Joe Kauffman Report post Posted November 4, 2009 I'll write Part 2 of the story when my brother (Haywire) finishes up Part 1 but here's some pics of my Cactus Buck from last weekend. Joe Kauffman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted November 4, 2009 Very nice days work congrats on a nice muley........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 4, 2009 neat looking buck! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted November 4, 2009 Nice job Joe, Richard told me he found evidence of August. Cool story. Houston Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratherbhunting Report post Posted November 4, 2009 Nice buck!! He has a big body and nice horns. He should be good eating!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted November 5, 2009 Nice buck great job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted November 6, 2009 End of October and still in Velvet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted November 6, 2009 Nice Buck! Was he missing his "huevos" to make him like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted November 7, 2009 Nice buck Joe. How about the rest of your families hunts this year. I need to go over to the outback site and see if you have more hunts posted there. Jade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tines Report post Posted November 8, 2009 Nice work, Joe! Awesome!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Kauffman Report post Posted November 10, 2009 Sorry guys, I've been away on my sons Coues hunt for the past few days. My brother and I glassed this buck up bedded down at around 2pm on the second day. We knew there were some larger bucks in the area because of some experiences my brother had during this years archery season . When we first spotted Mr. Second Chance, he was just over 400 yards and I knew we had plenty of time to close the gap a bit since we had a firm view of where he was and the fact that he was bedded down facing the opposite direction. It took us almost an hour to hike the canyon in between us and get up on the downwind side of him where I knew I'd be close enough for a quality shot. I made my way down the ridge, peering around each Cedar until I finally caught eye of him bedded. After a quick hit with the range finder, I setup for a 223 yard shot. My brother kindly offered his Swarovski glasses that were mounted on his tripod as a rest since it was already setup and I gladly excepted. My brother hit record on the video as I setup and with one squeeze of the trigger we had a big buck down! After some high fives (several actually ) we made our way down to him and talked along the way about the possibilities of him being one of the Cactus Bucks we've heard so much about. After a quick peek between the hind legs, we found that this was definately the case. During field dressing I found that all the poor old man had left was a couple kidney bean sided man hoods which most likely caused him to be in full velvet and also caused the neat kickers he has coming off the back of both sides. There's a bit more extremely unsual parts to this story and hopefully I'll get Richard to post it up in the next day or so....but let's just say it's not the first time he's been close to one of the Kauffman boys . Joe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simple Hunter Report post Posted November 10, 2009 Sorry guys, I've been away on my sons Coues hunt for the past few days. My brother and I glassed this buck up bedded down at around 2pm on the second day. We knew there were some larger bucks in the area because of some experiences my brother had during this years archery season . When we first spotted Mr. Second Chance, he was just over 400 yards and I knew we had plenty of time to close the gap a bit since we had a firm view of where he was and the fact that he was bedded down facing the opposite direction. It took us almost an hour to hike the canyon in between us and get up on the downwind side of him where I knew I'd be close enough for a quality shot. I made my way down the ridge, peering around each Cedar until I finally caught eye of him bedded. After a quick hit with the range finder, I setup for a 223 yard shot. My brother kindly offered his Swarovski glasses that were mounted on his tripod as a rest since it was already setup and I gladly excepted. My brother hit record on the video as I setup and with one squeeze of the trigger we had a big buck down! After some high fives (several actually ) we made our way down to him and talked along the way about the possibilities of him being one of the Cactus Bucks we've heard so much about. After a quick peek between the hind legs, we found that this was definately the case. During field dressing I found that all the poor old man had left was a couple kidney bean sided man hoods which most likely caused him to be in full velvet and also caused the neat kickers he has coming off the back of both sides. There's a bit more extremely unsual parts to this story and hopefully I'll get Richard to post it up in the next day or so....but let's just say it's not the first time he's been close to one of the Kauffman boys . Joe Must have been a buck from the "Steroid Era" he has cajones the size of Barry Bonds. Put an asterik by his name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues101cj Report post Posted November 12, 2009 sweet buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
