drgonzales Report post Posted December 28, 2008 2008 az coues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8 White Jr Report post Posted December 28, 2008 Looks like a stud of a buck! Congrats! How about the story behind it? -Tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted December 28, 2008 Agreed, great looking buck. Any story or photos? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted December 28, 2008 once again AGREED. let see a story of more photos of this buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Verndog Report post Posted December 28, 2008 Congrats. Great buck!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertdog Report post Posted December 28, 2008 Congrats, that is a nice looking buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bchoitz Report post Posted December 29, 2008 Tell us More! Congratulations on your successful hunt! Bret Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted December 29, 2008 Lets here a story congrats on a great looking buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Owens1 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Put em' on the wall!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rtkemp Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Yea, Tell the Story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cohntr6 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Looks like a great buck, thanks for sharing. Jeff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Agreed, great looking buck. Any story or photos? +1!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lookin4amonster Report post Posted December 31, 2008 It's kinda protocol buddy .. pic AND story, that's how we roll! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shortpants Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Need we say it again... STORY!!! Awesome buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drgonzales Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Yeah!! Sorry so long for the story I haven't had a chance to reply. I also don't have too many pictures because my digital camera was in 2 pieces when I went for it. Luckily I found an old disposable in the bottom of the saddle bag that had only a couple of pics left on it. Altogether I was seeing an average of 3 decent bucks per day. On day 3 while glassing a good buck about 2000 yards away I could hear some branches breaking and rocks rolling off to my right. I turned and looked but couldn't see anything. Then I heard it again. I set up my 8 yr old son Nicolas so he could glass that hill while I was trying to get a better look at the other one. After a couple of minutes he was pulling on my shirt so excited he couldn't get a word out. So I went over to where he was and about 120 yards across the small canyon there was a good 4x4 buck about 105" and even better he was feeding and didn't know we were there. I don't think you could ask for a better set up, vantage point etc. I set up the bipod on my rifle and put the boy behind the tripod and binos. I waited for about 10 seconds for him to turn broadside and shot! I was sure he was down. But sure enough he was still feeding, didn't even pick his head up. So I set up again and shot. Again he was still standing there. But this time I got his attention (that's all I got). He took a few steps and stopped so I shot again and again. Then he disappeared over the saddle. I went back down the canyon to check my rifle, (the boy glaring at me the whole way), set up a target about the size of a paper plate. At 25 yards I couldn't even hit the plate. I was shooting all over the place. I have been shooting this rifle since I was about 12 years old. So I gave up hunting that day and sent for another rifle. I went back up there the following 3 days but couldn't find him again. On the second to last day I found another buck about 1500 yards away that was about 75 to 80" and decided I would take him. When I got to the point where I was going to shoot from I noticed some more deer about 60 yards below me. There ended up being about 15 deer feeding in the clearing, about 10 does and 5 bucks. I saw this one and waited for him to separate a little from the others and took him with a whopping 70 yard shot. Took my dad in there the next and he ended up getting one too!! Here's another pic of my dad's and my deer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
