srearnhe Report post Posted July 23, 2013 Did GM Dickson help you and your wife get the deer out? If so he showed me a pic of your deer and your wifes side by side with, I believe your daughter sitting between both. If this is the same then your deer was real nice to. We were back that way and he told me the story and showed me the pics. yep, that's it. Dickson was awesome, he hung around camp talking with the kids. I thought my deer was great too, but next to her's it's dwarfed. The article I posted has a picture of mine on the left hand side. It's the smaller picture inside the larger one where she's showing the side view of her deer. We were both lucky to harvest such great bucks. I attached a picture of mine here also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted July 23, 2013 Nice Shot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldernie Report post Posted July 23, 2013 Being the old-man in the group, I thought I would jump in and show ya'll what Clay at Mogollon did with the deer. He really does great work and deserves all the accolades that come his way! Also wanted to 2nd the thanks to GM Dickson. He was a great help in getting both deer out. Nothin' better then watching the next generation being excited about the hunt. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countrykid Report post Posted July 27, 2013 I've always hunted up above the silver king mine, a lot of small stuff but their is a few that will go over a 100, but like everyone else is saying your best bet is in the wilderness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srearnhe Report post Posted October 24, 2013 My wife took her cow elk over the weekend in 4A. Great hunt. Now looking forward to understanding 24b, so we have a great opportunity in December. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountaingoat08 Report post Posted October 24, 2013 Wow your wife is on a roll that is an awesome tag to have But is also some tough country! good luck to you guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Meyer Report post Posted October 26, 2013 Congrats. Nice job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkhunter Report post Posted October 26, 2013 Amazing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srearnhe Report post Posted November 6, 2013 Just returned from my hunt in 24B with success to share. This was a very difficult hunt. We spent hours walking miles into the wilderness looking for decent bucks. The terrain was unforgiving but beautiful. We found a few deer and I put a shot on one opening morning but couldn’t connect. On Saturday afternoon we were sitting at camp refueling from a morning trek into the wilderness. We started doing some glassing from camp and my dad saw a small buck on a north face in a cut. I took off trying to get a shot, but the route that I chose put me in a bad position where I couldn’t see the buck. My dad went in from another direction and took a shot putting the first deer in camp. From that point on, all the deer in the area vanished. The area started receiving more hunting pressure from the weekend crowd and the deer took refuge in the canyons. Finally, Monday we started seeing deer again and some bucks on distant hills but nothing we were able to get to. Tuesday was going to be my last day of hunting so I decided to head back to a canyon where we had seen some decent bucks. My brother and his friend glassed up a great buck in this canyon earlier in the weekend but couldn’t find him after moving down to get into position. We always saw this buck running with a fork. The last morning of the hunt, I saw this buck walking with his fork over a distant ridge. I hated the thought of walking all the way over there just to find that they had vanished, as Coues are famous for, but I decided to make the trek realizing it was my last day of hunting. When I finally reached the ridge, looking into the next valley, I found nothing. I figured, and hoped, that they had bedded down in some of the thick brush on the north face. So I started walking along the ridge making my way up to the cliff face of this particular ridge. I heard movement above me and there they were running up the ridge. I sat down and had only a few seconds to get on him. I pulled the trigger and the fork continued up the cut, but the bigger buck was nowhere to be found. From my vantage point, I could only see a portion of the cut near the top. I figured that I either connected with him (which the shot didn’t give me that distinctive sound when hitting something, so I wasn’t sure), or he ran further into the cut where I couldn’t see him and out of the area. I decided to traverse the north face climbing cliff edges and making my way through heavy brush to find out what had happened. When I finally made it to the cut, the fork jumped up and ran across the other ridge 50 yards away. I knew something wasn’t right if he was still hanging around. I started looking for blood around the bushes the big buck was next to when I took the shot; I could not find anything but heard more movement further up the cut. He stepped out and walked up and over the top of the mountain hidden by brush so I couldn’t get another shot. He didn’t act wounded but still being in the area made me think I probably made a gut shot on him. I managed to follow the path he took out of the area looking for any sign of a hit. I found nothing and he had many different options he could have walked into after going over the top. I decided to head back to the hill top that my dad was glassing from that morning, and as I topped over and started making my way to the cliff face, I saw him bedded under a tree 200 yards away. He was facing away from me so I crept up to the cliff face, got into position, and waited for him to turn or stand. He positioned himself so I could see more of his body and I took the final shot that resulted in a great trophy. Can't wait to see what's available during my wife's December hunt! Great hunt with a lot of memories! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Workman Report post Posted November 6, 2013 Dam nice buck right there, congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted November 6, 2013 Congrats on a nice buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ_SAWBUCK Report post Posted November 6, 2013 Nice buck he will make a cool mount. Thanks for sharing and good luck on your wife's hunt, also good luck to your brother hope he gets to bag one too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted November 6, 2013 Congrats to your wife on all of her success last year and this year so far. Good luck on her December hunt. Congrats to you as well, that is a great coues buck, thanks for sharing and look forward to more posts from you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srearnhe Report post Posted December 17, 2013 My wife finished her hunt Sunday morning. We hunted in the same general area I had shot my deer earlier in the season. We started hunting on Friday morning and saw a nice buck every day. Saturday we found a monster, but as we moved into position the buck was spooked by something behind it and eventually ran off. Sunday morning started with my wife glassing up a doe on a distant ridge and I wasn't able to find anything. I turned around and started glassing behind us and finally found a buck about 700 yards away. It looked like a smaller 3 pt because of his unique rack. I brought my wife over and told her we could go if she wanted him. After looking at him for a second she said, "I want him, let's go." So my dad stayed put and directed us as we made our way over. Along the way the buck moved down into a cut that was below his vantage point, so my dad was unable to direct us anymore. We kept moving to an area where we could see into the cut. I stopped and glassed along the way but could never find him. I found a nice rock outcropping where we could sit and she could setup for a shot. This put us about 150 yards away from where we last saw the deer. The cut did have some heavy brush in it and the wind was strong enough where our approach would not be heard, but I thought for sure he had already slipped out of the area. We noticed the deer in the area had not started to rut yet, but I decided to rattle a little to see if it would bring him out in the open. Nothing happened, so I told my dad and my 10 year old daughter to make their way higher and try to kick him out, if he was still there. I moved a little lower to have a different angle looking into the cut, hoping I could find him bedded under a tree. Before my dad and daughter crested the last finger, before the cut we were looking in, my wife started snapping her fingers at me and gets behind her gun. I looked up and still saw nothing, and even said, "Do you see him?". She was looking at the deer standing broadside 145 yards away and took a shot. Since I moved down a little lower, the deer was behind a tree for me, so I never saw the deer. After she shot, the deer ran up the hill about 10 yards and fell over backwards. Again, I wasn't able to see any of this, which was so disappointing. I even asked her, "What are you shooting at?". I wish I could have seen her take her first Coues, but I'm thrilled and very proud of her. Having my daughter there was a huge plus as well. Great hunt, sad to see the year over, but it's been a great 2013. Can't wait to see what God blesses us with next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted December 17, 2013 good for her. nice buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
