Mossyoak Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Had a blast hunting this weekend with my good friends Waldo Gutierrez and Michael Sedgeman in Unit 31. Opening morning started out at 4AM with Waldo yelling, you guys going so sleep all day or what?! So we crawled out of the tent to nothing but cold rain. We knew the weather was suppose to bring rain but we were hoping it didn't start till later in the afternoon. After getting our gear together and listening to Waldo complain that his coffee wasn't strong enough we were ready to get in the trucks and head to the mountain. Michael and Waldo have been scouting the area since September and seen some really nice bucks. They decided to go after two bucks that they named Bucknasty and 2nd Chance. We finally parked the truck and started getting ready for a long hike up the the mountain in the rain. As we are gathering our things all of a sudden Waldo accidently nocks Michaels rifle off the tail gate! Splat! Right in the mud! Everyone had the Oh S*@T! look on their face! Michael was not happy, he just picked the gun up and started walking up the mountain. The whole way to the top of the mountain all I heard was Waldo saying how bad he felt for knocking the gun into the mud and I hope Michael don't miss or we'll never hear the end of it. We finally get to the top of the mountain a little after 6AM. The sun wasn't up yet and it was still raining so Waldo, Michael and I just hunckered down and tried to stay warm. As we were sitting there trying to rest a little we hear Dan say the three words that everyone loves to hear "I Got Deer!" Dan is another one of our friends that came along for the adventure. I can't believe Dan was glassing already, the sun wasn't even up! So we all scrambled to get binos on the tripods and start looking. Dan says looks like a good buck, and then he says there's another one below him and he's a Monster! Dan may as well just started blowing a air horn cause he said it really loud! Before we knew it those deer were on to us and got the heck out of there! Michael and Waldo said they know right where those deer are going and they went to cut them off. Dan and I just stayed there still glassing the hill sides looking for deer. After awhile we started to wonder where the guys went. Then we heard the Ka-Boom! coming from two ridges over. We figured one of them must of got a deer. We didn't hear anymore shots so we started glassing in that direction looking for spooked deer. Then we hear the Crack of a rifle again. As I keep glassing a long way out there I see a buck making his way up the mountain. As I watch this deer all of a sudden he kinda buckles and I think to myself that was weird then the sound of the rifle hits me. The buck goes on a dead sprint down the canyon and starts doing the half drunk half running kind of thing. Then I lost him. Michael calls me on the phone and says (in a very depressed voice) well Waldo shot one and I missed. I said no I don't think you missed I was watching that buck and it looked like he was hit. I told him I would go look for blood if I was you. So after a long walk I finally make over to where the guys are and Michael says he found blood! After a short blood trail we found his buck piled up under an old dead tree right where I lost him in the binos! Man was he excited! He said it's Bucknasty! The same buck he has been watching for the last couple months. We dragged the buck up the hill to where Waldo was and he had shot the buck they named 2nd Chance. Michaels buck taped out around 116. Enjoy the Pics and thanks for reading. Jake 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Great deer. Congratulations on taking a couple of bruisers. Bucknasty seems a fitting name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nighthawk Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Pretty glume faces for such great bucks!! Nice work 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reganranch Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Those are BA bucks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeithV Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Great job guys very nice bucks, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Dane nice bucks!!!! Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Pretty glume faces for such great bucks!! Nice work Agreed. I don't like the "I'd rather look cool than happy" philosophy on picture taking either, but hey - to each his own. Great bucks - Bucknasty is a dandy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter72 Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Nice bucks will have to talk at work about the hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted November 11, 2012 two great bucks! cool that you were able to see bucknasty when the shot was taken. thanks for sharing with us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky2hunt Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Fantastic bucks! Congrats Yep we Like smiling pictures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Super Deer!! Congradulations!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Awesome story...congrats! Bucknasty is a toad! Love all the extras... Glad everything turned out okay with the dropped rifle. I HATE it when that happens and can ruin a hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesfanatic Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Wow, that is a stud. You boys definitely got it done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCouesManiac Report post Posted November 11, 2012 Cool story!! glad you guys got him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cohntr6 Report post Posted November 12, 2012 Very nice! I have to wait a couple more weeks for my wife and I to head to the same hills. Congrats on the double! Jeff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
