2009 October Success

[redline410]

Here are the two bucks my pops and I were lucky enough to put down last week. We had located a handful of bucks early in the year and kept pretty good tabs on them until the weekend before the opener. Not wanting to do anything stupid, like run them off, we gave them a break for a week and only found one of them during the hunt. truth be told, I had no idea which one it was when the cross hairs stopped shaking but I knew he was better than any buck I had taken up to this point. Touched off the 7mm and spent the next hour and half combing the draw looking for him. The circumstances for the shot left me with a spotter who had not yet found the buck in the glass, a fairly long distance and a deer who had about all the fun he could stand and was on his way out the back door. fortunatley the 7mm did its job and was able to recover one of the coolest bucks I have ever taken. not much for tines and his teeth were considerably worn so I am making the assumption he was on his downward stroke. Great mass, nearly 16" wide, two bladed brows and a jack knife kicker- oh happy day.

 

here is the draw the little bugger was hiding in.

 

There may be better ones, but this one is mine-

 

The old man getting in on the cheese fest-

 

A few days later, just prior to mother nature unleashing her fury on our little area, we toook the easy route one evening to let our pride heal. rather than hike into the canyon after a buck we hadn't seen in 10 days we opted to glass from a nearby ridge which would allow us a much more manageable walk out in the dark. Just as the shadows from the setting sun engulfed the area I heard a shakey whisper saying "I got him bud, the big boy". The second I looked at him I knew he wasn't the big boy but a dang nice buck. There is a whole conversation that went on that probably isn't appropriate for a public forum but long story short, the old man had the worst case of buck fever I had ever seen him have. He had one helluva time getting this buck in the scope- at one point I put the rifle on the buck and held it so he could see. Like an 11 year old girl- ha, funny though. Anyway, after a missed shot and a clean follow up the old man took his best buck to date. one of the prettiest deer I have seen....He had a little kicker tine too, didn't show up very well in pictures though- something about the genetics in that area.

 

My dads 09 Coues

 

And incase anyone wanted to see him- here is the one that got away. Nothing displays the beauty of an animal like a crappy, low light, digi-scope photo...

 

 

[CouesWhitetail]

Nicely done!! Those are a couple very nice bucks. Maybe next year you can get the BIG boy!!

 

Amanda

[azryan]

Congrats on the nice bucks. The buck that got away is a stud!

[firstcoueswas80]

nothing wrong at all with the two you guys got! congrats!

[cramerhunts]

Very nice bucks! Great write up of a very cool hunt. Looks like some pretty rough country.

[Coues Archer]

man does your honeyhole have genetics. Congrats to you and your father of some great coues deer. Get that big sucker next year!!! Great job.

[shortpants]

That's one hunt you and your Dad will never forget! Awesome job and congrats to you both!

[bonecollector]

Congrats on 2 nice bucks harvested now get drawn next year and get the big boy!

[WOODSAZ]

Awesome. Ya know you said it perfect with your Dad and the buck fever comment. One thing I love about hunting is the fact that it can make anyone of any age act like a 10 year old kid!

 

Great bucks and some great memories there!

 

Congrats,

 

Jay

[izquik72]

Great bucks.

great memories

[WFGinNM]

Congratulations on a couple gorgeous bucks.

 

--Bill

[WHT_MTNMAN]

Great bucks and way to get out there and get it done. Rough looking country, you guys did great.

[TAM]

Congrats on a couple nice bucks! That's a cool looking split brow.