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    Well I ended my 2014 hunting season with this toad. I hunted for 11 solid days and turned him up. Story goes:

     

    I found this area I really liked from past hunts so I thought I would focus there for the hunt. I did a day of walking the area out looking for water and sign. After a long hike and decent amount of sign I fount a set of tracks that I really liked seeing. So I decide to focus my attention to this area for a few days to see what it turned up. It was about a 1.5 mile hike into the glassing spot I picked out and was a great vantage point. I spent the next three days on this point looking over what I though was every deer in this area. I came to the conclusion this huge track was from a big footed 90" deer since that was the largest buck in the area. On day three around noon after staring into my Swarovski big eyes for 5 hours straight, frustrated and doubting my spot I spun around and started glassing a hill that was three miles out. After focusing my attention to one specific saddle and bowl that looked good I started seeing bucks. This spot had deer all over it. After looking over all the deer in the spot I counted 7 bucks and two does. There was one buck that stood out in width and mass and had all the other bucks bowing at his feet basically., and at three miles I could tell he was a special looking buck I thought I wanted. Man I love those big eyes they are a real advantage.

    After the decision was made to go after him it was around a three hour hike to get over there due to the topography of the area. When I got to the base of the mountain and started my way up the steep incline I was doubting the deer would even be there after that long of a time. When I got to my rock outcropping I snuck over the top and started glassing. I immediately started picking up deer. Buck after buck but no big boy. I stayed behind the binos for a hour straight to no avail. I finally got out the big eyes and started picking apart the brush piece by piece hoping to turn up an antler tip or an ear I couldn't see with the 12xs. After another hours of picking apart the brush I finally got some luck. I just happen to be looking at the right manzanita bush when I saw a ear move. After locking in on that spot I finally could see an antler. As soon as I saw the antler my blood pressure started rising immediately. I could only see on side of his rack and I could see all the mass and the split g-2. I new right away he was a shooter. I quickly got my gun set up rock solid and ranged several spots on the hill. 637 yards. That was as close as I could get safely without alerting them to my position. I do a lot of long range shooting and I new that was well within my capabilities.

    I set up my camera on the big eyes and got behind my gun to wait for him to stand up. I was behind my gun for probably twenty minutes, everyone knows how hard that is. I was ready for him when he stood up, but as luck would have it a smaller buck walked down to him and he didn't like that guy being so close to his doe. So he stood up and immediately took off running at the smaller buck and rammed him a couple times. Through out all this he really never stopped moving for me long enough to make a lethal shot at that range. He then started pushing his doe all around the hill side without stopping in a clearing. I had to re position several times waiting to trip the trigger. As luck would have it he finally got tired of chasing that doe that was obviously interested in the same thing he was and stopped broadside but behind the bush. I new I was about to get a shot so I leaned over and started my camera. Just after I got it started he did the best thing possible for me. He bedded down in the only clearing on the hill. I got back behind the gun settled in and squeezed the trigger. The recoil knocked me off the spot and by the time I got back on it there was nothing there in the clearing. I started scanning over the hillside and going from buck to buck but he wasn't there. after panicking for a couple seconds I realized I had the camera rolling. I checked the film and was pleased to see the buck never got out of his bed.

    I am very happy with this buck. he ended up having 36" of mass and a ton of character. I didn't get too many good pics of him hunting by myself and dealing with that steep hill was the easiest for photography but getting the kill shot on video made up for it. A very memorably hunt and have to thank my wife for dealing with my coues obsession. Thx for reading Josh Weeks

     

    you have to double click the link and copy and past the video link to your browser. sorry couldn't get the video to attach

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    I am selling this truck bed tool box/ fuel tank. It holds 91 gallons of fuel. Can be directly hooked up to truck fuel line easily as well as a port for auxiliary pump as needed. Tool box on top is deep and very handy, I had it for just over 1 year. sold my long bed truck and do not need it any longer. $650 model #71927

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    We are currently looking for good help. Thought I would try here first. We are looking to hire a few guys with good work ethic. Good pay depending on experience. Looking for roofers/shingles and or laborers who want to learn a trade. Must be able to pass background check and have transportation. Call josh 4806882255

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    thanks for the replies. Yes he was killed on public land. All the private ranches want way to much imho to hunt on the,. The tag is pricey enough. This Oryx was safe most of his life in a un-hunt

    able area until he decided to chase this cow onto public land. The off range hunt is doable but be ready to spend some time scouting and hunting to be successful. Its definatly not on range quality.

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    After waiting for 8years to draw an on range oryx hunt I finally gave up and applied for an off range hunt. They are much easier to draw for a non residend. Its a big gamble due to the price of the tag and the low success rate but I was ready to gamble. Going in to the hunt I had no real idea where to go. I went up a week early and started scouting in all the areas I thought would be decent glassing spots on all sides of the range boundry. I never saw an oryx off range until the fourth day of scouting when I found this giant tending his cow. I watched him for three days until the opener. I glassed him up on opening morning at around 590 yards. I waited for it get good and light so I could get good video of the shot. I set up for the shot and nailed him with one shot and he was down. I had a super fun hunt and was rewarded with a toad of an oryx. He measured right at 88". His horns were 38" and 36" with a broken tip, with 7" bases. Defiantly a hunt to remember. Thanks for the help Louie Jason and Harry

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