hswenson@cox.net

Well Done! Congratulations! Looking forward to the upcoming '23 season! Coues & Mearns hunting! Life's good at 6,500' +

Any Coues buck is a trophy, and boy do they taste good! Mine was 114 7/8 " What a memory! Once we got to 7,000' +, the hunt was nice. Getting there wasn't. We were in the Santa Rita's. I was hunting Mearns quail one day and met a AZGFD warden, he was on horse back. This was in the 90's. There were Mearns EVERYWHERE! It wasn't popular yet and you never saw another Mearns hunter. I asked him about good places to hunt Mearns. He told me the area and also said there were nice Coues bucks there. So I made it up to this area and he was right. It was loaded with Mearns and Coues Bucks! Lions and Bears!....Oh my! and the tame turkeys, unreal how they had no fear of me. My stand is on this ridge to the right of these pictures, (25) yds. This big male cat walked by me , in my stand, 20 yds away! He kept looking at me, with that look on his face. He knew I was there! We saw his fresh tracks all the time. Wish I had a tag! This nice buck came by (3) days before I harvested my 114 7/8" and I was not in my stand, thank goodness. You can see my scent rag hanging in the tree. I think it attracted the cat too. I'm 74 now and will make it back up there again when I draw a Dec. rifle tag. I now have a licensee for a cross-bow! I'm planning a Christmas hunt this fall. I will have a lion tag! Happy Trails Brother and Sister Coues Hunters!

Looking for the record book for the top 20 non-typical rifle coues in Arizona. I was lucky back in 1991 when I harvested this 114 7/8" (5x7)

I was lucky to take a 114 7/8" (5x7) Coues Whitetail in Arizona in 1991. It was at one time ranked at the 13th largest. I'd like to see the record book for rifle non-typical coues whitetail. Sorry about the picture. I don't know how to straighten it.