5yearcoueshunter Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Wow! Beautiful buck! Congrats! Travis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted October 12, 2009 I will let Tim and Kade tell the story but the buck is really nice... After the first shot we track him over ..4 miles.. Kade did great and it was a great experience for him... I know in the pic it is hard to tell the size but any guesses? J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAM Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Well we made it back! As you can see from Tommy's posts we had a great hunt. I was able to take my nine year old son with me and I think everyone will agree from the smile on his face that he had a blast. The hunt itself didn't take long. I used Tommy's map service for the second time and he was dead on.... I mean that literally. Basicly Tommy sends his clients topo maps of the area that they will be hunting with areas flagged where he has seen deer. The area we were hunting was flagged in the exact spot where Tommy had seen a good buck last year. Our plan was to work down a ridgeline first thing in the morning that would allow us to glass finger ridges to our west and to the east in the area where the buck was spotted last year. Not more than 15 minutes and about a quarter mile down the ridge I saw what I thought was a deer in the exact spot Tommy had marked on the map for us. Sure enough it was a buck and after putting the spotting scope on it I knew it was a great buck for the area. I lowered the scope for Kade to see and he immediately said... "that's the biggest buck I've ever seen... we need to go shoot it!" So we did and this is our result. As I mentioned the hunt itself was short, but the tracking was long and difficult. I have to admit that I made a critical error in judgement when I took the shot. The only position we could find to give us a shooting lane was on a side hill and I was unable to get a level shooting position. In hind sight I should have found a better position, but we had already busted up some cattle and the deer was very alert. Not wanting to risk further detection and push the buck into nearby thick cover I took the shot from a very canted rifle position. This was a crucial mistake which resulted in a gut shot buck. So, since Kade's hunting lesson was brief his tracking lesson would be long. When we got to the spot where the buck was standing when I shot this is what we saw. There was a trail of partly digested stomache matter instead of a blood trail. As luck would have it my good buddy Jason, who is part Swahili and skilled in the art of tracking, was only an hour away and was quickly on his way to give us a hand with the tracking. After a lot of painstaking effort to follow the pooh trail, tracks, and few drops of blood here and there we finally jumped the deer. He only ran a short distance before running out of gas and rested under a tree where I was able to put the finishing shot through his chest from a short distance. Picture of my Swahili tracker friend Jason and myslef with buck. In the end all is well that ends well, and Kade and I had a great time spent hunting and trailing together. Thanks goes out to Tommy and Jason for all their help!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rio Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Great mule deer guys, way to go, the Burro's are a very special place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Wow. What a fantastic story great job man. On a buck of a lifetime. Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAdams Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Great buck Tim!! Tell that young lad he a did a great job!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZantlerhead Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Sounds like a blast!!! thanks for shareing, great post and a great Buck, Way to "track" umm down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Great Story... J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest borderboy Report post Posted October 12, 2009 Very nice!! Tacos, burritos, tamalitos, carne seca. And a really nice mount. Most important - the memory. And the experience. Hunt on bro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Congratulations again Tim and thanks for the good writeup. Give the boy a hug for me and tell him again what a trouper he was. NOW! when do we get to hear the rest of the story from this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Congrats Tim on a fine buck. Awesome that you got to share it with your son and friends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vinihunt Report post Posted October 13, 2009 awesome!!! vinihunt p.s. might go with my friend down for muzzleloader for deer unit 23 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hiker Report post Posted November 1, 2009 Smoker of a buck, Great job and to share this hunt with your son, Wow! Excellent... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
