Couple of Dec. bucks for good friends

[COOSEFAN]

That's awesome!!! Great bucks! JIM>

[firstcoueswas80]

Thanks for the comments. I'll try and keep the story short.

My grandfather has hunted all over Arizona for about 70 years. He still has the desire he had when he was a young man. I can only hope that I to can hunt when I'm in my 80's. He had told me that he didn't think he could hunt Coues deer anymore. His eyesight had gotten really bad and he just couldn't get around like he used to. I convinced him to give it another try. When we found out we were drawn for a late hunt he got really excited. Him and my dad spent alot of time getting his rifle ready for the hunt. He decided he wanted to shoot his 30-30. He grew up shooting left handed but when he had to get a pace maker he had to learn how to shot right handed. It was tough but he mastered it. I watched him shoot a 6 point bull elk on the run at 300 yards 5 years ago. Him and my dad came down from Vernon the day before the hunt. We loaded up the 5th wheel and headed to our camp spot. Opening morning we were set up on a hill top glassing when my dad spotted a small buck and some does. We were watching them and I turned to glass the ridge we were on and spotted a buck laying underneath a oak tree. We got my grandfather on his chair and his rest that I made for him, I ranged him at 200 yards. He found the buck in the scope and said I can do this. 1 shot and it was all over. You would have thought it was his first buck, I have watched him shoot lot's of animals but he was never got this excited. After lot's of hugs between the 4 generations we made our way down to the buck. The emotions were running very high. I have never been on a more rewarding hunt as this. To have my son watch his great grandfather take that deer made it even more special.

 

 

Scott, what a first post to make! I wish I was there with you guys!

[2livenhunt]

those are a couple dandies especially the one on the left looks about 15.5 to 16 inches wide nice one