devilincatcountry Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Reyes smoked this deer last year on his Jr. hunt! Then this year he smokes this Stud Buck!! We are very proud of you Reyes!! Good shootin, and maybe you can rub some of your luck off on me! Story to come later!! Here is the story sent to me by Reyes dad Adrian, Excited and fortunate for another Junior hunt... "Are the draw results out Dad"? "I don't know son, you need to check". I had already known they were out, I just wanted him to feel the excitement after finding out that he and his cousins were drawn for another junior hunt! Excited he was!Reyes uncle Charlie and I headed out Thursday morning to set up camp. The weather was beautiful! The temperature had dropped 20 degrees from the day before, the clouds were low on the mountains, and it had rained and drizzled almost all day long. "Please let it stay like this all weekend" (I kept thinking to myself). Yeah right... Camp was set, Charlie headed in to town to pick up the boys from school, and I did some last minute scouting. I arrived at "the spot", turned off the quad and threw up the binoculars to quickly pan the area. Whoa.... "what's that"? At the top of the mountain was a really nice buck walking away from me. I didn't want to take the binos off of him so I did the best I could watching him "free hand". It was hard to get a really good look at him with the shaking 15x60s but I could tell he was nice. After watching him disappear, I set up the tri-pod, mounted the binos, and glassed. We are not "trophy hunters" we just love to hunt. I had glassed up a few more bucks along with some doe's in the area. For sure we would have a tag or two filled on opening day. At "dark thirty" we were back at "the spot". Eric, Carlos,(cousins) and Reyes glassing before sun up. Whispers... "where was that buck you saw last night"? " Over there on top". "Do you think he's still there"? "Sshhh", let's be patient and glass". Doe's, Doe's, Doe's. While making our trek back to camp we spot a really nice 3x3 feeding and making his way down the mountain. The 3x finally stops. I prompt Carlos and Reyes to get ready. Carlos has the first shot....3x3 disappears. After dinner, Uncle Charlie and I consult with the juniors. They decide to try a different area Saturday morning. More Doe's no Bucks. Saturday afternoon we welcome the "heat" and the "nats". Uncle Abel shows up to camp and we each take a hunter. Reyes and I are glassing in our area. Approximately 60 yards away another really nice buck comes running up the mountain. "Buck" we both say at the same time. Reyes tries to find him in the scope and I watch him crest the mountain. It all happened so fast, we both look at eachother in amazement! I'm thinking it was the buck I had seen two days earlier. Wow! Sunday morning we are all in the same area that Reyes and I were in the evening before but to no avail. We break camp Sunday afternoon. Uncle Charlie has to work and Eric and Carlos have school, Reyes is on fall break. On Monday, Reyes and I make the drive back out to the area in time for the evening hunt. Time to glass. I glass up a spike buck and point him out to Reyes. "Should I take him Dad"? "It's your hunt son, take him if you want". He decides to wait. We only had about 25 minutes left of daylight. Finally..... I whisper to Reyes, "get ready son". I had three bucks in the binoculars. I point the bucks out to him so he could find them in his rifle scope. "Got'em". "OK, take your time and squeeeze". HIGH FIVES AND HUGS after that! ......Great job Son! It's a great feeling.. Wish Uncle Charlie, Eric and Carlos were there with us. Congrats and Good Luck to all of the Junior Hunters! hope you enjoy! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkaddict Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Great bucks!! Congrats and can't wait for the story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted October 14, 2011 looks like a stud buck for sure. good job Reyes! congrats! might be tough to top that one next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Congratulations Reyes on your stud buck. Can't wait to see next years buck. You definitely are on a roll. Now where's the story? TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Wow congrats to Reyes on a great buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Awesome!! Congrats to Reyes! Thanks for sharing with the site! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Looks like a great great buck! Can't wait to check it out on my laptop as the pic onmy phone is tiny! Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Whoooo Haaa! Great buck! Congrats!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Congratulations Reyes, thats a great buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devilincatcountry Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Thanks for the replies, Ill be getting story and posting better pictures this weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Very nice buck! Stud indeed, congratulations, looking forward to the story and more pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Congratulations and make sure you enter his buck in the coues contest! http://www.coueswhitetail.com/Coues_Buck_Contest_2011/coues_buck_contest_2011-12.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Santana Outdoors Report post Posted October 15, 2011 That is great! Very Nice Buck. Congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jackal Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Congrats to him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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