Zeke-BE

Well done Adam!! Another great trip

Super Proud dad here! Hunted down south day after Thanksgiving. Suppose to meet up with other hunters but went to the wrong pin. It was sketchy with the trailer and didn't want to back out in the dark. So we went solo and took off with the Ranger. Found some good hills and started glassing. A few moments later a solo hunter drove by on his Ranger. We glassed for 30 min and moved to the next vantage point. Minutes later I ran into that other hunter on the Ranger. I haven't been to this part of the unit and he told me it doesn't go any farther. I said is it ok we glass over here. I don't have a tag and its just my 10 year old son who has it and will shoot the first thing with horns. He said yeah I love helping out young hunters. We started talking a bit and getting to know each other. Then my son said 10 feet away on the binos " I see some deer". He glassed up 300 yards away and the other hunter Mark said those are bucks. We were about to hike to them for a shooting position and Mark said they moved east. He has been hunting this spot of his for years. He said follow me I know where they are going. We played cat and mouse with these deer all morning. He then glassed up a nice little 60" buck and we watched him for a bit. 600 yards out my son cant shoot that. Soon we lost that buck and then relocated the bucks my son found earlier. Same thing cat and mouse and then finally he bedded down behind cat claws. We moved north and south trying to get a good shooting spot. Found a 400 yard shot open vitals but we looking into the sun so the glare on the scope and the deer on the north slope in the shade he disappear in the scope. The binos we can see him though. So the shot was blind. I told him Mark since its so windy around 15 mph wind i bet he will let us walk up close. We got up to 250 yards and couldn't get any closer. My son stayed on the gun like below for about an hour. The deer got up and he had it in sights and bumped his gun. I got up to help him and he relocated it. I was next to him when he shot and Mark yelled out right over his back. The buck went behind bushes again back and fourth. A couple times I had to get up and relocate it for my son. I tell you this was hard with a 10 year old. After another hour of this he stepped out and I told my son you need to shoot him now or he will move again. Right through the neck into the vitals since he was quarter facing down hill. He dropped like a sack of potato's. Mark and I were shouting, hoot and howling. My son turned and said did I get him? I said yeah that's why we are screaming with joy lol!!! I have yet sat on my gun that long for a shot and he didn't complain once!! So proud of him. So thankful for the other hunter who wanted to see him get one. True sportsmen right there. I got his info and Im planning on sending him a 100 gift card to Texas Road House for thanks. I don't think Ive could of made it happen on that buck with out his help and locating and relocating the deer. He texted me today he glassed up a 110 and trying to find him again. Best of luck Mark! Thank you.

He got his buck Tuesday even. A nice 80 inch buck

Love it congrats

Nice Job

How are you hunting them? You should be seeing deer if your glassing all day. Look at North slopes in the shade and thicket most of the day. Mornings and evening they are moving around

Congrats on a great bull

What a buck! Congrats

Nice job Young Man!!

Well done congrats thats awesome

What a buck!!!! Congrats on the wife

Please make a review once you get it mounted and shoot it

Stud buck right there. Congrats

I hunt past it all the time. Just never ate there. The one time we were a food truck was outside and went to that instead to get back to the hunt

Great Buck congrats

Nice write up and congrats

Looks like a great time congrats

Thats awesome! Craziest thing Ive seen in lower AZ I saw whole hill side with tall grass moving. I stood there kind of freaking out like some magical thing is happening. By the time the grass hill side moved to the bottom a whole family probably 80-100 of them came out. I just stood there in amazement !

Well done

Awesome!!!! Love it

Whoooooahhh!!!! Congrats this is awesome. 10 days your a stud

Holy cow congrats

Great looking buck

Congrats

I didn't post my antelope New Mexico hunt this year. But Ill add to this thread. Opening morning we spotted a nice Buck a mile out. My hunting buddy went after him after he bed. He got in a good shooting position at 300 yards. Once he stood he radio and said ok, then dust and a shot ranged out. I couldn't believe he missed at 300 yards in a prone position. He radioed me and said "thats not me shooting". What??? The buck ran toward him to 160 yards and stopped. He radioed and said should I shoot him. I said Im not sure if we should do that. Then bam! Dead buck. He radioed and said it wasn't me. Another hunter bedded this buck last night and didn't see me hunting partner. He shot from 600 yards. When the hunter walked out to it my hunting partner stood up. He was shocked to see him and my partner said he was right there and walked a mile to him. He was totally cool with the other hunter and he was very grateful. It was his first antelope hunt and put some major work to make this buck happen. Said he had no idea that my partner was there. He was very grateful he didn't shoot it. Apparently a couple years ago he shot a really nice bull and it limp off or about to die. Another hunter saw it and ran up to the elk and shot it and tried to put his tag on it while knowing what just happen. They got into it with the guy but lucky game and fish saw the whole thing and gave him the bull elk. So if my hunting partner was a D Bag and shot it it would of gave him PTSD about his last hunt!! Lol. But it was cool to see it all go down from my side on a spotter a mile away