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Fellow R.V. guy here! Say hey to your brother for me, Miss reading your Dad on here! saw hey to him as well! Great Looking Bucks !

Is that Gunner H in one the the first pics?

Ok, the name change has topped "Cornbagger" and the "Talking javelin"! Well played Casey, well played! Now we just have to see what the payback looks like? I hope Lark finds a couple granolas to let off some steam!

Great bull! Good job!

My condolences. My father thought a lot of him. Garron

Jay, Beautifully shot. It is rare to be able to see such honesty behind the hunt, and the hunter. Thanks, congradulations to Shane! I will look up Shoveltail films. Garron

I am looking to sell and will entertain reasonable offers. Truck is currently in Tucson. Thanks.

1968 Chevy C-10 This is an Arizona truck; my Grandfather purchased it new in Phoenix it and spent the rest of his life in Avondale Arizona. I have had the truck since 1993. The truck is mostly stock: I have added much needed power-steering and a 350ci V8, with a Kenwood CD player. The odometer is over 15K and has “rolled over” once. The truck was purchased as a farm truck; no upgrades, three speed column shift, steel interior, rubber floors, and a aftermarket A/C unit. The 350 is fresh with less than 10,000 miles. The paint was sprayed in 2001 still looks very good still, fading on the roof and hood. Good rubber all the way around complete with clean chrome rims. This truck was my daily driver until 2003. The truck was/is garaged, and has been driven a few hundred miles per year for the last ten years. Just added power steering, new water pump and window regulators. The truck has been maintained and not been “Mickey Moused” and is a great platform for a build, or as a driver. Our family is now four strong, this truck has fulfilled is job for us and is now ready for a new caretaker. Thanks for looking, Garron

Thanks for looking, it does turn heads. JD, it is a long box. standard springs under, has factory diamond plate step bumper in back.

This late Bull season in 8 we saw a little white prop plane pulling slow circles around Mckracken knolls and Jackass, down to Wild Steer.... That has to be worse than cruising the roads right? So next year my hunting party is getting a hot air balloon! Carry on all y'all. Thanks, Garron

Not even a full moon and all sorts of people are restless! I watched the orange jeep in 36B run laps too, along with others, I hope they enjoyed their time in the field. Just finished up with a late bull tag in 8. Tough hunt! I came home to a bowl of tag soup. We got to see a lot of people move through plans "A' through "Z", some even hung out at camp during the hunt. Hunters were desperate just to see something. It is interesting, but I don't understand when the "other guy" became one of the priorities of a hunt. It is public land, we get to share with those who hunt like us and those who don't, sorry. Thanks, Garron

Jeff, Keep after it! prehunt heating pad and anti-inflammatory seems in order. If it was easy everyone would do it! Garron

Nice to hear Slummin. Share the tale with us. I know that the next week will be a grind until we can hit the field.

Reading this is making me start to pack all the gear early! Good luck.

Not the same hunt but, late rifle in 8 here. I took a quick drive up two weeks ago; it was the first time in the unit. It looked as though they were still at the higher elevations. Agreed on water. I found three dry catchments and lots of untouched red grama grass. Would really like to swap some unit information, you never know might even get my Pioneer Licensed Father on a bull, Please PM if you would like to swap some unit information. Thanks, Garron

Some good points to ponder on this thread. I picked up a wee forkie this year and would do it again anytime. The idea "improved quality of hunt" is probably very different given what the view of the given hunter i.e. mature bucks, road access, time of year, tag numbers, and many others... Oh and wrap those backstraps with bacon, makes anyone look like a chef.

I am one of the first timers to post up a story and it was only because of the information that is supplied here! After my first outing for Coues I knew I was out of my league and needed serious help, this site delivers. Thanks. It is also amazing to see what others get done and hear from the hunting community on issues of the day.

There are some amazing and dedicated outdoorsmen/women on this site! The amount of time in the field scouting, and the commitment to equipment from optics, rifles, off-road transportation, camp set ups, the quality of animals taken, it is really something to read about. As, or if you read this you will find that I am not in that percentage of outdoorsmen! After three years of trying I finally got it done on opening morning. I would describe myself as mere moderate when describing the level of addiction to Coues hunting. In the past few years I have become an almost average glasser and have built up most of the entry level tools of the trade. I reload and am quite good at shooting paper, and an elk every few years, but not so much with any type of success with the Coues. Each of my Coues hunts have been great. In fact, it is always in great company and we look forward to returning every year. This year I really wanted to tag a buck, it just seemed like that I have learned a lot and somehow the stars should start to connect. Mind you I took my first attempt at these little grey desert fairies when I was 33, I fully get that 36 is a little long in the tooth for a first whitetail but who’s counting right? Up at three, in the field and up on the ridge while it is still dark and silent. We glass the Eastern and Southern faces and see a fair number of does and even a couple pair of twin fawns! Fingers crossed for future seasons. No bucks to be seen or more accurately said no bucks seen by us! I am sure they were there watching and laughing the entire time. We regroup, rub the feeling back in the legs and hope that your eyes do not look as bad our hunting partners’. At this point of the morning we play “look at the map and squint”, it is a great game! On this morning I won and we head out in the truck to my selected “new and improved” hunting spot. I drive my buddies truck (he is very trusting), we talk, we are still very optimistic and then the sun spotlights a pair of forkies on an opposing ridge! I am floored. The hunting buddies and their average age of 55 clear the haze with the words “Those look good!” and “They have antlers”. I for one can’t argue with that kind of clear headed reasoning. I back the truck back out, and while getting the rifles from the bed I realize that an unspoken decision has been made that I will be doing some shooting. I shoot more than my fair share out at the Tucson Rifle Club all with the hopes of doing what is at hand: shooting at a real live deer! We walk back in and the second amazing sight of the day; the bucks have not moved much! I would love to say that I calmly ranged them, made the needed scope adjustments, and settled in behind a solidly supported rifle on a tripod or the like, but no. I took a knee, leaned forward while I managed to found the buck in the crosshairs. The buck was slightly quartering away going up-hill. The last thing I want to do is watch this little buck walk away and I will save all my “pass” cards for the highway ride home. I place the point of aim at a spot where he will step into the path of the bullet and squeeze the trigger. It was a quite a sight to see the buck drop as if its’ puppet strings were cut. The buck was hung up in an ocotillo with not a movement left in it. It was a great morning and a great set of memories. FYI items: 147 yards (ranged after the fact) .25-.06 hand-load Hornady 117 BTSP+ molybdenum over R-22 in 36B.

Holy smokes! What a buck!

This is the best site out there! I seldom post but I have been on site since 08'. I got to see all kinds of fun like the "cornbagger" "dbllunger" and of course I miss Lark's comments. Guess I need to be more active on here so not to be such a stranger.

"The first one is always free" This maybe the start of the real Coues itch? I might even have to start putting in during the draw and not just wait for the leftovers! Thanks guys.

The Rodeo is about to start, good luck to all!

Add O'Connor's eggnog and it would be a night to try to remimber!

Sorry in my original post I did not mean finish with a question mark. It does come down to the number of deer taken. In practice removing doe will lower birthrate and decrease growth. Thanks

There have been doe hunts in the past. My Dad is one who can claim Kaibab does as "trophies"! On one hand I could have filled every deer tag if it were for any deer, and I think that is the issue. How many deer get tagged versus how many tags they can offer? Thanks