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Hadn’t seen much rut activity this Jan until a week ago. After a few days of rain I found 14 bucks all w does. Too many deer on the Mnt to even get in there and hunt one of them. Came back a week later and saw a buck stand up at 8Am w 3 does. Range was 1500 yards. Got the spotter out to check the details. 3x3=go time. Made a plan to get half way and try to relocate. From that spot I couldn’t see into the cut he was working down. I glassed one of his does and decided to close the distance to see if I would be able to see into that cut and maybe make a play. Got to the skyline of that cut with perfect wind and some cover I was able to see the buck behind an ocotillo. Range was 82 yards. I knocked an arrow and dialed the slider to 82. If he steps out I will get a chance. 1 well placed arrow and he ran for 2 seconds. Made a trip to the truck to drop all my gear and hiked back to process him and pack out. I could not be happier. I’ve been trying to do a solo spot and stalk Coues for 10 years now.

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Had a good December hunt! After a couple years of tag soup we were overdue. Between work, travel, and family schedules our time was pretty limited to get out. Had a few good days with some good bucks spotted that didn’t present any shot opportunities and the warm weather didn’t help. These two had read the script and showed up at first light exactly where we had hoped to find deer. After we figured out our play and were moving closer, the herd of at least 12-15 topped out and moved onto the next ridge. Sneaking to the top to begin searching for the bucks, the herd had really spread out and all we could find were does everywhere. Finally spotted one of the bucks way down low and started setting up for the 260yd shot. My buddy spotted the other buck and we decided which one looked better and presented the best shot. Boom…dropped right there. The second buck didn’t even move after the shot and gave us time to get set up for another shot. Boom…dropped right there within about 25 yards of each other. Radioed our friends who had been helping spot for us to bring the packs and knives! They even brought a couple of cold brews from the truck to help celebrate. Nice having a youngster in the group with a strong back to help pack out too! The two of us have been hunting together for over 10 years and have had some great times and quite a few misses and servings of tag soup. First time we’ve ever even had a chance for a double together so it was really special.

I’ll take any Kaibab hunt anytime…however, I quit putting in for it as it takes too flipping long to draw even an early tag anymore. I can’t leave bonus points in my will, so I’m using them as fast as I can get them , lol

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It’s alright, when you screw up one day there will be some forum written on your petty mistake where guys are picking you apart. These are good guys, that have helped a lot of people learn and experience the outdoors. This is a petty mistake that really doesn’t matter in the grande scheme of life.

Absolute slammer of a buck, very cool

The first one is always the sweetest and the hardest. If you keep at it I bet they will start dropping like flies now! I’ve killed most of my archery Coues solo spot and stalk but nothing beats the first one. Congrats on a great buck and for sticking it out.

heck of a shot placement for 82 yards!

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Major congrats...

ill take the early hunt anytime.

100% according to onx

I have 12 or 13 points, I'm going to try to bang in 12aw October. Life is too short. Anyone know my odds?

Im trying, something is up with the site.

It was a tough year to be a coues hunter... managed to scrape out a decent buck, thought I would share.

CONGRATS Sneakem! Dandy buck in a tough year indeed!

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hunter opportunities, nice whitee

Someone was looking for a gun like that for their kid just a short while back. You might want to search the past posts. Sorry my memory isn't better right now.

What part of KY are you now? Where in TN would you move? I grew up there and toy with the idea of moving back...agree on the hunting lots of private so it definitely helps to know someone with land or access.

Yeah... I'm a spot and stalk guy, would be a bad year to sit water and I don't like to sit either. I had a late rifle coues that I hunted after Christmas, super tough, no deer movement and could never turn up a mature buck so I ate the tag. Started the new year with archery, tough go with the moon, temperatures and rain. Seemed as though there was rut activity throughout the hunt in every unit I hunted but the movement was less than an hour a day. As the hunt progressed, deer movement increased, but the deer were really spread out with the abundance of green forage everywhere. By the end of the hunt bucks were rutting hard, but they were locked down on a hot doe and were tough to turn up unless it was early and they were running or chasing off other bucks. Most bucks were still in heavy cover including the buck I killed. Just happened to watch him run a smaller buck off and return to his doe, I crept in the thick crap with him and snuck an arrow in... toughest year I've had for turning up good deer, so I feel like I was fortunate to have killed. Only saw 1 really good buck, 100+, and maybe 3-4 in the 80-90" range in 22 days of hunting. Quality and population has been trending downward for the last 10 years for sure IMO...

GONE! Free to a good home just pay for the shipping. Prefer it goes to a youth/new hunter Tasco pronghorn 3-9x32.

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Do you know how many assholes now live in this state ?? Especially the Phx metro area. Explaines alot