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Wow!! Great buck. You must stalk like a cat to get within range of a buck like that with 6 does. Awesome job... By the way, what unit were you in?

for some reason I can't see the picture. what settings do I need to adjust?

What unit was it in? My brother missed a buck in 33 way back in that looked just like that on the 3rd day of the november hunt .... or so he thought. we searched for blood for ever in the dark but didn't find anything.

Nice topic. I like to get out and as a result have been a few places. Let me think..... 1 in unit 23 2 in unit 29 1 in unit 35b 1 in unit 36b 3 in unit 34a 5 in unit 33

This was by far the toughest Nov hunt in a long time. there were hunters everywhere in my usual spots and mature bucks were hard to find this year. The ones I scouted were nowhere to be found but on sat my brother Mark glassed up this buck and offered me the chance to give chase despite having a tag himself. Thanks Mark!!! Fortunately, the stalk worked out and I was able to close the deal. All in all our group killed 5 out of 7 with two bucks being decent and other three small but still well earned. Here's a pic of my buck. enjoy!!

Wow!!! That is an outstanding buck. You should be proud!! Totally awesome... ginormous.. and with tons of character along with it. Well done.

Sounds like you all had a great time in some beautiful country. Glad it all went well and awesome pics and stories.

that's a great job. Nice bucks!!

Ok KP. Just to clarify... I agree... 5 out of 7 is a great success rate. My statement of a tough hunt was just because normally we see more good or decent bucks with the amount of effort we put in. We get up early and hike a long ways in to elliminate being on top of other hunters and prevent having to move during prime glassing hours. To give you some idea, Sunday night opening weekend, it took us five and a half hours to hike out in the dark. On this hunt, we only saw 3 mature bucks in the entire season and we hunted all day every day. We did manage to kill the smaller two of those bucks which is excellent but the rest of the bucks we saw were forks or smaller. I have no complaints.... I love to hunt and normally pass up as many bucks as possible just so I can keep hunting and with my luck, end up shooting a fork on the last day. For me and especially my brothers and my dad, this is our time. We love hanging out together and telling the stories at the end of each day and laughing and joking and prodding each other about missed opportunities. Hopefully that explains it a little better. I'm in no way ungrateful and am thankful for every chance I have to get out and experience the outdoors whether I have a tag or not and whether I'm successful or not.

Nice job!

As if the recent posts haven't been enough to get the blood flowing for my upcoming november hunt, this sent me into cardiac arrest. This past weekend, an extremely accomplished archer and friend of mine harvested a giant buck over the weekend. "Marty" shot a 119 pt buck on sunday in southern az. He has killed some nice coues deer over the years and some very nice mule deer as well, but this one takes the cake. Very well deserved especially considering the time and effort he has put in over the years. He's not one to boast or brag so I'll do it for him. This is an awesome deer. If anyone can tell me how to post a picture I'll put one up. When I try, I get an error saying that the file space needed is greater than my global limit. gungho

Gee!!! This topic brings back memories. Embarrasingly, my first rifle was a .303 Enfield carbine. I bought it because that's what my Dad had and I thought it was cool. Boy was I wrong on that one. The thing had a 18 inch barrel with a flash guard on the end of it. It was so inaccurate, I had to limit myself to 100 yards. About 1 season was all it lasted and it was traded for a few dollars toward the .243 I've used for about a decade. Now, its the .300 win mag.... I doubt I'll go back.

That's the ticket!!! Just keep after it and one of these times it will all come together.

November, unit 33 coues hunt. It's gonna be a good one. Me, my brother, dad and a friend all drew tags for the same hunt on two tickets for the first time in.... I can't remember when. Can hardly wait!!!

What an outstanding job!! He kills a great buck or bull near about every year. both those deer are bucks i can only dream about. someday we'll all get our chance.

Great job!! Congratulations despite difficult circumstances.... it's nice to see your hard work pay off in a big way.

that's a great job!!! It's a tremendous feeling when it all comes together and you execute the shot. Wow!! you've got an awesome buck whether it's your first or twentieth archery kill. The pig will probably seem like a walk in the park next to taking that guy. Congrats!! Gungho

Outstanding!!! That looks like a great buck. Great job and beautiful pictures.

You're welcome Ernesto!! It's always enjoyable to hear the stories of fellow hunters, whether successful or not. Congrats to you too.... I think you're the only one on the forum who has achieved "premier member" status.

Ok!! Here's the short version of the story as it was told to me. I don't know how many times Marty saw the buck, but on that day he has seen it earlier in a bachelor herd with a two point, and a couple of mid 80 inchers or so. He hunted all afternoon glassing and searching for them with no luck and was starting to ease his way back toward the truck. It was then when he glimpsed movement a few ridges away. A quick look with the binocs and he saw the huge buck working it's way over the ridge and out of sight. After the earlier frustrations, Marty wondered if he could refind the deer but thought he owed it to himself to put in an effort. To make it short, he stalked over the ridge where the buck went and saw nothing, and then over the next few hills with the same result. It seemed that the buck and his friends had disappeared but decided to check one more spot on the other side of small rocky knob. He eased around it and still saw nothing when suddenly he heard a noise below him. It was the fork horn down to his left and was looking up toward him. Then he spotted one of the 80 or so inch bucks walk out slightly farther down the hill. Marty drew his bow and was evaluating this buck when the big one stepped out from behind a tree and started to nose the 80 inch buck. One well placed arrow and the buck ran 40 yards before piling up. Dave, Yes, I believe you are correct. Marty is the same guy. I met him only 15 or so years ago and he was a genuinely nice guy then and a great hunter. Now I'm 31 years old and he's the same nice guy with even more skills.

I agree treestandman. Looking at many of the recent pictures, it seems clear that maybe the rains we've been having are certainly helping antler growth. Surely other factors like genitics, age, etc have their effect, but nutrition in the current food supply looks great. haven't scouted much lately and can't wait to get out and get a handle on what caliber of deer are out there this year.

I have an idea, but he has worked hard and out of sheer respect, it wouldn't be right to mention where.

Let's try this again.

I'm working on it. I should learn how so I can post more often rather than just reading.

No complaints here!!! Nov 33 coues hunt.... nothing else. Plenty of friends drew antelope, elk and deer tags, so I'll be busy helping them the rest of the time. Maybe I'll even get lucky and shoot a bear this year.