AzRaised08

That ram is a BEAST! Congrats on the new record and filling a dream tag!

Good luck to you all! Can’t wait to hear about your success out there

I have been wondering the same thing this entire time…

Finally got around to completing my elk antler mount from my first bull back in 2019. I did it myself and feel pretty happy with it, especially since it was my first crack at on. Currently hanging up in my in-laws cabin

That’s awesome! I love the star and stripes engraved on there. I’ll need to hit him up next time I need another plaque for a mount. And I did not make the plaque myself—I bought it online through a carpentry shop someone recommended to me

Super nice write up. Thanks for sharing your story. I admire your grit and determination to fight through the struggles you experienced, and congrats on your elk and great buck!

Yikes that is just bad luck for him….

Super great ram and just awesome you were able to experience it as a family! Congrats to your daughter and everyone involved in the success. What a nice ram! I’m sure you can’t wait to get it back from the taxidermist

45 years is a longggg time haha. But that ram looks like a fighter! Awesome job and congrats

Way to stick with it after so many days of not seeing a thing. That would be disheartening for sure. But man were you rewarded with a GREAT ram! Congratulations on your hunt and thanks for sharing such a nice write up!

Wow that is awesome! Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experience!

Following, would love to know how it went!

Well way to tough out the rough conditions and putting the time in. Hopefully next year you’ll get the chance at a big one that’s still out there

Man that is a GREAT bull! Congrats on getting a beast. What unit if you don’t mind me asking?

Congratulations to your son, and I’m sure it was awesome being able to share that experience of his first elk! Way to go!

My buddy and I have been going back and forth on doing a DIY OTC hunt in January in one of the southern units. Still not entirely sure if we’ll get the chance to do it (I got military duty early in the month and am running the PF Changs in the middle of the month), but after October’s rifle hunt I’ve had a hard time getting Coues out of my head haha. It would be my first archery hunt for deer and am really conflicted on how to best approach it. Just wondering what you guys do and what seems to be the better approach: sitting water or spot and stalk? I appreciate any advice from you seasoned guys!

It seems like based on what people are saying (along with our own preference) we will probably stick with glassing. At least for the first day or two. If we aren’t turning anything up maybe some can choose to sit water and give that a go. But it’s hard sitting for hours and not moving too much haha

What a great buck! And yeah those are some gnarly looking few claws haha

I was able to tag out on a smaller buck on day 3. First Coues hunt and I loved it! I made a thread back in October if you want to read up more on how it all went down https://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/104564-unit-27-late-oct-hunt/

Thanks for sharing your experience! Sounds like you were still able to make some great memories. Thinking of maybe doing a Wyoming Antelope hunt myself sometime soon, and reading your story gets me itching to go

Two great looking mounts! Finally started accumulating points last year so I’m sure it’ll be a nice looonnngg while before getting drawn

Great buck! Sucks that all the equipment kept letting you down, but at least you didn’t have to go home empty-handed. Funny that you used the rangefinder to find him haha

I feel like this is the best of both worlds. I get antsy sitting for hours without moving sometimes haha. We were considering 35B. Still not fully committed to the idea due to the border issues I keep reading about, but it seems like a good unit to hunt in Jan

Spot and stalk definitely is definitely more in line with what I’m used to, and the additional challenge would made for an exciting hunt! But with as dry a winter as they’re predicting, I’m thinking sitting water could be productive

That’s awesome you guys stuck with it and ended up rewarded with the double! Great bucks and congrats on the hunt 😃