CruiseforCoues Report post Posted November 2, 2011 Let me start by saying congrats to all that have tagged out this year so far, a lot of nice bucks coming in. Well my hunt started off like everyone elses I'm sure! With the wind blowing so hard that your tent is laying down smacking the you know what out of you . So Friday morning I wake up to probably the worst wind I have incountered on a hunt ever, it just made me think of going back to bed, na I'm no sissy Anyway I pick my partner up who had the day off and offered to come out and lend an extra set of eyes (thanks Angel) so we get to a spot where I had seen a couple of bucks while scouting but like every where else that day we saw nothing but does, and everyone we talked to was saying the same thing they saw nothing but doe. Saturday Morning a little bit of the same, Wind blowing so hard you just think how crappy a day it's going to be. So I decide to head back to where I was Friday morning but this time it's just me but like every other time i go out alone good things happen. So I sit there and glass these canyons hoping that just maybe 1 buck will get tired of being held up in the bottom somewhere and come out, but after about an hour nothing moves. So I decide to head back to a canyon that a buddy of mine and I had found a couple of bucks, after about an hour of glassing I decide to pack it up and head else where but on my way back to the Rhino I stop and decide to look at a mountain that had burned in the fire and was totaly out of the wind so I figured hey why not it can't hurt to glass real quick. So I set up my tripod and Swarovski 15x56 and wouldn't you know 3 bucks feeding in the burn about a 3/4 of a mile away. I see a spike and two 2points and decide why not if I can get close enough for a shot my windy days could be over. So I head up the hill to a spot that would give me my only chance with out being spotted I range the bigger buck @ 419 yds so I set up my gun in the prone position because I'm shooting up hill about 30 degree angle I squeeze off and hit low but the bucks just stand there as a big puff of dirt and ash from all the burn fills the air. So I rack another bullet get back on the Buck who is still just standing there and squeeze the trigger again only to see the same result, but this time the two smaller bucks decide to take off running now its panic mode for me and the deer, and if I don't get another shot off quick he would top over the ridge with the two smaller bucks and I dang sure wouldn't be going after . So as this Buck starts to run I try and lead him and pull the trigger once again as he's running he suddenly stumbles forward and starts to shake his head, so i'm thinking I just smaked him and he's going down! Well as I wait about 30 seconds he starts to walk up to the top of the ridge now I know he's gone for sure but now my gun is empty and I realize my sling has no bullets in it and my back pack is about 30 ft behind me so I quickly crawl back to my pack get my bullets, the whole time the buck stops feet from going over the ridge, I get 3 more shels in now I can't see him very well because the sun is glaring in my scope and all I can see is his back so I put my cross hairs on his back because now he's around 460yds again I pull the trigger this time he jumps straight up only because I hit the rock below himnow I know he's gone but instead he runs straight back down the hill about 30 yds and stops broad side, so as I look through my scope I see him kinda of swaying but he doesn't look hit. Now I know this shoot has to count because he won't hang around for another shot! I put my crosshairs right on his back pull the trigger SMACK he bucks up starts running down the hill (No Run Up) I jump on my Binoculars to watch where he goes and with in 40 yds I watch him nose dive and fold up!!!!!!! I'm pumped, excited, and relieved but now I have to go up and get him. When I finally get to him, as always I thank the good Lord for giving me the strength and ability to be able to hunt such a wonderful animal so after dressing him out I have to drag him down because I left my back pack and rifle back where I shot from, didn't want the extra weight when I went to get him. So after about an hour and half of dragging up and down and going back up for my stuff I get him in the back of the Rhino and head back to a camp that I've never been more happy nto take down. I hope to hear from the rest of you who had success in 24b and everywhere else and good luck to all the rest who still have hunts left! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted November 2, 2011 Nice buck and nice story...sounds like you're lucky he stuck around as long as he did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinspe25 Report post Posted November 2, 2011 Cool story and buck. Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholik13 Report post Posted November 2, 2011 Any ideas on where to go? Me and my dad drew this tag this is our first whitetail hunt we have glassed up a lot of does and seen some muleys but no whitetail bucks. Were having a good time though beautifull unit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
