WHT_MTNMAN

315 plus or minus 50

I always fish more on weather than on flow, but I know that I don't like it over 550 fps. I always fish for bass and not trout. If we go before April we don't catch bass but some good cold water cats can be found.

That is a way cool looking shed. Good luck finding all of those 50 inchers.

I missed this post, sounds like a great time.. good luck shoot em good and take plenty of those great pics we always see. Be safe and have fun

Hey buddy again that looks freakin awesome, nice job Houston

I honestly can't remember how many arrows I have in the tree or how many times I missed, I haven't been there for awhile but if I remember you can hit the road further down if you miss and seems more unsafe now then it did when I was a teenager.

Sweet success, what a great month, nice job and a huge congrats to everyone. Thanks for the pics and story Gino. Houston

Hey a huge congrats, Cade showed me those you sent to his email, what a great buck. Nice job man. Houston

You know I completly understand. In the last week I could have killed 3 smallish bucks (1 coues and 2 mulies)I would have easily been happy with in Dec. but now that it is a new year the big ones are just out of reach....so far. Good luck shooting that guy, looks like a good buck.

Sweet pics and nice job, and I bet your a little more addicted than when you started. The 1 arrow is often times the norm. funny GH

What a great buck.. Huge congrats, my Dec. buck had that rust look also, very nice. Glad to see you got it done on a great buck.

I've been busy working/hunting etc.. and didn't post last years NM buck. I hope you enjoy it, my son got to watch me crawl 2-3 hundred yards looking through my 15's on the tripod, trying to get within range. He told me on the radio that this is the buck we should take. He got to see the shot and the does run off. I loved the chance I got to hunt with my son. Thanks to my good buddy Andy on scouting the ranch a few times before I got there. Not the biggest buck but right at 14" 6"bases and 5" prongs give or take, a very symetrical low/mid 70's buck.

What a smoker buck, huge congrats..

Good luck to you guys coming down, shoot a monster this year.

Hey Gino, thanks for showing the pictures, huge buck and a big congrats to Erin,, way to hang in there and kill a stud buck.

Excellent buck, I like those split G'2 bucks, way cool

Sweet buck, nice and tall very cool. Congrats again on a great buck.

I love mounts, so any representitive species I kill I want mounted. I work hard on most of my hunts and they all mean something special. For the most part I will not kill a animal unless I get it mounted. My first mount was a smallmouth bass I caught in the Black River when I was like 15 or so, I saved all money to get it done, from then on every mount brings back so many memories.

What a great looking buck.. sweeet.

IT IS ABOUT TIME, what a roller coaster ride it has been the last 4 years. It seems that every waking moment has been about trying to kill a Coues buck with my bow. It all started about 4 years ago when I got drawn for a November Coues hunt. I spent all summer looking for deer and when September came around I continued to hunt/scout for the upcoming hunt. One day I bedded a group of bucks and missed a 50 yard shot at the buck I would eventually take that November. Here is a picture The Story Dental School Buck Story I knew from that experience that is was going to be possible for me to shoot a Coues deer spot and stalk with my bow, little did I know how many stalks and shots later it would take for that dream to become reality. Over the course of the next few years I found many good bucks, had many blown stalks and a few missed shots at huge bucks and small bucks and everything in between. Season after season I would prepare better, learn more and get closer and closer. One year I bought a new bow after the January hunt, I knew that the next summer would be my time to stick a Coues. I practiced more and more shooting for an hour everyday almost for 5 months straight. That is the year I got drawn for Elk, so my September Coues was put on the back burner. Here is my consolation prize for that year The next year I hunted and hunted, I became so “depressed” over the difficulty of sticking a Coues with a bow and had to take a few hunts off to go hunt Carp. I ended up spending almost the complete last winter and this fall chasing mulies, missing two170+ inch bucks and finally killing a small buck in Utah in August this year. I had needed a break from Coues. All fall I kept getting ready for December/January hunt. I spent time looking at places to put a tree stand, salt…etc… and started thinking about alternative ways of killing a Coues buck other than spot and stalk. I just never got excited about sitting in a stand even though I know that it is the most dependable and effective way to regularly kill Coues. Well this December season started as it did every year with high hopes. I knew my archery skills were good since I shoot year around and was shooting very good this last two months. I spent a few days opening weekend looking for a big mulie I videoed last year and blew stalks on. I spent one afternoon glassing for Coues and I felt the old desire light up. I had been planning on hunting almost exclusively for mule deer in December and then would switch to Coues in January. I had a few days off and decided to make a quick trip on Christmas Eve. At first light I was sitting in a good glassing spot and spend an hour without finding a deer, I made a quick hike to another spot bumping a pretty good buck chasing does, I soon found a 3 bucks below me about ¾ of a mile and watched them bed among some rocks in an area almost impossible to approach. I debated whether or not even to attempt the stalk. With it being Christmas Eve my family getting ready to meet me at home for our Christmas celebrations I gave myself a 20% chance of getting close, it was thick and I figured my chances were slim. After a few minutes of debating I decided to make an effort. After getting within a few hundred yards and not being able to pick them up in the little depression I decided to make a relatively quick stalk and not spend the hours I usually do getting close. With the wind in my favor I quickly crossed to the last 60 yards, about that time I heard a gun shot that sounded like it hit on the opposite side of the depression that the deer were in. I quickly kneeled down waiting for those deer to come barreling out at me. Nothing happened, another shot, again nothing. One more shot, nothing. I quickly moved another 30 yards toward the deer and caught sight of a small buck exiting left, a little 2x3 exiting right and my buck sneaking out the back. I quickly estimated his range at 40 yards found my pin as he was quartering away put it on his off shoulder and released, I heard the distinct sound of a hit. When I finally started breathing again I quickly said my thanks and ranged the spot at 35 yards. At this point I was worried that I had shot high. I moved over to my arrow which was covered in good blood and hair. I waited 30 minutes went back up retrieved my backpack and started slowly looking for blood. A short but terrifying 40 yards later with no blood found my buck was down and dead. I entered a little high just behind the last rib and exited just behind off shoulder complete pass through with lungs and liver taken out. I moved him to a little better area for pictures and tried to get a few with my self-timer. Sorry for the long winded story, I’m still pretty excited that it happened how I envisioned it, my next quest is too shoot one when he is still in his bed, then I know I have succeeded as a bow hunter. A huge thanks to my wife, I love you. Merry Christmas

Cool buck and it is always better than going without.

Nice job man.. way to get er done. congrats on a great looking buck.

That looks great I guess I'm ready to get started on a base for my antelope.

I am still in disbelief that my arrow didn't sail over his back like normal. Thanks for the good words. I never did see who fired the shots. Tyler now I just need to kill em as big as you do. Amanda THATS IT, the shirts are the good luck charm, I'll order some more before the January season. I even thought about shooting it off my tripod with "THE CLAW" but couldn't get it to work. Cade/Jay you guys need to design one for us bowhunters.

You know I was thinking about this again today. I've seen alot of variations but the buck I killed the other day had a red tint to his skull cap, I wondered why he was this way, all the other bucks I've seen in this area are more grey.