aznighthawk Report post Posted January 9, 2009 I was drawn for a December whitetail tag with 7 bonus points. I was not able to hunt until 2 days after Christmas. With not a whole lot of time I was hoping that the rut would be in full swing. The 1st morning we went to an area that we knew held some good bucks. We started glassing and found 2 herds of elk feeding on a ridge 7 to 8 hundred yards away. One of the cows spooked and blew the whole ridge out. That afternoon we went back and started glassing and found a couple of does feeding 3 ridges over. We decided to come back in the morning. The next morning found us on top of our vantage point glassing. We spotted a deer feeding 3 ridges over, it looked like a good buck. We came up with a game plan, and the stalk was on. I was able to get within 250 yards and made a good shot, the buck went about 25 yards and laid down. I shot him in his bed and it was over. We made our way over to him, as we got closer he seemed to get bigger, there was no ground shrinkage on this one. Not bad for my first coues. I want to thank AZyoung for helping on this hunt!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFGinNM Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Very nice. --Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkaddict Report post Posted January 9, 2009 That's a shooter for sure!! Very nice!! Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
palivs2hnt Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Congrats on a fine buck! I like the eye guards and mass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted January 10, 2009 That is an awesome whitetail great job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bchoitz Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Congratulations! Awesome deer. Way to go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
truehunter Report post Posted January 10, 2009 That is a all around pretty buck. Cant ask for much more than that. Congrats on the hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kcw Report post Posted January 10, 2009 that is a great buck.......love those eye guards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lionhunter Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Congrats on a great first buck! Heck, congrats on a great buck. I am going to guess the unit as ..... 36-B judging by all the elk you glassed.... -Whitey- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Smoker buck! Congrats on a great coues. Love the mass and tine length. Phil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 That is a great buck. Congratulations! TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SO I HUNT Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Great buck, looks waiting for the tag paid off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
synper100 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 congrats on a very nice buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted January 11, 2009 Great buck congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azyoung Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Aznighthawk, Without a doubt this was the most exciting spot and stalk Coues hunt I've been on. I enjoyed watching a long time big mule deer hunter like yourself shoot a toad Coues buck on your first Coues hunt - You may not go back to mule deer! You waited along time for this tag and you deserve that tremendous buck. I appreciate you letting me tag along on your hunt!! Congrats on real nice buck!!!! azyoung Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
