CouesWhitetail

I hope you get to enjoy some outdoors time today!

Sundevil and Scoutm got their bucks on the same day and so we thought it would be fun to do a guess the score contest where the winner guesses the total inches of both bucks combined. You can read the hunt stories here: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...showtopic=21916 http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...showtopic=22138 and here is a link to some video of Chris's buck http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l302/sco...hursBuck040.mp4 Again, you are guessing TOTAL inches (to the nearest 1/8 of an inch) of both bucks combined, not individually. So if you can just post the combined total it will make it easier for us to determine the winner. Deadline for guesses is Jan 14, 2011 -- 5 pm Enjoy! here are some pics for the contest. Larry's buck (scoutm) Sundevil's buck: both bucks together:

Drooling here!! sounds awesome!

Nice pics!

wow! I can imagine either one of those would be tough to deal with in a trap!

Hope you are enjoying your birthday with your family!

Congratulations on your javelina!! Hope your dad and son get one too.

Outstanding!! Congratulations on a great buck!

Might be able to get more for the headache rack since it has a pre-installed CouesWhitetail.com sticker on it!!

Glad you like it

Awesome!! Way to go girl!!! Guess you didn't need Scott and crew out there with you afterall! They didn't find the pigs and they didn't even pack it out!! LOL!! Great job

Hunter X, I don't think you failed in making your point. It was a perfect video for showing the reactions of the animals at different distances. It seems to me that you are just pointing out the obvious....animals are more afraid of close noises than far away ones. It's certainly true, but did you really expect that people here didn't know that already? It seems like you feel like people are missing your point, but I don't think they are. They just seem to mostly disagree with your idea that longrange shooting is unfair because the animal might not run after your first shot. Personally I appreciate the discussion you started and think it's an interesting video.

Today is Mike's birthday and as most of you know he died last week. He would have been 31 today. Please say a prayer for Mike and his family. to read more about Mike, you can visit this thread: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23629

I love the pose on that one!

Just missed yes...you were ranked #6! competition is tough around here for sure!

+ 1 on those posts quoted above. As shown in the video it can be incredibly difficult to make a long range shot. In order to be good at those shots, the hunter has to spend alot more time at the range than most hunters do. Is it unfair that a hunter works extra hard to become proficient at long range shooting? Is a 200 yard shot really that much better? It's not exactly up close and personal either. Most of the time the animal has no idea you are there even under 200 yards. Of course an animal reacts more strongly to a close gunshot than a far one. So I guess your point is that it's only fair if the animal won't stand still for a 2nd shot. But to me, there shouldn't need to be a second shot. And by that measure, isn't javelina hunting completely unfair? I shot at a javelina at 20 yards with a pistol this weekend, missed and it came right back to me at 10 yards. Is that fair chase? Lots of people think archery hunters are not doing fair chase if they sit in a blind and hunt over water or salt. That's close range....is it fair chase? It can take a ton of patience and time to get an animal that way at 20 yards. and thanks for your time putting together that video. It was interesting, although not a good portrayal of hunters.

Chad's buck grossed 98 7/8. We had tons of close guesses. The top 5 were all within 3/8 of a inch. Prizes to the top 5 will be either a CW.com tshirt or a free ticket to the ISE show (Feb 24-27). I have four tickets to give away courtesy of Mike (Bowhunter4life). The top 5 should email me with your name and mailing address and prize that you want. Amanda@coueswhitetail.com here are the winners: 111 ultra300mag EBB tbrooks81 izquik72 Thanks to everyone who played and thanks to CJ for sharing his cool buck!

+1 Love using the Jim White head. It's small, lightweight and very sturdy. No problems using it with my 15s or a spotting scope. The bogen 700rc2s are nice as well, but much larger and heavier. If you plan to do a lot of video, this head is probably best for that.

Devinator, thank you for sharing all those great memories. That was very moving and a nice tribute to Mike. And thanks to everyone else who has shared memories of him also.

Awesome! Love seeing the kids getting some fish!

Thanks for letting us know!

I had a great time at the camp too! We had about 16 novice women hunters and 16 mentors plus several husbands that came along as well. We also had about 4 people from the Outdoor Experience 4 All group. We had some great representation from the CouesWhitetail.com family. TJ (TJhunt2) and his wife Peg, Stan (Stanley), Tracy (Gr8whitejr), Ilene (lucky2hunt) and her husband Roger, Chris (SunDevil) and his wife Shannon, Bill (Azslim), Jake (Tines) and his wife and sister were all there. Oh and we had Laurie (Girls Shoot Better) (as a student) and her parents there as well. TJ and his wife came early and set up a great tent complete with cots, rugs, a heater, latern, tables, chairs and water station. This tent was for the ladies who signed up but didn't have any gear for camping. here is a pic of the awesome setup. The first day four ladies got a javelina and ALL four had never killed a big game animal before. One lady was about 64 years old and said hunting was on her "bucket list". She saw the article in the paper at the last minute and signed up! Gerry Perry (retired from AGFD) took her out and let her use his scoped Thompson Contender to shoot a pig! I can tell you Joanne was thrilled!! She kept asking when we were doing another camp! a pic of her and Gerry We had ladies young and older at this camp. It was great to see the mix. I am guessing our own Girls Shoot Better was the youngest. She and her mom are shown sitting at the table in the pic below the cooks. We had some amazing food provided by the AGFD grant and cooked up by the guys from Youth Outdoors Unlimited! a pic of the cooks Meals included chorizo breakfast burritos, gourmet merlot burgers, tacos, amazing ribs, and on Sat night we had a GREAT game tasting. Many of the mentors brought game meat to share and TJ and Peg cooked up some of their famous stuffed doves and stuffed javelina mushroom caps. WOW, that was awesome. We had bear jalapeno summer sausage, oryx, elk, deer, javelina, antelope and more. AZslim actually taught one of the ladies how to make sausage from her javelina right there at camp and we cooked some up to share. So the ladies got to try some of everything. We enjoyed some great chats around the campfire. Temps were in the 30s at night so it was great to have a big fire. Thanks to Ilene and Roger for bringing a load of firewood from Flagstaff!! here is our resident fashionista, Jennifer and OE4A participant Kellie in her PJs at the campfire in the morning Thanks much to the AGFD for funding the camp. Gabe Paz played a big role in our success by providing tons of locations of javelina herds for us. Most of our mentors had not spent time in the 36 units, so this information was invaluable! Thanks to all the great mentors and to the Youth Outdoors Unlimited for cooking for us! It was a great weekend and I know the ladies won't forget it anytime soon. Many thanks to several businesses and groups that helped support this camp: Arizona Game and Fish Department Youth Outdoors Unlimited Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge Crooked Horn Outfitters Sportsman's Warehouse Outdoor Experience 4 All Arizona Outdoor Women Mentors included: Kathy Greene Cindi Richardson Marcy Harris Deb Wesch Ilene Hailey Michelle Crabb Craig McMullen Gabe Paz Steve Paz Mark Frieberg Jake Lindsey Gerry Perry Tracy Boorn Jr Stan Johnsen Tom Joiner

LOL!! Love the pic of Kathy in the port-o-john! that's too funny...I hadn't see that pic yet!

I only recently started hunting other states. So far it's been NM for turkey and Alabama for deer and wild hogs. I will likely hunt turkey in Alabama this spring too. Tags are all over the counter and you can shoot tons of deer and hogs in Alabama. Even the turkey season is set to something like 5 gobblers a season (not that everyone really gets 5, but still it's nice to have a liberal season)! Flights to Alabama from Phx are cheap and direct, so it can be almost cheaper for me to hunt there than NM. Would love to hunt Antelope somewhere, probably WY or CO. That's probably the next thing on my list. Interesting discussion Doug...thanks for starting it.

Did you get a bunch of videos of him moving stuff? It would be fun to string them all together and do in fast motion to see all his handiwork....