CouesWhitetail

LOL!! Lark, you had better not post that video! That one is only for select people in my life!

Wow! Bummer about your dad, I hope he heals up well. and I am glad the meat was still good! Hopefully you and your dad can enjoy it together soon.

Congratulations on your bucks!! Don't forget to enter your bucks and story into the Coues buck contest. for info on how to do that, visit: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/Coues_Buck_Contest_2011/coues_buck_contest_2011-12.htm

I always prefer straight...just makes it easier to find the game in the scope. If you plan to digiscope (use your camera to take pics through the scope) it's easier to do through a straight eyepeice (unless you have an adapter that connects camera to scope, then it probably don't make much difference).

Good luck on your hunt?

Like NRS said you have to make sure the datum on your gps matches the datum on your mapping program. Most gps use wgs84 as the default map datum. And your mapping program may be set to nad27. Change the settings so they match.

Great job guys!! Looks like Lance could use some of that humanitarian water!

Very nice buck! neat find with the cat covering it up like that. Was all the meat still good after leaving him out there overnight?

Looks good! I like the arrow in the javelina head...neat way to remember the shot.

Well, I just spent a week with Scott and Trent hunting coues. We also had a couple other guys join us for a few days(John Oldham (sp?) from the forum and another John from Scott's work). We had a great time and many thanks to Scott and his wife for letting us set up "camp" at their house. What a great place to stay. Thanks! Well, since we didn't kill anything, i won't get all long-winded. We hunted hard and had a blast. Made a few stalks on a few bucks, but got winded or seen everytime...bummer! Both Scott and I missed long shots on some bucks. We didn't do any backpack hunting this time, but did some long hikes. The last day was about 6.5 miles and 2200 feet elevation gain! My legs are sore today! We saw a lot of other wildife during our trip. Lots of bears. Got pics of a few of them. They were all chowing on juniper berries. If you all remember we had that bad freeze this year which really put the hurt on a lot of plants that normally produce fruit/nuts that the bears eat (oak trees and prickly pear). So this year they seemed to be dependent on juniper berries and some places we went you couldn't go more than 10 feet without seeing another pile of bear poop full of juniper berries. here are some pics of the bears. All the bears were within about 150 yards. But the season had already closed. Scott took the following bear pics using an adapter shooting through his spotting scope. Turned out pretty good! Saw a lot of mule deer and coues deer. Not much for really big bucks though. saw lots of bighorn sheep, only a few rams though and not all that big. But I always enjoy seeing sheep! We enjoyed lots of spectacular views. scott and trent glassing We had a couple days with some interesting airplane and helicopter activity going on around us. One day was a couple of fighter jets doing manuevers right over us. Scott loved it, but I thought it was way too loud!! Another morning we had a couple helicopters ferrying in equipment to a backcountry site. Not sure what they were hauling the stuff for, but a big helicopter was carrying large items like storage trailers and even full-size pickups and trailers. here is a pic showing the helicopter hauling in a trailer. One day, Scott's dog Dusty managed to follow us on foot after we took off from the house on ATVs. He caught up to us about 4-5 miles later (much of it straight uphill)! Wow, that's an impressive dog! Here he is helping us "glass". That big cinnamon bear was right below us. We were glad Dusty didn't decide to chase it! We also made a little time to visit a really neat cave with cool formations in it. It's usually got so much water in it that you can't get in very far, but it was dry and we were able to access some new chambers I hadn't seen before. It was a great hunt and thanks to my good hunting buddies Scott and Trent for making it so fun! Can't wait for next year! We enjoyed some great meals at Scotts house. Scott made a giant batch of Elk tacos that we enjoyed and took leftovers out in the field with us. Those make some great snacks while glassing! taco tuesday

rough country for sure! Good luck on the hunt!

Congratulations to the hunters and guides for getting some very nice bucks up there! I can't believe coueshunter drew that tag AGAIN!!! Go get 'em Allen!

That would most likely be Josh Epperson aka Grong....

LOL!! good one!! Hold still Tracy!! she can't make that shot if you keep squirming around! LOL!

good luck and take lots of pics!

Wow!! Congratulations to your wife and you and Lance for all that success! Can't wait to see some of the video Amy shot! Lance is the real deal as you said and is a long-time sponsor of this site. Anyone interested in his services should check out his website : http://www.tlohunting.com/

Hey Deven, Great hunt write up and pics! Food looks great! I think for embedding the videos, you actually just need to copy and paste the URL to your youtube videos. Don't use their embed code. just put the link to the youtube video and the forum makes the video show. So just go to youtube and open your video, then copy the address in the browser URL area and paste that URL into the forum post.

Lol! I find I type it and then usually go back and use the full word because congrats seems a little ugly since it ends in "rats"....it's funny what sets people off. I am suprised no one mentioned "pics" for "pictures". I type that all the time...nice pics! And if I am posting a reply from my phone I find I use texting language more (like "u" for "you" and such). I think our world just keeps getting more and more informal in terms of communication. Sometimes I like it, sometimes it drives me batty (is batty a word Bill?)!

Great pics! You definitely have a neat spot right there!

Wow! what a mess! Welcome back!

Congrats Randy!! that's a great buck and I love all the pics of Isaac! My favorite is the one of him sitting by his own fire! How CUTE!!! Man, he is going to have a great outdoors life!!

Congratulations!! And I agree, he looks bigger than 93. Great looking buck! I love seeing forum members helping each other out on hunts like this! don't forget to enter your buck in the Coues buck contest: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/Coues_Buck_Contest_2011/coues_buck_contest_2011-12.htm

Neat looking buck! I saw one like that on the last day that I almost shot. Those big two points are cool! Congrats!

That's not quite true....I sent my pronghorns back to Danner and my husbands boots and they wouldn't rebuild either pair. You have to have certain models or they won't touch them. Call Danner and ask before mailing them in. I heard from a guy at sportsmans warehouse that there is a guy in Sierra Vista that puts vibram soles on any boot. Don't have his contact info yet, but when I get it, I will post.

Congrats on hitting it hard and finding some very nice bucks to hunt! Hope you can connect on one next year! Neat pic of the bucks on the iphone!