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Once again - WOW!~ Huge congrats to Shelby! But Lance, we need the story!

Just had the pleasure of shooting one very close to that - one fine gun! Good luck on the sale.

Spot on, Gino. Well said, my friend. And that's exactly how I approached it with my sons. One a little disappointed, two wanting to create a "long walk out" for our interlopers, and a wife who isn't really into hunting but still able to recognize there was a clear breach of ethics, without even much outside perspective. We focused on what we could have done differently. For example, Josh, being my youngest doesn't load his gun until I tell him it's time to. In that situation, I should have prepared him to take a shot in case we bumped a deer on our way in. Secondly, we heard the quads come in after us. Instead of assuming they would turn around, we could have used their hike in to our advantage, and maybe gotten a second chance that we normally wouldn't have. Thirdly, with 2 upper-teens boys full of testosterone and a little eager to escalate the issue - it was a great lesson in patience and perspective. The immediate response sometimes is to retaliate - to fix a perceived wrong. The level-headed approach is to reflect on your own actions first, gain perspective of others, assume the best, and loop back around to what positives can come out of it, versus the negative outcomes of acting on impulse. I'll call it a win, albeit a frustrating one.

Man - just WOW! Where to start? Awesome job to your grandpa all the way around. From his legacy to out there getting it done at 92 better than many do in their prime, just amazing. Huge congrats. Definitely an inspiring story. Thanks for sharing.

I'm enjoying all the responses here, and Edge's pictures definitely take the "edge" off. I also get the whole public land thing, and realize that each situation is different. Sometimes we end up in closer quarters than we would like to and have to make the best of it. In other situations when there is plenty of great, unoccupied country all around and someone still chooses to hunt exactly where they know you are - it's frustrating. Especially frustrating when your 12 yr. old son is super upset because of a deer getting shot right out from under him. Anyway, good to hear everyone's opinions and everyone keeping it civil.

Good responses so far. Clearly, it's all public land. Some areas, there's a limited amount of space we share and get along. But there's also an unwritten code of ethics, as many have pointed out, and I abide by. We had certain, specific places in mind and someone got there minutes before us. We backed out and found other areas because I think that's the right thing to do, and that's what I teach my boys. Others chose not to do so. This spot was way in some back country, and the road just keeps on going. It's not like they couldn't have gone another mile or two or five back and had lots of country all to themselves. They had a spot in mind, got there late, and found someone was there, but made the decision to hunt right in the middle of the guys who got up earlier. That's the part that I'm pissed about.

That's awesome! Sounds like he's on a roll. Dandy looking buck.

Vortex Diamondback 3-9x40 scope. Currently has a wood stock cut down for youth on it. Vortex Diamondback 3-9x40 scope. 25 handloads (140 gr. Nosler Accubonds) & 32 once or twice fired brass. RCBS reloading dies. The barrel, scope and stock all have dings from use. This has been a great youth gun for my boys. The black composite stock is in new condition. I put the wood one on as soon as I got it. Asking $450. Feel free to PM with questions, etc.

Happy Birthday, Gino!

375. It's lots of kills already.

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/51995-howa-1500-270-wsm-2-stocks-dies-ammo/

Any takers at $400?

Nice Job! Nothing I like better than seeing those kids being taught well and enjoying success. Great post and huge congrats to Jared. And great job to you for taking the time to teach him and create opportunities for him.

No doubt a crazy day. Most upsets I can remember. As for the devils, whatever you think of their rabid fans, they accomplished something practically impossible. That game will go down as one of the best comebacks ever. And Bercovici had the kind of game that may create a big future for himself. Huge respect for Strong too. Unbelievable how a couple talented guys can make the impossible comeback happen.

Nice job, Roy! That's a great looking buck.

Pretty awesome to see a deer like that go to a guy who has dedicated so much of his life finding huge trophies for other people.

Why not morph them into IMO the best all-around hunting round, .300 WSM? In your situation, I might take the .270 WSM over the .300 WM. I agree with Scoutm, except I haven't seen any feed problems with short mags. And I agree with 100%diyazcoues (hope I got that right) that any 300 mag is overkill for javi, but definitely not for deer. It's splitting hairs at some point. They're both great all-around cartridges, so it really depends on the actual guns being traded - What makes of both rifles are you considering trading?

This thread remind me of George Thorogood's "I drink alone". Yeah, I hunt alone, and sometimes I prefer it that way. Just my friend the early sun, his brother cold winds run. And I hunt alone, yeah, with nobody else.

Jim White was one of our last pioneers. With his loss, I can't help but recall Norm Pint. These men lived the outdoor dream in Arizona. The pathways they created opened the door to decades of sportsmen and women, and especially kids. Godspeed to Jim, and prayers for his family. His legacy is huge, he will not be forgotten.

Here's the deal, I have a 2005 Ford Excursion with the 6.0 powerstroke. I'm fully aware of the types of issues this motor has, so please, let's not derail this. This has been a great truck for our family - it has around 119K miles. In the mornings, it starts great but had issues with acceleration for the first 1/2 mile or so. After some research, this is common - the cause is faulty/clogged injectors. We took it to a shop that specializes in diesel engines and their first diagnosis was the EGR. $600 later same problem, so they actually test drove it and found that the 5,6 & 8 injectors were causing the issue. Another thousand dollars to replace the 6 & 8 injectors. So we go to pick it up and it literally would not start. Now they are saying there is a leak in the high pressure system, probably caused by a bad gasket in the HPOP or STC failure. So they want another thousand dollars. But when we drove it in there, we had a minor issue with lag in the morning. Now we're in $1600 and it won't even start up and they want another $1k, just to get it running again. IMO, something they did caused the no start issue because that was never a problem before we took it in, so I'm not about to pay them another thousand bucks to fix a problem they obviously created. What's the right way to go about holding them accountable for turning a small problem into a huge one?

Happy Birthday, Chef! I hope it's a great day.

My oldest son Matt had the unit 1 archery bull tag this year. While we weren't able to get a bull on the ground we had an amazing time. Between school schedules, football coaching, etc., we really packed in as much hunting time as we could. This was his first ever real big game archery hunt. He's done well with javi's and rifle deer hunts and turkeys, but I think it was eye opening how tough even the premium archery bull hunts can be. We were in elk every day we hunted, and we hunted hard the full time. Fri-Sun both weekends, and up by 3 every day during the week, hunt - go to school/work/coach then back in the field until dark during the week. He almost tagged out in the first 45 minutes of his hunt opening weekend on a really nice bull. I'm so glad he didn't. The time we spent together for the rest of the hunt, learning together, getting close to big bulls over and over - passing smaller, and honestly some really nice bulls in hopes of getting one of the big boys, making mistakes and talking about what we did right and where we messed up, really brought us closer together. And we have no regrets about lost bulls due to bad shot placement. Even when things looked tough, he opted not to take shots he might have made but knew there was a chance of bad placement. No blood, but lots of memories. I sure was looking forward to posting some success photos from our hunt. But those only exist in my memory as I recall the hunt with my son.

Wow, nice bulls!

Spot On CEI, great post and great vids at your site. Going 100% for the pinnacle is not for everyone. More often than not you get close over and over, but you have to know at the end of the day you never took the easier route, and that speaks volumes IMO.

I've seen a few in NM just a couple miles from the AZ border way down south. Honestly, as many guys as we have here in AZ just looking for more hunting opportunity, I doubt we'll ever see them become problematic.