Flatlander

congrats dude, im nearly 100% sure i went to high school with your wife ironically. Did you go to Blue Ridge? She is a Juber.

The biggest buck I have ever seen was on the big open hills down by Tanque during the late archery hunt. He was a straight typical that was over 190".

It's a good thing I didn't try to stretch it out. 4 lbs 13 oz

I have probably looked at this thread 10+ times. I just can't get over it. That is just the sweetest buck I have ever seen period.

Lope decoy works great. Never tried the Muley but figured it would be hard to drive in the ground anywhere that I hunt. The only hunts it would potentially be useful for are the Dec / Jan ones and only the desert units are open for the late OTC archery.

Stop changing the subject. U of A sucks at football.

Usually about 3 minutes before I lose patience and start chasing every sound in the woods.

I really don't like Rich Rod as a coach. I am sure he is a fine dude but the only success he has ever had was in the Big East. The BIG EAST!!! Not a great hire in my humble opinion.

Great bull Shane!

Everything you need to apply for the draw: http://www.azgfd.gov/regs/elkregs.pdf Everything you need to know about the draw: http://www.azgfd.gov/eservices/BigGameDrawingProcess.shtml Everything you need to know about what unit to apply for: http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/hunting_units.shtml

Well I did how about you?

56 Really? I will take that. Go devils!

You can buy a timney for less than that and it's a drop in part. I say you just go buy an old 700 platform with the old trigger and do your own build. Stock $400, Krieger barrel $400, bed/free float $200, trigger work $0, lug and nut $75, bipod $75, muscle brake $250. For a $1,000 savings All you would be missing is the matched action.

Oh boy is that a light at the end of the fan-tail debate tunnel I see?

Awesome buck. Great work on the part of the accubond

Haha funny you say that! That is the reason I didn't hunt this october, With all the wedding stuff goin on! I will not miss any more for now on (Hopefully!) You have a lot to learn grashopper! +1 I told my wife it's either prior to Aug 15 or after Feb 15. Good luck slipping out for a late bull hunt on your anniversary. In all seriousness congrats!

I am no expert but have been looking into a 700 build lately and I would think for a similar amount of $ you could build your own and make it what you want. I am a little surprised that they are keeping the x Mark pro trigger, everything I have read has been negative. But if they can get it to a crisp 2.5 then I wouldn't see a problem. I would want to test that piece. The B&C stock is a drop in part that you could order yourself for under $400.

Nice work! I just shot that muzzle loader you traded me for the first time. Was still pretty close to zero at 100 yds. Congrats on the buck.

A Lot! I would love to put tape to that buck if you need any help.

Oh my goodness . . . I have hunted these deer my entire life and never put eyes on a deer like that. That is probably the coolest coues I have ever seen, but I have a thing for big 4 points (and big 2 points, ok maybe just big deer). That buck is awesome congrats on a trophy of a lifetime.

Glad you were able to finally make a trip down there. I know it's been on your bucket list for a while. Cool birds!

Matches.

Having lived in Idaho I will say this, anyone trying to beat some common sense into the hippies involved with organizing the wolf reintroduction programs is someone we need to partner with. The fact that there is no goal for the total number of wolves needed to delist the wolves is a huge red flag. In ID it took years of litigation to finally get them delisted, by that time they had completely taken over some areas and its now nearly impossible to even dent their population. And Idaho is a state where steel traps are legal and multiple wolves can be taken each year. Sportsmen need to stick together on this one.

Sent you a text earlier then realized it was already after 9 sort bout that.

I am no wildlife biologist but there are a few things I would attribute some of these differences to: 1. A lack of high elevation summer range with abundant high nutrient browse. 2. The number of predators. AZ does not have an aggressive predator management program and the mild winters do not create large scale kill offs that sometimes occur in colder climates. 3. Management. AZ has specific areas where they manage for quality and the vast majority of areas are utilized to appease the level of "opportunity" the department sees fit. I think our antelope populations are a good example of amazing for quality, not quantity, while maintaining opportunity. I think our habitat could definitely support bigger lope herds but it would require aggressive predator management and reduced tag numbers.