>They get overharvested here. Just
>my opinion. There are
>still a few HUGE deer
>in some really overlooked desert
>areas here in AZ(not the
>Strip or Kaibab either).
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>I found these one spring and
>tryed to kill this deer
>the year after. I
>saw him before the season
>and he was bigger than
>the sheds I found that
>year. The sheds score
>180 net with a 26
>inch spread credit even with
>the weak beams and crappy
>front forks. I never
>saw him during the hunt.
> I have since seen
>2 bucks that are substantially
>bigger in the same area.
> They just turn into
>ghosts during the season and
>live in impenetrable mesquite thickets
>out in flats miles from
>the nearest glassable hills. Any
>of those deer would rival
>most of the muleys killed
>in Mexico. They are
>out there but I just
>have not figured out how
>to kill them yet, I
>am too busy chasing mice
>(coues) deer around in places
>that are glassable ;-).
>
>Bret M.
appreciate the post. Those are nice sheds...much bigger than any deserts I've found. I agree with you, 30 miles of flat is tough. Best pickup head I've found was only perhaps 175net, though I've a friend with a 185 net from S&W of Tucson. I've scouted and hunted down in Kofa's...but again no easy deer to "glass".....miles of flat. thx.....