Swivelhead

Yeah, Tim Healy is doing the (radio) play by play these days. He's better than he used to be but ......... Tom Dillon painted a picture with his voice.

Got my 28th point.

Forgot to congratulate Oregon State, they've had a tough year but managed a great win when they could have folded up the tent.

Ho Hum ............... ASU football just go a lot less interesting. ASU has lost the last five @ Oregon State.

Does anybody know if this buck frequented agricultural areas or was a product of desert foraging? Either way it is an unbelievable buck. Assuming the buck made his living off desert plants and grew a rack that size would, in my mind, make it the most impressive mule deer buck I've ever seen/heard of. This buck is ...... astonishing. That the best word I can come up with. Again, congrats to the hunter. This deer has me mumbling to myself!

Bump for an especially nice scope, got the correct eyepiece too.

Me, I guess I'd have to hear the UofA faithful gloat for a whole year. Thankfully, I probably won't have to as the Cats will find a way to lose another big game. It's practically over already. Probably. The Sundevils seem to be the Wildcats nemesis. Dick Tomey was the ASU's nemesis. His teams owned the Devils. Couldn't believe UA let him go. Tucson is a fickle place.

OUCH!!!

Probably on three screens in every theatre in Tucson. lol

Me, I guess I'd have to hear the UofA faithful gloat for a whole year. Thankfully, I probably won't have to as the Cats will find a way to lose another big game. It's practically over already.

That game was a roller coaster ride. Huge win for the current regime. Figure Todd Graham will be the Texas coach within a couple years. We'll see.

Like all late elk hunts: Rough, thick, nasty. Find canyons that have these attributes and you'll find bulls.

Somebody in my realm got a Goulds tag. Got five $25 hits. Had 7 potential $25 charges. 3 Javi apps, 1 spring bear app and 3 Goulds apps. Assuming the javi and bear apps took 4 of the 5 .............. tic, tic

What a buck! Congrats to the hunter.

Shot a few hi-power matches back in the day. Always amazed me how capable a practiced shooter can be with iron sights. My eyes were a LOT better then too.

I had hoped the Cats and Devils could run the table so that EVERYTHING was on the line for the Territorial Cup. Devils have won "ugly" a lot this year. Cats can play spoiler in the cup game, something they do very well. Go devils!

Have zero experience with a WHPG. When I was a kid we had German Wirehairs, a similar breed. Likely, the dog will be birdy as all get out so all you'll need to do is refine pointing, backing & retrieving. Join a bird dog club and train with others, it's a lot of fun. Dogs have a good time too.

Very nice. Nice photo's too. Ground cover looks good! BTW, I've heard hammocks called "bear burritos" on other forums. Always got a chuckle out of that.

Well done!

Congrats on your buck. No doubt, the Kaibab is a jewel.

I don't own any 12's at this point. Currently I use 10X50 slc's around my neck and a 65mm spotter in my pack. I can see where the 12's would be a nice option. I'll acquire a set one day. 56's are nice but do have a 3.7 exit pupil. I've always felt low light was an issue. 12's have 4.2 which is an improvement.

Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner! We sort of got trophy's side of the story, albeit a piece at a time. I'd bet the opposing viewpoint of what happened is vastly different. The common theme of these "I can't believe people's ethics these days" threads is a lack of communication between involved parties. I believe that most of us will do the right thing when a situation arises. Obviously there are exceptions. Calmly addressing a situation can keep it from becoming a conflict. Trophy mentions making eye contact at 50 yards, could this be when the other party becomes aware of another hunter in the canyon? Maybe Trophy was flapping his arms doing the "WTH" gesture at this point. That could get the finger from a preacher. The point is, when eye contact was made at 50 yards, it would have been the time for Trophy to let the other party know he had a buck bedded that he was hoping to take. The other party could have said, "we got a 14 year old girl on her first hunt, we just want a buck". Details could have been worked out from there. Don't know, I was not there.

Let me get this straight .............. A female youth hunter shoots a buck your were passing on and you're upset about it?

Has your son practiced with a glove on? Could be cool up there and a glove could cause an issue when the adrenaline is flowing.