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Had a pretty good Saturday out for the first time looking for antlers, my cousin and i "racked" up a total of 12 antlers, picked up 3 fresh sets and then 1 set from last year that we missed, also a couple of singles from last year and then some chew'd stuff, chanced it with bad weather in the forecast but it was all okay, it just sprinkled on us most of the day and then we got snowed on just a little bit but not enough to take us off the mtn, anyway both straps on our little pack broke from too many antlers on there and plus they were wearing out anyway, eventually we made it back to the truck right at dark, looks like the bulls been doing some good fighting, lots of broken tines, only the 6x6 set was in good condition with no broken tines, we rough scored him at about 325, its really mismatched though so a net score wouldn't be too good for what he looks like, anyway hope everyone else is out looking and finding some good ones, post them up and lets check them out, sent the pics to Amanda so they should be up sometime soon. DAN

hey whats up hunterdude, yea all those racks are off the San Carlos, some good fishing up in the mtns right about now, just barely starting to get good, my uncles have been catching some pretty big bass at some of the stock tanks up there within the last couple of weeks so the fishing is really going to be good, at the Lake there in town i hear the crappie fishing is starting to take off too, looks like there's going to be some good fishing this year at the lake, the water is up pretty good right now too, i still gotta get my pole and gear and do some of that too, hope you make it back to the rez for more fishing this year! DAN

One of the first bucks of 2005 from the San Carlos reservation is a NT 5x6 with a very impressive looking rack, i've emailed photos to amanda to post on this thread so as soon as she gets them loaded up they should be posted, sorry but no in the field photos, still a very nice rack with some neat extras. DAN

Ron Price of Gilbert AZ dropped this awesome NT 5x6 on New Years day while hunting in Unit C on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ron green scores his buck at 125 B&C and says it nets 119 7/8 B&C, truly and awesome buck and well deserved for the all day walk he put in. here's the links to Ron's buck. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/san_carlos_h...oues_ron_3w.jpg http://www.coueswhitetail.com/san_carlos_h...oues_ron_2w.jpg http://www.coueswhitetail.com/san_carlos_h...oues_ron_1w.jpg DAN

yes plz post in the SC section, i have a few more pics of a 5x6 NT taken this past new years day, i'll be sending you those photos to post for me as well, thanks for the help Amanda! DAN

My cousin recently harvested this nice buck on the San Carlos around the Barlow Pass area, he's a 3x4 with a 13 1/2" inside spread, he's got a busted G-1 and G-3 on his left side, we grossed him at about 85", and on another note, one of my uncle's hunters dropped a very heavy 5x6 NT buck this past weekend, a very nice rack! i'll see if i can get permission to post those pictures, if i do i'll post in the Rifle Section. DAN

Yup takin care of predators when you can is always good, getting out there in them open flats and calling them in from hundreds of yards out is good hunting with the guys, i got this lil' guy this past weekend at my uncles camp, he was snooping around camp looking for a bite, he only ran about 30 yards out and stopped to look back, as soon as he seen me he bolted and i got him just as he was about to drop into the draw. DAN

Hey thanks alot guys, yea my cousin was lucky enough to harvest close to the highway so since he was alone it was no trouble, plus he's a pretty BIG guy too so he really doesn't need help hauling out a coues, anyway here's those antlers in the back of my truck, we found them on a previous coues hunt, just had them lying around for awhile, nothing to get excited over though, just some elk sheds and a nice set of coues sheds....about 92" gross. DAN

Here's a few pictures of the Avalos bull, supposed to gross score around 444 B&C, looks much bigger at first glance but upon further inspection you might note the weak spread and weak main beams that'll probably hurt the final score, still one very huge bull though! This is one of four bulls that i know of from this year to gross over 400 inches from the San Carlos, the others are a NT that grosses 419 6/8 and couple of 6x6's i believe. sorry if the pics are too big. DAN