huntfishchad Report post Posted October 2 What a day this was. Went out for a solo hunt. shortly after day light I had glassed up a group of 6 mule deer bucks. I watched them for almost 2 hours waiting for the right opportunity to make my move. I snuck in from just over a mile away and watched/studied from 300 yards out trying to figure the best way to make this opportunity work in my favor. The wind was in my favor, and I had very little cover to close the distance. I ended up at the last juniper tree between me and the 6 bedded bucks. I peeked around the shaded side of the tree just to get caught by the small 2x2 in the group at 91 yards. All the deer got up and were on edge and ended up busting out. I watched them go over the next ridge and then hiked back to my jeep. I sat there contemplating if I wanted to try again and locate these bucks or push farther up the road and hike into a water hole I had found on onx. I said screw it drove farther up and then hiked in 1.5 miles to the water hole I had never seen before. Lucky for me it had water and quite a bit of deer tracks. I brushed myself in a blind and sat down at about 11. It was pretty warm out and I was hot from the hike in. But by 215 this buck showed up and was on water drinking out of nowhere. I ranged it at 41 yards while he was facing me head down drinking. I got up on my knees and drew back. He lifted his head after drinking and looked over to his right while elbow deep in the mud. I debated for a second to let him turn or just send it head on into his chest. I felt super confident in the shot, so I let it rip. The arrow smacked the deer with the loudest thud I have ever herd shooting an animal with my bow. He dropped in his tracks and flopped for a few seconds, and it was all over. I packed up my gear and hiked around to check out what I had just shot. I knew he was a solid buck but definitely wasn't expecting to shoot my biggest coues yet off a random water hole in an area I never hunted before. My gut was telling me he might break 100" mark, but I didn't spend a lot of time admiring him as I had to get to work taking care of the meat and getting it all packed out. After just over a 2mile hike back to the jeep with very little water left i was beat, but it was all completely worth it. The next morning I took the head out of the freezer and taped him at 111 7/8" I was shocked beating my old record of 104" with my bow. 34 2 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted October 2 Giant buck!! huge congrats. Thanks for sharing the story and the pictures. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big or Bust Report post Posted October 2 Great job. Stud..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted October 2 Book buck! Congrats! Beats killing carp deer! LOL 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted October 3 That's what this website is (supposed to be) all about! That's an awesome buck! Velvet looks darker to me then I'm used to seeing which is super cool. Way cool man huge congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roosevelt Mark Report post Posted October 3 Dandy fore sure, congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RJ75 Report post Posted October 3 Congrats! Very nice buck! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted October 3 Congrats on a giant archery buck! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viper Report post Posted October 3 Beautiful buck...toad! For being solo, you got some nice photos. Congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted October 3 Stud Buck. Congrat's. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbuckfever Report post Posted October 3 Love the velvet bucks, this one is awesome. Glad you got a lot of pics and shared. I love hunting a new place, feels like anything is possible, and for you it was. Congratulations. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Report post Posted October 3 Stud back, love the mass. Awesome write up, thank you 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PineCountryHunter Report post Posted October 3 Awesome deer! congrats on your success 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mahto Report post Posted October 3 Nicely done! Beautiful animal. Thanks for sharing your hunt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted October 3 wow! Great looking buck!!! job well done! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
