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Awesome hunting...way to help everyone out before getting yours! I need a cousin like you.

Beautiful buck and great story...

It's been a long day all week. I'm ready to get out there too, but not until Friday night. I'm heading for 35A. Good luck.

+1 Can't beat 4 for 4 on coues...

Did someone already say WOW! Congrats to those two...awesome!

Nice buck and nice story...sounds like you're lucky he stuck around as long as he did.

+1...I'm worth a lot more dead than alive. Great costume and great story!

Sorry if this has been discussed before...if so post the thread and I'll take a look. I've looked around but couldn't find it and the AZGFD info I found was confusing at best. I'm curious as to exactly how the draw works, taking into account bonus points and choices. I understand that the number of bonus points = the number of chances a hunter has to come up in the first round. But how do the choices work? I've read somewhere that in the first round only the first 2 choices count...is this true? Then what happens with the subsequent rounds? Seems like there should be a simple answer and I just can't seem to wrap my head around it. Thanks!

Thanks everyone for the responses. I read the AZGFD info a while back, but maybe didn't read it thoroughly enough. The simplified breakdown by Sundevil and Red Rabbit really makes more sense to me now.

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Great story and pics...thanks for sharing. That's what it's all about whether you fill your tags or not. Being from TN, I appreciate your taste for TN honey. A necessity for me in camp too.

Beautiful buck and a great story. Congrats!

Congrats on a nice buck and props to having great buddies...that's what hunting is all about.

Great story and totally relate to the love/hate aspect to hunting. I've been eating tag soup going on 3 yrs now and I even bowhunt to increase the opportunity. Great picture with the iPhone through binos...I may have to try that on my next hunt. Keep at it and take up bowhunting to increase your opportunities to get out...plenty of time to get ready for December bow season.

That's what it's all about...looks like you had a great time even though you didn't fill your tags. Thanks for sharing the story and pics.

Congrats! Nice looking buck.

Awesome...congrats! And really cool to see the Rage doing the job on a huge animal like that.

Awesome first buck...the smile tells it all!

Great bucks, guys! Congrats! Maybe I need you guys to guide me on my hunt in a couple of weeks...

Awesome first deer! Congrats to Rylee. I can't wait for my two kids to be old enough to do more than just tag along on hunting trips! Just noticed that rack looks a whole lot like my first whitetail that's hanging on the wall here...killed it 23 years ago with a 20 gauge slug in a TN cornfield.

Sorry to hear about that loss...gotta be a heartbreaker for your 10 year old. Might contact AZGFD in that area too just in case.

Nice buck...definitely a shooter for me too.

Nice buck and a great way to end that drought! Agree that little one has a lot fun to look forward to...

Congrats! Sounds like a great experience and an awesome story...

Awesome...congrats! Love the symmetry.