CouesWhitetail

Call these folks to get more details on locations and times and such: Contact: John Goodwin at the Flagstaff Regional Office. Phone: (928) 774-5045 or email jgoodwin@azgfd.gov, Clair Harris of the RMEF. Phone (928) 773-0443 or e-mail clair-linda@att.net or Greg Stainton of the AES, Phone: 602-999-5855 or email gstainton3@cox.net.

Thanks to those donating prizes and money so far!! Don't forget that to enter, you have to email Doug. Please follow the instructions so Doug doesn't have a big headache trying to track people down. Making a post in this thread does not enter you in the contest. And please remember the Oct 15 deadline for entering. Here are the instructions again: To register for the contest, send Doug/Red Rabbit a personal message or E-mail by October 15, 2006. Entries received after October 15, 2006 will not be accepted. He will send a confirmation with his address should you wish to donate a piece of hunting equipment to the prize packages. Prize donation is not required, but is appreciated. You may also send a small financial donation to help with shipping of the prizes to the winners. Prize packages, and the number of places, will depend upon the number of prizes donated. To register, your personal message or e-mail to Doug/Red Rabbit must include the following: Name Member name/handle Telephone number E-mail address Mailing/shipping address

I got a sneak preview of a lot of the video for his 2nd Dead on and I was very impressed. Some great bucks and neat video of them. Look how tall that grass is in the pics! Can't wait to see the final production! Amanda

Thanks for info on the elk hunting seminar Pops! If you didn't catch that info at the end of Jim's post, here it is again: AES is putting on an all day seminar on the 19th at the El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium. Some great speakers and vendors will be there and lots of door prizes as well. You can go to the AES web site for more information or call Kathi @ 480-882-9477 for tickets. Glad to have you on the forum Pops. Amanda

If you want to donate through Paypal, just use the Make a Donation button found under the menu on the lefthand margin of each page of the main website (www.coueswhitetail.com You can put in the comments that you want it to go to the contest and I will make sure that happens. Thanks to everyone for donating whatever they can to help make this contest interesting! Sounds like we have some great donations already. Amanda

I have to scroll over to see everything. And I have a big computer screen, so I imagine most people have to scroll. Amanda

I think the search function problem is what is causing problems with forum access. When there are a lot of queries with the search function it seems to lock up the database and make the forum unable to be accessed until the database queries get cleared. I can't clear it myself so I have to get tech support to do it each time. Still trying to find a solution so it won't continue to happen. Amanda

Thanks Bass, great job providing directions!! And yes, it would be nice to get the Coues photos to me first before posting here, but in reality that idea hasn't worked. I am away from home alot and usually people are wanting to post their pics ASAP. So I have backed off that requirement for Coues photos. If you can send them to me first, that's great, if you just can't wait, you can post them here and perhaps also email me the pic so I can post it on the main site. My webhosting company has increased our storage size quite a bit, so it's not as big a concern as it used to be. Amanda

Welcome to the forum Shortpants! Glad you finally got on! and Congratulations on the baby-to-be! Tyler is a great name for a boy and I think Jim is right, Danielle is great for a girl. Amanda

Check out the tripods in the CW.com store: Tripods I just added the new Velbon Sherpas which are replacements for the Velbon EFL3a and 4a. Those are good tripods and quite a bit lighter than Bogen. The sprint pro is even lighter than those.... AZonecam, you don't have to use that ball head on the sprint pro. Buy a different tripod head and put it on there. Or, another thing to do if you like the size of the ball head is to get the Jim White panning attachment that he made just for those kinds of ball heads so you can pan with them easier. It's a nice set-up. You can see those on the link in the beginning of my post. Amanda

Thanks for posting Danny. That's a big one! Amanda

That is definitely the best graffiti I have ever seen carved into a tree. Looks like a carp to me.... Amanda

Did you use that bivy much Doug? How was it? Easy to pitch and stake out? Amanda

Whole grain bagel and a bannana are pretty quick. I just eat bagels plain or you can put cream cheese on them if you want. I get hungry real quick after instant oatmeal, but the bagel works better for me. My husband likes the instant oatmeal better though. So just find what you like. The other thing that is different and quick is fresh fruit in yogurt. Take some blueberries and toss them in a thing of yogurt. Good and good for you! Great in the summer, it's what I have been eating alot of this summer doing field work. Or try jerky for quick and tasty protein, although I am not nearly as manly as Bret and his tabasco sauce jerky cereal!!!! Or try a pemmican bar, those things have lasting energy. I eat them for bfast lots of times while hunting. Easy to pack and full of nutrition. It's not full of sugar and empty carbs like other breakfast bars. here is a link to REI that sells them. I think the fruit and nut one is the best. Pemmican bar Amanda

Becker, Do you use the "View New Posts" button? It will list new posts along with their titles. I think people are pretty good about labelling things so you can tell what's in them without opening the thread. If it says "Kachina Bulls in Velvet" or "awesome elk pics" you don't have to open the thread. The view new posts link is in the upper right side of the forum. If you need help with that, let me know. Amanda

If anyone wants a sticker, just email me amanda@coueswhitetail.com and let me know what color and size you want. The standard large stickers are 30 inches long (like the one Chef posted a pic of) and the smaller ones for a quad are 15 inches, but if you want something in between, it's no trouble. The 30 inch stickers are much more visible than the 15 inch, so you might want to get that one if you are looking for people to notice.... As far as hats go, visit the CW.com bookstore to get hats or the other smaller color stickers also.

Wow, must have been nice to have bull elk in your yard. Looks like they stayed awhile too based on the one laying down! Thanks for posting the pics. Amanda

There is a big 105 inch buck right behind the Circle K on the East end of Globe. Just park your 5th wheel there and you will be good to go!! Gas will be close at hand as well as beer and you probably don't even have to leave the parking lot to glass!!! Hope you have a great hunt! It's my favorite unit, I am jealous! Amanda

What would this forum be without Lark's jokes?? Good one Lark....Hope Bret is laughing too.....

Here is a link to mytopo.com that will give a little kickback to CouesWhitetail.com if you order a map from them. Doesn't cost you anything more, they just give a few bucks back to me. My topo.com link through CouesWhitetail.com Or you can look for the topo banner ad on the very bottom of every page on my main site. And thanks for the compliments Michael!!

I suggest you buy National Geographic's TOPO program. It covers the entire state of AZ on several different scales and is great for printing out maps of whatever areas you want. You can hook up your GPS and upload or download waypoints and then print those on your map. It's a great scouting and hunting tool. click here for more info on Mapping Software Another excellent source is my topo.com. You can custom order any topo map or aerial map and they can print them on waterproof tearproof paper. Great quality. They even started a new service that includes the hunt unit boundaries for many of the Western states, including AZ. This company has great customer service and the maps are really nice. Go to my main page and look for the my topo banner ad on the bottom of the page. If you go there through that ad, then this website gets a small portion back on whatever you purchase. Amanda

Desertbull, I just spoke to Mexafari this morning. They are aware of the problem. Bad timing to get hacked!!!! If someone wants info on Mexafari, you can call Javier - 011-52-662-157-0914 or look in the hunt story section to read about my hunt with Mexafari last year. You can also read some other hunt stories from hunters who went with our sponsoring outfitters. I will have a new hunt story up for Howell wildlife outfitters within the hour also. Amanda

No, it's not too late to get a Mexico tag. I recommend checking into the outfitters that sponsor this website. They have some great Mexico Hunts available. Go to my main webpage and look at the button ads on the right hand side of the page to see the outfitters that help support this website. Click on the buttons to go to their websites and review the information. Amanda

I got a Nov unit 27/28 WT tag and a javelina tag for unit 32 at the same time in Nov.... Amanda

Welcome Switchback! Glad you are here. Switchback is a bow, huh? When I saw the name I immediately thought of all the windy switchback roads I drive, like the one up through Malay Gap and to the Black River...endless switchbacks! Guess you can tell I am not a big bowhunter.... Anyway, welcome and hope you enjoy the forum! Amanda