azcouesandelk

You got that right Dallas my dad has been more than generous this year and he deserves a great animal. I am going to do everything in my power to get him one I know what you mean John I was just stating that I had never seen that many people in such a small area. I am used to only running into maybe 3 or 4 hunters at a time. We just had to change our strategy a little bit but it all worked out for the best

Well I just got back from my deer hunt and let me say it was brutal. The weather was hot, deer were staying bedded and it was tough finding bucks. My dad and I arrived at camp about 4 P.M. on Thursday so I decided to go out and check some areas where we were seeing good bucks. I got to my spot and glassed up a total of 20 other hunters in the area!!! I did not know what to do so we decided to try the area out anyways. On opening morning we glassed from one of our spots and found several does and about 12 other hunters. Decided to book it up to one of our other glassing points at about 8:30 and saw a kid with his third coues buck (a very respectable 3x3 with eyeguards). We glassed for about an hour and my dad went up the hill to go to the bathroom and I hear him say "BUCK" so we get up top after grabbing the rifles and my binos. We saw the buck go into a mesquite thicket so we setup to glass. The buck was a solid 90 class buck so we glassed for several hours in the thicket turning up another half dozen does but no bucks. We went back to the truck to refresh our water supply and go glass from a different direction in the afternoon in hopes of getting on the buck we had seen earlier. We glassed til dark turning up another 10 or so does. On the second day we went to one of my go to spots. Setup to glass and found a nice 85 class 3x3 within 10 minutes. We decided to circle around and try to get on him. We worked our way around the mountain dropping through some good canyons and got setup where we thought the buck might be. Just as soon as we got setup we spotted a deer go between a couple of trees and drop into the canyon. We glassed for several more hours turning up more does but no buck. Not sure if it was the buck but my dad and I both think that it was. That afternoon we went to an area that I had heard held some good bucks but did not get much pressure. We setup to glass and found more does then the spine tingling sound of a rattle broke the silence. No more then 15 feet away was a 3 1/2 foot blacktail rattler. After relocating we heard another rattle and found a 12 or so inch pinkish colored rattler. We decided with only 10 minutes of light left and having the gettogether we would pack up and get away from those snakes. So on our third and final day we went to another reliable perch and glassed for about an hour turning up some does when my dad said he had a buck. We lost the buck but decided to circle around to get a better look at the hill and try to relocate the buck. After about 20 minutes we found the buck bedded and worked our way to 190 yards. We setup hoping the buck would walk out and give my dad a shot. At this point it was 8:00 to 8:15 and we waited and waited and waited. After sitting in the 85 to 90 degree weather for 7 hours my dad told me to shoot the buck in his bed if I thought I could make the shot. I got setup to shoot and slowly squeezed the trigger. The shot connected hitting the buck in the lungs but he got up and walked to the edge of the mesquite exposing his front shoulder, neck and head. I put the crosshairs on his neck and sent another round right where I was wanting it to hit and dropped the buck in his tracks. I cannot thank my dad enough for letting me harvest this buck when it should have been his since he had found it originally. Also I rough scored the buck at 80 2/8". Not to bad for a last day buck My dad and I with the buck And here I am with the buck Here is a head on shot of the buck I will post more pictures tomorow but now I need to get some sleep I have been at it since 4:30 this morning.

That is a great story with 2 awesome bucks!!! I know what you mean about being with your dad while he takes his first buck it is very rare and I was able to do it with my dad last year!

Awesome job on a great buck!!! Like stated before this is the first instance I have seen of someone to tag a buck with there bow during a rifle hunt!!! Big congrats!

Go ahead and email me the pictures at azcouesandelk@cox.net and I will post them just make sure I can identify the pictures as yours somehow.

Congrats again Lance those bucks look awesome!!! I was in 36a the last 2 days helping a buddy on a mule deer hunt and we saw 2 whitetail bucks that were both over 95 both days and they were out in some serious muley country!!!

An area where I was deer hunting which hasn't had high mearns populations (actually only saw 1 covey all of last year) and we walked up 3 coveys a day on average!!! I think it is going to be a good year.

I figured you guys were busy with deer. You guys knew right where to be. We were thinking about being on that knob opening morning but you guys in there Thursday night and we didnt want to pressure anybody. Congratulations on all of your success

Welcome aboard Josh. Can't wait to get down there and see you guys nail some bucks!

Great writeup and buck especially for a last day!

We saw a good amount of deer just not the normal amount of bucks so it was somewhat dissapointing but we still had alot of fun.

I dont know if somebody already guessed this but I am going to say 86. Still a great buck no matter what the score.

Atta boy Jason I knew your drought would come to an end this year and it is sure a dandy buck!!!

He is a sweet looking buck without a dought. I love the hook on his seconds. Just stick a 100 incher with your bow this January!

Definately man. Neither of us would be where we are today if it wasn't for our dads.

Thanks for stopping by today man. This buck is a toad with a ton of character. I know you put in a ton of work and now you have 2 100 inch bucks in 2 years.

It was a really tough hunt. I am really surprised with how much success we are seeing with how hot it was and the full moon.

I wish I could but I had already promised to help a friend in 24b or else I would be down there trying to get you a good one.

Good to see that the new scope helped out on your hunt. Congrats on a great looking deer and there is nothing wrong with shooting nontypicals.

Congrats on another dandy buck. Did you get him out of the same unit as last year?

Great write-up and congrats on a great looking buck.

Great buck there Becker. Now you just need to top your best next year

Congrats on an awesome looking buck. Personally I like the 3x4's more than the typical 4x4's.

We had a decent turnout for the get together this year. All in all we had around 12 people show up and hang out talking about the hunts so far, scouting trips and other misc. things. Saw some familiar faces and met some new ones. Thanks for showing up everybody hopefully we can do it again next year.

Also I forgot to mention that I shot this buck from the exact same spot I shot mine last year. Here is a picture of where he was spotted and where he bedded. We were actully glassing from a different angle but this shows the terrain better.