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Stop shooting groups when you can get one with three, that's the real trophy! Ha

That's one heck of a buck, congrats to the hunter.

I saw that too so I called them up and told them to change the battery in the sign because it was flashing. Ha, bet they weren't expecting that one! Now it's going to include "sign is solar powered so please don't call about battery getting low" haha.

Umm, sounds pretty darn cool to me, if I was in the area I would do that in a heart beat.

A 190" desert mule deer taken from public lands is no joke. I think a bit harder than a 120" coues though. A lot of people always talk about 200" mule deer and all that stuff but a 170" desert mule deer is a dang good deer, not easy to do, so a 190" is the stuff of legends. I hunt coues religiously but my vote it for the mule deer.

I'm left handed and the bow I shoot is left handed but all my guns are right handed. Just grew up shooting right handed, never left, and about a month ago I shot a good friends rifle that was left handed and I just couldn't get comfortable behind the gun haha. Just too used to right handed anything else feels weird. But besides shooting guns, everything else I do, I do left handed.

That's definitely the black mamba.

Leave some water and snacks outside of your truck/trailer when you leave camp. Majority of break in/ransacks by illegals happen because they are looking for water and food. If you leave a jug of water and some snacks out then they will have no need to break in to your stuff if they find their way into your camp. Also while out in the field, don't portray yourself as law inforcement. Don't dress like them and don't act like them and you will be left alone. Their goal is to get into the country undetected, so last thing they wanna do is bring attention to themselves by messing with people.

What's happening right now?...

What is the max you can adjust the draw length to?

Awesome, congrats and good luck to the both of you.

+1, that short action bell and Carlson in the classified adds is a heck of a stock and he is giving a sweet price.

Well honestly, it's extremely hard to pattern a buck in the early rifle seasons. Reason why is because water is a huge factor and you cannot rely on just one water source. If your going to hunt near water it would be best to find a neutral spot between two or more sources. But hunting pressure is the most heavy effect on deer movement. Bucks will almost seem to disappear or even go nocturnal with just a bit of pressure from other hunters but stay positive and stay behind your glass. Even though it sometimes seems that the bucks have completely disappeared from an area it isn't always the case. Most of the time they are still in the area (i.e. Canyon, bowl, large mountain side) but they are just limiting their movements or even changes their routines. For example if you find a buck while scouting and watch him for a couple days and notice he waters and feeds early in the morning and beds throughout the afternoon and then waters and feeds again at night, and then three days into your hunt and you can't seem to find him anymore maybe start looking for him to only be feeding and watering once during daylight hours instead of twice like you saw before. He may be feeding earlier in the morning before all the other deer or later at night after the sun goes down and you can't see him. And if you find a buck or a few bucks and then during the hunt can't find them again, try and look at the terrain. Like if they have been in a canyon or drainage and then you can't find them, try looking over the ridge, they might have moved into a small bowl or into a high basin that is just on the other side of that ridge but you've never seen it because you never got around to look at it. Coues are tricky little buggers but man they sure are fun to hunt. And as far as other little critters go, there are rattle snakes and black widows that you would want to avoid, that is if you see one. It's not like they are crawling around every where but they are out there. Also if you do see a tarantula, PLEASE DON'T KILL IT! They are cool little creatures so pick one up and/or take a few pictures and let it go on its way. You're going to have a lot of fun on this hunt and see some cool country, good luck bud.

2:52 that is a bad son of a b$$$$! Awesome video.

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Hahahahaha, amazing post!

Just picked up my new rifle from a buddy who does gunsmithing. It's a Remington 700 model in 300 win mag with a Bell and Carlson stock with the action glass bedded and the barrel is free floated. 26 inch barrel with a muzzle break and it's topped with a 6.5 20x50mm leupold mark 4 with mil-dot reticle. The top picture is before and the rest are after pictures.

Oops, forgot to add that one, I also have put a timney trigger in it.

Yes and no, bucks will run together but not like mule deer. You most likely won't be finding 6, 8 or 10 bucks together. You're most likely to see 2 or 3 sometimes 4. But then there are bucks that get smart and run solo. Most likely those bucks you find running solo will be out earlier in the mornings and already going back to bed or back to hiding before all of the others. The weather will probably be warmer than what you will be used to in Idaho so I wouldn't weigh yourself down by packing a lot of cold weather gear. Also try and search the forums here for "glassing for coues deer", there is a ton of good information in posts like those, a lot of good hunters on here. Good luck on your tag and I'm sure you will enjoy hunting the grey ghost.

That was a read and a half, but good information, thanks for that.

Mule deer, either way that's a cool buck.

Does anybody here know of any good pouches or accessory bags that I could put a pair of swarovski 15's in? I'm wanting to sew it onto my eberlestock pack and use it strictly for my binos so I can keep them out of my main pack and create more space.

I have had two boxes on back order for about a month and I call about every week and they keep saying 8 to 10 weeks and with October closing in I'm starting to worry I won't have any for hunting season. I'm looking to buy 30 or 35 bullets to get me in the clear for a few hunts this year. If anyone has any and is willing to let some go please let me know, or if anybody knows of a hole in the wall place where some might be sitting on a shelf, any help would be greatly appreciated. I would also be more than willing to restock anyone who would sell to me once I get my order in.

I've never heard of this before, kind of interesting.

Thank you jeffro and Robert. Yes you are right, it's going to be a Hornady 208gr Amax fueled by Retumbo. All I have to do is wait for them to come in from back order before I can start having fun haha.