tomgobbler

me and my brother had a really good hunt this weekend down by wilcox/benson hunting with coues84 (shane) Thanks again my friend!!! anyway i glassed up a nice little buck about 800 yards up the mountain and asked my brother if he wanted to go get him and he siad yes, so gave him some directions and sent him on his way, he got up there and NO shot came, i kept wondering what the heck, so i went up there and found him and there was no buck.... so we did some searching and out from under a small little tree on a bare grass hill side across the draw from us we finally got him to get unerved with us being there and he bolted up and across the hill side, at about 300 yards my brother but the hammer down and down he went. nice 3x3, his biggest to date around 65 inches or so, he was happy. so thanks to shane coming up to us after we got him down and helping to quarter and pack him out we got him back to the truck a little while latter. Day 2 found lots of glassing and does but no bucks. day three found shane and i glassing a really big mountain range, and about 45 minutes into glassing shane glasses up a doe and a fawn, and about 5 minutes latter i glass up another doe and a faw about 400 yards further around the hill side then the first 2, these deer were around 1200 yards away striaght up the mountian. well i look back a few minutes latter at the first doe and fawn and there are 3 deer instead of the two, and he looks bigger, but was so far away i couldnt tell if he was a buck or not, so shane looks them over with his 20x's and yes not a bad 3 point, so we make a game plan for me to go up the mountain for them, and get to these rocks, and then i should be with in shooting range of them, so i head up the mountain, what seemed like forever but about 35-45 minutes latter i was at "my rocks" and i could not find the buck, i found the 2 sets of does and fawns but no buck, so i radio back down to shane and he tells me the buck tucked up under a little tree and hasnt come out yet. well the does and fawn get nervous and they head for safer places. Still no buck sighting, i glass and glass the little tree and still no deer, well i'm not much for waiting so after about 30 more minutes i said forget this, it could be hours before he stand up on his own. SO i decide to put a shell into the tree trunk, i figured i would have several hundred yards 360 degree of that tree to get a shot at the buck before he got out of sight, so i put one into the trunk at 225 yards and out he came like his tail was afire, he went another 75 yards or so, so now about 300 and he stopped and i tucked a 270wsm right behind his shoulder, shane said he saw him hump up, but with my recoil i didnt see that, and thought i missed, he took off again and stopped about 400 and i put another one in him and planted him there. thinking that was my only hit, but when i got up to him there was 2 nice holes right were they should be. Now one heck of a i hike back with the buck, thanks to my brother and shane for giving me a hand in getting him back..... my biggest coues to date, bot huge, but a nice buck. My "in the filed pictures" are at walmart, will post them latter, these are after i got home, my brothers skinned out and mine just getting ready to get skinned out.

I just got back from taking a trip to wyoming, me and my little brother went. We came back with 4 goats, 1 badger, and one red fox. 1 bow kill, 3 rifle kills and 1 muzzle loader kill. one shot at 310 yards, one shot at 562 yards, one at 275, one at 225 (with the muzzle loader) one at 243, and one at 21 yards (bow) we had an awsome trip. the first role of film just had my buck, the second roll is still at walmart, so will get more pictures latter. tommy

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Hey Jay, Nice goat, how long is he? i'm off to wyoming on tuesday to thump a few myself, what about a picture of yours? You should see some of the bulls i've been videoing, i've been going out every morning for a week, and have some good one's located, one of my buddies arrowed a 360 bull sat. night, and my cow hunter still hasnt killed, but we're having fun chasing them. well good luck and drop me a line tommy

trapper, well it is about liek i discribed at first, we take enteries at like 4:00 am sat morning, and give out the rules, and send everyone on there way, then we meet back that evening for check in, we devide the money we take in as entree fees and pay back out like 3 places (depends on amount of entrees) we also go out and collect some door prizes from who ever we can and we give out tickets to everyone that enteres and that evneing we draw for door prizes as well as give out the cash and we have plaques made up as well, we've debated on wither or not to have a 2 day deal or not but for now we've only had the one dayer. its been lots of fun, we had i think 5 teams the first year and then i think it was 14 last year, so hopeing for 20 or more this year as it grows a little. we generally try and have it the around the 1st part of dec. so that most fall hunts are over with and so we miss the "world calling contest" so there ya have it tommy

its a simmons 3x9x40 w/ a 24" barrel

really nice camo Thompson Center >50 caliiber black diamond muzzle loader for sale. i upgraded to the omega thumb hole stock and dont need this one, only shot a dozen times, basically new, with scope. $300.00 thanks tommy

WE have put one together 2 years in a row now and will be doing another one this year, we generally do it the first part of dec. Cost is $50.00 a person with a 2 man team limit. we do ours a 1 day deal check in at 4:00 a.m. check back in at 7:00 p.m. you cam hunt anywere in the state as long as your back by the check in time, we give back the entry fees, (pay 3 places) as well as getting a few sponsor items for door prizes, such as hand calles, gift certifiactes, scopes, what ever we can come up with, we are located in taylor arizona, if any or all of you guys are enterested in coming up or want more info give me a shout tomandjeanette@yahoo.com i think we had 14 teams last year, is a really good time. thanks tommy