MRL1984 Report post Posted November 3, 2008 Pops and I were lucky enough to draw the coveted late summer hunt in 36A this year. Thats what I've decided to call this hunt, which has great mid 90's temperatures during the day. I was also lucky that a good friend of mine was able to join me for the first 2 days of the hunt. You all know him as Elpepe25, I call him Po. Pops was lucky to have a new hunting buddy, his Grandson who I decided to nickname "Bored". He's only 9 and flew out from Illinois to hang out with Grandpa on the deer hunt. I was also lucky enough to cut a hole in my passenger front tire driving in to camp. It slowly leaked out after we got parked, and was completely flat after a couple hours. Good news was that Po got there that evening with a plug kit. Needless to say the plug kit saved me from having to play pit crew out in the boonies. The first day was pretty uneventful. I had never seen so many does with twin fawns. I think we saw a grand total of 3 does without twins. I never kept count of how many deer we saw on this trip because if you glassed up a doe that meant you found 3 deer. We did put glass on a trophy 8X8 spike on opening morning though. On the second evening of the hunt we put glass on a cool little 4X4 buck. I had not shot a 4X4, my last deer was in December 8 years ago and was a 4X3 with a broken eyeguard. After shooting him, I went through a stretch of only carrying a pistol on the rifle hunt, while I glassed for Pops a buck to shoot. The idea being I would save my coveted impossible to draw archery deer tag for December to chase deer. I'm sure most of you already know this but spot in stalk coues isn't exactly the easiest deal to close on. Seems like there is always something that goes wrong. Rough measurement taking the weaker side and doubling it puts him right in the 80" ballpark gross. Just a couple of photos of his headgear, didn't want to mess the pictures up with my mug. You do get to see my hands and sasquatch arms for what that is worth. Pops didn't get a deer this year, but he only hunted another day and half of the hunt. The day after I tagged out, we hunted in the morning, then with the heat decided it would probably be a good idea to get the meat in to the butcher so it wouldn't spoil. We drove 250 miles back home so we could have a shorter drive to pick it up from the butcher when it was done. The plan was to drive back for the last two days of the hunt, but we didn't make it back until the last day. I put glass on a really nice wide woody buck well out of range. I never got a profile view of him so no idea how many points he had. The problem was he was walking with a purpose to the top of the ridgeline, and once he got there he disappeared in a thicket. Pops threatened to shoot a spike the last afternoon, until I told him I was not going to pack a spike out. Not that there is anything wrong with shooting a spike, but I can't see killing anything before its had the chance at a girlfriend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kcw Report post Posted November 3, 2008 That is a cool looking little rack.....congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elpepe25 Report post Posted November 4, 2008 Daaaang man thas wat imma talkin bout congrats again hombre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted November 4, 2008 Great basket buck man. A true 4x4 that is hard to find in my experience hunting coues deer for the last 20 some years. I hope you get to mount that buck because it will make a pretty mount. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted November 4, 2008 Nice job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
