Duwane's Hunter Killed a Monster

[Outdoor Writer]

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[PRDATR]

What a monster.  Congrats to the hunter and kudos to the guide.

[naturebob]

Seen that yesterday, what a Hog. Congrats to the Guys!.................BOB!

[CatfishKev]

Awesome Buck!

[muley224]

What a Toad ! Awesome Desert Mulie ! Congrats ! Strip Quality there! 

[GoneHunting]

Wow! What a toad! Awesome pictures and video!

[ttodd75]

We found him opening morning, got a stalk on him but couldn't get close. Had about 10 other hunters chasing him the rest of the day.

[Outdoor Writer]

From Duwane:

Brett Kelly @couesicrew and I chased this buck for several days with different clients. One client missed this buck which was an absolute heartbreak. As a guide you know this is a once in a lifetime type of buck. Brett kept on this buck for five days. He is a tremendous glasser and has developed the ability to dig out big bucks. It would be no different with this monster. He continued to hide in really thick cuts but Brett stayed with it. The fifth day of hunting this brute would be the day that everything would change. Brett walked client Ron Maguire @rrmaguire Into this buck at 32 yards and Ron hammered him! Ron has paid his dues. He’s been out here about 6 different times with the OTC hunts, sometimes guided and sometimes on his own. He booked with us for the first time and this couldn’t have happened for a better guy. Anyone that knows Ron knows he has put in the hard work to set himself up for a buck like this. This buck is a true desert giant. This buck has ton of character with inlines, kickers and mass. Just a flat out stud buck and we couldn’t be happier for Brett and Ron. Great job and congratulations to the both you guys.

[muley224]

Awesome main frame !  Awesome main beams ! Awesome deep  backs ! That says it all. Can't wait for the score. 

[AZBearhunter]

Behind every monster buck is a story that no one will ever hear, big deer make people do stupid things. I don't know Duwane or his guides well enough so this isn't me just randomly talking trash, but based on my observations in the field personally, I lost a lot of respect for there outfit. We hunted this buck from opening morning and hunted him several times, including several other hunters. This buck was hit back by a friend of mine named Rod on the Saturday before Duwanes client killed it (they killed him on a Tuesday), his guides were up on a hill at the time of the shoot and watched the entire thing as we tracked the deer and attempted to place another arrow into the buck, he was hit bad in the back legs, the buck worked into some thick brush where we lost him and the blood trail ran dry after about 1/2 mile of tracking. We randomly ran into two other hunters that we did not know, that also saw the buck hit and told us where they last saw the buck and even offered to help, we exchanged numbers, and we talked about the other guys watching from a distance(which where duwanes guides). Those two hunters later ran into Duwanes guide (the guy with the beard), and when they asked him if they saw where the buck went, he at first tried to play if off as if they didn't see that the but was hit bad (even though the bucks legs were soaked with blood) and then replied "look for our Jeep in the morning, and you'll know where the buck is at." So I understand that they had no obligation to help us find the wounded buck, but come on...... the bucks hit, wouldn't you help someone finish it off, I will be the first to admit it wasn't the best hit, so Rod is the only person to blame for not making a better shot, but we where trying to finish the deer off, what happened to Sportsmanship and help others (I guess it doesn't apply when your guiding). In any case, during the many days leading up to this buck being killed, almost everyday we kept seeing the same exact truck driving constantly up and down dirt roads, back and forth and just constantly driving, me and my hunting partner being up on the highest peaks glassing constantly kept seeing this truck alway driving slowly and usually taking the same roads, its stood out to us both because of how often we kept seeing the truck and in how the truck kept making loops almost every morning we saw it..... well guess who's truck that was.... you guess it, Duwane and his client. So heres how nice these hunts are for these clients, they come down from out of state, pay $4-5K, drive around all morning in a warm truck, and wait until the numerous guides glassing for them scattered throughout the area  find them a buck, and then they get called and just show up for the stalk, talk about how hard these poor hunters are having to hunt. That my friends is the state of outfitters and hunting today. All this is first hand and in person information. Remember the 150" hybrid that was killed last year by the Raffle tag holder that was guided by Duwane, well someone got very screwed on that deal, thats a whole other story that not mine to tell, just remember ya'll big deer cause people to become irrational and fight stupid things like water holes, and put 40 cameras on one tank.... which brings us to why the AZGFD wants a trail camera ban. Rant over. Awesome buck regardless on a drought year. 

[yotebuster]

3 minutes ago, AZBearhunter said:

Behind every monster buck is a story that no one will ever hear, big deer make people do stupid things. I don't know Duwane or his guides well enough so this isn't me just randomly talking trash, but based on my observations in the field personally, I lost a lot of respect for there outfit. We hunted this buck from opening morning and hunted him several times, including several other hunters. This buck was hit back by a friend of mine named Rod on the Saturday before Duwanes client killed it (they killed him on a Tuesday), his guides were up on a hill at the time of the shoot and watched the entire thing as we tracked the deer and attempted to place another arrow into the buck, he was hit bad in the back legs, the buck worked into some thick brush where we lost him and the blood trail ran dry after about 1/2 mile of tracking. We randomly ran into two other hunters that we did not know, that also saw the buck hit and told us where they last saw the buck and even offered to help, we exchanged numbers, and we talked about the other guys watching from a distance(which where duwanes guides). Those two hunters later ran into Duwanes guide (the guy with the beard), and when they asked him if they saw where the buck went, he at first tried to play if off as if they didn't see that the but was hit bad (even though the bucks legs were soaked with blood) and then replied "look for our Jeep in the morning, and you'll know where the buck is at." So I understand that they had no obligation to help us find the wounded buck, but come on...... the bucks hit, wouldn't you help someone finish it off, I will be the first to admit it wasn't the best hit, so Rod is the only person to blame for not making a better shot, but we where trying to finish the deer off, what happened to Sportsmanship and help others (I guess it doesn't apply when your guiding). In any case, during the many days leading up to this buck being killed, almost everyday we kept seeing the same exact truck driving constantly up and down dirt roads, back and forth and just constantly driving, me and my hunting partner being up on the highest peaks glassing constantly kept seeing this truck alway driving slowly and usually taking the same roads, its stood out to us both because of how often we kept seeing the truck and in how the truck kept making loops almost every morning we saw it..... well guess who's truck that was.... you guess it, Duwane and his client. So heres how nice these hunts are for these clients, they come down from out of state, pay $4-5K, drive around all morning in a warm truck, and wait until the numerous guides glassing for them scattered throughout the area  find them a buck, and then they get called and just show up for the stalk, talk about how hard these poor hunters are having to hunt. That my friends is the state of outfitters and hunting today. All this is first hand and in person information. Remember the 150" hybrid that was killed last year by the Raffle tag holder that was guided by Duwane, well someone got very screwed on that deal, thats a whole other story that not mine to tell, just remember ya'll big deer cause people to become irrational and fight stupid things like water holes, and put 40 cameras on one tank.... which brings us to why the AZGFD wants a trail camera ban. Rant over. Awesome buck regardless on a drought year. 

It’s too bad your buddy made a bad shot. I’m glad for the deer that Duwaynes client made a good shot.  

[trphyhntr]

So the deer was wounded by your friend but lived, and duwanes guide found it again still alive, and his client killed it? Idk man, im not sure there’s anything to be mad about there except your friend butt shooting it. 

[AZBearhunter]

Just now, trphyhntr said:

So the deer was wounded by your friend but lived, and duwanes guide found it again still alive, and his client killed it? Idk man, im not sure there’s anything to be mad about there except your friend butt shooting it. 

Not really mad, just an unfortunate situation, more frustrating than anything, it kind of hard to compete with an army of glassers.  Congrats to the hunter.

[trphyhntr]

What were you guys expecting, for them to glass up a 200” buck then come and find you guys to come kill it after days between the wounding and finding it again?

[trphyhntr]

Just now, AZBearhunter said:

Not really mad, just an unfortunate situation, more frustrating than anything, it kind of hard to compete with an army of glassers.  Congrats to the hunter.

That’s why I and some other people don’t even hunt down there anymore, it’s a mad house. But as soon as I saw this buck dead I was kicking myself cuz I bet I would have seen him.