CouesWhitetail

Hi All, Are you looking for a Christmas gift for your hunting friends? Or maybe you want to drop a hint to your spouse so they get you something you want? There are lots of great items in the CouesWhitetail.com store. Tripods, tshirts, hats, stickers, DVDs, and books. We even have Coues deer Christmas cards! (click on that link to go to the store) I just added a couple new DVDs (on elk hunting, not coues) to the store. The folks who make the Extreme Coues DVD also make Extreme Bulls DVDs. Check them out! I hope to be carrying King's Shadow camo and Truesage camo soon. So if you are in the market for camoflauge, you should be able to get it through CouesWhitetail.com soon. Amanda

Nice!! Amanda

Hi Guys, I added a couple promotional clips to the page where I sell DVDs. They are from Extreme Bulls 3 and 4. There really is a lot of great footage. And our own Jim Mullins is guiding in a segment in one of the videos (Extreme Bulls 3 if I remember right (he is in promo clip)). http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/hunting_videos.htm Amanda

Thanks guys! I am making my first batch of chorizo right now. Frying up a test patty as I type this. Amadna

Thanks Neo, I think I wil mix my own, but I might still want to check out that shop. Where is it in Tucson? Amanda

Wow, talk about a shocker! Good thing the lion seemed as spooked as the lady did! Amanda

Thanks for the advice. I am debating the merits of Hog casings vs. collagen casings (made from cow skin). Sounds like the collagens are more uniform, a bit stronger and easier to use. Do you freeze your sausage stuffed in hog casings or do those type of casings not hold up to freezing well? I have read they can get real weak after freezing. Have you tried collagen casings? Amanda

Call Ron Sega. I hear very good things about his gunsmithing abilities. And please make sure you heard about him here on CouesWhitetail.com. If you go to his store, you can also see the leupold scope and range finder that he and Leupold are donating to our Coues Buck Contest. here is the text from a previous post about him. Hi All, When we announced the Coues buck contest and prizes, I mentioned that Ron Sega of AZ Guns Etc in Chandler was making a donation to the contest (Leupold rifle scope and range finder). In addition to that, he was offering all CouesWhitetail.com members a 12% discount on all accessories as well as $25 off any guns purchased at his store. Has anyone taking a trip to his store? What did you think? Did you get anything? I would really like to see some members benefitting from this offer and also to see Ron get some business after making such a generous donation to the contest. Ron provides some great service with customizing guns as well as just about anything you need for your guns. Ron has been in business for 20 years in Chandler, AZ (near Alma School and Warner). Go visit his store and see what he can do for you! give him a call, he is easy to talk to. 480-963-4311 Or visit his website: http://www.azgunsetc.net/home_.html I think he must have more stuff in his store than is listed on his website, so if you don't see what you want online, give him a call and see if he has it in stock or can get it for you. Amanda

You can find their link on the links page for this site. The sites are listed in alphabetical order, look for san carlos recreation and wildlife dept. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/advertisers_...links/links.htm Amanda

Awesome! This is a neat that we get to watch the progress! Amanda

That's awesome Neo! Amanda

Wow....that's just very cool. Hey Scottyboy, how are the landowner access issues up there? Seems like you are just running all over up there with no problems. Plenty of places that allow hunting? Amanda

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a great holiday season and I wish the best for you and your families. I thought maybe we could start a thread posting family christmas photos if you have them. We recently took the dogs to a fundraiser where they were taking photos with santa or a christmas tree and donating money raised to the local animal shelter. Here is the pic with our old dog (Molly next to me) and our new young dog (Julie next to my husband). Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Let's see some more family photos! Amanda

Go get 'em Tommy! Amanda

Matt is right, just keep calling. And I would try and get the info from more than one person, because like you said you get different answers from different people. The other idea is to pay a tribal guide to go there and stand in line and buy you a permit. Hey, Matt, where is your sheep pic in your avatar from? Looks like he is coming out of a water catchment? Amanda

Congratulations! That's a real nice setup. I am sure you will love it! You will have to digiscope some pics of deer thru your new binos and post the pics. Amanda

Carp is just a name for mule deer that is used by Whitetail hunters to be a bit snobby and elitist about our love for the amazing Coues deer. I don't know if it's because carp are not considered desireable fish (although in Europe they are highly-prized and the equivalent of our trout in terms of popularity) or if because carp are bottom feeders. I assume it refers to the less-desirable aspect. Anyway, someone here (Coueshunter, I think) once said it's just the same old "Ford vs Chevy" way of poking fun and being competitive. here is a bumper sticker I made up long ago. It still cracks me up!! Amanda

Wow younghunter, that is quite an accomplishment. I don't keep track, but have often wished I did. Maybe this year. I actually have been thinking that I wanted to set a goal of spending at least 150 nights a year camping out somewhere. So daytrips going scouting or hunting wouldn't count on that goal. I think would be a tough goal to meet. Since I am a biologist though and I am doing tons of fieldwork and hunting, I might actually be already close to that. Not sure. Amanda

hehehehe....Scottyboy....Nice tree! I saw that photo going around the internet recently. It's a good one! Amanda

He was from AZ. Amanda

Nice collection and decorations Desertsheep! Amanda

Yes, I saw the article. (It wasn't really so much about the lead ban in CA and the SCI opposition to it, it was more about the voluntary lead reduction efforts by hunters and AGFD up on the Kaibab). Glad to hear that they feel they are getting 80-85% compliance. I am not sure why we can't get closer to 100% though. It still irritates me that I saw a hunter on the Kaibab leave a gut pile out there after having shot up the liver with a lead bullet. He had driven his truck right to the dead deer, had a bag that AGFD had given him for the gut pile, and yet still chose to leave the gut pile behind. He said he would go get the gut pile later, but when it became obvious he wasn't going to and when I saw a condor near the carcass, I went with some friends and picked it up ourselves, but there had already been a condor on it and the liver was gone. AGFD even offered a chance for a $500 Cabela's gift certificate if you brought in a gut pile. So how much easier can AGFD make it for voluntary compliance? They give you free non-lead ammunition and if you don't use that, they give a bag to carry the gut pile out in and also a chance to win a bunch of stuff if you turn in the gut pile. And if you happen to be too far into the woods to feel like packing a gut pile out, all you have to do is bury it. Amanda

Good one Bill! And I am with Coosefan....I always enjoy Josh's crazy words. Makes you wonder how his brain works to come up with those! hehehehe Amanda

Hey, instead of waterproof hunting boots, you can go with bread bags over your feet and then stuffed into your shoes. That's what we did in Mexico one year! hehehe, it will match your hefty bag ensemble. I have the cabela's MT050 and found it works quite well. I did like Brian did and went out during and after a snowstorm and layed around in it to see if it worked. Kept me nice and warm and dry. But I do find them to be bigger than I like to carry around in my pack. So they tend to stay at camp more often than if I had some lighter rain gear. Amanda

Great-looking buck! And thanks for finally "coming out the closet"! Amanda