TAM Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Just got back from a week long December hunt in Mexico with my three boys and two buddies. My boys were hoping for the opportunity to shoot some javelina but there aren't many on the ranches we hunt and in a week of hunting we didn't see a single pig. Regardless we had a great time and got to look at some beautiful country. From what I saw the bigger bucks weren't showing any signs of rutting and didn't seem to have a care in the world. On our second night there I found a real nice buck feeding in some mesquites. We tried to make a move to get a closer look at him and perhaps even shoot him but he just seemed to disappear. As I was trying to relocate him I turned up a group of three bucks about 3/4 of a mile down the ridge and one of them looked pretty good. The next morning we went back to the same spot looking for the bucks I had seen the night before and couldn't find any of them so we hiked down the ridge about a mile so we could look into a small bowl. It's pretty open country in this area and as soon as I looked in the bowl I saw a lone buck feeding in the middle of it. His head was in a mesquite tree but I could see he had big body and when his head cleared the branches I caught a glimpse of the drop tines and knew he was a shooter. After letting my boys each take a quick peak through the 15's we bailed off the ridge to cut the distance. When we got to a knob that was about 500 yards we picked him up again moving towards a thick patch of trees where we lost sight of him. At that point we sat on him for an hour giving him time to settle down and then went back to the ranch house for some lunch and a nap. After a couple of hours we headed back out to the hill above him putting us right at 200 yards directly across from the thick patch where he went to bed. I was picking apart the small patch of trees and brush for about 20 minutes before I finally looked just outside the trees where he was bedded in the open in the shade of a tree. At that point I knew it was game on and quietly got my boys to help set up and make the shot! The buck is one of the coolest looking bucks I've ever seen in all my years of hunting coues deer and to top it off I got to share the experience with my three boys! I can't wait to get back out there in 3 weeks during the rutting action to look for another great buck! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Wow man that is a perfect rack! Gorgeous! Great recap of your fantastic hunt. Extra nice you had your boys with you to share the experience. Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Congratulations Tim!! I always wanted a double drop tine buck, that thing is awesome! Hope you do as well in your next hunt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrita58 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 heck of a buck man. Congratulations on a great harvest. Nice write up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norteno Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Wow, that is a picture perfect buck in my eyes. Congrats 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kidso Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Nice buck! Do the "locals" down there who you work with ever come across any jaguars during their operations? Do they ever tell you jaguar stories? Just curious if they come across the jags more commonly than we do in southern Arizona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Holy dream buck!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Man, awesome deer thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Becker Report post Posted January 3, 2014 WOW TIM!!!! Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 3, 2014 That may be the perfect coues deer! Congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted January 3, 2014 thats a bad a$$ buck right there...congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Priceless..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Holy crap Tim, that thing is beautiful. Congratulations on the buck. It was great you had your sons with you to share your hunt with. Memories forever along with a lifetime of a buck. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted January 3, 2014 WOW Tim! Congratulations on a buck of a life time!! Your kids look really happy too that's very cool! Ernesto C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uofahughes2 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Aside from the first Coues deer I killed 10 years ago (A monstrous 70 inch bruiser), that might be the most Beautiful buck I've ever seen. Congratulations. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
