BOWUNTR Report post Posted October 31, 2016 Beautiful buck, congrats. Ed F Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
creed_az_88 Report post Posted October 31, 2016 That's a big one, tell us a story how you got it Two years ago my wife had this same tag and we blew it on this deer and didn't see him the rest of the hunt. She didn't have a tag last year but I found this buck that summer very close to where we saw him the first year. We elected to look for a different buck opening morning this year, and after seeing 5 small bucks and no shooters we bailed on that spot and hauled butt to our glassing hill overlooking this bucks mesquite flat. About an hour before dark, my wife says "I see some". After a little scrambling I finally find the group of 9 bucks about 3/4 of a mile out, only about 400 yards from here we saw this buck the first time two years ago. He had put on a little mass but for the most part wasn't much bigger. The bucks were working their way out of the thick stuff and feeding towards a grassy spot. We decided to head straight for them, because we didn't have much daylight left. When we made it to the deer, they had all bedded again in some low mesquites. All nine bucks stayed bedded until just before dark when finally a few stood up including this buck. 3 other bucks gave us a shot but this deer houdini'd his way out of getting whacked that evening. Miracle stayed in the scope for 15 minutes at 200 yards waiting for a shot but it eventually got too dark to shoot so we sat down and waited for it to get completely dark and then we snuck out the way we came in. We were on our glassing hill first thing the next morning and before the sun came up we found the bucks only 400 yards from where we left them the night before. We angled to where we thought they would be heading back out of the low spot they were in and before long they were headed our way. The big buck was in the very back. Some of the smaller bucks were spread out in front of us from 60-100 yards but the three biggest bucks took awhile to make it in range. Eventually this buck gave us a broadside shot at 160 yards and a 6mm Sierra bullet hit the deer high on the shoulder, dropping him in his tracks. The amount of fat on this deer made the gutless method very difficult. We didn't make it back to the truck until after noon and it was flat the whole way! My wife blows my mind every time we go out. The gentle, caring, full time mom that I'm used to being around turns into a mule deer slaying crazy woman when we she has a tag in her pocket. I may have her convinced to try shooting a whitetail next year so I'm looking forward to that. Thanks for reading. -Creed 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PelaPapas Report post Posted October 31, 2016 Awesome buck! Congrats to your wife getting it done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StraightTequilaNight Report post Posted October 31, 2016 Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PseAZ Report post Posted November 1, 2016 Awesome buck, congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted November 1, 2016 Love them Desert Bucks. Big Congrats.............!BOB! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted November 1, 2016 Congratulations again to you and Miracle on a super desert buck! Love his mass and frame. Oh man the coues better look out next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
