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Alex Howard gets her third Coues buck in as many years

Alex Howard, 12, of Safford, Ariz. took her third Coues buck in as many years this past season. After a failed stalk on a really big buck in the morning, she and her father Danny located a bedded buck later in the afternoon. Alex viewed the buck through the spotting scope and decided she wanted it. She had taken a three-point buck each of the past two years and wanted something different this year. A short stalk brought her to within 230 yards of the bedded buck.

Alex and her dad waited patiently for more than an hour for the buck to get up and move out into the open. Alex was a nervous wreck, but her dad helped her practice holding her aim on the buck. Her brother Chase wasn’t helping matters, as he kept bumping into her as she was trying to aim. Alex’s dad kept reassuring her that she would do fine, and he kept her brother away. When the buck got up and exposed itself to an open broadside shot, Alex finally took her shot and took a nice buck.