coues92 Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Applying for the fall draw I never thought I would be writing this story now. I had decided that I was going to put in for a premier Arizona trophy Coues whitetail tag, thinking I would be waiting up to 10 years. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the words “draw success. My tag started December 9th and ended December 31st. However, due to school I had to wait till the 15th to begin hunting. Scouting was difficult because of a full school schedule so I scouted maybe three times before the hunt. I hunted a few days with my dad opening week and saw no big bucks. A couple friends that had been wanting to come help me on the hunt were getting jammed up with work and other obligations. I headed back down on the 22nd and 23rd to hunt a few mores days before Christmas. I saw a few smaller bucks and one decent buck. Now, I cannot tell you how many people had told me that the week after Christmas the big bucks begin to go crazy and start coming out of the wood work. Thursday the 29th we woke up usual time (6:00am) and met with my other friends who drove down to help us with the remaining of the hunt. We started glassing and saw a few smaller bucks but nothing worth chasing. Just before we were going to call it and head in for lunch we glassed up a small buck feeding. We ran off to sneak in for my dad to get a shot at the buck when a bigger buck reveled himself. The moment had finally come, it was all starting to unfold. We were a good distance away from the buck and got all our optics on him. Taking one look through the spotter I knew he was the one. The buck bedded down under a mesquite tree, which triggered the beginning of our stalk. It only took us 10 minutes to get into position for the shot. The buck was chasing a doe 250 yards up the hill. My first shot I missed low and then at 275 yards he presented a perfect quartering away shot and down he went. My dad followed up, “He’s down”. All the way up to him millions of things were going through my mind. Making it up to the top I looked over and saw the buck pilled up at the base of a small juniper. I went over to him and pick up his rack and was in disbelief. All my hard work had paid off in the end. I am very appreciative to have harvested such a beautiful trophy animal and to have shared it with my friends and my dad. He scores 93 7/8. My biggest to date. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Welker Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Congrats on a great buck. Thanks for sharing your story and the super photos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Great job! I love those high, tight, heavy bucks! Way to go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Congrats! I saw this buck on FB... Good to hear the story on him. Great buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Great looking buck! Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
izquik72 Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Great job Great buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesfanatic Report post Posted January 6, 2012 Wow, that is a great buck and some really cool pictures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted January 6, 2012 what a beaut! congrats! Great pics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Verndog Report post Posted January 6, 2012 That's a great deer! Congrats! -VH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike0714 Report post Posted January 11, 2012 good deer benny boy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted January 11, 2012 Great job on a great buck Ben! I know you worked hard on the hunt and you came out on top with a buck anybody would be proud of! Keep up the good work buddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvw789 Report post Posted January 12, 2012 Congrats Great Buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLB Report post Posted January 12, 2012 Nice nice nice !!!!! Congrats on a great buck. Looks like a great family hunt..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
