Coues Sniper

It's a buck I shot in Mexico a few years ago. I love it because of it's giant eyegaurds, main beams that almost touch, big g2s and it's great dark color, but surprisingly it only scores a little over a 100. It's got a narrow spread. You can read the full hunt story here: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/hunt_stories/akm_mex_07.htm Amanda I remember that now. I agree he looks bigger than a touch over 100, but who cares when he looks like that. He looks like a smaller version of the #2 typical...

Sweet buck . Before my hunting days are over, I'm going to kill a 2 point Coues deer that grosses over 100". Love big 2 points. Not to hijack, but does anyone know what the biggest 2 point Coues deer scored?

Amanda, that buck is dope. Story?

If you're looking to stick with mechanicals, Spitfires are hard to beat. They work great for me.

Happy belated birthday Jim . Hey how about a side view of that buck you killed? Love that mass. Congrats on an awesome buck.

This has been my experience with full moons. Deer will get up about a couple hours before sundown, just for a short while, and then bed down again through darkness.

My wife was getting the mail this evening when she told me to come out and look at these "cool birds" that were roosting in our entryway. I came out and saw what looks to me like a couple Arizona Woodpeckers, but I didn't think we had them here (Vegas). Couple places I looked up on Google didn't think so either. Our entry way is pretty tall which makes them look smaller than they are, they're a bit smaller than a pigeon. Are they something else, or did these two just get really lost? I told her you guys would have this figured in about 10 minutes Thanks Kevin

Congrats on a nice buck. Sorry about being friends with Todd though, thats a bummer . Tell him the Kearneys said hello.

If I'm connecting the dots here, and I'm pretty sure I am, I got a copy of 308nut's program from him on longrangehunting (he goes by a different handle there) and it's pretty slick. It even calcs the spindrift which a lot of programs don't. And his is free . Thanks for the help and imput 308, it's appreciated.

That's awesome!

Aha. Never even heard of a Flicker. I had seen birds that lookd like that in AZ and Mexico and always thought they were Arizona Woodpeckers. I had never seen them here around Vegas (not much of any wildlife close by really ) Maybe I've been seeing these Flickers down south the whole time . Thanks guys.

What a cool deer. Easy for me to say, but let that dude grow

I beleive it is. I have seen this on most other forums. It's only 30 seconds

That's a good point DB. I think the Kestral helps you though to learn to read the winds downrange. A good exercise is to try to guess the wind where you are at by reading how the grass blows or how much a tree moves and then pulling out the Kestral to see what it actually is. Once you start to get a feel for it you can use that info to better judge what the wind across the canyon is doing. You can also use low clouds or foggy mornings to see how the wind reacts to draws and ridges and save that info for later use and try to better judge how far one wind direction is acting on the bullet and when it changes, etc. I believe the article Doug posted goes into all that info much better than I ever could. Those DVD's Mr. Carlock puts out are very good also. Another good thing to do is to practice shooting during the spring and summer in an area you actually plan to hunt that fall. Say you know of a buck that likes a certain ridge. You can set up where you might likely be shooting from and bust a few rocks where you think he may come out. It's great practice that gets you out in your area, helps you to know how to read the wind in that spot, and if he does happen to come out where you think he could, you've already (hopefully ) made that shot which gives you a ton of confidence.

Thanks Doug, great article and cool website! LRH.com us a great place to learn about longrange shooting. That article from Carlock is only the tip of the iceberg .

congrats on an amazing deer Scott, you earned him

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Your brothers buck is awesome . (you're a better man than me by the way, it would have been that buck or bust for me )That mass is insane, love that velvet pic. Congrats!

Sweet is right, nice buck

+1. Congrats on a stud of a buck

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20 yards??? The kid has the stalking part down Congrats on a great buck.

Tell him Congrats! Lookin forward to more pics

HUGE +1

+1 Thats great!! +1 more. Sorry to hear of your loss, congrats on a successful hunt with the youngins.