daryl_s Report post Posted September 2, 2008 I went out today for my first scouting trip of the season. I mostly wanted to check out the access issues in my unit(36C). My dad came over to my house early this morning and we headed out and got down there a little before 8 am. We had the topos printed out with about 5 different access points and areas highlighted that we planned on checking out. We stopped to do a little glassing not really planning on hitting this first spot too hard. He's glassing in one direction and I'm glassing in the other. After about 10 minutes I pick up a deer but it was just a doe. Then another doe right after that. They were up and feeding so I start scanning the area for more movement and pick up another deer. Right away it seemed different because the coat was more tan as opposed to the gray color of the two does. The deer had it's head down feeding and then all of a sudden the head comes up and all that I see is antlers. My heart starts racing because I knew right away this a great buck. My dad wastes no time in getting his Swaro 15's up. He says "What are you talkin' about??? That's a dink!!!!" I hadn't even noticed a small forkie about 100 feet to the left. I got him on the right buck and we were both excited. I don't consider myself a trophy hunter but it took me over 10 years to draw my first late tag so I'm planning on using it on a good buck. I would not hesitate to use my tag on this buck opening morning. I really hope to ground check this guy sometime between Dec12-31. We ranged him at 526 yards. Under the circumstances we would have been able to close in about 200 yards had it been in season. If you save the picture and zoom in you can get a pretty good idea of his size. I am not a good field judge, all I know is that I would definitely use my tag on this one. Here's another angle I am not the master coues hunter that most of you guys/gals are but I just try to get a little smarter everytime I go out. Most of my learning has come on blown oppurtunities. We are going to keep scouting some other areas and also see if we can't relocate him another day and keep an eye on him. Hopefully he's still there for us in December. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Good looking buck there! Good luck on your Dec. hunt I will be in there on the early Nov. hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted September 2, 2008 That's a geat looking buck. I hope it makes it to December for you. I know a lot of CW'ers who have that unit this year (including me) so you may want to start thinking about how to keep us all away from him. Good luck with him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daryl_s Report post Posted September 2, 2008 That's a geat looking buck. I hope it makes it to December for you. I know a lot of CW'ers who have that unit this year (including me) so you may want to start thinking about how to keep us all away from him. Good luck with him. If you get him before I do I'll be the first to give you a big high five. Just promise me you'll let me handle those antlers . I'm just still super stoked that I finally got a late tag. I am looking forward to hunting as many days as I can if that's what it takes to find a good caliber buck. I feel very optimistic about where I plan on hunting even if that guy doesn't make it to Dec. I know there are other big bucks in that area. It is sooooooo green down there I couldn't believe it. I think the bowhunters have already shown us that antler growth has been great this year. Good luck to all you 36C tag holders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Nice buck. Hope you get him! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wbyfireman Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Very nice!! I hope to someday get a deer like that in my scope!! Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
