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Hey thanks Amanda for posting these pics.. We had a lot of fun.. lol it was pretty cool trying to walk into the expo and all these people were stopping me wanting to look at my buck.. Too bad i got rid of the DeClay buck. . Well i'll have a shoulder mount of the replica with the original hide. Who knows how long if possilbe i will be seeing a buck like this again?? Harold

I will be meeting Amanda at her booth at 1:00 if you would like to check it out

sorry they didn't show up as well these were taken from my phone. Okay here we go with the story..... On a cold thursday morning (jan. 7, 2010) my brother and I went out to a area i've been seeing alot of deer about 25 miles away from home. We had glassed and walked the area for 5 hours but had only seen one doe. So we decided to leave the area and check out this other place lower toward the black river area. Where we parked the jeep and decided to walk along the side of a canyon and work our way down to the black river. I told my brother to stay up on top and glass the area while i cross the canyon and walk along side it. The ridge i walked on started to drop off to a 20 foot cliff so i walked back to the area my brother was glassing. When i got to the top i couldnt find him, so i whistled softly a couple times. He whistled back and signal me to come in his direction. I worked my way thru the tree line to him and he told me that he had just seen a massive buck on top of the ridge i was walking on. So we tried to locate this buck that he had seen. I told him we should relocate to a higher point and see if we can spot him, so we did. We glassed but still couldnt find him. So we decided to wait and see if he would come into an opening. As luck turned to my side a doe had appeared in the opening. I got my 300 WSM ready and waited for this buck to pop out. Within a few seconds he appeared about 250 yards chasing the doe, my heart beated so hard when i seen the rack of this monster!!! I then placed my cross hairs on this buck and pulled the trigger, once hit he spun around and started to flee to the other side of the ridge. I didnt want to loose this trophy so i shot once again and nailed his left hind quarter which dropped him. We knew for sure he was down so we quickly ran down and up to where the buck was. With all the adrenaline flowing, seems like we got to the buck in less than a minute!!! Once i seen the antlers on this coues i shouted in victory giving my brother high 5's and thanking the Lord for this amazing animal!!! I wouldn't have gotten this buck if it weren't for my brother spotting this huge buck of a lifetime! Special thanks to my brother for helping me bag this 150'' gross and 137 7/8 net monster! Will post more pictures within the next few days.. Base circumference: Left- 5 7/8 Right- 5 7/8 Main beam: Left- 20 2/8 Right- 19 6/8 Inside spread: 17 2/8

hey guys just wanted to say thanks again!! for all the congrats!!! I am having three replicas done this weekend hope they turn out like the real deal... Now i got to thinking should i get a replica mounted with the original cape or the real rack? undecided??? What would you do?

Congrats!! I give major props to all bowhunters.. Especially bowhunting a Coues buck!! UNREAL!!

AWESOME buck!! This thing looks freaking HUGE. His rack makes his body look tiny!!

Great story!! Congrats on an awesome buck!

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150 1/8" Gross and 138 1/8" Net!! Harvest jan. 7, 2010 at 1230pm..

I'm thinking of doing some Replicas just don't have the money to have him mounted just yet or to even get a Replica done.. Any suggestions where i could get one made??? I will be moving to the Gilbert area within the next month.. I just boiled the skull 3 days ago and oh my does this thing look like a beauty with the dark heavy antlers on it with the skull glowing!!!

Sorry the other pictures are still on the way..... I'm trying to get a hold of the guy that took more photos but he's so caught up with work.. I'm pretty sure i'll get some soon.. That evening i brought him(the Buck) back there was a lot of ppl taken pictures so gotta get them soon.. (OH yeah by the way what should we name this buck???)

Good luck with that!! I hope you can make it happen! I am sure it would be pricey, but at least some non-tribal people would get to enjoy some WT hunting up there. Or keep it closed and let the tribal members enjoy it for themselves. Seems like there is more and more interest in WT hunting among tribal members up there. Amanda yeah thats what i was thinking.. or at least a bid or something just one person?? idk just something i was thinking

thank you all so much for the congrats this truly is a buck of a lifetime!!! i cant stop lookin at my pictures or to even let go of this buck!!!!!!!!!!! thx amanda for posting the pics... if anyone is in the white mountain area and would like to see the buck dont hesitate to ask... btw- my guess is this buck was not more than 100 lbs (never had the chance to weigh this beast) & he didnt have much fat on him.. the local game & fish took samples of his teeth, and do not think he is very old. more pictures are still to come... thanks again!

Here's some pics of last 08-09 hunting season

couple more pics of 08-09 hunting season.. Mule deer is actually from december of 07

All these bucks are from the WMAT.... The monster with all the MASS is my nephews buck and the other two are mine. He says that his buck grossed at 113".

I'm from the Rez and for sure you'll see tons of elk out behind the bog tank lake area those back roads start from McNary and end up across the Sunrise lake/Ski area. Another good place to go would be up by Tonto lake Pacheta Lake area... Depends on what area your allowed to hunt. I got drawn for zone 2 bull and am hoping to bag a monster!! This is where the 7 or so 400+ bulls were taken this year!! I'd be willing to take ya around out here and show you a few spots.