2009 AZ 13B deer hunt

[flycrewsupe]

This is my first time posting pictures. Hope it works. This is the finished product of my 2009 strip deer hunt. I knew it would be my tag of a life time so I went guided for all the right reasons. I hunted with Marvin James Guide Service. Couldn't have had a better time with great guides. I hunted 10 days to take my best deer to date. 32 1/2 4 by 5.

 

[BrowningRage]

Great deer man... That mass and the width is very impressive..!!! How long are those main beams, my goodness..!!? Thanks for sharing... How about the story..?


"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24

 

[Wiszard]

Nice buck!

Steve
T&A Inspector

 

[flycrewsupe]

Here is a field photo. I'll give a brief story about the hunt. We hunted hard for all 10 days. If I could say I passed on a lot of big bucks I would be telling a lie. We saw 1 buck on the second day that would have gone about 29 wide 5 by 6 that was about 196. That was a day 5 buck. We went a couple of days not seeing a deer. Total deer seen was around 25. You either love the strip or hate it. It was everything I thought it would be. I killed my buck on the last morning of the season. I had a long drive home ahead of me so I only had until noon to hunt. it was hard to believe that I had a tag of a lifetime and I was going home with tag soup!! My guide Stan and Marvin never gave up hope. We found a couple of groups of does early in the morning but no bucks were with them. We finally came around a corner and there was another group of does this time with a buck with them. Stan and Steve said we need to kill this buck. The deer were around 350 yards out. Perfect set up and rest on a tri pod. A couple of shots later and the buck was down. It was hard to believe that I had finally killed a strip buck!! We walked up to him and it was a buck of a lifetime for me. He had great mass 38 inches. 29 and 28 in main beams. 32 1/2 outside and 29 inside. Very weak on the forks. He was a old buck on the downhill. Gross score was 188. Hope you enjoy my story.
Gary