Red Rabbit

Thanks for sharing the pics. I like the cheater points on the racks. Would like to see a nontypical like the sheds you mounted come the November rifle season. Could the white shed be from a mule deer? Kinda small on the brow tines for a whitetail. It looks more similar to the left antler on the left muley in the bottom pic. Hard to tell what was chewed off the two points. Doug~RR

Good luck Stan, I was in 6B last evening and three bulls were bugling around my friend's camp that we had just set up. It's 61* in the house this morning; guess that explains my mood to be hunting. RR

Good luck Stan, I was in 6B last evening and three bulls were bugling around my friend's camp that we had just set up. It's 61* in the house this morning; guess that explains my mood to be hunting. RR

Are you thinking of using a real rack and making a shadow with a light to trace an outline? Typical or nontypical? Full rack or side view of one side? How big of a metal sil when finished? RR

See page 64-65 in the regs under R12-4-319. Cannot locate with aircraft 48 hours befor the opening of a big game season or in a unit with an open big game season. I would interpret this to include units with archery deer hunts. RR

Some of the greatest deer activity that I have observed is when the full moon is rising as the sun is setting. I believe a study showed the deer activity was higher when the sun and moon were 180* apart, IIRC RR

Here's a pic of that feral exotic deer species we encountered on the Kaibab. Unfortunately, we had no archery deer tags. Doug~RR

It was a tough hunt, especially on Casey . When those grouse would flush a few thousand feet below the rim (as seen in the bottom pic) like a chukar, we'd send Casey down to flush em back to the top of the rim. As pointed out by Scott, Penny was afraid of heights and would not go down into the ditch after the birds. We didn't see any turkeys and just a few deer, including one 3 point buck. Doug~RR

From what I saw, deer hunter numbers were about normal or slightly less. I figure that $3+ gas and deisel would keep some at home. About half of the plate I noticed were from California. The wind up there was attrocious. A friend from Prescott called last night to saw he got 130" 4x4. I will try to post pics tonight if/when I set up a Photobucket account. Doug~RR

What store(s) in greater Phoenix have a good selection of rifles for which to trade in some used ones? RR

While in Prescott last weekend for an archery 3D shoot, I stopped at 4 gun shops but did not see anything that really interested me. One shop offered about 50 cents on the dollar for trade-in with the one rifle I had along for trade. RR

Josh, Hope things work out for one of those two bucks; both are nice. Good luck. RR

Scott, Thanks for the photos. Gets the blood flowing in anticipation for that unit 23 hunt. I like those sloping ridges coming off the mesa in the first photo. I just ordered a Panasonic FZ20 digital, so hopefuly I will be able to share some photos with everyone. Doug~RR

Smerky, Welcome to CWT. You might consider entering your son in the coues buck contest. Info is posted/pinned at the top of the Miscellaneous topics. Doug~RR

Archery deer is OTC, but archery javelina has a draw for permits. Applications for spring hunts like javelina and turkey will likely be due Oct. 11. I believe the spring regulations are being set this weekend in Flagstaff at the commissioners' meeting. RR

I have bowhunted the Kaibab a few times, but have not been drawn for the rifle hunts. I wonder how the increase in number of early hunt tags to 1000 this year, compared to 500 last year, will affect the hunt quality and deer herd (i.e. future buck population). RR

I taught high school chem and physics for 24 years , but made a career change last year to being a head hunter in the paperboard folding carton industry. On my days off, I still hunt heads . Doug~Red Rabbit

Blue grouse on the Kaibab, Sept 10. Virgil's ready! RR

Reminds me of Chocolate (Grand) Falls on the LCR, except that this is dark chocolate. RR

Nothing new this year to take hunting. The new stuff from last year just hasn't worn out yet RR

I have seen the Just-One at Sportsmans Warehouse. Looks quality made. This year, according to the website, they have the 105 with an adjustable suspension. Doug~RR

Allen, When has a Partition failed? It's kinda like the best of both worlds-expansion in the front and penetration in the rear. Some one has said,"Shut up, load Partitions and go hunting." Heck, a Partition or Accubond costs 12-17 cents less than a Ballistic Tip bullet. Put one less beer in the ice chest and you can carry a full magazine of premium bullets. If it's the bullet that does the final coup de gras that matters, why scrimp on a swallow of cervesa? Handload and practice with hundreds of cheap bullets with a similar trajectory as the bullet you take hunting. A lot can be learned from field practice. RR

Allen, What rifle do you plan on using? Your 257? Reloading or using factory ammo? The ballistic silvertips are the same bullet as the Nosler Ballistic tip, but with the Lubalox coating. Similar in perfomance to Hornady's SST. I have used the Nosler Ballistic tip out of my 270, 280 and 7mag on coues and Texas whitetail and have alwys had complete pentraion with the broadside shots. Expanion is definite and expect some bloodshot meat. I am using the Nosler Accubond now with good accuracy and performance like a Nosler Partition. The Accubond has the lead core bonded to the copper jacket and has the plastic tip like the ballistic tip, but does not expand as violently as the Ballistic Tips may do. Doug

25-06...This is the site that Brian needed. RR

I have been collecting left sided elk sheds from about 340" class bulls. When I find a round tuit, I will make a chandelier. I figure that your coues deer sheds would make a nice chandelier also. I can't believe the price of those chandeliers in the catalogues and shops. Has anyone made these and figured a way to drill the antler core around the horns curvature? RR