AZDOGMAN1 Report post Posted October 30, 2011 Here is the story about my wifes buff and buck. The first weekend we burn some time and go hang out at the check in station and while there for half hour we see a couple buff brought in. One of them was killed by a hunter with Lance of TLO ( Timberland Outfitters) He is the buffalo guru!! I strike up a conversation with him and before you know it we have plans to meet the following thursday to go chase some buffalo. We get to the lodge late thursday eve and get some sleep. Friday morning we head out and hunt hard all day but dont turn up anything. Plenty of sign and still exited about the next day. Saturday morning finds us face to face with a herd of 15- 20 and its game on. Well the gun decides to malfunction and not fire on 3 different occasions ( the first was safety left on) and soon they are stampeding past at 40 yards and booking it to that magical fence they know as the safe zone. At this point i am bummed. I mean ready to go home and pout for a couple weeks. I told Lance we were done and would just go try to get her a deer and head home. He is not to thrilled at the idea as he wants to add buff number 7 for the year to his belt. We head to an area that i had seen a good buck the week before and he had also been seeing good deer in. We werent sure if there would be any deer left in there as it was bumper to bumper the week before in there. We make a little loop in a draw he had seen some bucks in and on the way back after talking about how all the deer have been pushed out of there we jump this buck. He runs up and stops about 250 yards and my wife starts shooting. Mind you the scope is still on 3 power for the close buff hunting. She connects on the second and third shot and it goes down. Now i am not so depressed about the blown chance at the buff. We take pics and pack it out to the truck. At this point its about 4:00 and i have a gut feeling that we should haul butt back to the buff spot for one last chance. We decide to do it and the race is on. We make it in there and start checking the area for fresh sign. About the time i thought we were spinning our wheels there they are. About 12-15 and they are headed for the safe zone. My wife doesnt even have time to rest on the shooting sticks. She pulls up and drops the last cow in her tracks. Couple more shots to ensure its not going anywhere and oh boy i am just stoked. My wife cant believe it. What a day it turned out to be. I am so proud of my wife for hiking her butt off, freezing her butt off the first night sitting a tank and never really complained. Big thanks to Lance with TLO for the help on finding the buff. This guy is the real deal on buff. I have guided for years and know alot of Outfitters but Lance is a super guy and knows buffalo. Anyone with a spring tag or anyone that want to find them on the deer hunt get ahold of him. His record on buff is unmatched. Also shout out to Amy his neice for running the video camera (even when the buff almost ran us over) and pretty handy with the knife as well. We had it cut up and loaded in about an hour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZDOGMAN1 Report post Posted October 30, 2011 Sorry Lance had to put one with your ugly mug :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZDOGMAN1 Report post Posted October 30, 2011 One with our fearless camera woman Amy on left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 30, 2011 Wow!! Congratulations to your wife and you and Lance for all that success! Can't wait to see some of the video Amy shot! Lance is the real deal as you said and is a long-time sponsor of this site. Anyone interested in his services should check out his website : http://www.tlohunting.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted October 30, 2011 Wow congratulations! Nice job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8 White Jr Report post Posted October 30, 2011 WOW!!!! Hunt of a lifetime right there! Congrats to you and your wife on two awesome trophies! Just more proof that Lance is 2nd to none when it comes to hunting buffalo. Awesome to see Lance putting his niece behind the camera and kudos to her for keeping her baring while the herd charged past. Would love to see that video! Congrats to all and way to go Lance! -Tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted October 30, 2011 WOW, congratulations on two great trophies and the memories you made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Report post Posted October 30, 2011 Wow, those are great! I only have one question - how'd you get that buffalo to land on top of that buck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZDOGMAN1 Report post Posted October 30, 2011 :lol: You save on bullets that way. Shoot the buff, lands on the deer, game over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briant_az Report post Posted October 31, 2011 Thats a nice looking buck! looks like he has some good mass to him and good forks. Awesome buffalo as well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZantlerhead Report post Posted October 31, 2011 Incredible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted October 31, 2011 WOW! Congratulations on a couple of awesome trophies! Way to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nohoch Report post Posted October 31, 2011 Awesome! What a day that must have been. Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
