HUNTMUP Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Thought you might like to see my sons success pictures from his hunts this year. The pig hunt took place in 18B (juniors hunt) just north of the Bagdad mine complex. We glassed up the pigs at about 900 yards and stalked in to within 50 yards. We could not relocate them so we decided to try and varmint call to see if they were still in the area. Well sure enough the pigs had moved about 200 yards in the opposite direction we thought they were. There were only two and one was a big old boar pig, Brock put him down in his tracks at 35 yards with a .223 AR-15. The deer hunt was a little tougher, Brock did not draw any of the hunts that he put in for in the general drawing so we picked him up a left over permit for the November 27 - Dec 3rd hunt. We got into the unit early on opening day and proceeded to my favorite glassing spot. I was a little surprised when we got there due to two other hunters already hunting the hill I was going to glass. We moved to a back up area and there were hunters there as well. Needless to say there were hunters everywhere. We set up in a likely spot and decided that glassing somewhere was better than driving around all day. After glassing for about an hour or so I spotted a nice 80 - 85" buck about 3/4 of a mile away in a basin off of the main mountain range. We tried to stalk the buck but like a lot of Coues deer do, he was nowhere to be found when we got into a closer position to glass the bowl so we decided to head back to camp and grab a quick lunch. I had two friends come down to help Brock glass on his hunt and one of them went to another part of the unit to see if he could glass up a buck for him to shoot. He ended up bedding two bucks in a small canyon so after grabbing lunch we hauled butt back to the location he left them at. Once there we could not relocate the bucks so we glassed the canyon until late afternoon. During the last moments of shooting light, I relocated to glass a small finger drainage heading out onto the flats and as luck would have it, I found the smaller buck (2 point) on a ocotillo ridge below me. We quickly got Brock set up to take a shot before it got too dark to shoot. It was a tough shot, downhill at exactly 247 yards in thick ocotillo's. The wind was blowing about 15 miles an hour and we were perched precariously on the edge of the canyon shooting down hill at approximately a 60 degree angle. Brock was having a tough time getting steady on the deer and was trying to squeeze off the shot as myself and two buddies watched through our binoculars. I told Brock to just try to do the best he could and guided him on shot placement as the deer was quartering to him. Boom, the gun goes off and the deer was obviously hit in the near side shoulder as he dumped off the back side of the canyon out of site. While we are preparing ourselves to dive off into this canyon right at dark we discussed what we had witnessed at the shot. The shot looked great, middle of the chest at the front of the shoulder. Based on the angle of the deer at the shot it was a sure sign he would not have gotten too far before expiring. Brock and I bailed off into the canyon with one of my buddies and when we finally got to the spot the shot was taken we had to get the head lamps out to track the deer. At first we found very little blood and what we did see was dark red and very sparse. I began to second guess what I had observed at the shot and began to worry about a hit in the leg. I kept my thoughts to myself as this was my sons first shot at a deer and I did not want to kill the excitement until I was certain of the hit. We followed the trail for about 40 yards and guess what was laying in the yellow grass? The buck. Turns out the shot was exactly where we thought it was and ended up taking out the lungs and the top of the heart. Due to the darkness we decided to take pictures the next day back at camp. I wanted to make sure we had a few good pictures to keep as it is my sons first deer. I was a little concerned about the meat spoiling so I filled the chest cavity with bags of ice and then bungee corded the cavity shut to help keep it cool. Early the next morning we took some pictures and then skinned and boned out the meat for the ride back home. Funny thing about the wound was the bullet entered the near side shoulder right above where the shoulder blade attached to the lower leg and exited exactly four inches parallel to the entrance hole on the same side of the deer. The bullet did not penetrate through the opposite side of the deer. I am still a little confused as the gun he was using is a .257 Weatherby shooting 115 grain ballistic tip ammo. It was enough to make me rethink my bullet choices for the next hunt. Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the pictures. I hope everyone has a happy holiday and great success on your future hunts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Congratulations Brock! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cohofishing Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Great buck. Awesome story. Congrats to Brock Brent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Wow! Congratulations to Brock!!! What a great couple of hunts! Thanks for sharing the stories & pics! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFGinNM Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Congratulations Brock, looks like you are having a fun year. --Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAdams Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Those pictures are priceless!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HUNTMUP Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Thank you all for the kind words and congratulations given. You remember how important your first deer was and once again the members of this website have proven what a truly great group of individuals each and everyone of you are! Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakehaffey Report post Posted November 30, 2009 Congrats on a good year of hunting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingW Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Congrats Brock !!! Nice deer and pig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ402 Report post Posted December 1, 2009 That's fantastic! Congrats to your Son.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Awesome congrats nothing better that a sweet double.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Congrats to you and your son on a couple of great hunts! Awesome job getting him out there and gettin' er done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Atta boy Brock! Congrats on a couple of fine critters! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Way to go Brock. Congrats on taking two fine animals. The fire is lit now. It will eat you up the rest of your life waiting with the rest of us for each season to roll around. Hope to see many trophy animals from you in the years to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Outstanding! Nothing better than Father and Son spending that time together and Getting Bloody! Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
