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Nice buck! I was gonna say "I know but I ain't tellin", then you let the cat out of the bag! Thanks for posting the pix, Cory.

Awesome Job!!! What a great first buck!

Wow - those are huge! You sure you're not a few feet back? Seriously, congrats on some great bruins.

Nicely done! Congrats on a beautiful buck!

Congrats Clay!!! A very nice buck for sure!

I've found that by handling arrows from the NOT razor-sharp end helps avoid injury - not judging - just passing along some helpful advice for the future...

Wow - what a tool. Just think, this guys vote counts the same as sane peoples' votes. What a shame. I only made it about 30 seconds in - my tolerance for stupidity is pretty low.

Wow - great pics! That's a pack of deer-killers for sure!

Duh! That's a total Kornbagger question!

I just saw that Cabelas has their Knight Long Range Hunter ML in the bargain cave marked down from $699 to $399. It's not the thumbhole stock, but these are very accurate muzzle loaders. Keep in mind, Knight did go under, so that's probably why they're marked down - regardless, they are very good muzzies.

I'm gonna have to have a closer look, mabe a DNA test or something... Tell you what, just shoot me the coords and I'll arrow him and get back to you with my findings.

Has anyone done a side-by-side comparison of the Vortex and Minox? I've looked through the Vortex but not Minox. I'd be interested to see how they stack up against eachother.

LOL Headache! Good ones! I tend to agree with Clay...'nuff said. Oh, and the map - what a joke!!!

I'm a firm believer in the youth hunts. Absolutely love them, and if that means I have to wait longer for "my own" tag, so be it. To answer one of your points about left-over tags. To be honest, most of the leftover tags are in some of the units I would be LEAST likely to hunt with my kids. I'd love to hunt 30A or 30B some time with a group of adults, but there is just too much trafficking going on there to do the father/sons hunt for me personally. I'm glad everyone is keeping it civil - this is definately a "hot-button" issue for lots of us, but admit it - before we had kids many of us may have made the same arguments.

Welcome, and thanks for posting those. That second vid of the buck was funny! Sure looks like he's just running back-and-forth for fun!

Congrats! Now go buy mom some flowers

I'm a fan of the Vortex as far as non-premium glass. One of the few "bargains" in the optics world IMO.

Hey guys, I just had a white 2002 F250 Super Crew Diesel stolen this weekend - actually, this is the second time in 2 years. The first time, it was stolen out of San Diego - right out of the Sea World parking lot. Somehow, it was found in Tiajuana with no major damage. This time, it was stolen from the Arizona Grand Resort at Baseline and I-10 while we were vacationing. This was not some pimped out, or highly modified "eye magnet". It was a very stock truck with over 100K miles. The response from Tempe PD was pretty telling. They are filling in many reports of these types of trucks stolen EVERY DAY. In fact, at the rental car office, 20 minutes ahead of me was a guy who had an F350 stolen. These things are in high demand. If you are anywhere near the valley, do yourselves a favor and install some type of theft deterrent device. According to Tempe police, they are being used to transport illegals and drugs across the border and are highly favorable right now. Protect your trucks! I wish I had done something. It's a miserable feeling, for sure.

Hey Clay - happy BDay and nice chatting with you. I'm not sure my last PM went through (got an error page after I sent it), but I'll be in a black tacoma double cab.

Well, mine was found. The bad news is, from what the Sherriff's deputy told me, it's pretty banged up. It was in some kind of off-road trail area near Saguaro Lake found by an offroading club. Sounds like the tires have been run bald (brand new tires) banged up body, missing bumper, etc. I can just imagine what kind of damage that kind of abuse can do. No matter what gets fixed, how can I be sure I don't get it back with massive unseen damage?

Funny story - I actually saw a bear like that for a few seconds. I was hunting some remote country in 27 for bears. After two days of glassing and driving without seeing any bears, my buddy and I crested a hill just before sundown. I canvassed a hill and picked up what I assumed to be a big black bovine laying on a hillside. I commented, "Wouldn't it be nice if that big steer was a bear?" Sure enough, the "steer" stood up and turned out the be far and away the biggest black bear I've ever seen in this state. By the time I could get to my rifle and range finder, he/she had ambled off into a thicket. I've gone back a couple of times looking for that monster bear, but have never seen it again. I'd love to know just how big that bear truly was, but the sheer size of it had me convinced it was just WAY too huge to be a bear.

AC Guy - in all honesty, it might have been Phx metro PD - I just assumed we were in Tempe city limits there (wasn't paying too close of attention to his cruiser). So they get a lot there huh? - interesting, 'cause to hear them acting all surprised you'd think it was pretty rare. Dang. No matter now I suppose. My next one is going to have a claymore built into the driver's seat I can set off with a cell phone. Jusk kidding - knowing my luck someone would dial it by accident while I was driving

Thanks everyone. We'll just have to see how it plays out.

OK, I have one for you. Suppose, and of course this is PURELY HYPOTHETICAL ... Your truck is stolen in the valley, then on you're way home through Payson in a rental car, you forget to slow down at the Star Valley photo radar and see the bulb flick. What are the chances that the photo-radar geenies would figure out who was driving the rental car? What if a ticket magically appeared in your mailbox for a rented car? Can they track a rental??? Just asking out of curiosity

Congrats on the tags! Good luck!