GRONG Report post Posted November 3, 2012 My buddy Jimmy and I put our ladies in together for an October whitetail tag and they drew 6A as their 2nd choice. Three weeks prior to the hunt we started scouting pretty hard and found a lot of bucks so our confidence was high going in to the hunt. Opening morning welcomed us with those BRUTAL winds that pretty much every one in the field across the state was very aware of. I elected to keep my family in bed and just wait till things chilled out as to not make them suffer in the weather. Around 9 AM we headed for the ridges to glass. Jimmy and Jenn manned up and were out at first light a few miles away and they didn't see much. We hiked up into some hills and sat in the sun. I glassed a couple small bucks a long way off and several does during the day but nothing close. We changed locations that afternoon and right before dark I glassed up that drop antlered buck that I posted pics of a couple weeks ago. The buck was a little to far away and up a nasty slope so we decided to just watch. (Here's the link to the buck I posted) http://www.coueswhit...en-one-like-it/ Saturday morning Jen, Isaac and I climbed high on a ridge top to glass some different angles. We eased over the top, glassing carefully as we crested, and we got busted! 2 bucks and a doe were flagged and running for the top.... Oh well, that's whitetail hunting I guess. I set up and glassed and found that drop antlered buck and 2 smaller buddies feeding the opposite way from us about a half mile or more away. A while later we moved to another spot about 150 yards away and while we were glassing Jen looks down and says, "There's a buck right below us!" At 90 yards out walks a 90ish 3x4 that I'd seen 2 weeks before. He knows something is up and starts scootin down the slope quick and another buck we hadn't seen yet either joins him. I tried getting Jen behind the gun but in the mad panic of getting it arranged it's over before it began and the bucks were quickly out to well over 600 yards. Frustrated but still having fun we continued to glass for a while. I mean come on, we'd just seen a total of 7 bucks in about an hour so it was pretty encouraging. Here's a picture of the 3x4 that walked out below us. After enjoying the views and morning sun we decided to go back to where we'd been the day before and sit the middle part of the day, above a tank, that had been getting some action. We sat in the sun and got sleepy and took a nap while Isaac was playing games on Mom's phone. After a while Isaac says, "Dad! There's a snake!" I looked and it was a small racer putting the sneak on a lizard that was sunning it's self high on a rock. Needless to say, Isaac had to pester the snake by tossing small twigs at it and eventually it slithered off. Only had a doe and fawn come in so we decided around 3:00 to head across and get into some totally different ridges and glass some other stuff. The late afternoon sun was strait in my face as I got set up and within a couple minutes of glassing I glass up a nice buck facing us 2 ridges over. Within 30 seconds the buck beds in a spot I guarantee I never would've seen it in, so I got lucky spotting it when I did! We had plenty of time to get over there and above the buck so the 3 of us took off. It took us nearly 30 minutes to get situated in a good spot above the buck but for the life of me I just couldn't pick him out of the brush it'd laid in. We scooted down the ridge carefully trying to get different views as I knew I was looking at the right patch of brush but I just couldn't find it!! I had a good feeling I could find it the next morning so we hiked back out. Jimmy and Jenn had glassed all day too and only had seen a couple small spikes and a forky and decided to pass. Sunday morning all 5 of us of us decided to go back into the same area and spread out. Jen, Isaac and I snuck up the ridge we'd been on the evening before and and soon as we could see the opposite slope I spotted the buck feeding alone. We had about 300 yards to go to get within range and we snuck up there being as quiet as we could and got set up at 404 yards from the buck. I sat Isaac about 5 yards behind us so he could watch. While trying to get set up the buck fed closer to us and I told Jen where to place the buck in the scope. The first 2 shots just barely missed the buck over it's back! I told her to now just put the main crosshair on the buck and let it rip. POW!!!! The gun goes off and she hammers it perfectly in the heart! The buck made it about 30 yards before piling up in the brush! Jen looks at me and says, "Is it dead?!?!" I said "YES!" and she broke down crying from all the adrenaline and intensity that comes with harvesting an animal. It was a sweet family moment, especially since Isaac was sitting right there watching his Momma kill her second buck. Jen in position not long after taking the final shot. As we sat there talking about all that went on, my buddy Jimmy calls me on the radio and says that there's 2 bucks above us on the same slope Jen's deer just died on. We watched the bucks spar and eventually bed and that's when Jim and Jenn made their move across the big draw and got set up below us a couple hundred yards away. Isaac watching the sparring bucks. Then being a boy Soon as they got situated and relocated the bucks we made our way across the super steep drainage to Jen's big buck. Crossing the drainage.... Jen with her buck As I'm caping and quartering the buck out a shot from Jenn's rifle surprises us! My Jen finds her in the binos and watches as her next shot center punches her first buck in the heart at 517 yards with Jimmy's .270! We met them up at their buck a while later for some more pics. Jimmy and Jenn Dos Jennifers Jimmy and I got the chore of carrying the meat while the girls carried their well deserved trophies! Way to go girls! Lots of great memories were made on this hunt and it was such a pleasure to share them all with such great friends like Jenn and Jim. Isaac and I got to find some sheds while scouting and he even got to drive the quad quite a lot which was the highlight of his entire trip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Congratulations to the ladies and thanks for all the pictures. That was a great writeup. Memories for sure having Isaac along. Thanks for sharing. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBArcher Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Thats awesome congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 3, 2012 I LOVE it!!! Way to go everyone!! that's some great family hunting right there!! Thanks for sharing the hunt and pics and don't forget to enter the coues contest! http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/34667-2012-coues-buck-contest/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cohntr6 Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Pretty cool! Less than 4 weeks for my wife and I !! Congrats to the JENS. Jeff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cottonwoodcoues Report post Posted November 3, 2012 That is awesome makes me almost consider taking my wife!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Awesome! Thanks for sharing it with us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted November 3, 2012 One of the best posts of the year! Thanks for taking the time to share the story and pictures. Congratulations to the Jennifer's and to all who helped! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted November 3, 2012 One of the best posts of the year! Thanks for taking the time to share the story and pictures. Congratulations to the Jennifer's and to all who helped! +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reganranch Report post Posted November 3, 2012 Killer bucks congrats to both Jennifers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRONG Report post Posted November 4, 2012 One of the best posts of the year! Thanks for taking the time to share the story and pictures. Congratulations to the Jennifer's and to all who helped! WOW! Thanks for the compliment guys! There was many many other pics I struggled with posting but just couldn't do it because of all the scenery in the background. It's hard enough to find a spot that's not crawling with people and I'd like to keep this spot to ourselves sorta ya know.... Some of the best pictures I've ever taken were on this hunt, guess they'll just have to stream on my computer's screen saver. Thanks again in sharing this amazing hunt with us. We just got the meat back this afternoon and can't wait to "dig in" tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willyhunts2 Report post Posted November 4, 2012 Awesome hunt and congrats on the bucks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basser15 Report post Posted November 4, 2012 Huge congrats to the ladies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted November 4, 2012 Very nice bucks. That buck your wife killed is awesome, great frame on him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted November 5, 2012 That is freakin awesome...huge congrats to the jens... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
