casualcasey

Hello. My friend and I are Southwestern Whitetail rookies and are headed to Sonoita to hunt Coues for the first time. Any Advise on Glassing techniques or tricks to the trade would be greatly appreciated. I have always hunted in the Midwest wearing orange. Is that the case here in the Southwest? Are there prime hours... or dead time to aware of this time of year? Thanks for you time!

Thanks to all that responded. We got a 3 by 3 the third day of the hunt. What an experience! They are the ghost's of the desert for good reason. After days of glassing, We spotted three bucks in distance and we stalked them while they were on the move. We lost them and waited for them to appear out of the thickets. Sure enough, the three bucks re-appeared doubling back and started to move away from us... Finding the bucks in the scope after the binos is not as easy as it sounds! 325yrds while the buck was walking away from us. I saw it drop! It felt like I was on versus! LOL. The 762 by 54r round hit the shoulder and bounced into the spine. Dead on impact. Two rookies gutted it, humped it out, skinned it, quartered it, and then processed it ourselves. ( With a little help on the skinnig/quartering...thanks Jerry) Couldn't be happier with the experience, the area and the result. We made spicy sausage, maple sausage and ate the loins/back straps the first night back! HOOKED FOR LIFE!!! I'll be back in December to nab one with my Bow. Thanks again everyone!