OpticNerd

Sloppy 4ths hunt

Heck yeah nice buck! Congrats man!

Just a heads up I just got a tag at Cal Ranch in Sierra Vista. They said they've been getting a lot of out of staters calling and coming in looking for tags. Didn't sound like they had much left so if you need one in the SV area you might want to go get one as soon as you can.

Some awesome pics you got there. Quality looks good to me but what do I know I only hunt the dinks down in southern AZ.

Saw that as well. I don't quite understand why a guy would give up hunting just to continue running cams. Just doesn't make sense in my eyes. Even with this new rule it would still be pretty easy to continue using cams and still be able to hunt. He did mention that he thinks G&F might use him as an example so maybe he's just playing it safe.

Not looking forward to the weather. Finally saw some rutting activity. Watched a good buck chase does around for 3 to 4 hours. Saw 3 good bucks today. Only got one crappy pic for now.

Awesome congrats! I'm going out tonight and if I see a buck like that I'm shooting. Thats a cool coues man!

Finally found a couple good bucks this morning. The first one was working a scrape line and the second one was following a couple does. Sequence 01_1.mp4 P1030134_2.mp4

Nice buck and great pic!

Finally saw a good buck acting a bit rutty this morning. He was raking trees and and looking at the lady's but never gave chase. It's been rough. Don't know if the moon or me just not being able to find them. Hope my luck changes soon.

If anyone in the Sierra Vista area is in need of a coues cape let me know. It's from a mature coues that was shot a few weeks ago. Currently frozen. Contact me for more info. Thanks.

The cape has found a new home. Thanks Coues7777 it was nice meeting you. I hope the cape works out for you.

Unfortunately no. Never saw them again after I videoed the bigger one hard horned. It wasn't for the lack of trying. We ended up with these two instead.

Thanks. I can't remember for sure but it was either a Panasonic FZ80 or I was videoscoping with a Panasonic G7 and a 114mm telescope. Pretty sure it was the G7 telescope combo.

Yep I think I'm gonna start caping every buck we get from now on. Wish I started doing this years ago if I'd done so I might actually be good at by now. Like you said shoulda woulda coulda.

Sounds good. As of now the cape is spoken for but if for some reason the guy doesn't want it your next in line.

Cool thanks for letting me know.

If I don't here back from 25-06 by tonight then it's yours if you still want it.

The capes frozen. Just looks like a ball of fur unless I thaw it out. If you want it it's yours at no cost. Once you take it to a taxidermist and have it checked out and it's determined to be a useable cape then if you want to give me some money for it that's cool if not no big deal. The reason I don't want any money upfront is because I've never caped a deer before and I don't know if I did everything right. I'd hate to charge someone money for a bad cape. Let me know.

I was going to let the person who wants it decide on the price. Whatever they feel the cape is worth is what the price is.

Finally got around to making a short video of what happened. muzzymiss.mp4

Dang! Some crazy stuff! Good to see it doesn't just happen to us. Definitely didn't hit him directly. You can actually see the bullet and where it hits. I re-watched it frame by frame and it looks like something hits the bucks neck. It could have been a rock or a piece of the bullet who knows. I'll try and post the video or pics when I get the chance.

Very nice! Excellent hunting congrats! How you like that Paramount?

How about a predator bonus point. You shoot a lion you get a extra BP. You kill 10 coyote you get an extra BP.

I recently came across a guy on YouTube pirating some of my coues footage. Any of you guys ever have someone else use your hunting pics or videos with out your permission? Curious to see if this is the norm no days in the hunting world.