azcouesfanatic Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Well my good friend Andrew managed to pull another December coues deer tag. I believe this is his fourth tag in roughly ten years. He has had some great luck not to mention an archery 3C bull tag with 6 points. With tag in hand this looked to be a fun hunt with friends and family. Along with Andrew his father Keaton also drew the tag. Andrew managed to harvest a nice buck early in the hunt so the few days after Christmas were reserved for his dad. Let me say I know this unit pretty well and it was tough to find a buck over 85". We had very limited time to hunt and Keaton had only killed one other coues deer. After nearly three days of glassing without turning up a buck over 85" it was time to put something on the ground. An interesting side note is we could not find a buck over 85" but we managed to find 6 lions in three days. The last hour of the last day found us looking at a 3 point at 280 yards. With light fading quickly Keaton made a perfect one shot kill and he had his second coues buck. I am pretty sure his son Andrew was hoping the gun was off due to an earlier miss on a couple lions. Sorry drew had to throw that in there. I managed to capture the hunt on video. Hope you enjoy. Video Link: Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Very nice buck. Beautiful picture with the twilight sky! Congratulations to all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Nice last day buck! Thats a lot of lions in a short period of time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THOR Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Hey Brian, At least one took a dirt nap! congrats to you and the hunter. give me a call...I want to kill a lion that is what I am missing from my big ten minus the buf. we will work on the buf later. Again...congrats! too bad you couldnt find the big guys I was talking about...they mite have ran them out of the country Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted January 5, 2012 great job Keaton! thanks for sharing. Any pics of the other buck from earlier in the hunt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo co. Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Congrats...awesome pics..thx fr sharing.. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Congrats! Nice job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted January 5, 2012 congrats...way to get it done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLB Report post Posted January 6, 2012 I can relate to all the lions. They seem to be around where I hunt as well. Not sure how many deer fawns are surviving all the predation. May have to find a new spot to hunt. Congratulations on the 11th hour buck. Timing is everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkaddict Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Good job! At 280 yards the buck looked close in the video, what camera and what zoom where you using? Congrats on the buck and video! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesfanatic Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Sent you a PM elkaddict. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
