parothead Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Hi Everyone, I want to share a few pictures with you of the great buck I was blessed with this year. I got him Sunday morning, Nov 18th around 11:30. I had scouted this area very hard this year. Every chance I had I was there looking and tracking, checking the ever changing feeding areas and water sources. I found this buck Friday morning and really thought he was another buck I was hunting. In the past three weeks I had lost track of a pair of bucks that I had been watching all year. Friday morning I found a set of large tracks in a feeding area and followed them to a small water source, I knew I had found them! There was several new tracks that I had not seen in the pass two weeks. I set up a pop up blind and decided to sit the water all day. After checking all of my trail camera disks Friday night, I changed my mind and and sat in another blind where a really nice buck had been posing friday morning. All day Saturday I thought about the tracks and about the two bucks I knew where living in the other area. These bucks are special as I have watched them grow for the past three years. The largest of them should be around six or seven years old and the other around four . As luck would have it, I did not see the picture posing buck on Saturday. Sunday morning I was up and ready at 4:00 and in the blind at 5:30, at 10:00 four animals came in and visited the water. At 11:00 I checked my watch and some time later a buck came down the trail alone. He was standing behind some brush and I knew he was different. When he walked around and stood at the water I knew he was not the same deer. As I looked through my scope I could not believe the mass and quickly decided to shoot....but he was standing facing me. As I pondered his next move, thoughts of him getting away in the thick brush made me shiver. Facing me or not I touched the trigger. I could see him fold in the scope at the sound of the shot. When I finally got to him, I could not believe my eyes, he was huge....I am truly blessed to had this experience. The next time I looked at my watch it was 12:00 noon. He is a six by five with two stickers and his gross score is 125 inches. It is still hard to believe I am so lucky. I can not post the pictures but I sent some to Doug. Maybe he will post them for me. Your humble hunter, Travis Roberts Tucson, AZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Get the photos yet Doug? huh,huh, huh.......................................how bout now? Congrats on what sounds to be an awesome buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shortpants Report post Posted November 22, 2006 C'mon Doug we're all waiting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 22, 2006 I promise I'll post them tonight (my bad) sorry travis, I know they are in my inbox! AzP&Y Doug But I want to see them now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tines Report post Posted November 22, 2006 What a terrible thing to do!!!!!!!! C'mon Doug! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peloncillo Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Sounds like you have put your time in and have earned your trophy. Congratulations, I can't wait to see the pics. Keven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Congratulations once again on your wonderful buck Travis!!! we tapped out his buck really quick with a metal tape so i suggested to him he have it measured again soon because it's going to top 125" inches, but of course Travis being the true "humble hunter" he is was more happy about being able to get out there, do the work and get any kind of reward for it, good job buddy and can't wait to see the field pics of your MONSTER COUES!!!! one sweet looking buck for sure! DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted November 22, 2006 YOU SUCK DOUG! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Travis, congrats again! Tremendous buck with character. And for those of you whose virtue of patience was tested, here's the pics: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Alright that was definately worth the wait. That is an absolute hawg man. Congratulations. And you couldn't have said it any better SCOUTING PAYS OFF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Palmation, Crab claws, Sticker points, Devil horn point, Great eye gaurds. What an awesome buck. Thanks for the Photos. And most of all congrats to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parothead Report post Posted November 22, 2006 Travis, congrats again! Tremendous buck with character. And for those of you whose virtue of patience was tested, here's the pics: Thanks for posting the pictures for me Doug! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted November 22, 2006 SHAAAA-WING! NICE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mulie hunter Report post Posted November 23, 2006 Wow!!!!!!!! What a Buck!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbyo Report post Posted November 23, 2006 Stop being humble Travis. That buck is awesome! Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
