OpticNerd

Sounds about right. I don't see any other reason why A3 and Cuernos would be teaming up to get this buck. A Huge congrats to whoever found this an incredible buck you did a good job finding a buck such as this and congrats to the guys who helped get him down. Also thanks to the shooter for spending his cash to help benefit our coues. Considering how much $$$ these tags usually go for when it comes to elk and muley I'd say the shooter got a pretty good deal. For the guys in the know is there any kind of story to this buck? Congrats again to everyone involved.

After thinking about it a bit more I realized my video probably doesn't accurately show how the unit is now days. The video was made back in 2004 back when 32 was quite a bit better coues unit IMO. The last time I hunted the unit was in 08 and between 04-08 I saw a huge decline deer numbers at least in the areas I was hunting. Since 08 I've heard it's only gotten worse. I don't want to sound too negative just more accurate then what my video may portray. Good luck on your hunt cowboyup24 and maybe let us know how it turns out if you get the time.

Thanks for the confirmation. With Long Hollow and now Rattle snake closed it could get a bit crowded in the few accessible areas left to hunt on the Klondyke side.

Here ya go cowboyup24 this might get you excited for your hunt. All of this footage came from 32. https://youtu.be/twiVjd_6nyI

Just a heads up heard rumors that Rattlesnake rd may be locked up. Can anyone confirm this? Sucks if this ends up being true. I use to love hunting 32.

How long do either of these two camos last from a year of hard hunting? A couple seasons?

Man this is very tempting. Good thing I don't live any closer or I'd be out $600. If this stays available any longer I might be making a trip to Mesa this weekend.

Agree with pretty much everything your saying .270 except for the ethical=legal logic. Here's another example as to why I don't agree that legal=ethical. Back in my younger days I knew of a group of guys that would kill at-least 1-2 big ol muley bucks every winter with their bows. The way they would do this is they would find the biggest ruttin buck they could find and get as close as they could until the buck would bust them. As soon as the buck busted them all 4-5 of them would start lobbing as many arrows at him as they possibly could hoping that at least one arrow would connect and slow the buck down. One year they said they had 3 arrows in a huge 7x8 but never got him. While these guys were in their legal right to hunt in this manner I would hardly call it ethical. Ethical=legal is a good guideline to follow but this shouldn't be the only factor in determining ones ethics.

Great story with a great buck! Really digging the character of this buck. Big time congrats man! Thanks for sharing.

It's also legal for a guy using archery equipment to shoot at a deer running strait away from him at 200 yards so according to the ethical=legal logic then said action would be defined as being ethical. (Ethical=legal)=false.

Not much more to say that hasn't been said already. Congrats man! Any coues with a bow is a tough task but a 130+... That's just insane!!! Did you happen to get any video of him alive?

Heck of a buck to get with your bow! Congrats! I agree with a few others in saying that your buck has some muley characteristics to it. I'm surprised to see no one has yet to call it a hybrid. If there was a time for one to call a deer a hybrid I would think this would be that time. Have you had the chance to do any measurements on the rack? I'd be curious to know how wide he is. Congrats again!

I remember watching this back when you first posted it. Love this bull! Great width with big tops. I have a feeling this is one of those bulls where his score won't do him justice at least in my mind. One of my favorite bulls I've seen in a while that's for sure. Sweet video thanks!

Heard the same thing while I was up there yesterday. Biologist told me that unfortunately the fungus has now spread from the antlers down into the trachea. The fungus has muted the elks vocal cords so bulls physically can't bugle and won't be able to bugle for at least the next 2 months maybe longer.

Say what now? Why do you think that? I'm all about posing the animal in favorable lighting, and with a nice scenic backdrop for the trophy shot. However, using an ultra wide camera lens to distort the relative size of the antlers and/or "long arming" the trophy shot looks so far unnatural looks tacky. Going extreme like this tends to take away from the glory of the animal rather than add to it. It draws attention to the tackiness of the photographer or whoever set the shot up and makes it more about them than hunting and conservation. Sorry to derail a discussion but its my belief that if certain behavior isn't called out that you'll get more of it and it gets legitimized over time. And that's "Just my opinion." Ok cool. I misunderstood your original post. When you mentioned editing I thought you were referring that the photo had been photoshopped to make it look bigger. Heck of a buck even if the pic is a bit deceiving.

Say what now? Why do you think that?

Thanks for the suggestion Desert Muley. Will do Prdatr.

Thinking about buying half a cow. Currently have a guy offering me half a cow for $6/lbs butchered and fully packaged. Is this a fair price? Any of you that are familiar with the ins and outs of buying half cow` that are willing to share some info please feel free in doing so. Thanks!

Thanks for the info guys. I don't know much about the cow/cows this guy is selling. I'll have to ask him more questions about it tomorrow but sound like I might have to pass at $6/lbs. All I know right now is that he's getting it butchered somewhere in Wilcox. Thanks again!

Shane is the real deal. The guy has tagged some absolute giant animals. It's going to be extremely hard for him to top this buck. Congrats on a buck of many lifetimes! Can't wait to see the video.

14 hours! You stand guys are hardasses! No way I could sit a stand that long when I know I could be glassing coues. If I ever did sit a stand for any long periods of time I'd probably listen to Jay Scott's podcast if anything.

With only 1800-1900 deer tags there's a good chance I won't be getting a tag this year. Over 4000 apps! Dang! I remember back when I started putting in for lefties there would be tags available all the way into October. At least there's still the OTC archery tags to fall back on if need be.

Man this is a tough question to answer because opinions can/will vary from person to person depending on the individuals hunting style. From what you've described it sounds like 12s might go well with your hunting style especially if your looking for more of a minimalist kind of glassing set up. For my hunting style I felt 12x was too much magnification for hand held close glassing but not enough mag for long range and glassing bedded deer. Although initially I loved the 12x I eventually became dissatisfied with that magnification. One of my biggest problems I had with the 12s is I couldn't free hand them steady enough for my liking. If you do a lot of free hand glassing this might be something to think about.

Does anyone know the amount raised from the auction tags vs the raffle tags? Never mind found it.

I agree with pretty much everything yotebuster said above. I've been helping family members on the late Dec hunt there for the past 4 years and it seems that year after year the buck numbers have been on the decline especially the big bucks. I don't mean to get you down just want you to be prepared. Maybe it's just me but IMO as of now hunting on the base is just about as good as hunting on state land maybe a tad better and just like hunting state land you'll really have to work to find a buck over 100. Should still be an great hunt just not as good as it use to be. I'll be on the Fort helping again this year if you run into any trouble finding deer during the hunt shoot me a PM and I might be able to help. Good luck!