steward224

I have used concentrated Spearmint Oil in the past and it works better than anything. All you need to do is spray around your truck and spray the undercarriage and inside the engine compartment and he wont bother you anymore.

what else could a guy ask for! congrats.

congrats and great story and an even better buck.

Nice write-up. I wish I could have been there. All of your hard work paid off and all I can say is you deserve it man. That is one heck of a buck. Congrats again, I could not be happier for you. Mike

congrats and good write-up.

congrats, and nice story.

congrats to you and your mom devin, awesome buck.

great buck, congrats.

I just finished mine from the october hunt, I think it looks pretty good. If you have not got the skull finished yet or don't know how there is a kit sold sprtsman's warehouse that will walk you throught the steps. Hope this helps. Mike

great buck, awesome mass.

what a great buck and an awesome way to end the hunt.

Congrats on the harvest, way to go. I don't think it is a hybrid but sure do love the character.

Thanks guys. It is always nice to hear positive feed back and I can't wait to get out again!

This was my first coues buck and my first coues hunt and my first left over tag. He's no monster but I'm smiling. The second picture is of a friend that has never had the opportunity to hunt before, man was he stoked. I am pretty sure he is hooked now. We harvested our bucks at 7:15am on opening day and man was it one hot mother packing these guys out.

Thanks. Yes, we did share my gun. I have not had a riffle tag of any kind in so long that each hunting season I spend a lot of time and money on it and my hand loads. I have finally got it to what I would call a custom rifle and I know it very well. I was leting my budy barrow another rifle but when the time came for him to shoot I told him to use mine since I know how it shoots at 400 yards and how the wind effects it.

I'll go with 98"

wow, great story and awesome buck, congrats to both of you.

nice, congrats again!

great buck, congrats

That's awesome, congrats

nice bucks, congrats.

great buck, congrats.

great buck guys and good luck on filling the rest of your tags.

We got down to where we wanted to camp late Thursday night and saw a bunch of camps along the road that takes us to the spot we were going to hunt. I was a little upset because I have been scouting in this area for the last five weekends and never saw another tire track on the road besides mine, but I guess that's hunting. I panicked a little because this was the first season I have ever been in 35A and had high hopes for my first coues tag. I figured I would stick to my original plan since I had done my home work and had confidence in my plans. Before I knew it the alarm went off at 2:45 and it was time to hit the trail. I guess we had hiked a lot faster than I had planed for, because we were in our glassing spot at 5:15. I poured a cup of coffee and told my buddy (Detjen) to just sit back and wait for the sun to rise. The sun came up at about 6:15 and right away I had two little forkys in my binos and several does. I started to get excited and decided to take a look at another hill. I saw a little flicker of an ear and then I could make out an antler. I told Detjen that I wanted to take a closer look at the buck and that I could see another deer were him but could not tell if it was a small buck or a doe. He said well lets get a move on it and we started the stalk. We booked it across three small canyons and got set up on top of a ridge that would give me a shot, 45 minutes later. I found the buck and thought well he's no monster but I think he will be a fine first coues buck. I found the other deer and told my buddy that he was a 1X2, he said I would love to take a shot. I range finded both the bucks; mine was 402 yards and Detjen’s was 396 yards. I got set up and let one fly. The buck jumped out of his bed and I could see that he was hit well. The littler buck stood up and looked around in confusion not knowing where the shot came from. Then Detjen touches off and his buck drops too. We sat there for a moment in amazement and watched our bucks to make sure they were not going anywhere. Then we made our decent down the canyon and up the other side to take care of business and pack them out as fast as we could since it was so stinking hot. It was a great trip and I am so glad that I could share Detjen’s first hunt and first kill with him. Thanks for reading the story and good luck to all of those that have hunts to come and congrats to all of those that have already harvested their bucks.

Nice buck Devin. You the man! Stu