colablanca13 Report post Posted January 25, 2016 Every year I do one trip with some old friends to hunt whitetail in Sonora. This year was especially good since I harvested probably the second largest Coues deer I have ever gotten. My friend also got a huge deer that unfortunately had one whole side knocked off due to fighting.I grew up in Sonora and hunting Coues was a large part of my childhood. My dad thought me the ins and outs of these animals and every year they still amaze me with something I had never seen before. This year the level of rut activity was off the charts. Broken antlers, deer oblivious to our presence or gun shots, scrapes and rubs everywhere, etc.The first photo is the buck I got. It would have been a nice typical 10 point, but the back point was broken off probably during a fight. I got him just about 100 yards from the road. I usually don’t like taking running shots but I took the split second decision to take a shot while he was darting between some mesquites and ocotillos. After I got off the truck, I had probably a 6 feet clearing between some ocotillos and some dense mesquites. Took the shot and the deer turned from broadside to a straight run. Luckily the bullet went in middle of the ribs and exited through the neck.It was only 7:30am and one of my friends still hadn’t taken a shot at one, so we decided to go on search of another buck. After a few hours of hiking we got to an area we knew would probably be fruitful. We spotted a buck following a doe on the same hillside we were hiking. After three shots, my buddy had downed that buck. He was hypnotized with the doe he was following and did not even flinch when my friend narrowly missed on the first two shots. By 11:00am he had his buck and we were on our way back to the truck. Not a bad Sunday morning!!!The second photo is the buck my friend got along with the same one from the first photo. It has awesome mass and the deer itself was huge; unfortunately it had almost a whole side of antlers broken. It had hoofs as large as many mule deer I have seen!The third picture is an old one of my old man with the best buck he ever got in 50 plus years of hunting down there. I believe it was between 2008 and 2010. We haven't scored it yet, but given that it is a typical 10 point buck, it will do pretty well. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted January 26, 2016 Couple a dandy's there. Congrats..............BOB! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted January 26, 2016 AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing with the site! S. PS: LOL regarding not scoring that third buck! Seems like lots of folks keep a tape with them in their hunting packs and score the thing as soon as they hit the ground! Absolutely NO reason what so ever to score that deer (or any other) IMO! Such a great deer!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longshooter Report post Posted January 26, 2016 Nice! Looks like the old man killed a pig 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted January 26, 2016 Nice bucks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted January 26, 2016 Sounds like a great hunt. those are some nice bucks! Your Dads is a TOAD! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 26, 2016 Congratulations to you guys on some nice bucks! Love the picture of your dad and his bruiser buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
218buck Report post Posted January 27, 2016 Sounds like you guys had a great hunt congrats to all of you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted January 27, 2016 Larry Longshooter, I can only imagine what You call Me behind my back. I will be 60 in Sept. And Your buying lap dances for this old man.....LOL...................BOB! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
