PseAZ Report post Posted November 3, 2020 I was fortunate enough to draw another deer tag this year and have been putting in alot of time in the hills the past 2 months. I had 2 bucks picked out for sure this year and knew it would be one of them or nothing. I packed in the day prior to the hunt and set up my camp. I managed to turn up a few nice bucks the evening before the opener but wasn't able to locate one of the bucks I was after. 3:45 came early the next day and I crawled out of my sleeping bag and started getting everything ready. Within a hour my brother inlaw showed up to hunt the morning with me before he had to work. We managed to get to the glassing hill with time to set up everything before the sun came up. I soon found my self glassing into the basin that I've seen my target buck in. I scanned the only turning over a few does. I was about to turn and glass below us for my other buck when some coyoties started sounding off below ous and deer came pouring over the cut above us. I saw what looked like a nice buck come out of the same area I've seen the big buck and although he was a solid deer he wasn't the one I was looking for. We glassed for another hour or so then started focusing our efforts on the shade. My brother inlaw called me over to his spotter and he had located a buck that he knew I needed to take a look at and make the judgment call myself. We sat and watched him for probably 15 minutes before I decided to pass. We continued to glass when I turned up 2 bucks. one was a smaller 4x4 maybe mid 80s and the other was a stud of a 2 point. As im watching the larger 2 point I see a deer making his way through some thick brush. I turned to my brother inlaw and said we need to figure out what that deer was. We knew that most of the bucks were still running together and he had to be a buck. We stared at a 40 yard circle for close to 20 minutes when my brother inlaw happened to glass the buck bedded in a small opening inside the thicket. He was just sat in a way that we though it was him but couldn't quite tell. We compared him to the videos we had back and forth for what seemed to be forever. Finally he turned jsut right giving us the look that we had been looking for to make conformation. Laying down below us bairly noticeable through the 15s was the one of the bucks I was after Pitchfork. We got set up and checked the range, we waited for what seemed like a eternity and finally he stood up. Shortly after he got up, I was able to successfully harvest this amazing buck. What a awesome, yet short hunt it was. I cant wait to do it again. 33 5 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roosevelt Mark Report post Posted November 3, 2020 I love the mass, congrats on a great buck! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Wow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted November 3, 2020 dang that’s a buck!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbirdhunter88 Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Really nice deer man 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twigsnapper Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Holy smokes, nice buck!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllBoutHuntn Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Stud buck! Congrats 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Heavy... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Nice. What's with the Band-Aid on him? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazz Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Well done sir! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Wow that’s some mass on that guy. Big congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quagmire Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Great character on a heavy buck. Congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huntnfish Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Super nice buck. Congrats. I was chasing a buck during archery that I had named pitchfork also. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olmos1010 Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Awesome Buck, congrats buddy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OpticNerd Report post Posted November 3, 2020 Sweet! You punched your tag on a dandy! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
