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I turned around in alpine this morning as it was getting soaked up in that country. I told my son I could hear those elk horns growing as we speak.

We have had a few showers in eagar but nothing real bad. It looks like the mountain has been getting hit the last few day's.

That turned out awesome.

Tried to get a bear for a Big browns and just found a head and some more sheds. We saw alot of bear sign just could not find what was making it. Big browns first muledeer head First shed of trip Trip out I didn't have my camera with me when I fouNd most of the bigger sheds. This guy was defending a creek crossing and did not like us being in his woods.

awesome mount he looks real good.

I let that one go as I figured he gave me plenty of warning and he is just out trying to make a living too.

No he picked that up about 100 yards before he found the head.

Great job and really nice bird.

I saw several in the blue wilderness last week. I see them on one paticular ridge just about every time I go in there.

Bearcarver smacked this big bird on the second day in new mexico. The bird weighed 21.6 pounds and had a 10 inch beard along with 1 inch spurs. Bear carver will add some more pictures later.

Good job kolby your dad is gotta be smiling right now.

Great find please post a pic after you restore it.

You should be real proud of yourself for letting your buddy have the biggest bird. Theres alot of adults out there that could learn something from your actions. You are a class act.

That's an awesome bird you don't see them that big very often.

cool finds. Good lookin pup to.

Had some more sheddin fun. Some fresh and old muledeer. couese head elk sheds and a elk shed and coues shed in the same bed. It was a real fun trip. Last photo is the finds of a friend in camp 3 fresh muley's 7 old and 2 old elk

That's a awesome sword point, great find.

It started with a bright idea of parking the truck at one spot and have my wife pick us up at the other end. Well around 14 miles later and at dark 4 of us had packed out 15 elk sheds 1 elk head and 1 muley head. I also found my firts coues set laying about 10 feet apart. I didn't get any group photo's as I suck on taking enough pictures, The dates wrong as I had knocked the battery out and did not reset the camera. Heres some of the pictures. I screwed up by not getting any group shot's but we had a blast. mule deer head 29 inch outside spread coues set my first set old 6 my brother found first brown of a set I found as I took the other photo I noticed this my brother walked into this clearing with 3 sheds and a head My boy was in the next basin over and he found this 5 pt 12.2 pounds and scored 150 inch's

I like the close to town finds. Nice cave your probally right about the colorfull history.

That's a real nice shed.

AZ RANGER If you request it they will send you a copy of his app. I screwed up my wifes one year and absulutley denied I made a mistake even when they toldmy wife on the phone. They sent me a copy and I transposed the wrong numbers. My wife was not very happy about her cow tag.

I have put a archery rut tag choice in every year for over 20 years and finally drew it this year. However I have had 12 other elk tags 3 nov archery bull hunts and the rest cows. The system works like it is, you just have to use it. Most of the guy's I know that run cow hunts second choice draw bull tags about every 3 to 4 for years. I will continue to play the game and hope I can draw a rut tag again soon at least I still have that chanch every year.

So hawkeye what is your theory? It's not that big of a mystery you randomly got picked next to each other. I can see it now the game and fish sitting around in a room let's freak this guy out and give him and his wife their second choice and put their tag numbers beside each other. Yeh that should be a real conspiracy. I don't see it as weird at all many years ago a friend told me to put in for unit 1 spring turkey, so I did, I drew tag 1 and he drew tag 2 just a freak coincidence. I would just like for once someone to actually post something of substance to why the draw is such a fix. It took me over 20 years to finally draw my first choice rut tag but in the same time I have had 3 nov 22 archery bull tags and 9 cow tags. As for the guy's bitching about the phone line just be thankfull we can find out now and not be still waiting to put in as in years past. People are going to keep complaining and the game and fish will just waite until their published date to put out the results.

Finally got thru, I drew unit 27 archery bull sept hunt.

My son found this head last week.