Outdoor Writer

Okay. The 2nd one is the one I use too. I'm guessing it is still a browser setting somewhere since only a couple folks are having the problem. I'll see what else I can find. In the meantime, if you have the phishing filter turned on, uncheck it and try logging in here a couple times. If that doesn't help, turn it back on. -TONY

Check your browser settings under TOOLS/Internet Options. Click the Security tab, then click on Custom Level and scroll all the way to the bottom under User Authentication. You should have one of the Automatic ones checked. -TONY

Scott, The RM G&F issue with the article I did on your 2006 NM Coues and Marty Hendrickson's AZ bow kill is now out. Did you see it yet? -TONY

Nice wide buck, Shane. Good job. -TONY

Hope everyone has a

Gobble, Gooble!!!

Way to smoke one, lady!! Super buck! -TONY

Very nice, Dennis. Congrats to both of you. -TONY

Sweet bucks, guys. That 3x3 mulie buck has a very similar antler configuration as the one I killed in Colorado. -TONY

I'm outta here bright and early tomorrow on my way to the Ft. Collins, CO area where I'll be do a "cull" mule deer hunt and also a bit of waterfowl hunting. I will have a high-speed connection so I'll try to file daily reports and maybe some photos. Now y'all play nice. -TONY

Super job and congrats to all! -TONY

Good job, Troy. You're the man!!! -TONY

See the other point I made about the constant monitoring the condors get. The eagles -- especially the scavenger goldens -- get little attention in that regard. Thus like most of the other critters, there's little concrete data recorded. It's no different than when they radio collar wolves and such. They know immediately how to locate it and also know when the animal is no longer moving and is probably dead. -TONY

Way to go, girl! -TONY

Opinions are good! You know what they say about them. -TONY

Actually, Lark, I would guess they let the condors play with toys and eat foods imported from China. Just beware of those black helicopers flying near your place. -TONY

Here are a few more photos. -TONY Another of Roger Bell's buck with guide Chanse Snow. The red arrow at the upper right was where Roger's buck was bedded. When he was hit, he got up, ran a few yards before going down and then started tumbling, stopping just short (where the other arrow is) of going off the steep cliff. That's Chanse standing to the left of the arrow. This is a wider view showing where the buck went down. Hard to see in the photo but Roger and Chanse are standing where the arrow points. Chanse and Roger dragging the buck down to where I had brought the truck. I had dropped them off about 1/2 mile away from the bedded buck, and they worked their way to within 160 yards to a ridge to the left of it. Once I heard the shot, I drove back to the spot where I took the photos of the cliffs. This is a photo taken of the ranch terrain from the area where I killed my buck. The snow-covered peaks off in the distance are within Rocky Mt. NP. All the brush is mountain mahogany.

Well, if we ever get to reschedule the party at my place, venison summer sauage will probably be part of the finger -eating goodies. The gal who runs the meat processor here let me taste a slice of all three varieties and they were all great. I guess they should be at $3 per lb. in addition to the normal processing cost. -TONY

Thanks, Jim. We had to do a lot of cleaning up with mine because it spewed lots of blood from the mouth. We also cut the tongue out. -TONY

I'm not sure why he named that buck "fuego" and the other "aqua." I'll ask Chanse when I see him today or manana. For some reason, your link is corrupt for me. Here's a link to the Hunter's Journal page and the photo of the big one. -TONY

I'm not a big fan of European mounts. So if I do it, I'll probably go all out and likely do it in a sneak position with a slight turn. -TONY

With this outfit on this ranch, any older buck less than a good 4x4 is a management buck or cull. There are also many of what they consider trophy bucks. The one killed yesterday was a 206" and one of the best ever taken on the ranch. It was quite unlike most of the typical Colo. mulies. It looked more like something that would come off the N. Kaibab. -TONY

Indeed!!! I love it. It has been to Canada, Africa, New Zealand and even California if you want to count that as a foreign country. . BTW, the mule deer are already in their rutting pattern right now. Every good buck is with a harem and chasing the ladies to and fro. I don't think the does are hot yet, however, because we didn't see any that would stand still for a buck. -TONY

Yup, that's exactly why he's a management buck. If you look closely, you will also see that the brow tines are at the front of the antler bases and pointed forward at about 45 deg. rather than straight up. I think he's unique enough to hang on the wall, so I caped him in case I decide to go that route. I'll upload a few pix of the terrain when I get a chance later. Here's another pix with the John Deere Reaper in the photo. -TONY

Not sure if he had once visited, but he was miles from those fields where I harvested him, and Chanse -- my guide -- had been seeing him in this area since Aug. But he had a very nice layer of fat and ran only 20 yards or so before he fell dead. They estimated him at 6 yrs. old. Here he is in all his glory. -TONY Front View: Side View Roger Bell's 3x3 from yesterday