2 dandys

droptine47 · Oct 19, 2009

The first buck is a buck that I was able to take with a bow opening evening of second season. He will gross close to 200". The second buck is a super heavy buck that my sister harvested that will gross over 180".

never_catch · Oct 19, 2009

Very nice bucks!! Congrats to you both!!

~Z~

peakfreak · Oct 19, 2009

Nice pics. Lets hear the story.

droptine47 · Oct 19, 2009

I had been scouting for a couple days and this was one of the best bucks I found. I saw where he had bedded down so I snuck up a small ravine to within about 60 yards of the sleeping buck. I then layed down and began crawling. I crawled to within a about 30 yards. He was looking away so I took my shoes off and began slowly sneaking in behind the buck. He was just on the other side of a fence and my goal was to get as close to the fence as I could. I was slowly creeping up on the buck from behind. I was between 7-10 yards from the buck when another deer jumped up. I knelt down and drew on the buck. I hit him a little far back and he took about 5 quick jumps and stopped. The second arrow smoked him and he only made it about 30 yards before he expired. I was pumped. It took me an hour and a half to close the last 40 yards. This is my best buck to date.

gb22 · Oct 19, 2009

Well done to everyone.

Within the shadows, go quietly.

NMPaul · Oct 19, 2009

Rare you see 2 freshly killed bucks of that quality. Got him with your bow to boot.
Way cool.

alp75 · Oct 19, 2009

Dandy's indeed! Nice work and beautiful bucks.

bldrbuck · Oct 19, 2009

Awesome bucks for sure. That looks like a Mesa State Mavericks shirt on you--i'm a Mesa grad. Did you happen to take those bucks over there by GJ? I'll be heading to unit 21 in a couple of weeks for third season and was thinking about taking my bow--some people think you're weird when you bow hunt during the rifle season. Great job.

droptine47 · Oct 19, 2009

Due to the area I had to use a bow. There were a few houses and he landowner requested a bow or no hunt. Lucky that it worked out. Go MAVS. I graduated in 2007. The bucks were harvested about 50 miles from GJ. Scouted some good bucks in 21. Hopefully the weather will turn by 3rd season. Too hot.