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Thanks bonecollector.

Good to hear Bubbacoues. Congrats on the tags and good luck!

Thanks guys! Sorry Edge no drone footage yet. I'm too busy using it to find sheds

Dang! That's a gorgeous mount!

Thank you ScottAdams and cramerhunts.

Here's a little something to help past the time while we wait for the draw results to come out. Hopefully they'll be out within the next couple weeks but until then we might as well watch some coues footage while we wait. On a side note the footage looks noticeably better in 4K/1440 this is if your computer can handle it. Also I don't know if it's just my PC or not but to get the video to play in 4K/1440 I have to restart the video after selecting one of these two settings. I don't know why this is but for me the video will not start playing after I select 4k/1440 unless I slide the red timeline bar back to the start of the video.

Cool thanks Red Sparky. Sounds like you definitely have yourself a keeper wife.

Thanks Shawn and Red Sparky. Hey Red Sparky how'd it look on a 4K TV? Is there much difference between 4K and 1080?

Thanks and your welcome Mocha1545. Thank you WHT_MTNMAN.

Thanks and your welcome Coach. Thank you for the compliments wildwoody and AZbowhntr.

Thanks carpcody and stanley. Hey stanley if your looking for another break from work I'm currently working on another video that should give you at least 15-20 min off. I should be done with it in a week or two so keep your eyes open.

Thanks guys! Pretty sure you got me beat bhuntin with a 27 inch Mac. I don't even think my monitor displays full 1080 so I have yet to truly see what the 4K footage looks like. Don't mind at all Quagmire the camera I used was a Panasonic G7.

Thanks Viper. It's always good for me to hear what people think about my videos. Good or bad.

That last clip is one of my favorites that's why I saved it for last. Something about a lip curlin buck that makes my day. Thanks comments guys!

Thanks DesertBull

Top notch film as always guys. Been of fan of your video for years. Looking forward to the next one.

When you say you be using this for pack-in hunts I automatically think smaller/lighter is better. I've owned my fair share of scopes sizes ranging from 25mm all the way up to 120mm and I absolutely love the Nikon ED50 with the 13-40x zoom. I've had success using mine out to 2 miles but it all depends on what your going to use it for. If you think you'll be using this new scope for an occasional look at a deer just to see if it has antlers then I'd say the 50mm scopes would be my choice for a pack-in hunt. One thing I hear and see a lot from other hunters is that more times than not they leave the spotting scope in the truck because it's not worth packing for how little they actually use it. Sometimes smaller really is better.

What 10s do you currently own?

Thanks.

Location?

Great pictures! I too look forward to seeing your pics this time of year. Thanks!

Wow very nice! One of the best shed related threads I've seen. The egg n shed pic is pretty dang cool. Thanks!

There's nothing better than hunting with family. Great stuff! That 4 point frame shed has got to be one of the biggest 4 point frames I've ever seen on an elk. Technically it looks like it would be a 5 point but just barely.

Great looking buck and pic. That early bow hunt can be a great time of year to tag a big buck. As long as you don't mind the fuzzy antlers, the heat and the numerous critters out there that can and will bite you especially them dang chiggers. One summer a couple of friends and I counted 16 rattlers in one day. That day was the day I finally broke down and bought some snake caps.

I use to be in favor of the squaring bonus points method but after giving it more thought I think AZ's current method is probably better overall. As mentioned in an earlier post the only way to truly improve odds is more tags and/or fewer applicants and I think we can all agree that we don't want more tags and as far as fewer applicants that's not happening any time soon either. It is what it is. One of the main reason I'm not in favor of the squaring method anymore is I like the fact that anyone has a chance to draw a good tag with our current system no matter how many points they have especially for the kids. My cousin had two of his kids draw trophy bull tags this year with very few points. If I remember correctly I think either kid had no more than 3 BP. I feel it's a good thing that the younger kids in AZ still have a chance to draw quality tags like this at such an early age while they're still kids with not as much responsibilities in life yet. Squaring the points will reduce the chance of the younger hunters starting out with very few bonus points from getting these quality tags.