2011 AZ archery Mule deer

[redline410]

Well boys, I won't be posting any late season Coues pics this year- I lucked into my best archery mule deer. not bad for a place where we haven't seen a mule deer since 2007.

He had about an hour and half left at this point

Dig the way this side looks

Someday I'm going to hunt in a spot that has some flat ground and get some decent pictures

Another hunt down with my pops...

That desert is a cool place to hunt- just wish it had a better deer population......



Dave

 

[Oak]

Nice job! Good looking buck, although I'm going to miss the Coues photos.

 

[IdahoBugler]

Very nice. Congrats on a great archery buck.

 

[pointingdogsrule]

Congrats!!! Nice deer.

good luck to all
the dog

 

[mtmiller]

Dandy deer.

 

[grizzly5028]

Nice buck congrats!

 

[Basser]

Very nice deer

 

[Big O]

Especially with a bow- great buck. Takes some skill there.

 

[mdunc8]

Great buck. Hope I can make it down that way some day.

 

[ADDDICT]

Congrats man! Thats a great desert buck! Theyre rutting like crazy right now!

 

[wingman1]

That's a thing of beauty right there. I was blessed to have my father along with me this year.

 

[AZ402]

Very nice Dave! Congrats on a great Desert buck! Lokks like the MR Dragonslayer did a nice job for you....

 

[Big Fin]

As much as I love Coues pics and want to hunt them someday, a true desert mule deer story and pics such as this are more than enough to satisfy. Congrats!

 

[Bucnutz.wis]

Awesome Archery Buck right there... Congrats !!

 

[shoots-straight]

Pretty neat deer. Way to go!

 

[redline410]

Thanks for the comments fellas- wish I could spin some tale of superior hunting ability but alas, I can not. This buck had spent two days running a small 3x off from his harem. On Sunday I just happened to be blindly sitting in spot that the 3x decided to use as an escape route and pulled dude into the open. Sheer dumb luck- like most of the critters I shoot at, he just got in the way of the projectile.

Oak- between the kids and dad, there'll be one coues tag in the family for sure. I'll get a picture up in time for halloween.....

Big Stan- I'm thinking the ol' Dragon Slayer will carry more than skinny ol' legs can. I know for sure it can carry an entire coues buck and just found out it can carry 2 hind quarters, 2 back straps, a cape and a set of horns from a mule deer at one time. If only my legs felt as good as my back and shoulders do right now.......

 

[hardscrabble]

Nice looking buck, congrats

 

[schmalts]

Flippin awsome!
It is sad the Mule deer population has dropped so much in the southern units. I talked with the bio a few years back and he said too many years of bad drought and some diseases took it's toll. When I hunted down there 17 years ago with my bow it was awsome how many deer you would see a day compared to now.
Unfortunatly back then carbon arrows, flat shooting bows, and modern range finders were not around yet and even though I was a way better shot than I am now i sucked at judging yardage and only took one good buck down there, but man I saw some brutes!

 

['Ike']

Awesome, great buck....

 

[BOHNTR]

Way to go amigo......nice archery buck!