CouesWhitetail

Wow!!! Great story. Geez, are we gonna have to work that hard on my hunt with you next month?? Where did you keep your deer while you spent the night out there? I would be a bit nervous sleeping out there with blood on me and deer meat nearby! Thanks for taking the photos, really adds to the story! Did Chris ever get a buck? Amanda

Congratulations on your fine buck! And just an FYI for everyone....if you want your photos posted in the main photogallery, please email them to me with the hunters name, unit, date of kill, shot distance, score if you have it and anything else you think is interesting. amanda@coueswhitetail.com Amanda

Yes, as beautiful as the pictures are, they don't really capture the grandeur of the place. If you get a chance to go.....take it! Amanda

Cute pic of your daughter glassing! And yes, coues and mulies can hang around together. But perhaps it was just an adult WT doe and a yearling WT...? Amanda

Great sighting! Amanda

Awesome! Hope you get a coues too! Amanda

Great report, that's pretty funny! Love hearing about guys taking their kids hunting! Hope your 9 yr old enjoys the hunt with you! Amanda

Great pics and what a cool rock to find! Nice photo of the pigs too and glad to hear they are reproducing well this year. Hope you find that 100 incher soon! Amanda

Wow, that thing is amazing! Great mass! I love it when they carry the mass way up into the tines. Amanda

Awesome!! Thanks for letting us share all the excitment and congrats to your dad on his wonderful buck! Great photos and thanks for the habitat shot with the arrows showing where they were. Cool... Want me to post the pics in the main photogallery? If so, tell me your dad's name so I can put that in. You can PM me if you want. Amanda

Yes, it's definitely a jaw-dropping kind of beauty up there. I just kept saying "Wow" everytime I looked somewhere. It was amazing and made me want to move there. Water and wildlife everywhere! I would love to get to Homer sometime and the Kenai and the artic circle. Everything in Alaska is so much larger than life it seems. Amanda

nice cinnamon color! Amanda

Congratulations! Nice deer and nice photos! Amanda

It looks like there is no screening for the front door? Is that right? If so, then you can't have ventilation through the front door and prevent mosquitoes and other bugs from coming in at night? Amanda

Love that golden morning light. I am betting you will really like having a digital camera! Amanda

Enjoy your hunt and take pictures to bring back for us!! Hope you find ways to lighten your pack! Amanda

Some great ideas here.... I love hunting alone for many of the same reasons as desertbull mentioned, but I also enjoy some company at times. When I have killed bucks by myself, I try and wait to shoot it in an area where I am less likely to loose sight of him after the shot. Of course you can't always wait until it's all just right, but if you have the option, choose your shot to happen when you have the best odds of seeing where he goes afterward. One time I had watched a doe and a buck for many hours during a very windy and cold day. I was on the exposed side of a slope facing them. They were out of the wind and staying bedded most of the day. So I waited, shivering on the slope. When I finally got my shot, the buck was a few steps away from thick brush. After I shot him, I wasn't sure where he went. But the doe stayed there and was looking toward him. I eventually could see a bit of a leg sticking out of the brush. But it just of easily could have happened that I wouldn't have been able to see him laying there. So in that case, I would have waited an hour or more with my gun at the ready at all times in case he came out of the brush. That is what I had to do on my Mexico hunt this past year. I shot the buck, he disappeared into the brush and we couldn't see him fall. But he never came out. I waited over an hour to make sure he wouldn't make a run for it. In that case I had the guide as a spotter, but it made no difference because we couldn't see him in the thick brush anyway. Marking the spot where he was when you shot and your shooting location is great advice. I like the idea of pointing the optics (binos or scope) at the location so you can essentially take a back bearing to see if you are on the right track. Remember, most archers hunt alone and end up following all the same practices as we are talking about, it's just on a smaller scale due to the shorter shot distances. Amanda

Chris, Glad you have found a forum that meets your needs. AZOD is a great place with some excellent folks. I suggest you put your posting energy there since you are always so unhappy here. Vaya Con Dios! Amanda

It is a great video and I love the music! And the little skit you did was pretty funny! Thanks for sending it! Amanda

Nice pic Marlon, hope you are enjoying it since you have to be up there in it! VegasJeep, your 28 inch sticker is on order. And also, who has a white jeep in Tucson? My friend saw a jeep with a CouesWhitetail.com sticker Oracle and Ina ( or maybe orange grove) early this past week. Amanda

Thanks for posting the pics and story. Great to see the smile on his face!! Amanda

I was hoping you would see that didn't take you long as I only changed it recently..... he has such a great smile and I thought it a good photo to put up since ADA youth camp time is coming up. Amanda

Great! Glad you guys are out there spreading the CouesWhitetail.com name. I think we are all waiting for az4life to post a pic of a blizzard out there in WY. Hope you are enjoying it so far. Amanda

I don't have a problem with a coues myspace group. I do have a problem with use of Bob Campbell's photo (unless you have permission directly from him to use it). If you want another photo you can use, let me know. Amanda

Thanks for the info on the tent. Have you had that tent out in a windstorm yet? Looks like it might not take wind well. Amanda