GameHauler Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Well the Trophy Hunter, Tom has filled his tags till Saturday. I just got home from helping Tom get this Trophy Buck back to camp and taken care of. The man is on cloud nine. He has had a great week getting his Couse and a Turkey. Now he hopes for another Lion with a bow Saturday Good luck on that one Bud Now , for you that have come to know the machine he is. you will respect the fact that Tom Hunts with his belly, not his eyes. He now has enough meat to carry him thru till elk season. That is what is Important. Just ask Peggy!! I am not going to tell all the details of his hunts, I will leave that to him when he gets back to town but a great Bear story to follow and a Bald Eagle story to come to. You The Man, Freezer is Full Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted August 30, 2007 heck YEAH!!!! that a boy!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Nice job TJ that is a great accomplishment. Now you need to let me sit that stand to get me a buck with my bow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azryan Report post Posted August 30, 2007 way to go Tj!...that is great....its an inspiration for sure....that shoulder surgery did not stop ya....awesome job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Nice job TJ that is a great accomplishment. Now you need to let me sit that stand to get me a buck with my bow! Well Buddy, I do not think you are up to what it takes to get to that place, not to mention what it takes to get them back to the truck. As you get older you will come to respect Mother Nature and what it takes to "harvest" her bounty. Tom has spent many a year looking at this spot, and felt it was time to be on it, and he was right. It Took me a whole 3 minutes to get back to the truck and drive it as close as I could so we did not have to carry it more than 15 yards to the truck. God I'm Tired. thanks everyone for your replies. We might hear from Tom Monday or Tuesday. Mike got to LUV it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted August 30, 2007 congratulations TJ, you are "da man"! ps, I hope you wrote down all the details of your hunt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huntn coues Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Right on TJ wat to get it done. I am happy for ya. Remember to WRITE IT DOWN!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shortpants Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Broken body, broken crossbow, just can't slow you down!!! Way to go TJ, your a true hunter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunterdan Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Congrats Tom, That is awesome!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted August 30, 2007 Here is a pic.... Congratulations TJ!! I still have yet to get a coues with a bow! Write that story down! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted August 31, 2007 Well with nothing to hunt untill Saturday He packed up his Harvest and DIRTY socks and headed home today He thinks Peggy wanted him to come home after being gone ? 2.1/2 Weeks I spilled the beans Tom Your home. WRITE IT DOWN and then post it Buddy Yes they are not the Best Hunting stories we have but they are New ones, and it has been a little slow for opening weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted August 31, 2007 Great Job MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER....... jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted August 31, 2007 Great Job MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER....... jason LEONARD What have you done Tell me it is not true Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted August 31, 2007 Well with nothing to hunt untill Saturday He packed up his Harvest and DIRTY socks and headed home today He thinks Peggy wanted him to come home after being gone ? 2.1/2 Weeks I spilled the beans Tom Your home. WRITE IT DOWN and then post it Buddy Yes they are not the Best Hunting stories we have but they are New ones, and it has been a little slow for opening weekend Thanks everyone for the kind words on my trophy couse. As you can plainly see in the picture I haven't stayed in the best of shape so it was hard to hold out for one I could handle myself. Letting those big ones go really hurt. I won't go into much detail but it went something like this. Borrowed an EZ Winder to cock my bow, which broke the first time I used it on Friday and it bent my scope on the borrowed bow from a friend. After zeroing it in for 20yrds I was set to go hunting by Monday, after a friend cocked it for me Sunday night. Three days had passed and it was killing me to hunt. I had one shot and no way to recock my bow so I had to make the shot count. At 9:30 am, 10 turkeys came in to my blind and I took the biggest. Thank god it was a good shot. I loaded up my turkey and headed for camp and found a couple of surveyers along the road and I asked them to cock my bow for me. Now I was ready for another shot at a deer. On Tuesday after spending most of the day in Payson on the phone with Horton Company, I finally got all the necessary info and mailed out my barrowed EZ Winder and back to camp but it was to late to hunt. The deer was visiting the water between 10am and 2:30pm and I would wait out the day in camp. Early Thursday morning had me putting my trail cam on a salt lick only to find a bear on it. As I approached it only ran off 35yrds. and stayed there the entire time I hung my camera. It would go from tree to tree and peak out from behind it while it circled me competely. As I finished with my trail cam I started for the truck and it jumped on a tree scared to death of me, I think. As I passed within 25yrds it jumped down and went back to my salt. Yea, I got it on camera. On my way to my water hole I had an eagle fly right over my truck as to say this is the way. In the blind by 9:30am and a smaller 3 pt came in at 9:45 which I spooked. Yes, they make them smaller than what I shot. Five minutes later my buck walked in and drank for 5 min until it turned for a 15yrd shot. I had only been sitting 20 min. Time I got to Game Hauler's for an ice chest, ice, and asked a water truck driver along the road to cock my bow it was almost 2 hours before I started tracking it. I knew my shot was a little back to far. After jumping him out of his bed at noon, it comfirmed my hit. I waited an hour later to track and thought I heard it on the ground before a lightning and rain shower put me back in camp for lunch. At 3:30 the rain let up and I was determined to serch untill dark without any sign which got washed away from the storm. Game Hauler met me at 4 and he found my deer at 5. Without his help I would not have found that deer. The rain cooled the temperature down and I never lost any meat. Thanks Game Hauler for your determination in helping. I promised to be in better shape by my Nov. elk hunt. I will be back in camp tonight, as soon as my wife gets off work, for some more scouting of 22s. As you can see in the picture that Amanda posted, I do hunt with my belly in mind. Good luck to all you other hunters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devinv Report post Posted August 31, 2007 congrats! seems like a pain in the @ss to have had to find people to cock the crossbow for you but i think its great you didn't let that stop you from hunting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
