AZ ARCHERY DESERT MULE DEER (VIDEO)

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http://www.zacgriffith.com/mule-dee...ona-archery-desert-mule-deer-hunt-sixty-days/

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I backpacked into a nasty basin on Monday night. Due to the full moon I only saw does and little bucks that evening. I slept under the brightest moon Ive ever seen and knew the deer were up all night so I was doubtful about the morning.

I picked this hog up at 7:30 a mile away. I filmed him for a few minutes then he slipped into a pocket. A few seconds later I watched two more bucks drop in so I knew war had commenced!!!!

I ripped across the flats and made it to them just as the dust was settling. My buck dominated and won took the does up a rocky canyon. The other two 150 class bucks headed out the wash.

I worked after the deer for an hour and put my sneaky feet on once I was at the mouth of the canyon. The wind was strong in my face and I whittled up the wash for a few hundred yards. The wind had all of the brush and palo verdes swaying so much that I walked right into the does!!! I had a fawn bedded, out cold at 15 yards. They proceeded to mingle and browse all around me. I knew the buck was near and I filmed the does expecting him to pop up with them.

As they worked around me I noticed the buck coming up the wash from behind!!! He passed me at 50 yards but I was pinned from drawing because of the does. He got with the ladies and plopped down and bedded right in the sun!! 40 yards, looking right at me. I had an arrow nocked, release clipped and waited for 20 min or so for a doe to distract him. She busted me mid-draw but I side-stepped into the opening and settled my pin on his chest.

The arrow blew right through his heart and lung and he jumped out of bed and only made it 15 yards before expiring!!! No video of the kill and it would've been epic!

I work so hard on these public land desert mule deer. I literally have hunted 60 days total since killing my last desert buck in Aug 2012.

They are fascinating critters and the ULTIMATE survivor. The desert is so dry and crunchy that they really are the toughest spot and stalk animal I have ever hunted!

"You skin grizz?"
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-14 AT 09:24PM (MST)[p]Sweet. Another high quality video. I still can't imagine the work and patience it must take just to capture the hunt like that. I'm lucky if I remember to bring the iPhone and take a pic or two along the way.

No offense but do you have a job?


"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"
 
Awesome high quality hunting video. I'd say the best I've seen of yours yet. Bummer to go through all that work and not get the kill shot footage though. I think its time you put a camera on your head.
 
Thanks guys! fly4fish, the head cams just don't do the kill shots justice! Spot n stalk on public ground while self-filming--kill shots are damn near impossible sometimes!

"You skin grizz?"
 
I was wondering when we were getting a new hunt. Great job, again. A little Wu Tang and some classic Neil Young. Good sh!t brotha!
 
Nice video Zac! I love the high quality still photos too!
Congrats on your success.


"Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day!" -Harry S. Truman
 
Very nice. It was good to watch with hunting stuff drying up for the next few months....
 
If anyone is interested I added narration and changed the soundtrack for youtube regs.


"You skin grizz?"
 

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