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Jim Lusk 2005
2005
Unit 36C, AZ
Jim got this buck back in 2005 and had him mounted. He didn’t give me the final score, but said it breaks 100.
Cory Carpenter 2007
Oct 2007
Unit 36B, AZ
Cory got this buck after watching it bed down about 1200 yards away. He crept up to where the buck was bedded and the buck busted out when he was 15 yards away. By the time Cory had a clear shot the buck was 50 yards away. The buck scores about 78 inches.
Troy Lucas (aka KidBowhunter) 2007
Nov. 2007
Troy got this fine buck and a coatimundi (bottom photo) this year during his deer hunt. His buck was killed Nov 9 and grosses 90 inches. Congratulations Troy!
The Windsor Family 2007
Dec. 2007
Information for each photo in the order shown top to bottom:
Michael Windsor (Brother) 3×3 around 90 inches. Shot taken at 150 yards with 7mm short mag.
Here is what Shawn wrote about the hunts:
“The hunt started off cold and windy on opening day. We had hiked 6 miles in and the sun had gone down. We spotted a buck bedded down on our way back to the four-wheelers. Michael took a shot and missed. With his second shot, he hit the buck running. It was pitch black by the time we made it to our four-wheelers and eventually back to camp. In the following days, we didn’t have much luck in that area. We spotted four mountain lions and figured it was time to go elsewhere. The second weekend of the hunt, we were successful. The bucks were rutting hard and we ended up getting Casey and my Dad’s deer on that Saturday morning. We decided to go back to that spot on Sunday morning. After glassing for only five minutes, I spotted my deer. Casey and I hiked down a hill to get closer. Casey ranged the buck at 380 yards. I took one shot and the buck went down! For me, this was the hunt of a lifetime. Being with my Dad and my brothers during the hunt we’ve been putting in for the last twelve years and finally getting drawn, will be a memory I’ll never forget.”
Terry Organ 1990’s – 2001
1990’s – 2001
These bucks were all taken by Terry Organ. The top buck scores about 92 inches and was from the early 1990’s. The second buck scores about 106 and was taken in the early-90’s in unit 34B. The third buck scores 107 and was from Unit 21 in the mid-90’s. The fourth buck is 113 inch buck from Unit 22 during the December hunt.
Jared Organ sent these photos in as a tribute to his father. He says his father is a great hunter and has taught his sons a lot over the years.
The Organ family 2007
Oct 2007
Unit 22, AZ
From left to right:
- Terry Organ with a 89 inch buck- shot with a 300 RUM, from 142 yds in his bed after a 2 and a half hour stalk.
- Justin Organ with a nice buck-shot with a .270 from 500 yds on opening morning
- Jared Organ with a smaller buck with a 300 winchester ultra mag, also from 500 yds on opening morning (His and Justins bucks were together)
- Aaron Organ, had a tag, but we couldn’t get him on any bucks.
Brent Pinard 2007
Nov 2007
Unit 34B, Arizona
Brent only had two days to hunt and took this buck on Sunday. He saw the buck both days, and finally, after watching it in its bed for a half hour, he decided to take the 3×3 buck with a 140 yard shot around 2 pm on the last day he could hunt.
Stan Petersen 2007
2007
here is what Stan had to say about his hunt:
This is my first Coues Deer! I took it on opening day at about 8:30 in the morning. It took me about 3 1/2 hours to get it back to camp, with my pack, binos, scope, rangefinder, water, extra jacket and all the misc. stuff that goes with you. I had to take my pack and rifle ahead 50 or so yards then go back and get the deer. I got to about a 1/4 mile from my truck and went ahead with my pack and rifle then went back and carried the deer the rest of the way. I am 65 years old and thinking about finding a partner to hunt with but all the young kids don’t seem to want to have this much fun. Sometimes I think I am getting to old for this, until I get back to the truck… then I think that wasn’t that bad. I shot it at a range of 365 yards with my Winchester Model 70 .270 with hand loads with 130gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. I have shoot a lot of Deer and Arrowed a few also, but this was one of the most thrilling hunt I have had! This buck scored 95 3/8.
Dan McDermott, Cody Sturdevant 2007
Nov. 2007
Unit 36B, AZ
Here is what Dan had to say about this hunt
Here is a picture of the buck I shot this year. I meet up with Jim Reynolds and Jake Peak on the mountain and they got me on this deer. You will never find two better guys than this. Thanks guys. We were after a bigger buck when Jake glassed this one after looking him over we could see he was a nice looking buck. The shot was taken from 300 yards from the prone using packs for the rest. 1 shot from the 7mm stw and the rest is history. He scores about 97. The bottom photo is Cody Sturdevant with his buck. We hunted hard and he shot this buck on Sat .We glassed his buck and 3 others at ¾ of a mile. He shot this buck at 463 yards using a 300 ultra mag. This is his third whitetail in 4 years.
Jose Rascon 2003-2006
2003-06
Southern AZ
These are all opening day bucks taken by Jose during the last four season (2003-06, left to right). He said in 2007 he went mule deer hunting and didn’t have any luck. He has decided he will stick with whitetails!
Ruben V. Campos 2007
Nov. 9, 2007
Unit 37B, AZ
Ruben and his son (also named Ruben) found this fine buck that scored 109 inches! I will see if I can get him to send some pics of the buck from the side so you can see the points better. I think he told me it had 17 inch main beams though. Ruben (the son) told me they had been watching this and other big bucks in the same area for quite awhile.
Joshua McGee 2007
2007
Unit 36A, AZ
Josh shot this buck with his 308 Rem. 700 at 50 yards and it scored 96.
Vince Bloom 2007
Nov. 2007
Unit 34A, AZ
Shot with a Browning A-Bolt 25-06 on annual father-son public land do-it-yourself hunt after 4 days of hard hunting. Vince says he couldn’t have done it without his dad!!
Patrick Benitez 2007
Nov 9, 2007
Unit 36B, AZ
This is Patrick’s first buck and his Dad is very proud! Here is what his father said about the hunt:
On the first day of the hunt we encountered 3 bucks spotting them over 800 yards away up a long canyon. My brother later had spooked the deer out of the canyon in which the deer headed in our direction. Thinking that they could eventually get in range, I watched how they used the trees to conceal there movement and watched them scan the area before heading into any openings. Once they were in the canyon before me I waited for the deer to appear through the oaks which would put them within 200 yards and trying to keeps the 2 boys still I waited but nothing happened. Thinking the deer stopped in the trees I scanned the area that I last saw them enter and there I spotted a buck watching us intently in the grass lying down and looking at the size of the deer I knew this was an opportunity for my son Patrick who is 12. I ranged the distance at 360 yards and looking through the spotting scope I saw he was quartering towards us. I helped Patrick spot the buck and he soon settled in lying on a good steady rest. I guided him on how to place the bullet as all he could see was the head. I waited watching through the spotting scope and I saw the bullet strike the chest. The deer quickly left my field of view and I went to my binoculars picking up another buck leaving the area and soon saw the buck rolling down the hill. Patrick was confident he hit it as he came up questioning where the buck was and I was proud as ever as my 12 year old had got his first deer.
Richard Beaman 2007
2007
Unit 29, AZ
Richard got this buck on the 7th day of the hunt at 400 yards. It scores 78 inches.
Mike Grambs 2007
2007
Unit 36B, AZ
Mike got this buck with a 400 yard shot from his Smith and Wesson .243 with a 100 grain bullet.
The buck is a unique 4×2 missing his right eye guard and Mike thought he was the best looking buck out of the 4 he had been glassing.
Lance Young 2007
November 2007
Unit 33, Arizona
Lance says he is unsure of the score of his buck, but guesses 100+.
James Dilday and Clint Fridye 2007
Oct. 07
Unit 35B, AZ
James (right) and Clint (left) got a pair of exceptional bucks during the October hunt. James got his buck with a 225 yard shot and Clint’s was a 180 yards. Clint’s buck is the bottom photo also.
Matthew Guerena 2007
Nov. 2007
Martin Guerena helped his brother get this buck and here is what he said about the hunt:
I spotted this buck at around 9:30 AM and he was about 2000 yards away. I still have no idea how I saw him. We moved to the next ridgeline to get closer and he bedded in somewhere on the hill. It took us 3 hours to find him when he finally got up and then bedded again under a juniper tree. It was 700 yards across the canyon and too far to shoot from so I asked my brother if he wanted to shoot the buck and you can guess what his reply was. My bro wanted to try to break the 100′ mark and I told him this buck would easily do that. He dropped off the canyon and headed to the same ridge the buck was on and waited for him to get up. At 4:30 PM the buck got up and my brother had a perfect 200 yard shot. The shot was perfect and the buck was down. We were 4 miles from the truck and It was dark. We got home at 1 AM this morning. My back and legs hurt, but it was all worth it to see how happy my brother was. His buck gross scores 109 7/8.
Amber Davis 2007
October 5, 2007
Unit 23, Arizona
Amber got this amazing buck in October. They had the buck on trailcam from September (see lower photo)
It scored 121 and 5/8’s and it had a 19inch spread and 16inch inside with 19 inch main beams.
Marco Munoz, Jr. 2007
Marco Munoz, Jr.
Nov. 12, 2007
Marcos got his first buck this year! Here is what his father said about the hunt:
Marco is 10 years old and just passed his hunter ed course, exactly one week before his hunt. Marco was shooting a Savage 7mm-08 in a youth model and took the deer at 200 yards. His uncle Goyo Munoz was able to glass the deer in his bed at over 500 yards and they were able to put a stalk on him and get the shot off.
Austin Brishky 2007
October 2007
His father John, writes:
Here is a picture of my youngest son’s first buck.. He shot it at 417 yards with my Warbird. It was the best hunting day of my life getting to spend it with my two sons!
Alex Lopez 2007
November 2007
Unit 35B, AZ
Here is what Alex had to say about his hunt:
This kill happened on Friday November 9, 2007 and it was the firs day of the Coues White Tail November hunt. It happened at around 5:15 P.M. and my brother (Junior) and I were driving in his jeep and we stopped to look at a mountain and it was hard to see with the binoculars because the sun was not hitting that side of the mountain. My brother just looked at the tip of the mountain and saw a buck standing broadside and looking straight down at us. He was between 260-300 yards away. My brother told me, shoot at it it’s a buck, I can tell by the way the silhouette looks and I can see the rack on it. I took some deep breaths and aimed and I got up and told my brother, were do I aim, and he told me to just aim at the top of his upper body. So I got set took a few breaths and shot it. We saw him go down right at the spot. He was trying to get up, but he couldn’t. We stared for a few seconds and after we saw the buck stay down and never moved I jumped and screamed. My brother then tells me that we can come the next morning and look for it. I said no way I’m not leaving my buck over night he is bait for the lions and coyotes I’m going to get my buck. Then he said well fine grab your back pack and your flash light because it will take us a while and it will get dark. Sure enough when we arrived it was dark and the buck was still alive so I shot him again because he was trying to run and was moving further back. My first reaction when I saw the buck was I told my brother it’s small, but at least he has a small rack. He laughed at me and told me are you crazy this is a nice buck just look at him. We then took pictures and then we did not take our knife to gut him. We ended up dragging the buck all the way down the mountain and to where our jeep was. It was tiring, but I didn’t care I had my adrenaline flowing. This is my first kill after hunting for 5 years. This is the best trophy ever. The buck scored 100.4.
My name is Alex Lopez and I live in Nogales, Arizona. My hunt location was 35B and the exact spot was in Washington Camp near Sycamore Canyon. I shot a 30-06 Rifle.
