First stalk of the year

[OpticNerd]

Well I wasn't planning on going archery hunting this until August but after seeing the rutting action from my scouting/video trips I couldn't resist and I got a tag. Just in-case you haven't seen the pics yet here's the link http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30032 I was only able to hunt Sunday but man what a day.

 

The day started off with a mile hike up into the area where I plan to hunt for the day. I figured I'd go in a bit further then I normally do in hopes of finding a giant. Just before reaching the top of my glassing location it is now light enough to see so I decided to stop for a quick glass and to catch my breath. I haven't even put my binos up when I see 4 deer playing ring around the mesquites. I pull up my glass and immediately see that one of the deer is a good buck but it is too dark to tell for sure what I was looking at. The action didn't last long before the deer chased each other out of my site. I never got a good look at the bigger buck but from what little I saw he looked good. The deer were heading down towards where I parked my vehicle when so I figured I'd continue up to my glassing point to see if I could find anything else.

 

Well long story short I found a good amount of deer and a few good bucks as well from my glassing location but nothing that caught my interest like the first buck I saw. I decided to circle back down the mountain to see if I could pick up the four deer I saw earlier. After a minute or two of glassing I picked them up again rutting around really good all within 300 yards of my truck. There are now a total of 6 bucks and 15 doe all caught in a rutting frenzy. I moved in a bit closer and just sat back and enjoyed the show for an hour or two when finally the big buck I saw first thing this morning finally decided to bed down. I thought this is my chance so I took some quick video and started my way down to him.

 

Well another long story short he didn't stayed bedded long enough for me to make it to him and the closest I got was 200 yards. Then out of no where all 21 deer start hauling butt straight for me. They blow past me and just kept going up over the mountain out of site. Baffled I glass down and find two hunter topped out just above where the deer were. What a crappy way to end such a great day. O well that's hunting for ya. There's always next weekend.

 

 

Here's some video stills I was able to get of the big buck.

[SunDevil]

that buck has some nice eyeguards. get back on him!

[OpticNerd]

When I finally got a good look at him my first thought was "dang he's got sum good eye guards!" It's hard to tell from the pics but he also has some bladed points, a tiny kicker off his right g2, starting a g4 on his left and great main beams. I love this buck! Definitely going to be giving him another shot come this weekend.