Angie does it AGAIN!!!

[Gr8 White Jr]

As many of you already know my “city girl” girlfriend, Angie (Girlygirlhunter), has become quite the huntress over the last couple of years. She has already taken two javelina with a rifle and two years ago she took her 1st deer, a coues buck with her bow. Yes that is correct, her first deer was an archery coues! Hahaha! This time she has out done herself! I will give my side of the story and then she will fill in her side in a lower post.

 

I had high hopes that Angie would fill her archery deer tag this year being that she made it clear that she wouldn't pass on any buck. Last year she passed on several bucks the first weekend of the hunt and then had some close calls but ended up not filling her tag so this year she just wanted a buck on the ground. Fine by me! In the area that I hunt I had two different spots to hunt, one up high that was about a half hour to 45 minute hike to get to and one way down low that was about an hour and a half hike straight down to get to. Angie made it very clear that she did not want to make the hike down to the further spot so she would only hunt the higher spot so I set two tree stand up at our higher/closer spot and one tree stand up at my lower/further spot. The plan was that Angie and I would hunt the higher spot together like we usually do and then after she filled her tag I would hunt the lower spot by myself. I was crossing my fingers that Angie would fill her tag early in the hunt because there was a particular buck that I wanted to hunt down low and I new I couldn't hunt him until she tagged out.

 

By the time I got off of work Thursday, got home and loaded the truck with all our hunting and camping gear we were on the road at 11 PM for three days of hunting. It was about a 4 hour drive including stopping for fuel so we reached our parking spot right at 3 AM. Angie slept a little while I drove but it wasn't much. We were both very tired but the excitement of the day to come had us itching to get to our stands. After changing into our camos and getting all our gear in our packs it was time to hike down to our stands. We sat our stands until almost 11:00 that morning with only one doe and some turkeys coming by. After hiking back to the truck we went to find our friend Justin (Gotcoues). We set up our tent, sleeping bags, etc. and had some lunch. By this time it was 1:30 Friday afternoon and I still had not had a wink of sleep. I was exhausted and so was Angie so we decided to take a nap. We were planning on only napping for an hour or two but we were so tired we didn't get up for the evening hunt. We figured we would be better off if we used the evening to catch up on our sleep and then hit it hard fully rested in the morning. Saturday morning came and we were both feeling a lot better after catching up on our sleep. We sat our stands all morning with 7 does, 2 fawns and some turkey coming by. It was a good show but I was feeling really disappointed that no bucks had come in. As we headed back to camp for lunch Angie could tell that I was itching to hunt the particular buck at my lower spot so she suggested that I go down low and hunt on my own for the evening. We discussed it back and forth for a while. All the hard work that I put in all summer long and setting the stands up together was all so Angie and I could hunt together so I was torn on the idea of hunting on my own. She told me to just go and that she would stay up higher and hunt on the ground. She said, “I don't want to hunt the tree stand. I'll just go sit some where or maybe I will just walk around and if I see a buck I'll shoot it.” I tried to tell her that the odds of her killing a buck while out walking around are next to nothing and that I was worried about her being out there by herself. “I will be okay by myself” she said. I decided to go for it and Angie dropped me off where I could hike down into my low spot. After an hour and a half hike I reached my stand. I was super excited as this was the first time I had hunted this spot. After about an hour in my stand I looked at my phone which was on silent and saw that I had missed a call from Angie. Then I saw I had a text from her that said “BUCK DOWN! BUCK DOWN!” My first thought was that Justin had shot a buck and that he must have called Angie. I immediately called Angie. Her voice was very shaky as she answered the phone and said “I just shot a buck!” I asked her if the hit was good and she said she didn't know but there was blood EVERYWHERE! I asked her what the blood looked like and she said that there was bubbles in it. I told her to sit down right where she was at and to stay put until I got there. I knew it would be well over an hour before I could get to Angie so I called Justin who happened to by very close by to where Angie was at. I explained to him what was going on and he said he could be to Angie in no time at all. I called Angie and let her know that Justin would be there to help soon so just stay put and don't leave the blood. I climbed out of my tree stand so fast and hauled tail up the mountain. Normally it takes at least and hour and a half to hike out from my lower stand and this time I did it in 53 minutes and that includes a short break to call TJ and tell him the news. Talk about adrenaline! By the time I got to the top Justin, his son Dillon and Justin's friend Hank had already made it Angie and they all had already recovered her buck. WOOHOO!!! I was and am so proud of Angie! She needs no tree stand. Haha! She spotted this buck while she was walking on the ground and was able to be quiet enough and move slowly enough to get a shot and successfully kill a coues with a bow AGAIN! Completely by herself and on her own. Amazing! We took some quick pics and Thankfully Justin and Hank packed the buck out since my legs were like Jello after my 53 minute “sprint” straight up the mountain. Haha! I can't thank Justin and Hank enough for there help and of course it was great to have little D there for another coues recovery. I am still on cloud nine and so proud of Angie for having such patience and control over her nerves to get it done 100% on her own! Way to go my “City Girl”!

 

As always thanks to Amanda for the wonderful site where we can share our passion with each other.

 

Angie (Girlygirlhunter) is going to fill in her story of how the stalk went down and post pics on a lower post so just scroll down for the good stuff.

 

-Tracy

 

 

PICS BELOW

[girlygirlhunter]

So after dropping Tracy off at his spot to hike in I drove to our other spot and hiked in and found a nice little place to sit down. I waited patiently for something to come in. After about two and a half hours with nothing coming in and being by myself I figured I would just head back up towards the top even though it was still early. It gets pretty boring being out there by yourself and nothing coming in. So as I started to hike out I got almost to the top when I noticed some turkeys about 20 yards from where I was so I stopped to watched them for awhile until they past. I turned to finish my hike to the top and when I turned to walk away I noticed a deer coming down the side of the hill. I couldn’t tell if it was a buck or a doe so I just froze. It looked at me and I realized it was a buck. He flagged for a second but didn’t run away just trotted off. I sat down and waited to see where he was headed. He went down and started feeding in some brush but I didn’t know exactly where he was. In my mind I’m thinking OMG could this be happening. After a few minutes I stood up to see if I could see him cause I couldn’t hear him anymore. When I stood up he looked right at me so again I froze. He went back to feeding so I sat down and waited again. I wasn’t sure what to do. Do I try and move to get closer to him or do I just wait and see if he comes to me. I decided I better move at least a little bit so I did but not to far. Every time I stood up he would look at me but kept gong back to feeding. Apparently I didn’t scare him to bad. After about 45 minutes of this up and down he started heading up towards me. There was so much brush in the way I couldn’t get a good shot on him. He ended up coming straight up at me at about 20 yards. My heart started racing thinking this may really happen. He ended up freezing looking straight at me. I was scared that it was over and he was gong to bust, but he just slowly turned broad side and I new that was my chance to draw back so I did and that was it. My finger pulled the release and whack he hit the ground did a little spin then ran into some brush. I am shaking and in shock that I really just shot a deer by myself. As soon as I got my composure I called Tracy(Gr8whitejr) but he didn’t answer so I tried again and again but his phone was on silent. So I tried to call Justin (gotcoues), again no answer. I’m thinking what the heck do I do no one is answering. So I just sat there for a second then went down to see if I saw any blood. There was an awesome trail so I was totally stoked. I finally text Tracy and said buck down, buck down. He immediately called me thinking Justin or Dillon had gotten a buck, never thinking it was me. When he heard my voice he realized OMG she got one down and got really excited and told me he was on his way, which was an hour and a half away, and that he would get a hold of Justin to come meet me if they could. Justin happened to be 15 minutes from where I was. Justin, his friend Hank and his son Dillon came down to help me. We followed the blood trail until we found my buck. OMG did I really just do this on my own. I was very excited but kind of bummed that Tracy wasn’t there to see it all. Tracy finally got there making it in record time, 53 minutes when normally it took anywhere from1 and a half to two hours to get there. He was very happy for me. It started to get dark and silly us didn’t bring a camera so we took the best pics we could and did what we had to do and got the heck out of there. Tracy was so exhausted after his hike up, Justin and Hank offered to carry my buck out. Thanks guys and Thank you Tracy for doing most of the dirty work for me. I can’t wait for next year I can’t believe its over . Next weekend is all about Tracy!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

[270wsm]

Awesome story. Way to get it done on the ground. That buck looks like the twin to my first coues with a bow. Lol

[Mikea81]

Great story

[bigga head1229]

That a good story great job on your hunt alone

[gotcoues]

Good job Angie, you ROCK!

[dtresca]

Great story to wake up to! Congrats!

[Coues 'n' Sheep]

Fantastic!! Congrats Angie!!

 

Tracy you have got to be just glowing to have a girl that "ain't scared"! Congrats to all of you!!

[tjhunt2]

Another big congratulations Angie. Your story along with Tracy's was great and just like you said when you guys called me. I had cold chills going all thru my body as you were telling me how it went down. Thanks again Tracy for the minute to minute updates by text during your hunt. It made for a fun and exciting day for sure. It's always nice to have friends like Justin, Hank, and Dillin to help track and offer to carry your deer for ya. This has made my day and good luck Tracy and the rest of your gang.

 

TJ

[Chef]

Much congrats Angie!

Maybe you can show US all a trick or two!

 

Thanks for taking the time to put it down in print to share with us too.

[CouesWhitetail]

Woo-Hoo!!! Holy Smokes Angie!!!! love the story and congrats on pulling off a spot and stalk coues hunt!! what a huntress you have become!!

[loco4coues]

congrats! Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy the stories you two post!

[bonecollector]

That was one good write up, congrats on getting it done all by yourself!

[redline410]

Wow- Nice job Angie, congratulations!!! great write up, thanks for taking us along.

Well Tracy, now you get to follow that good luck buddy....

[justinspe25]

Nice work congrats!