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    Thank you!!!

    That is the funniest idea ever Makes me wanna carry a mask with me just in case.
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    point restrictions

    I think it should stay the way it is, no point restrictions.
  3. Great bucks, but tell us more about those bass.
  4. While I was in Argentina I visited a small "zoo" that had some very small deer. I don't know what kind they were but they were full grown adults and they were smaller than coues. I will try and see if I can find any of the pictures that I took of them. I thought it was weird that they also had javelina there.
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    mexico hunting tags??

    I will graciously offer my translating services if you take me hunting with you in Mexico.
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    Treestandman - Accident!

    Mike, I hope you have a full and speedy recovery. You are in our prayers. Daryl Swain
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    2006 Coues deer

    That is an excellent buck, congrats to you and your dad. Good job on putting the December tag to good use.
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    Who ya gonna call?

    Are you sure that your cell phone will work in the area that you are going to be in??? My cell phone(verizon) doesn't work where I hunt in 36B. Doesn't BP monitor the radio channels??? While we were hunting in October we heard someone call out on the radio asking if there was any BP listening because they found an illegal who was dying. After about 30 seconds BP responded asking where they were at. Good luck on your hunt.
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    Eberlestock X-1 Bow/Rifle Pack

    I have the X-1 and really like it. There are better packs like the J 104 but for the price it can't be beat. I love having the rifle scabbard for pre and post sunlight hiking. It has lots of space too. I highly recommend it.
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    Oops!

    As Im reading your post about the "little" buck I'm mentally picturing a true dink, spike or something like that, just like Casey said. I scroll down and see the pic and that's not a bad buck at all. I guess it's all perspective. My biggest buck was about that size, and I have only killed two total. One day I'll have the experience and be able to hold out for the big ones. Either way you harvested a nice buck and have some good meat to put on the table, congrats.
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    November Hunt

    Yeah, me too???? That is one heck of a buck. Congrats to you and your friend.
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    Randy Ulmer Hunting Accident?

    I wonder how many of the people criticizing the use of a paraplane use a quad to get into farther, more remote areas??? I'm not saying it's right or wrong either way to use a paraplane but.........where do you draw the line as to what is the "good ole fashioned way"??? I use a quad to get farther back into tough areas and then I do a good amount of hiking. Am I cheating???? Some will say yes, some will say no. They are doing it legally and as others have mentioned, it's still not easy to arrow those giant bucks. If I had a paraplane and could get out and do that then I probably would, and I bet some of the critics would too. There is so much technology in use now days that wasn't readily available even 20 years ago that pretty much everybody uses. To say that they're doing it the "good ole fashioned way" wouldn't be completely accurate for them either.
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    What's Scarier?

    I have seen both of them where I hunt. I wouldn't worry too much about lions...I always hope to see them....I never hope to see illegals. I have hunted many times in 36B and have only seen illegals once, and we always hunt within a few miles of the border. Although the encounters are pretty uncommon it only takes one time running into the wrong group. I bought an XD-40 over the summer and when down south it is on my hip during the day and under my pillow at night. Hopefully I won't ever have to use it but if I do then I will have it. A neighbor of mine had some guys down south tell him that they were going to take his Jeep. He pulled back his jacket revealing his .357 and told them that he didn't think that that was going to happen. They just turned around and left. Just having it with you can be the difference maker. I don't worry too much about being down in the southern units but I will not camp alone and I will always have my sidearm with me.
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    Hunt Sucess

    Man, that's awesome. Congratulations to both of you. I bet you were just as excited as he was. I'm 25 and I still go hunting with my dad, I love it. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to go with me. That's a great first buck also.....great job redman jr.
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    Got My First Buck

    Excellent first buck, congrats. It's that much more satisfying when you put in the hard work preseason to get it done. Plus you got to share the experience with family and friends, it doesn't get any better than that. 2 tags, 2 bucks, good job.
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    Lions

    I didn't see any lions but I did see about 15 coyotes during 4 days of hunting. The fawn crop looks like it was great this year, almost half of the deer that I saw this trip were fawns. I am wanting to take a trip down to where I deer hunted and see if I can't take of few of these coyotes out.....or better yet a lion, and help the fawn survival rate a little bit.
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    Yaqui and the Coues

    I would love to learn more about the culture of the Yaqui. My wife is from Ciudad Obregon and there is a lot of Yaqui history in that area. I need to check it out more next time I am down there. My wife's uncle grew up around Yaquis and I met him once and he talked to me some in Yaqui, I thought it was pretty neat. Is there anywhere in Arizona where they have a museum or where you can see the "Danza del Venado"? I would love to go see it.
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    Josh's Buck

    What a great story and buck to go with it. I'd say 95", pretty good main beams and good size eye guards. Congrats.
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    first coues

    Congrats on a fine first coues.
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    Moon Phase for Jan 07

    I don't know the answer either way, but I have made a few observations since the subject interests me a lot. A few years ago our hunt fell on a full moon. I set up in my spot before light on the first day and the sun came up and nothing happened. I didn't really know what I was doing(still don't) and didn't have good optics or know how to use what I had. At about 7:45 AM some deer that were bedded down 200 yards away from me started to get up. There were a few does and a few bucks. The full moon carried on into the daylight. Did the deer feed in the light of the moon and then get up later???? That's what it seemed like to me. On my hunt this year the moon was at half moon but very bright, you could almost play catch with a football at night. The moon was out in the afternoon and then from 1:30 AM until sunrise it was pitch black. In the mornings we heard a ton of shooting and not near as much in the evenings. We also saw very little deer activity in the evenings. Is this because the deer knew that after sundown they would have plenty of light to feed until early AM???? I don't know. Surprisingly we saw more deer between 11:30-2:30 than at any other time, lots of activity, but these were also all does and fawns.....do the bucks follow a different pattern???? I don't know. I love the subject and hopefully many more years of hunting experiences will teach me more about it.
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    Campfire smoke

    No campfire for me. I love campfires but I get only a few days a year to deer hunt so I can save the campfire for a camping trip. I do the whole uv scent free down to the max and hope that every little bit I do helps. This year while sitting by a water hole I was setup with the wind in my favor to where the deer had been coming in. About 45 minutes before dark a doe came trotting in 30 yards away from me downwind of me and never knew I was there. She got her water and then proceeded to feed on a bush 40 yards away facing me. I was sitting right in the open among some bushes and this deer never had an idea that I was there. I had this happen the next morning also. Maybe some other deer scented me and didn't come in to the water????? I don't know. I just try to give myself as much chance as possible. The doe left because of a pack of 5 coyotes that came in. They came in on the opposoite side and played around for a good 15 minutes coming within 20 yards of me at times and eventually left without ever knowing I was there. I'm sure I get scented plenty of times but I also know of plenty of times that I wasn't scented and maybe it will payoff sometime when there's a big ole toad around.
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    Hunt Report

    My dad and I hunted 36B Friday and today. We didn't fill either tag yet but we're going to head out and hunt Tuesday and Wednesday to finish out our hunt. We did see some pretty cool stuff while we were down there. Friday afternoon my dad spotted a 100+ inch buck about an hour before shooting light was gone, but unfortunately was unable to get a shot. We set up early before sunup the next day but never found the buck again. I had a herd of about 15 javelina come all the way across a canyon and walked within 20 yards of me and never knew I was there. There were about 8 little piglets in the herd, here's a pic: Also, here's my tribute to you Scottyboy......I was pretty excited to find this(actually my dad found it). It's really not as easy to find as the picture makes it look. Congrats to all who have filled there tags, we are going to head back out and hunt Tuesday and Wednesday and hopefully fill ours. daryl_s
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    Hunt Report

    Okay, I got back about 1 AM last night. Unfortunately it was tag soup for both of us, but not for lack of effort. We hunted up high Tuesday morning but it just wasn't happening. I was glassing down in a flatter area and seeing way more deer. Tuesday PM and all day Wednesday we hunted by some water holes down low and saw a lot of deer but couldn't tag out. My dad missed a nice buck from 260 yards but he fell earlier in the day and hit his scope on the ground. He later missed a coyote from 20 yards so I think his scope got knocked out of position. I saw these 2 bucks on Tuesday at 8:30 AM but I was about a half mile away and up 700 ft higher in elevation. The bucks didn't hang around long because there was a coyote on the other side of the waterhole. The picture didn't come out real good but I could tell that they were both definitely bucks. They were the only 2 bucks I saw the whole trip. I don't think that anybody else hunted the area we were in. On Wednesday I saw 15 deer, 11 of which I had in range but they were all does and fawns. I saw more fawns than I have ever seen in my life. Hopefully the fawn crop was this good for all of the southern units. I also saw about 15 coyotes total, I didn't shoot any of them because I was holding out for a buck. I think I'll go down there again and thin out the coyote population some. Overall it was a good trip, we hunted hard and saw a lot of wildlife and hopefully we're that much smarter for next time. Congrats to everybody who tagged out and good luck to those are yet to go.
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    success

    Congrats on a great buck, love the width.
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    Hunt Report

    I must remind everybody that it was Scottyboy who first posted the pics of the rock....I guessed the mountain correctly and then while hunting over the weekend my dad found it. It is pretty dang cool to see and the view from up there is amazing. While my dad was taking my pic up there 2 does busted out right by us. And like Scottyboy says it is a pretty good hike up there. We hunted up there for 2 days and only 1 other hunter made it up that way, all the others were driving around or hunting not too far from the road. Unfortunately, as pointed out HV found the rock too, what a shame. I bought a new Eberlestock X1 pack today, I can't wait to take off this afternoon and get back out there and be up there reallllly early tomorrow morning. I'll have my report for late Wednesday or early Thursday.
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