OpticNerd

So how bout it Jim? You still a "leftover lover"?

Awesome elkhunter! I Always like seeing a hunter from this area being successful.

The 35s are Ok but there's a reason these units have left over tags. There's plenty of units that are way better like 22, 23, 32, 31, 29 and the 36s. I've been hunting the 35s for 6 years now and have yet to see a buck over 80 inches. I know they are out there but they are just too few and far between. The pic I posted is good example of the kind of bucks you'll find in the 35s on top of that there are a ton of drug smugglers in the 35s. I don't know why anyone would put in for the 35s unless it was a leftover. The only reason I do is because I live here.

East side of the mountain is where most of the burn occurred. Fire started in the Montezuma monument area and burnt all the way to the top ridge of car canyon majority if not all of this fire was on the east side of the Huachucas. If I remember right there where a few other fires around Parker lake but I don't think they were all that bad but don't know for sure on those ones though.

Sorry I just got a 2nd look and just noticed just how big those bases are. Incredible buck congrats!

DANG! Would you look at that buck! What a deer! Just awesome how it looks like the whole family was there to experience this with her. Title says it all. Thanks for sharing.

Don't know if this has been posted here yet but just in case it hasn't here it is Can you imagine walking up on something like this.

I don't know the guys who made this but they did an outstanding job.

DANG IT! That is unsettling. Thanks for the heads up. Where's all the inviro wackos when you need them?

Out of everything posted in this crazy thread I think this says it all.

The quality of the footage looks Awesome! I can't wait to some more video from your new set up. Thanks for sharing! BTW did you ever get any help over at the bird site?

I read on another site that the buck was recovered. Exciting video thanks!

O man that's AWESOME! Looks a lot like my old stomping grounds around E creek and the G.B. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Looks to be around the Montezuma pass/canyon area. Also looks to be close to some houses. Not good!

I didn't know where to post because I couldn't find a reptile section so hopefully this was the right place. I thought this was pretty cool and even though it's not a big ol buck or bull I thought some of you enjoy it. I found this monster while hunting coues with my bow in Aug. Luckily it allowed me to get some pretty good footage before getting too pissy with me. If you listen carefully at about the 48 second mark you can hear him hiss. This was the first time I've ever heard this and let me tell ya these things sound pretty mean. I've been running around the hills my whole life and have only came across 3 of these so needless to say I was pretty pumped to get video of one. On a side not I'm very curious to know how many Gila Monsters others have seen while out in the hills?

Wow looks bad as of now hopefully we'll get enough monsoons to green it up. Did you see any wildlife at all?

Wow this fire is really getting bad! For those of you that don't know anything about it you should look it up online. Do a Google for Monument fire. Over 40 houses lost and counting. I can see this monster burning over 100 homes when its all said and done.

Looks like they doing a very good job attacking this fire. Hopefully they can get it put out as quickly as possible.

The camera was a Canon XL2. Unfortunately it developed a image stabilization issue that Canon tried to fixed 3 different times but couldn't so I sold it. Very nice camera but very big and bulky.

By far the biggest I've ever seen let alone got on video!

Thanks for the info RR. We have a family friend that owns one of the cabins at Parker Lake and I was worried if it was in any kind danger of being burnt down. So far it looks like it should be OK hope it stays that way. Like elkhunter said we had a lot of smoke here in town yesterday even had ash coming down at my house.

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Ipods, Blackberry's, etc have voice recorders. That they do. All I was saying is this guy had it turned on before the cops even started talking to him. Seems to me this guy was planning on trying to piss the cops off and get them to say something negative which is a lot like entrapment if you ask me. Who knows maybe the cops in this neighborhood are known for harassing people for no reason and this guy was just trying to get proof of this. Not saying what the cops did was right but I don't know the whole story I only listen to the first 30 second or so of the incident but it seems there is a lot of hatred towards cops these days. Cops have got to have one of the toughest jobs out there. What if this guy with the gun is the next Jared L and he was planning on going on a shooting rampage and these two cops saw that he was packing but just let him go about his day? People would then blame the cops for not asking the guys a few question just before he shot up a parking lot. None of this would have probably happened if this guy would have cooperate with the officers. The guy was acting like he had something to hide which he did the audio recorder and the cops probable could sense this so they went on the defensive. Unfortunately cops have to act this way now days especially in a place like Phily if they are going to make it to retirement. If your a law a biding citizen then act like one and you'll more then likely have no problems with the law.

Who walk around with an audio recorder on? Kind of a weird thing to do unless your planning on intentionally rerecording something.

Good video! For awhile there I thought the older one was going to get skunked by his younger bro. Love the part where the younger one tells the older one to "lip him" just after losing a fish at the boat because the older one didn't lip him. Then the older bro immediately says "I will lip him shut up". The look on the younger bros face after his bro losses his fish at the boat is classic! Thanks!