CouesWhitetail

It's probably best to start a new thread for posting other big deer. So I am going to close this one down so we don't keep posting unrelated deer to this topic. Elkhunter, if you need help with your photos, email me.

WoW! I am excited for you and your daughter now too!! Good luck!

You can bet if there was a real shooting there, they would want every armed officer to show up at their school to defend them! How crazy.

+1 Good luck to the kids and all those working to make them successful!!

Excellent!! Thanks for sharing your miracle with us!

Thanks for the info!

Hope today finds you up at your cabin enjoying the sounds of elk bugling!

I bet they are measurable now! Very nice find! Thanks for sharing it!

John Koleszar asked me to post this and you can use the link that was in an email from Big Game Forever to send in your comments. The pro wolf comments are running 100-1 for wolves. These mare made by people who do nit live in AZ and have no valid comments other than they are "pretty" or "wonderful". If your keyboard friends could take the time to comment, some of the coherent arguments are: 1) Program was estimated in 1998 to be at $7.2 million dollars for 100 wolves. Current spending is over $32 million dollars. 2) Arizona represents only 10% of the historic range of the wolves, for the program to succeed, Mexico needs to have the 80% of these wolves in their range. Arizona and New Mexico cannot recover a whole species. 3) Estimates in the FEIS drafted in 1995 pointed to the Yellowstone elk herd as a model. They stated that "no less than 5% nor more than 30% of the Yellowstone elk herd will be consumed by wolves". The herd in 1995 was over 21,000 animals. As of this spring, the current survey showed less than 4,000 animals, an 80% reduction in the herd. Their model is at best inaccurate and at worst a fraud. 4) The social impact to sportsmen who basically pay the way for there to be an AZGFD and USFWS is catastrophic in the northern states and we have no guarantee what they would do here... Hope this helps. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Big Game Forever <ryandbenson@msn.com> Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:20 AM Subject: An Important Wolf Delisting Update Folks, This week, three public hearings on the proposed national wolf delisting will be held across the country. The first hearing will be held tonight in Washington D.C. On Wednesday a second hearing will be held in Sacramento, California. On Friday a third hearing will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These hearings are being held by US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the public comment period. Concerns have been raised that 2 of the 3 hearings will be held in states that are not faced with expansion of wolves in the near future. Big Game Forever will have a representative at each of the hearings to support efforts to restore state management authority over wolves and to protect wild game populations. We encourage American sportsmen and livestock producers to submit comments in support of state management of wolves. You can send a message in support of wolf delisting at http://capwiz.com/biggameforever/issues/alert/?alertid=62830341&PROCESS=Take+Action The comment period has been extended to Oct. 28th, 2013. Here is when and where this week’s public meetings will be held. Washington, DC. September 30, 2013, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Department of the Interior, Auditorium, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240; (202) 208-3100 Sacramento, California October 2, 2013, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Clarion Inn, Martinique Ball Room, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815; (916) 922-8041 
 Albuquerque, New Mexico October 4, 2013, from 6 to 9 p.m. Embassy Suites, Sandia Room, 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102; (505) 245-7100 For more information on the public comment period and public meetings visit: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=E9DD0F28-E88C-946A-AA694B1DB07C401D Thank you for your support, -- Ryan Benson http://biggameforever.org/ ryandbenson@msn.com ________________________________________

You guys know how hard it is to spot and stalk Coues Deer. Well imagine it's your very first time! This young girl's father contacted me to see if we could help him get his daughter her first deer with a bow. He was interested in hunting down in the southern units, so I immediately thought Carl Young of Team Younggunz would be great to help her out. You guys probably know that Team Younggunz runs the women's coues camp down there and they are very successful at getting people on bucks. Anyway, Carl was gungho and so Matthew took his daughter down there for the hunt. Here is her story: Jasmine Burke September 1st 2013 “Jasmine, we got to move.” A jolt of energy perked me from a slouching doze. Bryce McGee, a Coues Ninja, suddenly wakes me with exciting news. Our quarry was spotted and it’s time to pursue him. Months leading up to this moment dragged by as my father prepared me to strike with deadly force. He and Carl Young, founder of Team Young Gun’z, gifted me with an opportunity to accomplish the most difficult deer hunt in the world: stalk hunting a Coues Whitetail with my bow. 3 O’clock came early as my father woke me. After a quick pampering at Dunkin Doughnuts, we headed to our rendezvous point where we met Carl Young. After a short drive to Bryce’s house we maneuvered up a high hill. As we peaked over the top we could see the horizon welcoming the new day. After setting up our gear Bryce, Carl, and my father began finding deer in the valley below. By 6 O’clock I had bow in hand, ready to stalk my prey. I tried to keep pace with Bryce as he ignores the path and bee-lines to the truck; leaving my father and Carl to track the buck through binoculars. I’m astonished by how quickly Bryce ascends the hill; as I stumble behind, thrown off by the weight of my bow. Finally, I’m at the truck and we’re off, flying down the road like the world is chasing us. In 15 seconds we’re at our destination and I’m following the already fast-paced hunter as he makes his way through debris and jumps over a barb-wire fence. Thanks to my training I’m able to keep up. He glances back at me, “this is where we lose our shoes.” He whispers and quickly un-ties his shoes and hangs them on the fence post, mine right beside them. I wince already feeling the sharp rocks digging into my tender flesh. We begin our stalk. I’m flabbergasted by the difference shoes make, we’re much quieter now as we sneak through the brush. We move through the briars and debris when suddenly Bryce lowers his binoculars and turns to me, eyes wide. I glance around in confusion and then I freeze. 18 yards away stands a deer, two sticks on his head, a spike, but a buck nonetheless. It’s staring right at me, but I slowly draw back my bow. It’s more difficult than before, maintaining composer with adrenaline pulsing through my veins. I don’t have much time; I put the 20 yard pin behind his shoulder, exhale softly and squeeze the trigger. My breath falters as the arrow wizzes right in front of his chest. The deer ducks hard and bolts off 20 yards. He stops, turns broad side and stares back at us. I inhale sharply from shock, the deer pricks its enormous ears and dashes off. I let the full weight of disappointment sink in on me; I just missed my first deer with a bow. We find my arrow and start heading back towards the truck, berating myself for missing such an easy shot. Bryce try’s cheering me up, telling me how quick these deer are. I shake my head as I grab my shoes, stuff my feet in them and climb into the truck. I leaned back in the seat letting the cool air blow on my hot face, Bryce is out-side talking to Carl on the phone. He pokes his head in and takes the keys out, “there are two more bucks.” He smiles at me, but doubt is already setting in. We follow the road 30 yards and ditch our shoes again. I grumble and pant as I try to keep up. We trek through the thorns for 30 minutes, and then Bryce runs down a hill. I ungracefully slip and let out a startling gasp as I slide down the hill, tearing up my back and causing dirt to fall into my socks. Pain shoots up my foot as I stop myself from sliding anymore using a dead barrel cactus. Not wanting to slow us down any, I swallow my pain and follow after him. He turns back, “we’re nearly there, stay quiet.” I nod and follow in example as he bends down and sneak forward, peering over a bush 10 yards in front of us. “Okay, the deer are 50 yards in front of us, can you make that shot?” I gulp and nod. I draw back while crouching and slowly stand up, almost releasing my arrow from shock. The buck is lying down, broadside, tossing his head back and forth. The most shocking thing was his size. He’s huge and has a nice rack on his head. This isn’t an ‘A’ typical deer, this is a monster. My heart skips a beat, but I close one eye, take aim and slowly exhale squeezing the trigger. My arrow zips down into the deer’s bed and misses the deer by a foot. “I MISSED!” I cried out indignantly. Bryce’s eyes widened, and he shushes me. I almost shushed him back in aggravation, but he points out the monsters big brother, standing 55 yards away. I draw back again and let another arrow fly with similar results. Both monstrous bucks bolt. I kicked the ground in frustration, forgetting I’m not wearing any shoes and cry out in pain as I stubbed my toe on a rock. I just missed two monsters and a spike.

WoW!!! Story please! thanks for sharing him with us!

Very nice mount!!

Actually it's not a molar he would have to pull. it would be an incisor from the lower jaw. And it doesn't look like he has the lower jaw.

Cool looking buck! Yes, I have seen some like that before....cool find!

Congratulations! nice job tracking him down.

I love elk wallow pics!

Nice bull!

Nice!

Congratulations!!

Hey Guys, probably better to start new threads for posting your hunt pics rather than adding to this one. I will close this one so we don't start adding all the rifle pics in here. Congrats Huntmoore! I will repost yours in another thread so people can reply to that.

Here's an option....buy the Velcro adapter that I sell. This is what I use on my zeiss classic 10x40 and 15x zeiss conquests http://store.coueswhitetail.com/velcro-binocular-adapter/

Wow! Congratulations Cindi! She is not only an awesome hunter, but she and her husband donate their time every year for our women's javelina camp!

I think your best choice would be to interview Jim Heffelfinger of AGFD in Tucson. He literally wrote the book on Coues and Mule deer in the Southwest. I am sure he can help you out. here is his email JHeffelfinger@azgfd.gov

Way to stick with it and get it done! Very nice bull and I enjoyed the slideshow!!

Great story! Way to get it done under difficult circumstances! Congratulations to your dad!