scoutm Report post Posted December 3, 2012 A buddy of ours (SunDevil and Me) decided to pick up a leftover late November Deer tag and he took full advantage of it. Dan and I started hunting Coues in 1992 and in those 20 years, with only a few missed seasons, he's had his chances to fill his tags but has often had a hard time putting everything together - Prior to this hunt he had only harvested two other coues. (Give him a smoke pole and a Javelina tag and the dude is lethal). Never having hunted in his chosen leftover unit Chris and I reached out to some buddies and members of the coueswhitetail.com family we knew that have hunted it before and they were both gracious enough to share some invaluable intel. To our surprise both buddies gave us the same area independently of each other so we felt it must be a really good area. Unfortunately due to Family and work obligation Dan only had a day and a half to fill this tag so the intel we receive was invaluable - thanks again guys. Around 5:30 am we hit the trail to our desired glassing spot and within minutes of sitting down and with barely enough glassing light Chris glassed up a group of bucks. Dan and Chris watched them as it became lighter and as they feed up the ridge. After some time and some discussion Dan decided he wanted to take one of them. Chris set Dan up with a rock solid rest - big rock and a back pack. Chris then got setup to spot, I setup to film and Dan setup to shoot. Only problem was Dan wasn’t able to find the deer in the scope. This wasn't too much of a surprise as Dan was using my rifle and my eyes suck so after Dan commenting the scope was blurry I helped him with making a LARGE diopter adjustment. Once the scope was adjusted Dan picked the buck right up and the rest shall we say is good eats...His third deer and his biggest to date…the picture and video tell the rest of the story. http://s99.beta.photobucket.com/user/scoutm5909/media/Danos2012Deer_0001.mp4.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted December 3, 2012 Thanks Larry and congrats Dan!! Here was our timeline. 9:30 pm on Friday - arrive at camp. 11:00 pm - hit the sack. 4:30 am Saturday - alarm goes off. 5:05 - on the road out of camp. 5:50 - hit the trail. 6:30 - arrive at glassing location. 6:40 - glass up bucks. 7:34 - buck down. Noon - back in camp. 3:00 - on the road back to town. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted December 3, 2012 Thanks Larry and congrats Dan!! Here was our timeline. 9:30 pm on Friday - arrive at camp. 11:00 pm - hit the sack. 4:30 am Saturday - alarm goes off. 5:05 - on the road out of camp. 5:50 - hit the trail. 6:30 - arrive at glassing location. 6:40 - glass up bucks. 7:34 - buck down. Noon - back in camp. 3:00 - on the road back to town. Makes for a short hunt, but you can't beat that kind of timeline! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 3, 2012 Tastey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted December 3, 2012 Tastey! +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trophyhnter Report post Posted December 3, 2012 Sound like a great hunt! He sure is happy to have gotten a buck! Congrats and thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Kauffman Report post Posted December 4, 2012 Gotta love the videos! Being able to see the smile on the hunters face always works wonders. Congrats to you guys and great video! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted December 4, 2012 Thanks. Best thing about the video is he will get to share a bit of his hunt with his young son. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted December 4, 2012 Nice. The smile says it all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 4, 2012 Nicely done. Congrats on the buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted December 4, 2012 Congrats. Nice buck with friends along to videa and spot. Perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted December 6, 2012 nice congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted December 6, 2012 Nice work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted December 13, 2012 Congratulations on your buck!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
