ndaniel

Wow....congrats

Well it was my last day to hunt at least. First off I want to thank Rob (Basser15) for all of his/your help this weekend. It was a great time and I wish you could have been there to share it, at least the deer camp comedians kept us alive! Thanks again to Ladd, Steve, and Gary for coming out and helping with my hunt, great guys. Day 1: Got to camp at 11:00am, set up and headed to the hills. Nothing until the end of the day when I saw two mule deer does making their way to water. Day 2: Rob and I headed to the same area hoping to find some deer on their way to bed, but ended up glassing and walking without seeing any bucks. Saw two nice water tanks that held some nice bear tracks though. Day 3: Rob had to head back to Phx to catch the football game so I had a group of buddies from school help me out since one of them had tagged out in the same area a week prior. Made our 2 mile hike in the dark to our glassing spot and just as we had enough light to glass Gary spotted 2 bucks about 800 yards away. Gary stayed behind as we made our way to within 330 yards of the bucks. Took us awhile to find them again but when we did I set up and got ready to shoot. Put the crosshairs on him and let it fly. I ended up hitting him in the spine but he dropped right away and began to fall down the hill. After some high fives and a short but steep walk we found my buck underneath the tree. This is my first coues deer hopefully not my last. Enjoy! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/Ndaniel/IMG_1245.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/Ndaniel/IMG_1247.jpg

Really nice buck! Great character...sounds like an exciting hunt

Thanks guys! Lance- My buddies scored him when we got back to camp and he taped out at 85 Ernesto- Had to take the camo shirt off to show off the guns for the pic! lol j/k DGCHAWK- Yeah Steve got my hunt on video, I haven't seen it yet but when I go down to Vista again I will check it out....p.s. check your pm's

Thanks! And thanks for the help with the pics lol!

I would like to use a larger caliber but I am limited as I do not own one, borrowing a buddies. Thought that I would have owned one by now but things didn't pan out that way. I'm an archery addict so this rifle stuff is somewhat new to me...thanks again guys Lance-I'll be down in 35b for my hunt this weekend

Just curious what you all think is the lightest caliber to hunt with for coues? I have my hunt coming up this weekend and will be using a buddy's .243 Thanks for any info

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good ballistics website? I've checked out chuckhawks.com but are there any other good ones out there?

Are there any ranges in Tucson where I can get my rifle sighted in? Just went out to Oracle to shoot and had to leave due to quad runners in the area. Appreciate any info... Nate

Thanks for all the replies I appreciate it... Lance-I have the November 10th hunt

Thanks for your info!

Thanks shortpants I'm out today to get it set up

Are there any good networks out there to subscribe to as far as hunting/fishing? Everything that I seem to catch is eastern whitetail hunting or bass fishing. I'd LOVE to see some shows that focus on big game and fishing in the southwest, specifically AZ.

Good luck!

For as much hunting as the Primos guys do, does anyone know if or how often they hunt in AZ? I know they do a lot of elk hunting in Colorado, muleys also but I have never seen a tape where they are in AZ..

I have been hanging around this website for quite some time. I am very impressed with all the hunting information that is here on this board. I have been hunting for 2 years now and took my first game this past january (archery javelina). I was drawn this fall for an archery bull tag in one of the northern units, I have hunted this unit before for cow elk with my bow but was unsuccesful (no surprise there). I was just wondering what methods all of you who have been succesful or unsuccesful with a bull tag use when hunting bulls? Spot and stalk? Calling? Sitting trails? I know that it all depends on how hard the rut is going during that time, but what is your primary method? During my cow hunt I came across a lot of bulls within close range (go figure) so I know the area pretty well. I'm just looking for ADVICE on how you all hunt these beautiful creatures with huge horns. Thanks a lot and this is a great site!

Thanks for all the great information all... Doug-I made the comment about my archery cow hunt just because I know that the success rates in general for that hunt are pretty low. I'm just really nervous about having this tag, and I think that gets relayed as low confidence. I am taking everyones advice on this board though and I appreciate it. Lots of good info over here... I'm glad that this hunt is pushed back a bit as last year there was minimal talking if any where I was hunting. I spent a couple weeks prior to the hunt scouting and didn't hear them talking too much then either.

Thanks...I do have the hoochie mama call, I was also looking into some of the mouth calls as they seem to be a little more conveniant.. Thanks Travis...I had some minor experience on my cow hunt last year...walked by a raghorn with a buddy and we were able to call him into about 30 yards with the hoochie mama....it was pretty neat

Thanks for the info....you mentioned not trying to call the bull to me...I have heard that another method is to use a bugle to locate a bull, and then move towards them, is this a good option?