Koury Guide Service

I am going to keep this very short and to the point. I finally drew the 2016 Spring Buffalo hunt on the Kiabab plateau. I had over 30 bonus points accumulated for this hunt and 2016 was my tear to draw.. After receiving my tag I called Russ Jacoby and we met a couple weeks later to discuss my hunt and expectations. Yes I am a guide and kill alot of huge animals evry year with clients but Buffalo is not my thing. My knowledge of the Bufalo on the plateau is about 1/1,000,000 the knowledge that Russ has and I was not looking to kill a small Buffalo. After 10 days of no luck it all changed in an instance and I picked my Buffalo out of a heard of approx 130 Buffalo. There were so many there once I decided which bull was the largest it took another 20 minutes to get a clear shot. If you have a Buffalo tag on the plateau do your self a favor and call Russ. If you need his number I can get it to you....

Jim made a great shot to secure his opening day giant. I had watched this Antelope for the past couple years. After Jim called with his tag I started the process of finding the three largest Antelope in the unit. I look at over 70 bucks in the process of elimination. This buck was our #1 buck. I had decided we would hunt him until he got in an area where he would be real hard to hunt with a bow and arrow and then we would move and hunt buck #2 until this buck came back to his normal routine. Luckily for us the first stalk was the only stalk we would need.

I checked cards this morning and here are some of the bucks that hit last week. Horn growth is taking off just in time. View the full article

The bucks in 3A-3C are starting to put on the inches. Our deer are always behind in growth for some reason. Here are some bucks that could be in trouble in a week or so. These pictures are from about a week ago. this time of the year they grow fast, there are some we did not get a picture of last week that are looking real good. If you drew a 3A-3C archery or rifle tag call today. (928)242-0155. View the full article

I have a Pair of 10x42 Zeiss HT binoculars that have never been used. They are still in the original box with all the warranty info. These Binos retail for $2500. The cheapest I can find them is $2299.99. I will sell this pair for $1950 firm. I have pictures if needed. As stated they are brand new never before used. You can pm me or email me or call me all work for me. mtntop11@frontiernet.net 928-242-0155 cell Thanks again.. And Happy Holidays to all......

Here are a couple pictures of the success so far on the archery elk season. Michael, Bobby and Charlie have all made the best of there tags. Congrats guys. If you want to see updates a lot sooner friend me on Facebook under Shane Koury, I update my Facebook and Instagram a lot sooner than the blog. Good luck to all... View the full article

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I have been updating my Instagram and Facebook page but have been a little lazy on the blog. Here are some of the short clips getting us ready for the up coming deer and sheep draw deadline. View the full article

I will post some of the giants we have killed in just 3A-3C over the past 10 years. Numerous bulls over 400..

I do not believe there are 400 class bulls in every unit in Arizona. To have a TRUE 400 class bull you have to have everything length, width, mass, or a whole lot of extras. The unit is not what it use to be for sure, still a great unit though. We have personally killed 5 bulls over 400 in 3a-3c and lots of 380-390's. Hold out this year for something a little better.

When you talk Antelope in the State of Arizona the unit 3A is never talked about for having big Antelope. Here are the Antelope we have killed in the last two consecutive years in the unit. Here is the buck we named Flare mounted and on display. Here is the hunt for the buck we named "Flare" Then last year I look at over 50 bucks before the hunt starts and finally find the buck we hunt opening morning. I bed him the night before the hunt and at daylight we are on him. After giving him a warning shot over his back we caught back up with him about 4 miles later and make a great shot. Congrats two awesome Antelope in a unit that is not know for quality. View the full article

The last early hunt we had was fellow guide Josh E. had drawn a champ tag and was looking to kill a great bull. This hunt is a little after the peak of the rut so the bugle action was a little slow. After passing on numerous elk he finaly decided to put the smack dowm on this awesome 6x6. Great job...  View the full article

Wildwoody that is awesome. The animals cant see yellow you know.

Yes dad has killed a 400 inch bull. I killed a 411 with my bow in the same unit about 10 years ago. It is the bull in my picture. But I sure wasn't 16 when I did it.

KC and Sunny were hunting together on a 2x1 with my guide Todd G. KC had already killed a 400 inch elk with his bow so his sights were set high, so high that he passed on a couple of 370+ bulls just hoping to find that neddle in the hay stack. He did have one thing in his favor, his guide Todd finds and kills huge bulls every year and after watching Sunny kill the bull he did opening morning KC could only hope. After 6 1/2 days of hunting and a flight back out to Georgia the next afternoon KC decided to fill his tag with best friend right on his side. Great job!!!  View the full article