creed_az_88

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.

I dont think so.

Thanks guys. I'll consider it. Not a huge fan of record books. Especially not a huge fan of the way antelope are scored. But I do believe that exceptional animals should be recognized.

I look forward to your videos every year. And I agree. Coues are best. How has the peak rut dates changed in your areas over the last few years?

Yup. Got lucky to turn one up.

I hope to be back some day! Thanks man, archery hunting coues deer definitely made the hard way alot easier.

Awesome Ernesto. I've always enjoyed seeing your coues success. Glad to see you keep the success going on another one of Arizona's great species.

Thanks Craig!

Awesome buck. Congratulations. Very cool.

Thanks again guys.

Yes it was 😁

Thanks everybody. Definitely got lucky. I haven't quite smiling yet.

Gotta love big velvet bucks. Congrats.

Love it! You've really got it dialed in on that blind hunting for velvet bucks.

I imagine he spends time in 10 also, he was right on the border.

I guess I got really lucky to find a decent buck. On a side note, we saw one really big buck in unit 9 that I'd gladly share the location to if somebody on here has a unit 9 tag. The wet winter definitely didn't affect his horn growth too bad.

So is the quality down because all the bucks shrunk? Or because alot of the top tier bucks get shot every year and none of the up and comer 2 and 3 year olds made the proper jumps in growth this year because of the excess winter and spring moisture?

I will agree that the numbers weren't great, but buck quality seemed great to me. But I'm a rookie so take that for what it's worth.

Just got back from 10, if it sucks, then I would love to see what it's like on a good year... must be unbelievably amazing.

I'm looking forward to this! Good luck.

I've been watching the weather radar everyday looking for rain up there and I have seen very few storms pass over the area. 10 more days! 😵

Notice I wrote eager and not eagar. They're eager to still my stuff. . .

True that, them eager boys got me for a couple. 🤬. Scoundrels.

BowTech destroyer 350

I bought one. Easiest to tune bow I've had yet. Super accurate. A little slower than my old bow but plenty fast. Holds really well. That's probably it's best attribute. I love the grip. Its biggest flaw is it's weight, but that is also alot of the reason it holds so well, along with it's axle to axle length. Hand shock at the shot is not non existent but it's minimal. It was love at first shot for me.