Lookin4amonster Report post Posted January 3, 2005 Hello fellow forum buddies! Well, another unforgettable hunt filled with up's and down's. On the day before openning morning my dad picked me up from my house and we headed down to Tucson to stay with a family friend/hunting buddy for the night. Our plan was to get up early and make it to our hunting spot before first light. So... on openning morning we go to leave and come to realize that my father's quad had been stolen off of our trailer overnight. So between the police taking forever to show up, and us having to fill out a police report we didn't show up to our spot until just after 9am. Trying to still salvage our hunt, we tried to forget about what had happened and focus on what we came for. The first three hunts we saw a lot of does, but only two rag-horned bucks and a spike. We decided to go further back into the canyon and see if the bucks were hangin' out in there. About 45 minutes after first light my dad spotted some deer on a hill side about 800 yards away. We set up the spotting scope and saw 8 deer w/ one being this buck. Due to the fact that we hadn't seen a decent buck so far, this one looked pretty good in my book. The only problem was that there was nowhere to go for a shot. In between us and the mountain the buck was on was nothing but thick brush and deep washes. Our only real option for a shot was to shoot from the bottom of the wash. From there the buck was just over 400 yards, but severely uphill. Not knowing how much the bullet would drop, i aimed right where his neck met his spine and squeezed it off. CUUUWAAAP! (you all know the sound). The buck stumbled behind some trees and that was it. He's no hundred-incher, but i'm very proud of this buck. So even though the quad's in Mexico somewhere now, we still had one heck of a hunt. p.s. thanks again tracy and bubba for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ernesto C Report post Posted January 3, 2005 Yuuuppiiiiii!!!! Good Job lookin4amonster!! Congratulations. I told you I left one for you!! Ernesto C. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redman Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Congratulations on a nice deer, A very similar thing happened to me. The night before I was going to leave on my hunt, a jerk broke into my father in law?s backyard and stole the quad I was going to borrow. Lucky for me, its good to have good friends. I was able to borrow a quad. The whole situation still sucked. The quad was found on Thursday, the guy who stole it drove it to Taco Bell and car jacked a lady in a Mercedes, I guess she was not injured. They later caught the creep. Now he has skipped his court appearance. REMEMBER HOMEOWNERS DOES NOT COVER QUADS! Redman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Griz Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Congratulations, nice buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lookin4amonster Report post Posted January 5, 2005 Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted January 5, 2005 Nice buck and souns like a good shot! Also a good way to make the best out of a bad situation.! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
