CouesWhitetail

Wow, great looking buck! Email me the photos with your name and info on the hunt so I can post them in the photogallery. amanda@coueswhitetail.com Congratulations! and nice photos! Amanda

Wow, neat experience with a buck walking by at 8 ft! Must have been great! Amanda

Great pics as usual Scottyboy!! Amanda

For those of you that don't know Doug, he is with CameraLand, one of our sponsors. They sell cameras and optics at good prices and provide excellent service. This testing program is another example of how CameraLand values it's customers. Please make sure you give honest reviews and return the equipment according to the simple rules Doug has for this program. I think is a great added feature for members of this forum. Thank you Doug. Amanda

Congratulations!! And how great to hear that Christian was such a big help! I love to see forum members helping other hunters be successful! Amanda

Nice! Don't forget, if you guys want photos posted in the main photogallery, email the pics and hunter info to me. That way they get in the photogallery too and not just the forum. amanda@coueswhitetail.com Amanda

I am not sure but I think perhaps it's because your photos are BMP's rather than jpegs. Can you save them as jpg and retry? Amanda

The Dec hunt is a bit early to hit peak of the rut, but you do usually see at least some rutting activity. In my opinion, that Dec hunt is so popular because of the cooler weather, longer hunt, lower hunt density and bucks are generally more visible because they are usually searching for does. Amanda

I also put that buck in the 2nd annual coues deer celebration video. For those of you that haven't seen the video yet, it's the second one listed on the video clip page. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/video_clips.htm Amanda

Nice buck Sam, congratulations! Amanda

Nice finds! Amanda

Great story! Congrats Danny and Alex!! Wow, nice job. Thanks for all the pics and hopefully your daughter forgives you for your greediness...... Amanda

Wow, great pics! Thanks for taking us along with you! Amanda

Beetles are best of course. I have boiled several and javelina tend to turn real greasy when boiled. it's like there is fat in their jawbones that leaks out over time and soils the bone with grease. I usually think they look fine when I have boiled them, but over time you will see the grease show discoloration on the jaw bone. So I have been shying away from boiling javi skulls. The last one I did I just put in a 5 gallon bucket with enough water to cover it and let it sit for months. I forget the exact term for this type of skull cleaning, but it works really well, it just takes a long time and smells. But if you have a shed or up on the roof or somewhere you can put it so you don't have to think about it or smell then it's a great method. Takes almost no effort and your skull comes out perfect. www.taxidermy.net is where I learned about doing them this way. Amanda

Nice job Neo! I think javelina meat is good eating. Just don't contaminate the meat with the scent gland. The gland comes off with the hide when you skin it, you don't have to do anything special with it. one of my favorites recipes was just marinated javelina backstrap cooked over the grill. It was wonderful. I think we marinated it with Lawry's Citrus grill marinade. It was perfect for it. Javelina is also good barbequed or in the crockpot or lots of people use it for tamale meat. I have made some excellent jerky with it also. Amanda

Happy New Year everyone! Amanda

I remember seeing that mount with the cactus, that's a cool one....very elegant! Dan Bishop is also one of our sponsors here. He advertises his outfitting business (Cola Blanca Outfitters), but you can find info on his taxidermy work on that website also. Amanda

You can check out the work of one of our sponsors, Mogollon Taxidermy. He has some very nice fullsize coues mounts on his website as well as shoulder mount photos. here is the link. http://www.mogollontaxidermy.com/index.html And here is a photo of a really nice one that was recently mounted by a Mexican taxidermist for one of the sponsors on this site (Rancho Durangueno). I think it's excellent.

Awesome! Nice teamwork guys! Amanda

Nice job Josh!! And man, can you get a new avatar? I hate looking at that one! When was that pic taken????? Amanda

We got a little snow in 24a too and the following day (12/29) I went out glassing to see if bucks were harassing does yet. I watched three groups of does and two of them had bucks pushing them around. One was a nice wide buck, but the pics I took of him don't show much detail. he was a mile and a half away. Anyway, the deer were pretty active and showing some good signs of the rut. here are a few scenic pics to show the snow and one digiscoped pic of a doe.

Coues bucks were with does and chasing them a little this morning in 24a. So the rut is picking up a little. Amanda

You can buy the panning attachment here at the CW.com store. It really is a great addition to a pistol grip head. It makes for smooth panning and reduces the amount of fatigue from the pistol grip since you won't have to grip to make it pan. Amanda

I find the pistol grip can get fatiguing when you use it for awhile. But many people don't. I use Jim White's tripod head and really like it. It's fairly lightweight, small and stable. You can check out that tripod head and others in the CW.com store. here is the link: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/tripods_adaptor.htm Amanda

Ron, I am an official measurer, but I live in Globe. You might do better to get someone closer to you. As to how much lead time you need to get it scored, it depends on each measurer's schedule. You might get lucky and find someone is available or you might have to wait awhile. I get into PHX area occassionally and might be able to score it, but it's harder to get an appt with me since I don't live there. Amanda