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I finally came over to the dark side and filled my 1st rifle tag this weekend on a awesome coues buck. I decided to backpack in wendsday and do alittle more scouting in a spot I was planning to hunt. I saw alot of great bucks Wednesday and Thursday but only 1 that I was debating on chasing. So after talking with my brother inlaw and a few friends I decided to back out and go help him chance a buck opening morning that hes been chasing. We had a great opening morning seeing a bunch of bucks but we never located his target buck. I packed all my stuff into his spot so I decided to stay another night and help him. We saw a few great bucks the next morning but never laid eyes on his target buck. We decided to take a break and eat something and we tried to come up with a game plan on what we could do to try and cover the area alittle differently. While scanning for new vantage points my brother inlaw spotted some deer way back in another canyon right below the skyline. I grabbed my spotter and could tell he was a great buck. They were alittle over 1000 yards out but across 2 canyons. So as soon as they topped over we kind of though that was the end of that. Alittle over a hour goes by and we have been joking about how if they would of just bedded on our side I'd try and make a move. Sure enough I look up there and I see a small buck. We start picking the hill apart and I see the big buck again. I asked him if he minded if I went after him since I was in there with him. He joked and said sure just dont miss. I headed down and closed the gap. I got the rifle set up and waited for him to get up out of his bed. I got a good range and dialed in the 6.5 to 480 yards and waited for what seemed like forever. The buck finally got up and I got into thw scope. The angle was so steep I couldnt get steady. So I decided to readjust my pack and get better shooting position. The buck stepped put of his bed and started feeding. I tool a deep breath and started squeezing the slack out of the trigger. BOOM the gun went off and I quickly chambered another round. I got back in the scope and couldn't find him. After scanning for a bit my phone started buzzing. I recived a text from my brother inlaw who was on the hill above me said "you dropped him, and he rolled about 7 times down the hill but we got him. " It was such a awesome hunt glad I was able to share it with my family and hunting partner.

I was fortunate enough to take my biggest coues buck to date this last Saturday along side two of my very good buddies Patrick and Trey. I wanted to hunt a new area that I have always thought would hold a good buck or two. I’ve just been very hesitant to go up in there because the country is so rugged. Saturday started off early. Our alarms went off at 3:15 am and it was finally game time. I was very excited as this was my first coues Hunt since my last one in 2016. We started hiking at 4:30am and finally arrived to our glassing spot just before 6:15am. 45 minutes into glassing I found what looked like a deer. Sure enough it was a little buck. I was excited to see this deer cause up till then all we had seen is one doe. As I was looking at this little guy I noticed a deer in a shadow underneath him. I zoned in on this deer and he finally picked his head up and right away I knew he was a good buck. I quickly called Patrick and trey to head over to where I was at. Patrick and trey finally got to me and we busted out our big glass and started examine this buck. After about 10 minutes of looking I knew I wanted to kill this deer. He and his two buddies ended up bedding at about 8am. After coming up with a game plan, Patrick and I bailed off the mountain as trey stayed back to keep eyes on the deer. An hour or so later Patrick and I finally got to the spot where we thought we could get a shot. 5 minutes into glassing Patrick finds him bedded 515 yards away. We quickly set up the 28 nosler on a rock and I settle in. Boom! My first shot goes off. Patrick says “you hit high shoot again”. I rack another round on and try to find the buck again. I finally found him still laying there in the same spot. I settle in again.... BOOM! Patrick again says “dude you hit high again aim lower!” At this time the buck is standing and is aware something is not right. I’m startled because the scope is dialed into exactly what the dope sheet says and I’m laying prone as steady as can be. BOOM! I shoot again this time hitting low. At this point the buck is terrified and knows something is not right. He runs down the mountain 30 yards and I find him again. BOOM! WHACK!!! I could hear the billet finally connect. Patrick is telling me “you hit him you hit him!” Finally a sign of relief on my end. The buck runs down the mountain 200 yards where he finally expired in a patch of oak trees. Patrick and I load up our gear and call trey on the radio to tell him to head on over that we had got the buck. It took Patrick and I about 45 minutes to get across the canyon to my deer. I finally got to him and I was in disbelief that i had just killed this beautiful coues buck. Trey finally got to us about an hour or so later and we quickly took pics and then started on cutting the deer up to get off the mountain. We finally got back to camp where we met up with my dad. He was nice enough to drive all the way out to camp to bring up some steaks to celebrate my best coues yet. Special thanks to Patrick and Trey. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!!! Special thanks to my dad Steve for coming out and bringing us food! 🤣🤣. Hope you all enjoy the pics. Steven

how is it a trap when the speed limit is posted on a sign before entering said speed trap

have you tried driving the speed limit?

My wife has tagged out on 3 nice bucks on opening day the last 3 years since she decided to start hunting. The deer were holding tight at first light due to the wind. When I changed glassing seats I used the chest binos to scan closeby hills and found this fella and another buck at 700 yards. We boogied over there and got nice and close when he was bedded down. The shot was 140 yards.

youre probably the only person in the world that can say that.

Hey everyone. I started a YouTube series on how I place trail cameras. With the coues seasons upon us, I released my first video about coues deer. I hope you enjoy.

This buck obviously doesn't mind hanging around the houses/golf courses. Pics taken in a neighborhood in Marana a couple days ago.

My Girlfriend Ashley got it done in a big way this past Friday and knocked down a monster first Coues Deer! It was our only full day to get out and hunt together so we decided to roll the dice on a special buck that i've had 3 years of history with. It all happened so fast and was/is surreal because everyone knows that 99.9% of the time the stars just don't line up for you. I still can't believe that we got him and I am very proud of the effort Ashley put into harvesting this beautiful creature. DAN

Cleaning out my shop I was reminded of a fun trip shed hunting we had many years ago! Cole found this deadhead in a remote area we had hiked into! So unique on the side that isn't burned left us wondering what the other side really looked like! Post Wallow fire find

Because most of those speed traps are on sections of roads where 10-15 mph over the posted limit IS reasonable/prudent. Therefore its a trap. A money grab. Explain how its not?

They call them speed "Traps" for a reason. Purely unconstitutional as far as i'm concerned, but hey AZ wants an easy money grab and nobody speaks up loud enough to challenge it. Why not beat the sleezy system if you can?

Barista makes more...

Stellar buck! Great job!

Nice Buck Kev.........BOB!

When my super brain daughter did her walk through at ASU they should her every Starbucks on campus, when she did her walk through at UA they showed her the science labs. Moral of the story if go to UA you will become a scientist, if you go to ASU you will become a barista.

At first I thought he looked familiar. Then I realized I just watched step brothers. Prestige worldwide!

Cooks Mesa, New River Mesa, Perry Mesa--all hold mule deer. All have water year round...AMDO ran 18 miles of water line and set up 12 troughs on Cooks and the deer (Coues and Mule Deer) looked good in there. Glass as much as you can in all of these places and you will find what you are looking for.

They're dead.

Again with the gutless method. If it's not 90 degrees out take the time to bone him out. I hauled my whole boned out coues deer in a single medium kuiu game bag this year. (I think its medium, could be small. def not large) When I shot mine this year it was pushing 90 so I set the meat as well as the Cape and noggin In a creek below me on top of a tarp. being submerged kept the flies off and cooled the meat before the 4ish hour pack out. I wouldn't reccomend doing it If it's under 75 degrees out. My elk last year took 3 days to pack out I kept it inside of a tent when it was raining and hanging in the shade when it was not. the temps were high 60s maybe even in the 70s and I lost no meat. the thick cotton game bags work great but they absorb a ton of blood, weigh a ton to start out with and take up too much space. Look into what the kuiu game bags are made of and spend the money on some made of the same material. stay away from stretchy cheese cloth like bags! they are worthless.

only if your name is emil.............

Are you telling me I can get me a Jaguar or a wolf for 8k, or do I need to be a Az G&F employee?

I got this topic ping and had to join in . Once saw a doe chasing a coyote across a ridge from me. She was really after him for a few hundred yds then I dropped the yote with a single shot and she stopped looked around and went up to the yote and nosed him before heading up the ridge. Also was glassing an old mine area and heard something we later called crazy Larry. He was an old security guard at the mine I heard later. He popped out of his trailer laughing and yelling like he was Larry. Errr crazy.... anyway He had his pants down around his ankles and was just laughing his butt off for no apparent reason Lots of others To share but I will stop at these. Happy turkey day.

One yr. Dec coues hunt. A bobcat stalking a buck. Even jumping on its back, which resulted in the cat flying end over end high in the air . They had a stand off, antlers blocking any advances from the cat, for another few minutes. The buck finally had enough and trotted off. So cool to watch.