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My Chiricahua coues hunt was a lot of fun, but not many deer were seen. Sunday morning I saw a small buck and doe together, watched them briefly, then they disappeared into a thicket. Went back there Sunday afternoon and picked them up near the same spot. Tried stalking to them across the canyon at last light, but I'm sure that they heard me and were gone when I got to where they were feeding. Monday morning I saw a doe near the same area and watched her for quite a while. It was real windy. I watched her bed below a dead pine tree and while watching, saw the wind blow a piece from another dead tree that was near where the doe was, and out from under that tree flew the buck, spooked by the fallen tree piece. Game on! With the wind in my favor, covering both my noise and scent, I crossed the canyon again and approached from down wind, going to the ridge next to them. As soon as I got out of a ravine to get on the ridge top, I looked up to get my bearings, and through the only opening in the brush around, there were the 2 deer standing under their tree together, looking right at me! I didn't have a shot due to the buck being behind the doe, plus there was some thin brush between us. I lifted my binoculars to look at them, then lowered them a couple of times and they continued to just stand there together. I figured they were more scared of the wind then me at that point. I ducked down and circled around some brush to my right, still staying down wind, to try to get across from them and find a place to make a clear shot. I found a good clear spot, but they were both gone! Looking up hill, I saw one running, tail flagged, about 150 yards up the ridge. I ran up further to get a better view of the ridge they were on and then I saw the buck. He had run up the ridge a ways, then stopped and was looking back down hill. I waited and he started coming back down the ridge. I guess he didn't want to leave that spot. So I waited for him to present me with a broadside pose, then I took my opportunity. He had double main beams on both sides! A non-typical spike! Here's some pictures from the hunt. Double-double main beamed spike! He'd been awesome in a few years. The old Browning does it again! I took my first deer and elk with this BAR. My usual deer rifle has been accurized, waiting to get broken in. Picture is looking back to where I glassed up the deer from and where the Ranger is parked. I carried the buck back to the Ranger. Luckly it only weighed 50 lbs (weighed him back at camp ). Still, I don't know how much longer I'll be able to do this. A hot shower after all the work was awesome! Time to celebrate the success-KAH tequila is 110 proof!