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Nice job and thanks for sharing!

Great video and great shot! Thanks for sharing.

This weekend's hunt couldn't come fast enough. I'm a full time student at ASU and I also work full time so I couldn't wait to get out in the field with my dad and my brother. Special thanks to my wife for her understanding and support. With 3 crazy boys and newborn baby girl at home she deserves a get away more than I do, but she still supported me in going on this hunt. Opening morning came and we were sitting on our predetermined glassing point trying to stay warm against the brutal wind. We waited for it to get light and started picking apart the hills. By 9 am we had seen 12 does but no bucks. The three bucks we had seen Thursday night were no where to be found. There were a lot of other hunters in the area so we decided to head back to camp around noon and devise a new plan for the afternoon. We decided to go to another area that we thought would have no other hunters and we have seen lots of deer on previous hunts. We arrived at the spot, parked and hiked in the one mile to our glassing point. We sat down and got the binos set up at just after 3 pm. After about two minutes my dad said he had a deer and it was a buck. We looked him over for a few minutes as he fed and milled around. My dad asked me if I wanted to go shoot him. I was more than happy to oblige. My brother and I emptied our packs and began our stalk of just under a mile. My dad stayed put to keep track of him. My brother and I were in position of the now bedded buck by 4:00. We had to wait almost and hour for the deer to get up. This is my view as we waited for him to stand up. And here he is after. 358 yards. .270 shooting 150 grain Berger VLD. We hiked out in the dark and got back to camp at about 7:30 Friday night. This is my 7th coues buck and a lot of luck helped me tag him. (Like most hunts, but this made this buck my lucky number 7) Saturday morning we went to a completely different area and new to us. We have always wanted to scout this massive canyon but never had the chance so we decided to hunt it. It took us over an hour to hike up to the top to be able to glass. We found a doe and a fawn before moving down the ridge a little to get a new angle on the canyon. After about an hour we moved one more time. After about 20 minutes I glassed up a buck across the canyon. My brother and I again prepared for the stalk and my dad stayed put to keep an eye on him. My brother put the hurt on him with his .270, 150 grain Berger at 388 yards. Lets just say once we had moved into position we were pleasantly surprised with the size of this buck. My buck scores 88 and my brothers taped out at 112. Clay at Mogollon Taxidermy aged him at about 8 years old. We had a great time as always. My brother and dad will be going back out looking for a buck for my dad.

nice shot and congrats on your first coues buck! thanks for sharing.

awesome video! great job and thanks for sharing it with us.

Nice job! Thanks for sharing.

My dad just filled his tag. He shot this buck at 12 noon today. 380 yards, he is also shooting a .270 with the 150 grain Berger VLD. Congrats dad on a last day buck.

Great buck!

Very interesting, I know it is not very common but both the bucks we took were with does. Glassed mine at 3:00 pm with a doe and a spike. Glassed my brother's at 9:00 am with a single doe. My brother's buck went 112 and was eight years old so you just never know. Also, we saw a ton of other does all over.

Very nice! That is a great buck, gotta love those text book stalks. Thanks for sharing.

awesome!! Glad your new spot produced some great bucks! Great hunting with family as well, thanks for sharing.

nice job

Wow. Just awesome. What a great buck! Thanks for sharing it with us.

His buck was first glassed at the red arrow, shot at the green arrow, made it about 30 yards to the yellow arrow and died falling into that rocky cut.

Worked up a load in my .270 with the Bergers as well. 58.7 grains of RL 22. 150 grain VLD, 24 inch barrel, Weatherby vanguard S1, bedded and floated. My best group with the load is 3 shots in the same hole and the fourth just outside, this was at 100 yards. Killed my buck with it on Friday at 358 yards. Worked wonders.

Congrats on some nice bucks! Thanks for sharing.

Great buck!

A close up of my brother's buck. Can't get enough of the mass. He is 5 inch bases.

@ Casey: the VLD worked exactly as advertised. At just under 400 yards for both shots the bullets were still running pretty fast on impact. Both entered about 2 inches and then came apart, tuned everything to mush. Both made about quarter size exit wounds as well. I'm going to keep using them.

Nice! Very cool contest. I liked the Facebook page and sent 5 pictures using the form. Pick me! haha.

Thanks everyone! We really did have a great time. Tanner learned a lot and he did really well hiking around and glassing. They thought killing the coyote was the coolest thing. Good luck to everyone who still has tags!

Work until 2 AM tonight, then back for another 12 hour shift at 10 am tomorrow. Leaving right after work to meet my brother and dad at camp. Hopefully, I can get a few hours of sleep before opening morning. Can't wait!

Mulie

Congrats! My wife had a 5 year old boy when we got married and we had a new baby 10 months later. Everyday is a new adventure, thanks for sharing some pictures from this awesome day.

Great buck! Thanks for sharing, looks like a young face on that buck.