Capt. Don Martin Report post Posted December 24, 2013 I want to share with you the experiences of a 16-year-old young lady from Maryland who had an awesome combination mule deer/javelina hunt in Unit 18B. Allison Kilroy is a bubbly young lady who lives on the East coast. She doesn't get to hunt there, but she has become very partial to hunting in Arizona. Her father, Ron Kilroy lives in Las Vegas, and he fully supports his daughter's desire to hunt deer and javelina in the Grtand Canyon state. Even though Allison as a junior, is still limited to not more than 10% of the tags for deer/javelina, she has been lucky in the past. On her first big game hunt, she was paired up with Mike Cobb of Arizona Wildlife Outfitters and depsite some ugly weather, she bagged her very first big game animal on the first day she was out with Mike. A couple of years later, she drew both a deer and javelina tag, and while she got herself a big javelina, she never got the chance to squeeze the trigger on an Arizona mule deer. Undaunted, she kept aplying and this year hit the jackpot drawing both a deer and a javelina tag. Her guide for this hunt would be AWO's own Tad Levandowski. This mountain of a man knows this unit very well, and has in the past assisted a number of young hunters take mule deer and javelina there. There was a twist to Allison's hunt. Due to Allison's school schedule, she would miss the first week of the hunt and would actually fly into Las Vegas the night before Thanksgiving Day. She would have just four days to hunt. Allison and her dad would drive to Kingman and meet up with Levandowski and head into the sticks on Thanksgiving Day. Turkey dinner would just have to wait! As it turned out the timing was great! On her first morning just after daylight, Levandowski saw a big mature buck feeding by himself near a thicket of turbinella oak. AS Tad and Allison moved in, Ron stayed back about 300 yards to try and keep and eye on the big buck. However before Tad and Allison made it to where the buck had last been seen, he seemingly disappeared. But Tad knew the buck had to be there, somewhere. He started glassing and soon picked up just the antler tip of the big buck's rack. He got Allison to within 80 yards of the unsuspecting buck and got her set up. Their patience was rewarded when the big buck stood up and started to stretch. "You on em Allison?" Tad whispered. "Yes" was the soft reply and the young hunter slipped off the safety of her trusty 243 rifle and took deliberate aim. At the shot, the mighty buck literally dropped in his tracks! He nver knew he had been in the sights of a now very happy young lady! Tad said it wasn't until they reached the buck that he realized what she had just taken. "The buck was HUGE!" Tad said. "He had to weigh over 200 pounds and his rack was heavy with points all over it!" He was right. The buck sported a heavy rack that was just under 26 inches wide! Plus there were eight scorable points on one side and seven on the other! Later on Levandowski would learn that the buck grteen scored (gross) just over 200 inches! How many of us have ever taken a buck like that? Not many... Bu the young ladies hunt wasn't over. She still had an unfilled javelina tag. On the last morning she could hunt Levandowski relocated a herd of pigs they had previously seen, and Allison took her javelina at 50 yards! It had been a perfect hunt and I wondered what she was going to do for an encore. Then her dad called me, "Allison wants to go elk hunting," he said. Don Martin Arizona Wildlife Outfitters 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted December 24, 2013 great job and what a cactus buck, nothing like hunting with kids Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Wow, awesome job to that young lady, and those who helped it all come together. Great post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redman Report post Posted December 25, 2013 That sure does sound like one great hunt for a father and daughter. WHAT a buck!! Hope she gets and elk! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElkyG Report post Posted December 30, 2013 Congrats on a nice muley and on your javalina Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capoeirajosh Report post Posted December 30, 2013 Holy points! Fantastic hunt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Kid Report post Posted December 30, 2013 What a toad congrats on a awesome buck and congrats on your pig way to get it done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khmer6 Report post Posted December 31, 2013 What a beast and great story. Father daughter from two different states! Great memories made I bet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted December 31, 2013 Wow awesome job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted December 31, 2013 How awesome for her and her Father....and look at that monster buck! Great story and hunt. Congratulations to all. No doubt she'll get an elk, can't wait to hear about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedesertbuck Report post Posted January 1, 2014 congrats! awsome buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
