Arizona Strip Buck 2012

StripBuckHunter · May 29, 2015

Posted this buck here just over a couple years ago. Thought the newer folks here might be interested.

I whacked this buck in November 2012 in AZ unit 13B.......which I drew as a resident with a grand total of 3 preference points. I've been fortunate to have drawn 2 Strip tags in 20 years. The other buck was from 13A and is bigger.

This buck was 9.5 years old. According to AZGFD....there was only one other buck that old taken on the hunt....and none older. AZGFD has a mandatory tooth submittal for successful Strip permit holders.

Anyway, he's 35.5" outside, and I took him on the 7th day of the hunt after seeing only 2 other bucks.

Wiszard · May 29, 2015

Good looking buck. What's he tape out to? Bout 158'ish?

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Founder · May 29, 2015

A whopper for sure!!!

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Camper_A1 · May 30, 2015

Good looking buck that gets the old juices flowing. I hope to draw some day.

Tikka · Jun 1, 2015

Love that buck!!!!

rmanwill · Jun 1, 2015

Very nice. High, thick and wide. Congrats.

ForkWest · Jun 1, 2015

3 bucks in 7 days!?

I guess it only take one though. Great buck

StripBuckHunter · Jun 1, 2015

If you know anything about the Strip, it is not uncommon to see only a few deer. Unless your a guide, who knows where the higher densities are. Before trail cams.....it was REALLY a deer hunt!

I knew of areas that had more deer and consequently more hunters......but I chose a lesser deer density area just to have fewer hunters.

I found a spot scouting in September that had the right combo of feed, water and was huntable by glassing. On the third day of the hunt, I found some does in that spot that were accompanied by a run-of-the-mill 28" buck. Another group had a 2.5 year old buck. I wagered that an older buck would eventually show up and take over one of those groups, so I kept checking that area. And....bingo.

Here's the buck I took in 13A which I drew as a NR in 1994 and went by myself. I saw only 4 deer in 5 days of scouting/hunting. All were bucks, this one being the best and the fourth one.

There are now more deer on the Strip than in 1994.