CouesWhitetail

Jeff, I think you should see it in the sent folder. Why don't you send me a test PM and I will let you know if I receive it. Amanda

Awesome! I am glad you found someone who knows him. Nice to know this forum works so well getting people together. Amanda

Good luck Tommy and let us know how you do! Amanda

Great buck and great post Scott! Thanks for taking the time to share all of it with us!! Amanda

Great post Lark. Amanda

Jamaro and Treestandman.... if you can't be civil, don't post on this forum. I have deleted the posts that were personal attacks on each other. Please don't resort to name calling. And thank you Chef for stepping in. I very much appreciate it. Amanda

Are you Scott Weiss? If so, then I never received any email from you other than your order. And I emailed you on the 28th to let you know that your order would go out that day or the 29th. Did you not recieve that email? Your order should be there by the end of the week. You don't see the Vic 550 on the site anymore because that tripod has been discontinued. Let me know if you have any other questions. You can email me directly or post here if you want. Amanda

Josh, I assume you are joking with that question....but for those who might not know, the Pope and Young recordbook only recognizes animals harvested with a bow. Boone and Crockett accepts trophies taken with pretty much any legal hunting method. However, B&C doesn't allow for antlers with velvet on them. the velvet has to be removed at least enough so that it doesn't interfere with the measurements. The entry requirements are generally lower for P&Y than for B&C due to the difficulty of getting a trophy with archery equipment. If you take your trophy with a muzzleloader you can enter it in B&C if it meets the minimums or you can put it in the muzzleloader recordbook maintained by the Longhunter Society (National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association). All this info is on that how to score page and recordbook page of my website. Along with links to some of the different organizations. Amanda

R-100 is a choice unit! You should have a great hunt. I love that area. And I agree with what Treestandman said...it depends on how hard it's raining. Let us know how you do! Amanda

Thanks for the suggestion. I will do that. Amanda

You can also view the scoring info page I have on this website by going to the How To Score Coues deer page If the deer actually has seperate main beams (meaning they actually come out of the head seperately) it is considered a freak and not scoreable under Boone and Crockett. (Pope and Young will accept them if taken by a bow) However, most deer, just have branches that come off the main beam, not truly seperate main beams. (like the one in the recent guess the score contest) To measure a buck like that you just have to decide which is the actual main beam and then the rest are just non-typical points. Then the four circumferences are taken on what is decided to be the main beam. Amanda

Wow, today's a big birthday day! Have a great one! Amanda

Just posted 5 full pages of new Coues photos from Joe and Marisa Cerreta. Check them out. They are pages 5-9 in the Cerreta collection. Cerreta photo collection those of you that live in the Valley should stop by the Cerreta candy company if you get a chance and thank Joe for letting us post his images. Their store is in Glendale. here is a link to their website: Cerreta Candy Amanda

If I thought a buck I hit had died and I just couldn't find it, I wouldn't hunt anymore. I did that on a javelina hunt I had once. I arrowed the javelina with what seemed to be a fatal shot, but we never found him after a few days of searching. But I was pretty sure it was fatal, so I just considered my tag filled and stopped hunting. I hope other hunters would do the same. I suppose there are times when someone hits an animal but they think it's not a fatal shot. That's a different scenario than the one you described. Amanda

Great photos Scott, what an awesome buck! Am I going to get to post pics of the happy hunter???? Amanda

Wow Mark, awesome! It's a shame you lost that spike though. Hopefully he will recover. Can't believe you got several chances at that buck! You must have had that stand in a great spot. Amanda

Congrats to your uncle! Hey, standman, if you want to show a photo that is posted somewhere on the internet, use the IMG button (stands for image). Click on the button when you get to the area where you want the photo to appear, then paste in the link. If you do that the photo should show up without people having to click on the link. Amanda

RabidApache, Welcome and Congratulations on your Coues deer. You can email the pics if you have any and I will post them for you. Please include any info about the hunt with the photo too. Amanda

Josh, use the IMG button and cut and paste the link into there. Then the image will show without them having to click on a link. And one of those links had too many http's in it, which is why it didn't work when you click on it. Anyway, here are the photos. They are beautiful, nice composition Josh! And great buck! Amanda

I just posted John's story today along with photos. It is in the rifle section and in the hunt story section. Here is a link to the hunt story section with his story: Hunt Story Here are the photos in case you don't want to go to that link: Congrats! Amanda

Sorry for all your misfortune. I hope your hand heals up well and you have a great Christmas! Amanda

We covered this topic pretty good last year. you can always conduct a search for previous posts about a subject using the search function on this board. make sure you click the settings to search the whole board and not just one topic (like rifle hunting, biology, etc). Here is a link to a thread with a lot of info on scrape hunting from last year: Scrape hunting thread Amanda

Allen, The San Carlos Rec. and Wildlife office sells a reservation wide map that is good. It shows most of the roads with the road numbers on them. I use that map to navigate around generally and then use topos from Natl Geo Topo program. But those tend to be out of date for the reservation. Many of them are only current up to 1966. So although the topos will show the lay of the land well, the roads will vary. And the rez map has more of the current roads on it. So I think it's best to have both. Have him try between Mt Turnbull and the southern edge of Unit DE. And the suggestion of hiring a guide is a good one since you can't scout it out. And the hunter orange requirement came about because of two fatal hunting accidents there this year. They were both during tribal member hunts. Amanda

Thanks Ernesto! Hope everyone has a great Christmas! Amanda

Ok I am all excited because I got a "new" jeep cherokee. It's new to me, but quite used actually. It's got 56K miles on it. Which is about 220,000 less than my old black jeep so it seems like spring chicken to me!! I have beat up my poor old jeep which I have had for 15 years. It's gotten me into and out of every place imaginable. Great trusty rig, but it's losing some of it's power and the rear main seal is leaking oil quite a bit. And the ceiling liner is loose. So I figured it's time to get a new vehicle. The new one has AIR CONDITIONING which is going to be a real treat for me. I have been living without it forever. Power door locks, keyless entry, power windows, airbags. But it doesn't have ABS brakes, which I think is great!! I hate ABS brakes on dirt roads. Anyone else agree with that?? I just can't stand not having absolute control of the vehicle. Anyway, I am posting some pics of my new rig. Anyone else drive a jeep out there? I just love it. I know most of you guys are into pickups and monster vehicles, but I like the smaller size of the cherokee and the fact that I can keep all my gear clean and dry in it (unlike an open bed truck). And the thing is tough as can be. I am not sure what I will do with my old vehicle. It's been such a great car that I am having a hard time with the idea of selling it. But I don't need two of them. You guys ever get emotionally attached to a vehicle? Amanda