Coach

Sweet truck and stellar deal. Love my Tundra. Good luck with the sale.

Man what a gorgeous buck! Congrats!

Great looking buck - congrats!

Yeah, can make out horns left of center, 1/2 way up the FOV (not the pic). Thanks for sharing.

Got this guy Monday.

Man, that is so awesome - I'm officially jealous. Thanks for posting! Those big triggers are some of the best eating fish, IMO. Used to spear them with a Hawaiin sling in Rocky Point.

Holy smokes! That pic from the back is incredible. Full basket and those g3s are amazing! Nice work.

That's awesome! Giant wound channel from the pics. As others have said - legend status.

Wow - giant cat. I've only seen one like that many years ago up by Sunrise Lake - thought it was a lynx (just moved here). Nice job and thanks for the pix.

Probably a day short as usual, but I just had to bring this up. Christmas, to me is the birth of Jesus Christ, and for one day, we celebrate Him - his day. I find it odd/strange when HE becomes the X. Not invited to his own party? Not a part of "festivus for the rest of us?" How does X-mas even happen without explicitly replacing Christ with X?

I truly appreciate each and every response to this thread. A lot of different perspectives makes us all better. I want to wish you all the very best for 2018 - your family, your friendships, health, happiness and well-being.

Know a guy hunting late 27 - should be a stud hunt. No rut where he is, so I kinda joked about the warm weather. Says it's cold and snow on the ground parts of the unit. Could just be a bad year.

With all due respect, Mulepackhunter, I agree with the second half of what you said - can't agree on "still means the same thing".

About 4 years ago I startd a Christmas tradiion of cooking up a home made Prime Rib roast. The first time I tired it, I hit it out of the ballpark. The past 3 years to follow, it was OK, even realy good but not anywhere near that first one. So, I lucked into it once but lat's talk about what makes the perfect prime rib. I've got this link to Chef's awesome rib... http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22895 But I have to ask - seems there are two camps for standing rib roast (aka prime rib), one is cook really hot, really fast with beef stock arond 500 degrees. The other is you cook slower at 350 degrees and keep the internal meat under 120 degrees. I've got a really good hunk of prime rib waiting to ge cooked up this year, and I'll rub it with EVOO and a dry rub we already like, but the question is, is it better to run really hot, like 500 degrees and really sear it and let it stand, or is somethign like 400 degrees until the meat around the bone gets to 120 and let it stand for 15 minutes?

Killer buck! Love the character. Nice job!

Yup^^^

Big congrats to you and your son - great buck. With all due respect, unless I'm missing something, that sounds exactly what most public land hunting is - you got there early, got it done and others were hunting that area for the same reason you were. Best wishes, Coach

I hope today as we exchange gifts, we remember the greatest gift of all - The Son of Man, the Son of God, whose life and death were the greatest gift of all. It's His birth, life, death and resurrection we are all celebrating today. Once again, Merry CHRISTmas!

There are so many really good ones available these days under $20 makes me feel silly for my $60+ petzl that's still my go-to. One thing I find annoying about headlamps is they have so many "modes" - bright, brighter, flashing, red, green - and you have to cycle through all of them. I want one that is really bright and has two modes, on and off with one big button you can feel through gloves.

Huge congrats on some amazing bucks! Love that place. You guys did great. Congrats again and Merry Christmas!

It's like Déjà vu all over again. LOL.

Hate to say it but driving around is probably the most "effective" approach. Personally, I like still hunting - hiking, listening, looking. While doing this for deer this year in NM I was surprised to find myself right in the middle of a bunch of turkey. Had it been a turkey hunt, it would have been awesome, but for effectiveness, I'd call it a low-probability approach, but super fun if it does come together.

And a HUGE thanks to you, Doug for sharing so many of your amazing photos with us - honestly, one of my favorite things on this great site. That and whenever Chef chimes in with his art of cooking.

Love it. Congrats to you and your son. Don't you just hate how phone pix end up sideways or upside down? Certainly not the fault of the site, but seems to be a very common occurrence lately.

Nope. It's still available.