Apache7mm Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Tagged out Saturday evening on my San Carlos Tribal Ash Flat Antelope hunt. It all started when my name was drawn out of 45 others for the one tag, 10th year putting in. I did a little bit of scouting and was able to see a majority of the bucks within a few days, great year for Antelope on San Carlos this year with a few exceptional bucks in the mix. I never did find the big one I was after in 5 evenings and 1 full days out and decided that I had been away from my understanding family long enough so I made Saturday my final day. I missed a mid 70s buck earlier in the day, shot clean over him as I thought he was closer to 200 yards than the 100 or so he actually was, life on the flat. I later redeemed myself when I seen another group and immediately put a move on them as I was running out of light fast. After fending off 3 different disgruntled Big Stallions I was within 100 yards waiting for the group to crest the saddle in front of me. One buck popped his head out, he was already missing one of his horn sheaths, looked around and I never seen him again. A few does came out feeding left to right and finally a buck bringing up the rear. I inched my way towards them and set my shooting stick, put the cross hairs on the buck, waited for a clear shot and let it fly. I heard the impact and the buck didn't flinch, stagger, or make any movements whatsoever to indicate a hit, 20 seconds went by and the group was already heading away and back to the left. I chambered another round, waited for the group to clear and sent another bullet on its way, hit again, the buck trotted 20 yards and in textbook fashion stopped, reared up and fell over. A great end to a short but sweet hunt, seen plenty of wildlife out and about each day, but that's just San Carlos for you. I'd like to dedicate my hunt to my late cousin Ronald Stevens Sr. who left this world way too early at 35, he would have been with me every day of this hunt and I immediately shared the success with him. DAN 26 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4Falls Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Nice job and cool pictures, sounds like you had a great hunt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Thx, excellent hunt, had plenty of stalks and bucks within 200-600 yards, but I wanted to put my skills to the test and cut them all down to 100 yards and make a very clean kill.DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murfys69law Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Grreat job Dan. Hope you can get that tag again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Congrats on an awesome hunt! Great pictures, thanks for sharing your story with us. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rageinthesage Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Very cool, and great write up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daryl_s Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Great write up and beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing your hunt with us. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted October 12, 2015 Cool story and awesome pic! What do I got to do to convince the tribe I'm a white relative of yours that would love to hunt the San Carlos with you 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Nice buck! Congrats Dan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLW Report post Posted October 13, 2015 congrats Dan! sweet story and great pics to go with the story! James 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Congrats Dan, Sweet buck and great pics. Thanks for sharing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Browns Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Great job Dan! You da man!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Congratulations, sounds like a great hunt! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Great job. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkslare Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Great job Dan, congrats and thanks for sharing the story and the pics 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
