I spent the past four and half days hunting in Southern Arizona for Coues deer. Hunted some beautiful country and ended up taking a respectable buck. We covered a lot of ground trying to find the bachelor herds and was finally fortunate on the last full day of the hunt to locate a group of bucks. One of the bucks was really nice and was the one I wanted. I tried to go high and come down from above, but unfortunately I made just a little too much noise(nearly impossible not to in that country) and busted another couple of bucks that I had not seen at the bottom of the canyon. Those bucks ended up running into the same bowl as the buck I was stalking and they all disappeared over the mountain. Dejected I made my way back to my binos and was able to glass up a couple of smaller bucks in the same bowl. Not really what I was looking for, but since it was the last day I decided to go ahead and try and get closer and give them a closer look. Turned around to get a few things ready and then took one last look through the binos and could not locate the bucks. This was about 1:00 in the afternoon and bucks were on a south facing slope that offered very little shade. I think that they went over the top of the mountain to be on the north face and out of sun. I watched that bowl for the rest of the day with no more deer spotted. I had one more morning to hunt, I would be here first thing in the morning. The next morning I was in position and glassing the mountain side. Just after the sun started to hit the mountain I spotted a couple of bucks working up to the same bowl. One of them looked good enough, but unfortunately not the big one. I took off after them...this time taking the route through the bottom of the canyon. Got into position and was able to take this buck. It was a very difficult and challenging hunt, but I had a blast and I am very happy that I was able to take this buck. I apologize for the shadows, it was a very bright day and I could not get the force flash option to work...but I am smiling. 
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