Slim's solo AZ adventure! (Live hunt)

[elkguide]

Pictures will bring it to life for us.

 

[Slim Jim]

 

[sojourner]

ok now you're just teasing us. looking forward to hearing the story

 

[Slim Jim]

Ok sorry everyone. When I located this buck below me this morning, I didn't want to go after it. I was looking for something bigger, but I wanted to try out the new decoy to see how the buck would react to it. When I started the stalk everything was perfect. Wind , landscape, moist ground from the rain for silent steps, no other deers eyes, everything was just right. As I neared about 100 yards, I slipped off the boots and only moved when the wind blew or a plane would fly overhead. I knew that if I made to a certain bush in front of me, I would be about 25 or so yards away on top of him. Well I made the perfect stalk and ranged him at 35 shooting 30 yards. I sat there with a nocked arrow contemplating if I should him. The buck looked right up at me and seen the decoy and just laid there chillin. My mind started f--n with me, look at those vitals, look at all that meat, the wife and kids don't have to wait till Christmas Eve to see me, I can shoot another buck in two weeks after the new year. But wait, I want to shoot a bigger buck. These are all the things that were going through my head, but with everything being so perfect I let the carbon fly!!

This is one of the smaller antlered bucks I've shot but one of the biggest bodied deer I've shot. I usually can put a full deboned mule deer in my Kifaru baggie but not with this deer. The bag was full and I still had the back straps, tenderloins, and heart!!

 

[bojangles808]

sweet congrats!

 

[elkguide]

A deer in the freezer............. and Dad home before Christmas.

Life is good.

 

[Chad E]

Nice work congratulations

 

[realunlucky]

Love it when a plan comes together

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[Slim Jim]

The Kifaru all loaded up!

Heavy as hell!

 

[justin davis]

Congrats

 

[Slim Jim]

I'm not going home yet because I want to glass up some more deer. I can buy another OTC tag in two weeks and if I find a good one, I'll be back. I'll post pics of what I see tomorrow

 

[realunlucky]

You'll see the big one for sure now that you punched your tag for this year

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[fishnhunt21]

Awesome! Congrats

 

[Jeff Martin]

congrats slim !!

 

[Slim Jim]

You'll see the big one for sure now that you punched your tag for this year

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Hahaha that's the way it works. I doubt it, I talked to quite a few of the local hunters in the area yesterday and no one has seen anything big in the area yet. I don't think the rut has kicked in fully yet. The bigger ones will probably be showing up in another week or two. I've been hunting this area for quite a few years and I've yet to see a bigger deer than the one I got two years ago. I'll probably be heading to a different area next year to find some bigger bucks.

 

[Slim Jim]

Nothing so far today but this fork

Moving in deeper now to another glassing point.

 

[Slim Jim]

I just found a coues shed. Pretty cool! I'd post a pic but it won't let me right now

 

[Slim Jim]

Located a small coues not too far from the shed

Here's the shed

 

[Slim Jim]

That coues is looking back at this javalina 10 yards away

 

[Slim Jim]

Still haven't seen any good bucks yet. Only 2 fork mulies and one fork coues. A lot of does, both mule a coues and no bucks with them yet.