otdrsman Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Last year my brother came out from Michigan and shot a beautiful large non-typical Coues... Obviously he wanted to apply again this year and he wanted to bring a friend out for the October hunt... Well... they were both drawn and the game was on... I must say I had my work cut out for me, they only had three days to hunt..I've been fortunate, did my research for the past few years and found a nice little spot that has produced some nice animals... The first day was completely miserable, cold, hard wind and fog... no deer... day one gone! Day two... Lots better...glassed up a nice wide chocolate antelered deer too far for my spotting scope to capture his full potential... Told the guys I have a nice shooter deer.. but he's a long ways away, how funny my brother instantly said he wants his friend Jeff to go, Might I remind you, my brother and his friend Jeff are from Michigan (absolutely no hiking involved in their hunting). Next thing, I hear is my brother telling Jeff "you better lighten your load and quick"...lol! All the while my brother has a grin on his face cause he knows how much he hiked the year before...We roll up and down several cuts, 1 1/2 miles later and were on him and he's a diffinate shooter.. boom.. 234 yard shot... .. Cape and quarter and head back.....Jeff is completely exhausted, takes a motrin 500 and a nap.. Welcome to Arizona! No deer that evening and planned on leaving at 10am the the following morning. Wake up, arrive to the same spot and I was fortuante enough to glass up four bucks and another nice dark chocolate.. Tell my brtoher and off we went straight up a moutain... We were both sucking wind and closed the distance to 434 yards. A little out of breath, the first shot was high and the deer scattered... We got lucky and found the deer again... 200 yard shot.. dead deer! What a rush!!! Memories for a lifetime! By the way I went out to Michigan to hunt with my brother two weeks later... freezing cold, no shooter deer and caught a nasty cold.. I did have a Mr. buddy heater in my blind though! Came home and went Elk hunting. Thanks to family for helping me pack him out! I hope you enjoy the pictures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Those are 2 great lookin bucks, Congrats to the Michigan guys on some nice coues deer. Congrats to you on a good bull. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted December 5, 2010 dontcha know you are supposed to put newbies & NR's on dink deer to begin with, then they work up.......... nice bucks.......and Az is nothing like the flat ground of the mid-west, have a couple of Wis boys showing up in 3 days for desert mule deer - hope they remember their Carhartts and leather gloves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Very cool! Thanks for sharing your great hunt. Ernesto C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwdodge01 Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Nice bucks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Nothing like hunting with family. Congratulations to all of you and thanks for sharing great pictures. Beautiful bucks and your bull. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adddict Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Congrats on some great bucks. That terrain looks thick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueshunter Report post Posted December 6, 2010 Great job of guiding them. Great looking bucks...............congratulations.............Allen.............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
