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Very tough conditions, dificult hunt but I still love it! Believe me, better than be at work with 115 degree weather! Besides, I'm getting no younger and only God know if I will ever draw another tag here in AZ. So to make a long story short, I'm still enjoying this hunt, made a beautiful shot that my buddy Hector got on film, by the way, a very special appreciation to Hector for helping me on this great hunt. Is very nice to have him at camp/hunt making it fun and enjoyable. A special mention to Phil Cramer for giving me some pointers on where to go and look for antelope. Here it is, I love it! VID-20190909-WA0009_001.mp4

Every year when I start to see the pictures come in of all you guys/gals out there get'ner done I have to repost the collection I put together a few years back. It features pictures of CWT members and my boys of course. What a great time of year we are headed into!!!

I'll keep it short and sweet. Turns out, it was actually worth the decade long wait for a tag. I had a blast. Got to spend some quality time with my brother which is too rare these days. Almost killed a really good buck the first afternoon. Got to 45 yards from his does but he decided to run off a smaller buck and not come back for hours so I crawled back out and left the does bedded. Turned out to be a good thing because the second day I found my target buck and was able to slip an arrow in him. I was able to creep into 160 yards unnoticed and then spent the following four hours stuck laying on the ground covered in stickers and trying not to melt. They eventually gave me an opportunity to get to 70 and I made the most of the oppurtunity. I didn't get to see him fall but my brother Cole got to watch him flip just out of my sight. He was with 3 does back in a shallow canyon that isn't visible from any roads. He was 3.6 miles as a crow flies from where I first found him in July. He's beyond what I could have ever asked for. I shot him in the that unit that I'm hearing doesn't grow big bucks anymore so I got pretty lucky. I got the very last tag so it must have been meant to be. I feel like I shorted myself only hunting two days but I couldn't pass this buck. Not in a million years could I have passed this buck. Thanks for reading. Creed.

God is good!!! The first few trips out this hunting season were less than stellar in productivity, but I was able to enjoy the country I was in and the company I had on every trip out. Yesterday evening after getting off work at 2:15pm my buddy Brad and I hit the sticks for an evening hunt. God blessed me with great company and very good help as well as a nice archery coues deer. Thank you brad for all of your help it is very appreciated!!! Hadn’t chased coues in over 10 years since I had moved away from Tucson and couldn’t be happier with getting this buck my first few months back.

Awesome buck....awesome unit..................I'll take a tag from that unit any year any conditions....................

Heard this guy a few times Saturday night. 20190907_132202.mp4

After ranging twice I settle my 3rd pin (sighted exactly in at 45 yards) on him and I release. I hear the thump of a hit. I notice a smaller buck running along side monica as chaos breaks loose, like I tried to assassinate the president. Bucks are running everywhere. I keep an eye on monica making sure I dont lose site knowing he/she will go down any second. I go to where I shot and look for my arrow. Nothing. no blood. I go to where I last see them and find a piled up deer and say to myself finally. I look at the horns and go where is the rest of it. For a fleeting second I wont lie to you and say I didnt consider going after the big buck. Apparently when I ranged the second time and the seconds it took to reaquire the target the little guy stepped in front of his dad enough to take an arrow to the face. I sat there reminiscing over the past couple of weeks. the bucks I missed, passed and seen and just laughed. Here is my monster strip buck. Hope you guys enjoyed the ride. the ending wasnt what I expecting either.

the bulls are going to be moving soon looking for their ladies. Just get out there in the dark and listen then go chase them down.

YES!!!! Outstanding, Ernesto!! So awesome that Hector was able to be there (He is THE MAN!)! Great pronghorn, and I'm sure Chef told you what great eating they are! Thanks for sharing! S.

nice buck! we were up there and put on some boot miles. had a mohave snake crawl right past my foot thursday evening glassing. he tagged out Sunday morning

Awesome! Congrats on a great pronghorn!

Nice

Nice job. great looking buck

Congratulations Ernesto! Beautiful buck!!!

sorry not at this time.thx ps scope is a vari xIII .... not II

Bulls were pretty vocal in 6a sunday morning when we set up a few cameras on water for my buddy. This was around 845 am.

That could very well be the case. I just know what I was able to find in four days of scouting and I wasn’t impressed and didn’t see anything that made me want to keep the tag. This was the first time I had ever scouted for an antelope hunt so I’m sure there are guys out there that know where to look and how to find antelope a whole lot better than me. I’ll take it as a learning lesson and use it next time I have a tag.

This buck Josh killed was the 4th biggest we had scouted. A couple were considerably bigger. Here's a couple other pics of him....

Congrats Fred!! I know not the buck you wanted but a great story! BTW this thread should be titled "when an average Hunter gets a strip tag and drags it out like any Instagram ______" jk great write up

Right on man, you are a hunter and a sportsman. Congrats. Thank you.

Well at least I looked like I knew what I was doing driving down the road

This is and was a great thread! Congratulations on getting a deer. Sorry it's not what you wanted, but all the great memories will last longer than the head anyway!!!

I did get a year older on this Post! went from 62 to 63 last Friday. Seems like a whole year waiting for the finale. Hope its a good one...........BOB!

Ride around in the dark and stop to listen.