tommat Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Great shooting and congrats!! pics....pics.....pics..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Congratulations on your buck. A great story with a happy ending. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wklman Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Congrats Brent!! thats sweet you were able to connect on a nice one in such a short time. Wade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noel Arnold Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Congrat's on a great buck.I know what you mean on the yellow jackets.On my dad's archery elk this year,as we were boning out the meat they were so bad that each one of us got stung.I have never seen so many in my life.Arizona had huge hatches of bugs with all the winter and summer moisture this year Noel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parothead Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Congratulations Brett! Go to Walgreens they have 1hr photo service!!!!! PH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for all the great sentiment. I hope you enjoy the pics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichardBlank Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Here's the story. I will post pic's tommorrow. For those of you that read my other post you know my boss gave me the last two days of my hunt off. Tuesday night I got food and my gear together and planned on leaving at 1:00 a.m Wednsday morning, I finally left at almost 2:00 a.m after a meager two hours of sleep. So after 5 hours of driving and 3 monster energy drinks later I arrived at my honey hole at 6:45. The area I wanted to hunt consists of three drainages that taper into one creek bottom, and the spot I wanted to go was about a mile and a half back in where I have seen good bucks in past years. The trail runs along the top of a ridge and drops off into a steep canyon. Five minutes down the trail I happen to look at the hillside across the canyon and see 4 bucks feeding about half way up the side. 1 big buck, 1 fork horn, and 2 spikes. Man, I could not believe my luck. I quickly put down my pack, got out my range finder and lasered the biggest buck, it read 394 yards. No problem. I have taken a few deer at that range and a touch farther. I got into a sitting position and leaned the rifle against the tree and squeezed off a round. Whack! The deer ran into a patch of juniper. I must admit that I am not very proud of that first shot, as the deer limped out of tree's I could tell he had a leg wound, because of the angle, I had aimed a little lower than I should have to compensate. So I got a solid rest again and touched off the shot and could hear the telltale thump of a good hit. He must of fell or got into a patch of tree's as I could not see him again. I glassed the spot for twenty minutes and decided to go look. I memorized some landmarks so I would not lose the spot and as I got up there I found him lying dead In a clearing that was blocked from my view by a patch of juniper. The second shot took him through the shoulder and angled back where the bullet stopped just in front of the rear quarter. I found the bullet lodged just under the hide while skinning him out. When I saw the buck I was thinking that he might be a 100". I have not scored him yet but he has a 13 3/8" inside spread, 4" eyeguards, 6" G2's, but only 4 to 4 1/2" G3's, and maybe close to 17" main beams and decent mass. So I was thinking to myself that I could get this deer to the top of the ridge I could bring my quad down the trail and load him up. So I drug the deer 300 yards down the hill to the creek bottom, and hiked out to get the quad. When I got back I started to drag the deer up the side of the ridge, 25 feet at a time. Man what was I thinking? This was the fattest big bodied Coues I have ever seen. I finally got him to the top of the ridge. I think I lost 5 pounds in the process. I am no weakling, but it took me 5 tries to get this fatboy onto the back of my quad. I shot the buck at 7:15 and had him hanging by noon. I was wiped out. All I can say is that I think my Dad was smiling down at me yesterday as I have never been that lucky on a hunt before. Most of my animals required alot of hard work. This is an area that my Dad and I used to hunt alot for mule deer in years past and I saw some big whitetail in there, and this is the first time I have been able to hunt there since my Dad passed away in 2006. This one is for him! On my way out today I stopped along Eagle Creek road to get a cold soda out of the cooler, and a rancher stopped and asked what I was hunting, and I told him "Whitetail" he said "do you have your lion tag" and told him "not this trip" and he said " the rule for hunting unit 27, is you have to have a lion tag" He was very nice, but I could tell he doesn't like Mountain Lions even though he said this year was better than most as they only lost 4 calfs to lions. I will post pics and a gross score tomorrow. P.S - The reason I didn't bone the deer out on the spot is the flies and yellowjackets were so friggin thick because of the warm weather they were trying to carry my deer away before I could even gut it. I am very allergic to yellowjacket stings. The deer was shot in the clearing in the middle of the picture from the spot the picture was taken Unit 27 Coues country My buck. Glassing Thursday Morning with the "Ginoculars" Eagle Creek in fall splendor Mitchell and Gray's peak from a distance wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Dang Brent thats a great looking buck, gotta love 27 huh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briant_az Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Good job on a great buck!!! I am glad that you got to harvest a buck in such a short time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted October 31, 2008 AWESOME BUCK! NASA called, they want their telescope back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Posession is nine tenths of the law Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted November 1, 2008 Great buck! Congrats again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IHunt2live Report post Posted November 1, 2008 Nice buck! Better to be lucky then good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted November 1, 2008 Great buck. Good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flagpknmule Report post Posted November 1, 2008 wow short and sweet great job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
