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    Opening Day Success

    Congratulations on an awesome buck!!! I love the uniqueness of the main beams crossing over each other. Another example of hard preseason scouting paying off.
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    where do they go

    kast1- I was in 36B Friday and Saturday and I know what you're talking about. These little critters are tough to get. We hunted up higher and I only saw 1 hunter in the area we were in. We saw plenty of deer we just didn't get any shots. I saw lots of people driving around and hunting the lower areas and it just convinces me more that not many people are willing to get out and get high up in the hills. I do realize that some people have health reasons for doing this. We hunted this area for 2 days and only saw 1 hunter up there. Im hoping the pressure pushes them up higher to us but the area is awesome and I know that we'll be able to find a good one in there. 3 times in an hour span I saw trucks or rhinos stop on the road, get out and look around for 10 minutes or so and drive on. I watched them in my binos and in the rhino there were 3 people in the front and one of the passengers even used his scope as binos from the seat. I say if you can get up higher in the hills in an area that looks good you can at least get away from thew majority of the other hunters. Also it was really hot Friday and Saturday and it's supposed to be 8-9 degrees cooler this week. Hope you fill your tag.
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    Dad's First Coues

    Congratulations to you and your dad, that's a very nice looking 2 point. Is your November hunt in 36B also???? I need a new pack, maybe I'll go with the Eberlestock...it's quite a bit more than the badlands but the rifle scabbard looks like it came in real handy for you.
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    Success in 36C!

    That's a great lookin buck, very nice pictures. Congrats.
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    ATV plate and tags

    I just asked my dad how much his quad cost. Registration is about $100 a year and insurance was $200 the first year, $100 the 2nd year and $75 this year. it's a Polaris 500 sportsman.
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    New Bow

    Well, I've kind of backed off on the bow deal until after my hunt this upcoming weekend. If I fill my tag then maybe I can be able to work something out for Christmas and get ready for January. If I don't tag out then I will probably pick up where I left off and get the ball seriously rolling. Thanks for all the responses everyone, I am looking into all the options that have been mentioned. Wish me luck this weekend in 36B. Daryl
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    New Bow

    I have decided that I am going to just go ahead and buy a new bow instead of fixing up the one I got. I was surprised to see brand new bows as low as $199......I have decided to make my limit $300 since I wasn't even planning on buying a new bow. Are the bows in this price range good bows???? Which would be the best?? If they aren't good bows then I probably wouldn't do it...and I ask if they are good bows because I've seen the 700+ price tags on some of the others. Now I don't expect a $300 bow to match up to a $700 dollar bow but I would like to know if for $300 I'm getting a real piece of junk or not. Thanks everyone for the advice on the previous thread and on this one. Daryl
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    Need Bow Advice

    Okay, I have a bow that my dad gave me. I used to use this bow when I was in high school but didn't really know what I was doing. I practiced with it and hunted with it a few times but I have pretty much always been a rifle hunter. I would like to get into archery hunting and get this bow ready to use. I hate to sound ignorant but I really don't know too much about bows. This bow hasn't been used in about 8 years and it has been sitting out in my dad's shop collecting dust. I want to take it somewhere and get it checked out and see what it needs but I don't want to take it into an archery shop and make a fool of myself. I don't have the bow here with me otherwise I'd tell you what kind it is. I would buy a new bow but I just spent a bit of money on a new rifle and scope. What do you guys/gals suggest as far as getting it ready to use? What archery shop would you recommend here in the Valley??? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Daryl I will post a picture of the bow probably tomorrow morning
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    Need Bow Advice

    Thanks for all the info so far. I have bowhunted with this bow in the past but I just didn't really know what I was doing. I never had too much knowledge about bows or even this bow. I would love to buy a new bow but I just bought a brand new .270 and put a new scope on it, I don't think my wife would go for the bow just yet. The bow is a PSE, on the inside it says "strato flite express" and on the outside it says "game sport." When I do take it in I will definitely get a new rest because I absolutely HATE the rest it has. Here are a few pics:
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    New .270

    Thanks for the advice guys. We went out this morning did a little glassing and I somewhat sighted in my rifle. I wasn't real comfortable with the shooting setup so I didn't fine tune it. I'm going to head out to Usery this week and fine tune it with the 140 grain Federal Premium Accubonds. Hopefully it'll pay off in October.
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    New .270

    I bought a new .270 last week. I haven't been out to shoot yet but I have been wondering what is the best size bullet for accuracy. I bought a box of 130 grain remingtons and will also try out the 150 grains. I will try them both out and see which one will group better but I also wanted to get your input since I know that there are a lot of experienced hunters reading this. I also bought a new leupold 4-12x 40mm scope for the rifle. Thanks in advance for the advice. Daryl
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    New .270

    Thanks. I didn't mention.....I have never gotten into reloading so I will be using factory loads. The rifle is a ruger m77. I have a .243 of the same model and it loves the remington core lokts so I figured that that is what I would start with. I have had very good results with the remingtons in my .243.
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    Swarovski 10x50 SLC NEW

    I was seriously considering buying coues7's swaros after seeing them at Sportsmans for 1600 new but decided to go with a new rifle and scope and Nikon Monarchs but I think that 1200 is way more than fair. Coues7, hope you get a good offer soon and everything goes well for your family. Daryl
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    CA deer

    Was that at Yosemite??? I remember seeing deer like that at Yosemite when I was kid.
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    SUNSETS pics...

    Here is a shot from Woods Canyon Lake Saturday morning.
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    BIG BUCK

    I was also in 36B this weekend. I just could not get over how green it was. We were checking out some areas other than where we normally hunt and saw 10 deer, only 1 was a buck, small 2 point. I only got a few pictures of a doe and a fawn together. Here's a pic of the doe and fawn, taken through swaros 15x56 at 315 yards. Vegasjeep, looks like you got em pegged, awesome pics.
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    Dang Varmits

    Casey, I hope you shoot that big ole bear before he runs into you . Im headin out to 36B real early tomorrow morning to do a little scoutin and see what's out there.
  18. Thanks for posting that info BASS. I too struggled for a long time trying to post pictures using another website as a host but since being taught by other forum members it is so easy. I can upload a picture from my camera put it on photobucket and post it to this website in just a few minutes. Also, photobucket will resize your pictures when you upload them to their site so you don't even have to worry about resizing, plus like others have said, using another site as a host doesn't take up CWT space. If you have multiple pictures you can fit them all in one post too.
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    Couple more pics...

    That's a heck of a coues buck, what does he score??? Those main beams are verrry long and lots of cool junk too. Thanks for postin'.
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    Our Rifles Can't Shoot Worth a Hoot

    I've been thinkin', as much as Casey has been hearing it since last season I think he's probably gonna bag about a 110 with one shot on opening morning ......then he'll be totally off the hook and someone else is gonna have to become the new scapegoat.
  21. Ernesto, I have never seen one of those before but I think that they are called "mata g?ero"
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    I'm thinkin' of buying here!!!

    Scottyboy, you've got probably the coolest job there is. Sweet picture.
  23. now you know that story will sound so much better when you tell it years from now and it ends something like....."yeah, and to think I wouldn't have tagged such a toad if that guy hadn't brought me my tag to the house." Hopefully you'll tag a big one and make it a storybook ending.
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    TRAIL CAM PIC

    Yeah, maybe he got a front leg and part of the ear . That had to hurt.
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    Breakfast

    That's what we do Lark, but I wasn't responding because he was asking for quick meal solutions. Every morning we get up early enough to cook up and eat a good breakfast, eggs, hash browns, sausage and OJ. Gotta start off the day right, even if it means getting up a little earlier. It's so much easier to get up early when it's for hunting.
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