you filled out the gun info on the US side. You wont need the gun permit to come back but will need the ID card filled out and kept with you. All ticks need to be off the cape and have been frozen for 24 hours and then unthawed prior to getting to the border..all brain, meat tissue etc..needs to be off of the skull. Either euro or capped. Good luck cant wait to go down again in 3 weeks.

Most likely on the rez, my brother went out looking a little for it this weekend, but plenty of the areas are snowed in a bit. he decided to wait til spring.

I would bet not many people have done it honestly, but I would try the southern units as Vowell mentioned. I have a cousin who has killed two calling for turkeys in the springs. I was able to call one in in Mexico in the Spring, again calling for turkeys. I've never been able to call one in when I targeted them.

I call or email swaro and ask for new eyepieces and they send them right to me. I usually get them in a week or so without a charge. I wouldn't send them back they just need to know if old or new 15s.