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Congrats Ernesto Great Story

Shiras...you look like one happy camper!!!!! hehe Sweet looking whitey. I miss not going to Kansas this year. I hear the pheasent hunting is awesome this year.

Pretty cool pix Amanda!!!!! I might have the privilage to hunt AZ with a buddy from Morenci. I sold him my Kifaru yesterday. I asked him if he needed an extra set of eyes during his Late December hunt. This guy might take it a little easier on me than Scott. hehe good luck on your hunt

Nice muley, Tracker Congrats

That's what i'm talking about Congrats!!!!!!!!

Good job Travis!!!!neat looking buck

This buck was taken in Unit 24 by my best friends son. This is his first buck ever. Congradulations Adam http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...mcoues12005.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...amcoues2005.jpg

Shiras...No I wasn't with them. I was with my boys in 23. It's awesome to see Adam get his first buck.

I've seen some whoppers in there during bow season. Mike and Adam were at the right place at the right time. Adam couldn't stop telling the story about how it happen. Like you said hooked for life.

RR...Tito's eye is fine, probably the sun Gabe never had a chance at a legal buck this year. We tried though!! Oh well just like gabe told me last night. "It's all good, Dad".

Got back last night from half of my boys hunt. Tito scored first morning on this nice three point. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...buck2005007.jpg Sunrise had us on top of a ridge glassing the flats for anything that was legal . We glassed a small fork that I could not put eyeguards on him for the life of me. So we had to let him go. We decided to head to a different vantage point before it got to hot. It was just a matter of time before were going to bed. Finally we glassed a nice four point feeding about 1500 yards away. We made a game plan to get closer. By the time we got to where he was everything looked different, I started glassing under the junipers just incase he had already bed down. Sure enough I glassed Tito's buck between two junipers deep in the shade. We made our way to exactly 302 yards. I told Tito that the shot was going to be have to made from here. He had a hard time finding the buck in the shade so I yanked out the 15's so he would know exactly how he was positioned. His breathing got a little heavier after seenig the buck bedded broadside to us. "OK boy, now you know where he's at, relax put the cross hairs behind the front shoulder and squeeze". It took him a while to get steady on the bipod but we had plenty of time, the buck didn't know we were there. Finally he said OK dad here we go. Just relax son and squeeze BOOM Tito's shot was true. He shot right thru the top of the heart. This was a different buck than the one we had glassed but still a keeper Now we have to go find Gabe one. To be continued!!!!!!!!

Atta baby Scott!! Very nice NM coues, Some of that country looks familiar. Congradulations

Brett...his arm is in a cast but it's not broke it's severly bruised. I asked him if he wanted to bail from the hunt, and he's like no freaking way!!!!!!!!!!! I can shoot with a cast on. Gabe and I are headed out for the last day tommorrow. It's been tough lots of hunters. But I have one more ace up my sleeve. Adam...I thought you already knew!!! hehe Mike...glad to hear you and your dad had a good hunt. Unit 24 is hard for Rifle Coues. My buddy's son killed a 80 inch in there, by the DC lick. They were sitting a trail and he shot him at 40 yards.

Come on Adam...It is a 120" Coues!!!!!

Great buck! The back ground looks like muley country. Did you take this pic in camp?

Congradulations on a fine trophy. You worked hard for that buck so you deserve it.

We need more warp drive Scotty!!!!!!

Here it is...One of my old time hunting buddies has been hearing me rant and rave about coues deer this, coues deer that. Well he told me he was going to hunt one this year with a muzzleloader. He killed this buck not 300 yards from where I hung my treestand last year. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...escoues2005.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...tevescoues1.jpg

Sweet bucks. Are you guys hunting in NM this year?

Steve and I have Archery hunted together for years but we went our separate ways when he went to a front loader and I stuck with archery. This story started on my 2004 archery hunt in 22. I knew there were some scattered Coues in this unit from hunting muledeer with Steve for over ten years. We looked thru maps and discussed where we had seen flashes of Coues deer in the past. I scouted the area several times and never actually saw a Coues deer but there was plenty of sign that Coues deer were in the area. I set up my treestand where I thought would be the most productive area. I sat that treestand and still hunted the area for eight days during my archery hunt never seeing a Coues deer. Passing up several impressive muledeer waiting for my chance at a grey ghost. After my hunt Steve and I would discuss the Coues deer in that area for the 2005 season. Well I got lucky enough to draw the Burro Mountain Archery hunt for 2005 so unit 22 went by the way side. But Steve drew the unit 22 muzz hunt so here about a month ago we started talking about his hunt. Steve is not a so called "Coues deer hunter" he is basically a meat hunter very rarely passing deer for a wall hanger. So he was planning on hunting low for muleys. The subject came up about my archery hunt last year and where he would have an opportunity to hunt a Coues deer if he decieded to head up high. I told him of the area where I had hunted, an area he knows very well, and told him what I would do different if I had that hunt again. Well that was that, he headed out for his hunt and came back to work with pictures of this beast. I about fell of my chair when I saw the pix. He killed the buck on the ridge above my treestand. He said he had walked that entire area with his son and that he was headed back towards the 4x4 when the beast and a smaller buck show themselves across a cut, 180 yards away. He told me that at first glance he thought that they were does, he finally saw the horns and put a 385gr .54 cal slug thru him. The smaller buck just stayed there so his son put a 180gr .50 slug in that one. They came off the mountain with two Coues deer. He shows up to work with a chit eating grin on his face and throws the pictures at me. "Is that what you've been looking for for the last five years"?

I was lucky enough to help out a young hunter again this year in the Burro Mountains. Eric is 10 years old and took his very first buck yesterday. We hunted hard for muledeer on Saturday and found 5 different bucks. We set him up for about a 100 yard shot but the bucks never gave us a shot. Later on we glassed up a very nice 3 point with solid eyeguards. We made the stalk and Eric took the shot. Unfortunatley the bullet missed the mark. No problem we have four more days. Sunday had us on top of the ridge where Cole Horchler (CB1's son) took his buck last year. I figured we might get lucky on a coues buck. We glassed several coues deer but only one buck that was over 700 yards going the other way . At about 9am I told Mario (Erics dad) that I was going to head to the next ridge and see if I could find something. About an hour later I found his buck bedded down under a juniper. At first glance I thought it was huge Coues buck . Upon further inspection it was definetly a muley. I had never seen any muledeer in this area, it was surprising to see one this high up, anyway back to the story. I came back off the ridge and radioed Mario that I had one located. It took them about 45 minutes to get to where I was at. I thought I was going to have to give Mario mouth to mouth but the young Lad was ready to rock. We set our packs about 150 yards from where we had the shot (fore shadow ). Then we headed up the ridge for the shot. We set up with Eric on the bipod , Mario behind him helping him find the deer and me behind Mario with the 15's. I ranged the buck at 298 yards, I told Eric to hold dead on, settle the crosshairs behind the front shoulder and squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. BOOOOOM the shot was high. The buck just stayed there. "OK just relax settle the crosshairs and squeeze." BOOOM "you got him!! He's hit a little back, hit him again" By this time the buck stood up but still giving us a broadside shot. BOOOM the shot was high. He reloaded, took his time and then CLICK!!! No more bullets!!! I asked Mario where the rest of the bullets were. He said in my back pack down the ridge . Anyway long story short he got the bullets and Eric dropped him for good with the next shot. Congradulations Eric http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/cra...csbuck22005.jpg

Great story...thanks for sharing and congrats on two fine bucks.

Amanda the guys name is Steve Estrada. OK guys and gals what will he gross score? I say 110"

Great story and congrats on a great buck.

Travis...it was a Coues.