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Well here are the pics of the hunt.In no order there are pics of oct unit ten muley hunt,dan's spike MMMMMM!!!,and my buck!Double click pics to enlarge!!!Enjoy!

Well guys and gals,I'm back from 36b and just returned from Kruegars Creations!!This will be the first coues I am putting on the wall taxied!! Let's start telling the story. Opening morning found me on my favorite ridge glassing countless fingers of rolling ocittillos.45 minutes later ona saddle to my east,three bucks feed over towards my side of the hill.After deviseing a game plan,I stalked to within two hundred yards before the wind changed direction in the draw and sent them busting out of bed.I miss a 225yard off hand shot and my heart just sinks!!!He was a great 3x3 with enormous looking eyeguards!!!!The rest of the day was spent busting deer by humping through the nasty stuff,to no aveil.Day two my buddy shoots a true five by five-----in velvet still----5inches by five inches---LOL.All kidding aside,that buck was tasty at camp that night!!!!!The afternoon of day two found us on a ridge in an area I was not familar with,but looked like great coues country---1 doe and fawn.The hunt seemed extremely difficult this year with the deer staying bedded or feeding ten minutes then bedding for thirty then feed for 10 the bed for 45 then feed for fifteen----you get the picture!!!Tough finding any decent bucks---Lots of doe and fawns though!!!Day three found me on the same ridge as the opener glassing hard---I look like a racoon from my binos---630am three bucks feed over the ridge behind me and we range them at 509 yards.there is a ridge between them and us so I decide to close the gap!Down the canyon and back up the other side twenty yards from the top I hear 1 Shot and my heart sinks again.I scramble to the top to see my buddy has shot a small two by three(not what I was after anyway).After congrats and a long hike back to my ridge its now 730am.10 minutes into glassing the fingers my buddy says he's got a buck Maybe?He see a glint in his 10 powers at the very end of the mountain range behind us and my fifteens confirm he's a buck.At this distance i have an idea that he's a good buck and worth going after!! an hour and a half later finds us at 690yards from where we lost sight of him and within seconds I have him under a paloverde at the top of the canyon.We are on an east west running mountain top that runs into the north south facing canyon wall that he is bedded on.With my buddy dan set watching I close the gap to 490 the 408 then 264 and thats were it all happened!!!!!!After pulling the gun down no less than four times due to my heart racing and breathing.After calming my self and reminding my self that I had done this before,I started to relax.The fith time raiseing the gun found my crosshairs steady and as soon as I felt my finger start to have pressure I told myself just focus on the crosshairs and the gun goes of shocking me so badly that I swear it was 2-3 seconds before I jacked a second round and found him standing downhill with his head low.I fire the second round and the buck is nowhere to be seen?????After meeting dan half way,to grab my pack,hesaid he is down!!!I said I lost sight after the second shot and he infoms me that my first shot slammed him against the mountain and he raised up hunched back like a cat.When I fired my second round the buck was already dropping dead!!Second shot was into the hillside because he had just expired!!!!!! I have to thank god my wife and kids and my hunting partner for all that I was blessed with on this hunt!!! I have to buy a new usb cord for camera--kids---then I will post his pics!!! Things very rarely happen the way the should and this was one of those times!!!!!Thanks for shareing in the hunt with me and I hope you guys enjoy the pics!!!!

Holy cow!!!I have never drawn any spring tags in five years of tryin,UNTIL NOW!!6b turkey----20b ham----3b,c Bear!!!!Wife immediately started to look for a second job for me!lol.What an awesome start to 2008!!!!!!My 8 year old is more excited than I am cause it means he gets to go huntin!!!!

36b?looks like a ridge in the background that ive glassed before.2nd pic back right? Nice buck man!!!Congrats

lol!!!

No crack just hooked on coues!!!!!!Nice buck regardless!!!I'd shoot him and measure later.

absolutely amazing buck!!!!!May the hunting gods shine down on us as they did him!!!

WOW!!!!!!nuf said

stump bucks keepin me distracted again!!Nice!

stump bucks keepin me distracted again!!Nice!

ALRIGHT!!!!!What did I win?861/8 82 net was my guess and it is a good one!!!!Picture is absolutely bada%%!The angle secludes the width which is what i was banking was 10 1/2 wide.Awesome job guys.How bout a lion hunt?

Is the buck in the pic about mid high all they way to the left? pointed up left like he was ready to elevate?

this wildcat alumni just pi$$ed himself!!LOL!!I love it!Not a university!!!!Classic

Agreed.I have a leica 32x77 spotting scope apo77 that is heavy as sin.You can see a country mile clearly but your back and legs are done by the time you reach your first spot!I have found that my zeiss 15x45 do a great job on the tripod! For the money and the weight, i honestly wouldn't trade them for any glass including the swaro's! It is pretty cool to watch the their nose run at 1500 yards though!!!!!LOL!

Agreed.I have a leica 32x77 spotting scope apo77 that is heavy as sin.You can see a country mile clearly but your back and legs are done by the time you reach your first spot!I have found that my zeiss 15x45 do a great job on the tripod! For the money and the weight, i honestly wouldn't trade them for any glass including the swaro's! It is pretty cool to watch the their nose run at 1500 yards though!!!!!LOL!

Sweet set up AZ,send me a pm.I'd love to hear how and where you got the setup and idea!!!I might be to primitive when I pack-in.I do no fires,tents.I pack in an ultralight sleeping bag thats good down to 25 degrees.I rely on mre meals and reuse the hot water out of the heating packs for cleaning socks and drawers! Don't get me wrong,I love hunting with good company useing the nicest trailers with all the comforts!!!!!Just feels more like camping than hunting thats all!!!!

oct 19th to the november hunt? He!! no that is against the rules set forth by the forest service! I don't care if there are five hunting groups with back to back hunts!Those rules are set forth to make sure everyone can enjoy the outdoors. Besides a case like that,I don't mind someone setting up early!!!Play by the rules guys and everyone should have fun. I will be leaving phoenix friday morning around 200am. In spot by 445 and on the ridge I like to glass from by 545,hunt my ars off and head back to pump up the airmattress and eat sleep and do it again the next day!!! Notice I don't put much emphasis on the camp. I'm hedhntn,like my plate says,not camping!!!!!Congrats to all who enjoyed their hunts,sucess or not,and good luck to those of us still holdin tags for upcoming hunts!!Be safe and stay of my ridge!!!LOL!!!LOL!!!Pictures of A BIG BOY are on the way!!!!!

861/8 and 82 gross

By the way thank you for your help with unit 10. Unfortunately the deer just wern't moving,so we went and found em! At 985 I spotted a horizontal line and it was over.I picked the area apart with my 15x45 ziess and there he lay! What is he doing? Laying on his side with head under a bush moving back and forth. 25 minutes later he arose and with my leica spotting scope could not believe my eyes. Check the date---late october and this buck still had velvet hanging off the back side of his right antler!!! 45 minutes later the friend I was guideing put the hammer down on him with the trusty 270 at 246 yards. I left my digital back in my truck at camp on the charger so the only picks are caped and back at camp.I will post pics and attach them with the buck I am going to shoot in november!!!! OH YA 24 wide by 183/4 tall 4x4!!!!He was taken about 6 miles northeast of the first tank you told me to try to sit over.Pm me for the name of the ridge!!Later redneck

congrats on having a great time in the field with the family! Wish the big one would have stepped out for ya,next year maybe.Thanks for leaving one for me!All the best redneck!

I'm with azpackhorse on this one. Thinkin about tattooing mossy oak obsession on my arms down to the wrists just so I can wear short sleeve shirts!LOL! That was a joke lark. I love camo but the real trick is the wind! They don't need to see you to smell you!!!

Amen

results are out when?

Wheeeeeee!Now that was a ride!!!I was right there with you the whole way,till you woke up! Please god, let me see a lion on the nov hunt! That is my next sought after trophy,and that bigg buck my buddy ,missed last year Jim you are as crazy as i am!!!!! I need company in couzyville,I mean,crazyville!

Stellar bull!!!!Love the character of that left side!!!!No brainer,he's a shooter!