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His company is the best one I have, and a good friend too. We've been talking about that hunt for about 5 years now, and since he retired this year and is getting up into his 60's, I figured better now than later. Sounds like a pretty good reason. AZ will still be here next year. CO on my list as Plan C or D.

Mine was on day 3 or 4 last year...hoping it's not over yet.

Those lampshades would go great with my leg lamp...it's a major award! Italian too! Nice job Amanda or whoever changed that name.

OTC is a guaranteed draw result...

Gonna get hit tomorrow...by discount tire. Luckily their replacement warranty covers big nasty tread chunks from desert rocks. Only cost me an environmental fee and another $30 replacement certificate. Sweet!

This. Exactly.

Nice to see the great comments and review of his lessons. I had a very similar impression of Duwane in my one phone call about his guide services and have always thought about his glassing lessons as something to put on my Christmas list one of these years...

The Kirkland variety pack used to have some good stuff in it...never had their light beer though.

Yeah that's a scam...has been on the Tucson news. I keep getting calls (also a scam) that the IRS is suing me.

Bump for a nice-looking rig. My buddy has one with identical floorplan and bed setup...he loves it.

Bump for a good deal.

Bump for a sweet deal. Love mine.

3/23 for me last year...it's on. Getting that twitch to go check my account again. LoL

Does that mean it's back up for sale? Long time to wait on payment...

Interesting spin. I think the intent was that they sucked because they were soft from PAC-12 refs calling every little thing and didn't know how to play real ball when the refs were actually letting them play.

This is the truest post I have seen on this site. Arizona got beat around and didn't know how to fight back. You could see the looks on many of the players faces when they would get the ball stripped, all of them were looking for a foul call. Really tough loss for Arizona basketball, hopefully it doesn't affect recruiting Josh Jackson or Terrance Ferguson. If we get one of those players, next year will be the most talented team that Arizona has had maybe ever (if Allonzo stays). Hopefully some leadership will develop this off season and they will be back stronger. Truth. Looks like most of the PAC-12 teams are experiencing similar outcomes.

UofA won big, oh wait...Devils won betting on Wichita State...

Not gonna make it this year...one of these years I hope. http://www.desertarchers.com/RumbleRocks.html

Fast sale...nice.

Updated with skull pic...couldn't be happier with how it turned out thanks to Cole at CMC Skullworks.

Not much story to it since it was a lucky opportunity that happened quickly with no elaborate stalk. Just lucky timing and things went just right. My buddy and I were out for a quick morning hunt in an area he has hunted a lot the past couple of years and I've been with him several times. He killed a buck there last week and I missed one 2 weeks ago (maybe this same buck that I killed) all within maybe a 300 yd area. Anyway we were heading to our first glassing spot and see a herd of does at the base of the hill. Try to pick out a buck for several minutes but can't, so we go on to glass. We've spotted more does and moved on to another spot when I glass back to the original herd and see that a buck has joined them. We circled back around to get the wind right and my buddy got a vantage point to help on the stalk. Not much of a stalk as I was almost immediately out in the open about 95 yards from the buck. He was pushing does around and they were the most vocal deer I've ever heard. Almost like a herd of elk with all the bleating by does and fawns and the buck grunting as he tended them. Frozen still and they never knew I was there until I shifted my footing and one doe pegged me. I was sure this would end like so many other stalks with the doe blowing out and taking the rest with her. After a good old standoff and staredown, the doe starts walking toward me and bringing the buck with her. I'd ranged enough bushes and yuccas before they spotted me that I knew where I could shoot. The buck came broadside at 60 yards so I decided to draw, again expecting the doe to blow out and ruin the stalk. No idea what happened, but when I squeezed the release it didn't fire...the hesitation caused me to jerk the shot and I see my arrow sail 10 yards wide. The buck stopped at 70 and gave me a 2nd shot. This one released much smoother but was a bad hit but decent penetration. I can see the arrow sticking out as he goes over the edge of the hill. I walk over to where he stood and grab my missed arrow...that same doe just looked at me and let me get 20 yards from her before taking off with the rest of the herd. My buddy tells me he didn't see the shot or the hit, but saw the buck run off with lots of blood showing. I make a beeline to the last spot I saw the buck hoping to see where he went to make trailing a little easier. At the time I don't even notice the heavy blood trail. Scanning for movement on the far side of the cut I see antler sticking up next to a yucca...he's down and thanks to the Swhacker he went maybe 100 yards despite a bad hit. Couldn't be happier with my first archery deer and biggest buck yet! Gonna be a long 363 days before I can hunt AZ deer again...

Yeah that's Ben. Coatimundi on here I think...or something like that.

Nice ride. Hopefully you guaranteed yourself a tag...still waiting on my elk tag since upgrading my truck. I bought it for towing though and have done a lot of that since.

Nice streak. Great job.

+1 on the swhacker. The AZ Extreme guys have posted several videos using the same crossbow (I think) for deer and javelinas using Swhackers. They seem to do very well.