SWINGBOW Report post Posted April 13, 2014 After years of trying to convince my wife (and myself) that it was "safe" to take my 11 year old son to Mexico, I finally committed and booked a trip with my friend Dan Bishop from Cola Blanca outfitters. This would be a special hunt as my dad was going to make the trip down from Montana and join us. He lives in northern Montana on the Blackfeet Indian reservation where he runs our family outfitting business. He guides elk, moose, white-tail, mule deer in the fall. Fly fishes and does jeep tours in the summer and runs mountain lions in the winter. January is a great time to leave Montana and head south. It really didn't take much convincing to get him to commit. He flew in and caught a football camp that my son was attending and we jumped in the truck and headed to Tucson to meet the group and head south. The trip down was uneventful. A couple check points and some paperwork and we hit the LONG dirt road to our camp. I was also lucky enough to convince my great friend Andy to join us. He is one of my best friends and just so happens to be the best glasser that I’ve hunted with. We got settled in had a great dinner and were up early to hit some glassing spots. I personally felt a little pressure on this hunt. I know my son really wanted to kill a big buck, at least bigger than the one that he killed in Arizona this year (93") and he also was bugging the crap out of me to try for a Javelina with his bow. By the afternoon of day 2 we had seen a bunch of bucks but nothing we wanted to take early in the hunt. Andy, my son and I took a little walk to check out a canyon. I was ready to get some meat on the ground and "get the party started" We were walking back to the truck after checking out the canyon and stopped to glass one last spot. This buck was rutting hard and chasing does all over the hill side. We watched him for a few minutes and realized that he had something funky going on with his horns and I decided to take him. One 250 yard shot with my son's 270 and we were heading up the hill to see my buck. Now it was time for me to help find a buck for my son and my dad. The 4th morning we were at one of our usual stops and we found a buck that would be close to the Arizona buck bench mark that my son had set. He checked out the buck in my 15's for about .5 seconds and said "I'll kill him" We helped him get set up for the 230 yard shot. He proceed to shoot every Ocotillo tree on the entire hillside. We went through all the emotions imaginable as he sent a volley of rounds at this buck. The buck’s only concern was does and they just kept feeding. On the 10th shot he finally connected. The buck immediately bedded and we watched the spot for movement for a full hour before Andy headed over to try to find the buck. We weren’t sure of the hit and knowing how tough these little deer are we decided to guide Andy in and be ready in case the buck got up. Andy arrived at the bush where we had last seen the buck to find this tough little sucker staring him down. Andy had no gun so I watched as the rodeo started. Andy wrestled the buck for a few minutes finally winning the match. I’m pretty sure I’ve never laughed harder than I did watching him wrestle that poor buck. While my son was shooting at his buck my dad and his guide Elio had found a nice buck to go after. They put a long stalk on this buck and killed him at 330 yards with my 300 short mag. And the celebration began... Javelina time…. We had been seeing pigs all over this ranch but hadn’t gone after any yet. The last day of our 5 day hunt would be dedicated to getting my son a shot at a pig with his bow. We spotted a herd of about 8 feeding and started our stalk. The wind was perfect and before we knew it we were in the middle of the group of feeding pigs. They were moving all around us. This boar got a little curious in the funny shaped and smiling cactus and decided to come in for a closer look. He was getting closer. At 20 yards I told my son to draw, at 10 yards I stopped the pig by making a kiss sound. As soon as he stopped my son’s arrow was on the way. He hit a little far back but the arrow angled in and took out the femoral artery. We watched as the pig went down about 30 yards from where he hit him. One more trophy and we would be ready to head home and see his mom and sister. The elusive Jack rabbit… Last light on the last day he was able to take this buck Jack rabbit. Way to take it down to the wire…. I can't conclude this story without some "wake me up if you see something" pics. They crack me up. We never got in to the huge bucks the we’d hoped to, although I know they were there. The ranch was amazing. So remote and held tons of deer. It was a great adventure that I know my son, dad and myself will have a hard time trying to top. But I can’t wait to try… 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbd1234 Report post Posted April 13, 2014 Nice bucks and pig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter01 Report post Posted April 13, 2014 Very nice J. I don't know if we could ever top that trip. It was an adventure I'll never forget, being part of this hunt was awesome to say the least. I'm in for trying....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted April 13, 2014 I'd say you all had a great hunt. I loved reading every bit of the write up and a good one by the way. Congratulations to everyone of you. Memories with family and friends are the highest reward you can hope to get out of life. Thanks a bunch for sharing the pictures and your awesome trip. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
papa Report post Posted April 13, 2014 Congrats on some nice Bucks and a great time with the family. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkaddict Report post Posted April 13, 2014 Love Mexico! Congrats on a great hunt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted April 13, 2014 That's a great adventure and you did a great job of taking photos! The best part of that is you'll always come back and check it out. Congrats to all of you, Mexico is pretty awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrk2Hnt Report post Posted April 14, 2014 Awesome trip. Looks like it was an amazing time for your son. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted April 14, 2014 I would say that is a great family trip! Congratulations on all the success and thanks for sharing your adventure with us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tdub Report post Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks for sharing! Looks like your boy had a blast! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted April 14, 2014 What a great family trip. Your son is off to a great start killing big bucks and getting a archery pig. Congrats to all on all the success. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirRoyal Report post Posted April 14, 2014 Great story, Great pictures , Making memories your son will never forget! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted April 15, 2014 WOW That was awesome thanks for sharing! Hunting in Mexico is always magical, exciting! Ernesto C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted April 15, 2014 What an incredible hunt you all had! Very cool, 3 generations hunting together. Those are memories to be remembered and cherished forever by all of you. Really nice deer and javelina. Your buck looks like part caribou! Lots of character there. Congratulations to all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
