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Well, it all started when the draw results were posted. We found out that my dad and I, and brother Nick, had all drawn November 36c whitetail tags. We found out that my brothers Gavin, Adam, and Frankie were all unsuccessful at getting a tag. Gavin was really bummed that he didn’t get a tag. So the week of the hunt, my Dad decided to surprise him and sign the tag over to him! ( I’ve never seen him smile that big ). Opening day we decided to head out about a hour before it got light out. It was about a mile hike back to the rock bluff that we have always glassed from in previous years. It started out slow only seeing does and fawns. At about 8:30 in the morning I decided to turn my binos near a water hole that was well guarded with mesquite trees and BANG I spotted a buck feeding off the only barrel cactus that was there. With all the excitement of spotting a buck I hurried and told my dad and brothers which were about 10 yards away glassing in other directions that I had spotted a buck! I guess we were being loud and the buck hopped into a wash and started working his way into a little valley in the mountain. We quickly came up with a game plan and Gavin and I hurried up and grabbed our rifles and headed out. Little did we know it was way thicker then we expected it to be so it took us a while to hike through it. My dad and brother Nick stayed at the rock bluff where we were glassing from to see if he could see the buck come out of the wash. Gavin and I finally got to the point were we decided it was going to be best to get a shot when we spotted the buck. I turn on my radio to call my dad and the 1st thing he says is WOAH there is a monster buck with the buck we spotted earlier. When I heard that it got me real excited! So I radio back to my dad and ask him where are they at?? He comes back and says right across from you guys near the prickly pear! (okay dad there are only about a million prickly pears out hear ) lol I then asked him if he could please be a little more specific and he told me right where I shot my buck last year. Right when he said that I knew exactly where they were at. I pulled up my binoculars to find the buck looking right at us underneath a mesquite tree. From what I could see it looked like a decent buck. I radioed back to my dad asking where is the big one. He then said its the one right under the mesquite! So I tell Gavin do you see the buck and he goes yes!! So then I tell him TAKE YOUR TIMEEEEEEEEE and he tells me im sooooo nervous and I could tell cause he was shaking like a Leaf! I told him to wait and let me range him and I ranged him at 281 yards and I said aim the middle crosshair and the kill zone and squeeze the trigger! He said okay are you ready and I said ya then BOOOOOM!!! I hurried up and looked with my binoculars and I could tell that he had smoked him but I noticed after her shot the BIGGER buck jumped out and started running up the mountain Right then I grabbed my rifle and took a running shot at about 320 yards and flat out missed I decided to only shoot once not to spook him so much and head after him a little bit later that day. Right after the shot my dad was blowing up the radio saying "did he hit it" and I said yaaaaaa he smoked it. So we waited about 20 minutes to hike down to where the buck was standing when he shot it. By then my brother Nick had caught up to us and asked "have you found it yet?" I was like" NO I cant even find any blood!!!" Right then i got a little worried but i kept telling them no i know he hit it. So we looked for about 10 minutes and Nick goes " OH here he is!!" Gavin and I hurried up and ran to where he was and that’s when the high fives and yelling started! My dad was still back at the rock bluff watching all this through his binoculars, I’m sure, with a big smile on his face! We pulled the buck out and started taking pictures! We then pack the buck out and the rest was history! I never did get another shot and Nick never did either but we didn’t care cause it was all worth it being there with Gavin for his first Coues deer! GAVINS_BUCK.bmp

Border problems are getting worse by the day. It's just a matter of time before hunters start taking this problem into their own hands! Oh ya shoot the buck!!

HAHA will do! oh and btw you shoulda saved some beer to watch them Devils in the Toilet Bowl!

Thank you guys! I have a few more pics i will try to post later but im new to this posting thing so im not quite sure how to do it the right way . Thanks for taking youre time and reading the story.

ok after half day of scouting 0 pigs but saw lil pig sign. 12 whitetail 2 confirmed bucks (1 nice 3x3 buck that was limping) 1 mule deer buck @ 80 yards and didn't have a care in the world that we were there just kept on eating. and put 2 cams out Did you see any rutting activity from the deer you saw?

Has anyone ever sat water the day after a big rain storm? What are youre guys thoughts on hunitng water after it rains?

GOOD LUCK TOMORROW DONT MISS

I was just checking all of the left over deer tags and i noticed a lot of the border units have left overs.... Are people scared of all the illegal activity going on to put in for these tags?........ I know im still dumb enough to put in for them

Ya i agree.... still some monster deer down there if you know where to go

idk about that one... watched my dad shoot 5 times at one this past october and it never ran.... it was funny to watch

gotta love the Z7.... i know i do!

ive been hunting out there but i dont have a sticker on my truck.... hows your luck been so far?

hey UofA scored as many points as ASU did this year in their bowl game.... 0

been out the last few days and the rutt is on everywhere that i am going (mullies) i did how ever spot a nice 3x3 whitetail with 4 does and he was pushing them everywhere... i think this is one of the warmest winters we have had in awhile... i plan on taking a week off next week for my birthday so hopefully i will get something

Mathews is the only bow i have shot.... Got the new Z7 and its worth every penny

i wish i had a PSE

mullie or coues?

hopefully this little fella is a buck..... i will for sure be after him in the future if he is

there's a mature post for you. unfortunately, a pretty typical example of a ua fan for you. OOUCH! that one hurt! but UofA football team was much better this year then ASU was.

DINGO

i think this little cold front we are having will put a few does in heat ....... yesterday saw 9 deer 3 bucks and 6 does a forky and two 4x4. (muley)

ASU sucks end of story... there baseball team is legit but besides that its like watchin elementary kids play sports

+1... ordered the z7 3 weeks ago tom said he already had one ordered that i was 2 weeks into the bow being here.... called monday to check the status of it ( if he was right the bow should have been here today or tomorrow ) and they told me i still had a 4-6 week before it was here. Cancelled my order and that day went to archery HQ in chandler and picked one up in stock. i HIGHLY RECOMMEND if your looking for a good mathews dealer you drive the hour to chandler to Archery HQ. Besides that Sportsmans Ware House has a good archery departmentand as well as PSE.

UOFA UOFA UOFA

How many bonus points do you have?