CB1

Great pictures, what an awesome buck, kinda looks like 6a???

My son cole drew a 33 oct. tag, my wife got nothing and i drew tag #3 for the 13b deer hunt...got my hands full.CB1

Buster, unfortunately for you this site and forum members adher to a higher standard than you're used to, don't waste any more time here. My concern is the quality of legal counsel the state has available to it, i'm afraid in such a short amount of time to react the out come will not be as well thought out as it could be with more time. Don't know, maybe they've been prepared for this day for awhile and have a plan. Hunting is becoming a rich man's sport, these decisions are far reaching,....i don't know...i'm just frustrated...CB1

Always wanted to go in there, just bought 2 mules maybe try and ride in and check it out this winter...josh can't you come in from the 21 side and cross the river?

Yep, my son drew the youth burro mtn. hunt, my wife drew an antelope tag, and i drew a 16a rifle elk tag for the first hunt, be interested in info. on any good guides, for the elk hunt. All non res. unguided applications...pure luck,first time we have been drawn for anything in new mex. in 10 years..when it rains it pours..BH..

I put in for 3a/3c archery, 6a muzzleloader bull elk..13b and 33 late whitetail for deer, 9 and 10 antelope, and 31/32, 39 for sheep..My son put in for 32 juniors hunt, 33 oct. whitetail. early bull in 3a/3c, cow in 10, 10 and 7 for antelope, 22 and 12b for sheep...CB1

Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys apply using the internet system and how many still go the conventional paper envelope route. I use the internet. CB1

Amanda, thanks you for posting the pictures, i feel like i should be contributing more to this site, and i'll try harder in the future, you've done a great thing here with this site. Ernesto, thanks for the mucho blessings, but i am truly blessed by my children and wife,but a little extra can't hurt. Coues Addict, you'r as worthy as me or anyone else,i have harvested several coues deer, but truly wanted a crack at some unspoiled country and deer and i got lucky. Alan, Brad was great. I need it to be known that i would not have known about this ranch or Brad Fulk if it were'nt for Vince Watts, he turned me on to Brad and i followed up on the lead and committed after talking to Brad for awhile, and this was one of the times where everything i was told was true, and it worked out like a dream. I mean i know we all sit and dream about situations like this or about being in some remote area and glassing up a 130 buck, or a 420 bull, 250 non typical mulie, but it can and does happen, so i keep dream'in and tryin. I don't consider myself to be a great coues hunter, i'm definetly a work in progress and will be for the rest of my life, mostly because i don't have the time to be great, i love these deer and the country they live in and i will continue to hunt the as long as possible. Guys like Vince Watts, Larry Knipp, Dan King, Jim Reynolds, Larry Kindred, and many more i don't even know about are my bench mark, they consistenly harvest great bucks any time of year, year in year out....i got a long, long way to go. The year that i went on the hunt i could afford to go, but it was a stretch...so i decided to go, as i might not be able to get another chance, i could'nt afford to do it right now, some i'm glad i did it. Coues Addict, e-mail me with your name and address and i'll go buy you a copy of trophy hunter and send it to you, and you can subscribe...heidi.horchler@cox.net....BH

Great Amanda thanks...yea the big 3 point on the last page of that article is truly spectacular... i spent the first day of my hunt trying to get him, brad actually spotted him on the first morning standing on a wide open hillside chest deep in prickly pear, he gaves us a good look at him for about 3 or 4 minuets and then dove into a mesquite thicket, he was about 700 yards away, i never saw him come out of that thicket so i stayed there all day, got sunburned and never saw him again...we agreed that year his G-2's were over 12", and i think when he was killed the next year they were close to 13... i saw 4 different bucks including mine that would have made the book in 4 days...we saw 175 deer over 50% bucks between our 2 groups the first day..BH

Coues Addict, I don't have the ability to post the pictures on net....Look in the current issue of trophy hunter, just came out last week or something, and you can see the pic's..BH

Well, unbelievably i have had this senario played-out for me. My first trip to mexico a couple of years ago, i went with brad fulk to sonora to a ranch that had not been hunted in a long time....and i believed that, so i bought 2 tags...on the 3rd day we went into an area where one of the other guys in the group had just harvested a 130" buck the day before, we glassed up a non-typical buck under an oak tree 700 yards away and made a stalk on him. The buck dropped into a heavily wooded rough little canyon to bed and we could'nt find him, did not want to blow him out, so we waited and continued glassing, an hour or so later i glassed up a bedded buck 400 to 500 yards straight accross from us on top of a ridge, he looked average, i glassed around him and to his left about 75 yards feeding under an oak i saw a 3 point that i thought would go 110. He moved off down the ridge and we lost sight of him, decided to go after him since the non-typ. had'nt shown, but we did know he was even larger. We bee lined it towards the last spot we saw the 3 point and brad eventually found him bedded on the side of the ridge down canyon 1/4 mile from where we had last seen him..we closed distance and checked him out w/spotting scope, he was facing away from us, i liked him, the he turned his head and exposed a 4inch drop tine off the middle of left main beam, i shot him in his bed at 325 yards.The next day we went back looking for the big non-typical, before light we were in, could'nt locate him, so we split up after an hour or so i started moving back to where i had last seen brad which was in a saddle, as i approched the saddle, i caught movement down canyon, it was a buck unsure if it was the same big buck i took a quick look with my 15's which i quickly had set up, seeing he was more than big enough and not caring whether he was the exact same buck, when he stopped for a second to take a listen, i dropped him between the shoulder blades at 365 yards, he turned out to be the big non-typical, he's a non-typical 4x4 with 20" main beams and good mass, gross scored 127 and change. The 3 point with drop tine scored 116 and change..please don't hate me it was an absolute dream come true..have been hunting coues for many many years before going to mexicon and have been smoked by them many times..i have hesitated to tell this story before becasue i really am not into bragging or talking about my individual success, but brad fulk junst publishe an article on our hunt in this months trophy hunter mag. i did'nt even know he wrote story until i got my copy and was reading in bed that nite..anyway i was walking around in shock for a year easyily after that ....CB1....Bob Horchler

Gawd Dang, forget my last post amanda, i did'nt see the video of the big buck before i posted that...great video, thank you ....sorry, i would waited on him too...Big buck, Big buck,.....BH

Great story and video, thank you amanda....hopefully you'll get to go again, just a matter of time before you connect..sounds like your on the right ranch, that seems to be the hard part anymore, finding a good ranch and honest outfitter, worth the trip, isn't it?! I looked at more coues bucks in one week in mexico than i did in several years here in az. In the several trips i got to take to mexico i saw several hundred deer, invaluable coues expierence....highly recommended...cool story...thanks again...BH...P.S...pretty strong passing on a 108, i would have hammered him...i know, i know, the big one was right there somewhere.......

Josh, BH are my initials, Bob Horchler....anyway i apply for that unit for elk every year and was just curious....i know your very familiar with it,don't get to spend as much time out as you, if i ever get the tag i'd like to be able to call you...thanks,...BH

Good job Josh, you get to spend alot of time, out there....i'm jealous....have you seen any good bull's while looking for the whitetail, there?....BH

Awesome, can't wait....116...archery? Love it.

Amanda, awesome story...thank you...congrats on the buck...sounds like a great hunt...are going on a hunt in mexico this year as well? Would you be willing to share where you saw the lions, i'd love to go after them...my e-mail is heidi.horchler@cox.net...thanks, BH....My wife and i were whitetail hunting in unit 22 in 3-bar one dec. and had a full grown male and female displaying the same behavior...missed a shot at 425 yards at the male, hit right at his feet anyway it was a thrill...thanks again....

Something i'd like to accomplish someday...i don't care how big a buck is with bow...that's a great job..congrats..BH

Hey Allen, thanks for the report,were there any coues deer hunters in camp......i have 3 friends down there right now, i'll give report when they get back this weekend...know anyone else hunting down there right now?..Didn't Amanda go this last week as well....thanks.

Thank's for the reply, pro and amanda...just love to hear about those toads..20 inch spread....look forward to seeing a picture....BH

Heard and saw the pictures on the one...do you know the story on the other 120 buck.....BH

AZ. Guide, do you know thier web site address, i tried couescrazy.com did'nt work?Thanks for the e-mail...CB1

Arizona Guide, what part of the state are you in, i could use some bathroom renovation, were in phx.BH

Brian, just wanted to say hi..had a great time with you when we did the bear hunt...like to do more hunting with you in the future...we know some of the same people...i hear reports about your hunts every now and then sounds like your doing great...my e-mail is heidi.horchler@cox.net.. Bob H

Wow, thats quite a story...thank you for taking the time to write that out..i've been to mexico 4 times deer hunting and never had any problems with anything and outside of my first trip with an american outfitter we have been doing the other trips our selves through a mexican outfitter...i'd go to mexico every year if i could....those guys really ripped you off, need to put them out of business.BH