elkhunter

I have seen cous bucks without tails, looks like a coyote ripped em off when they were born? I have no idea how you can shoot a buck without a tail especially when the rack is a mix of MD and coues. We all have to remember that deer do have genes and like humans, sometimes genes are mixed up...like a person being born with stubby legs, a deer can be born with a stub tail. As for this buck I did notice a white collar on this buck and white around the muzzle and on the second and third picture I can see a main beam in which the points do sprout off of. I'd guess it's a coues?? Overall I see more coues traits than MD traits. How did you fare on that hunt?

I know some folks who has the same tag as you, maybe ya'll can camp out together? Grab a buddy to go with you or get someone from here to tag along, that way your wife'll feel that you will be more safe out there.

wait it out, after today a majority of the hunters will be leaving and the bucks will start to relax a bit more, I'd wait 2 more days then anything goes!

Doug- please start from the beginning! Looking forward to your picture story

a herd of 10 what? deer? dove? elk? Go get em!

as long as it's not a remmy 700

Bet it was Lark, he knows people want to buy U of A outfits so he robbed the website to advertise his own business, good job Lark

I just read this topic and then went to the link sundevils.com and dang I don't think that is the U of A athletic store.....................

about 2 years ago a range master told me to wear ear muffs....I am deaf and so he got pushy and forced me to wear an extra one he had.....5 minutes later he told me I could not chew tobacco........really weird stuff

nevermind, that little 5th point is not on the right antler, still great pics,

Great pics, bull #6 looks real familiar, I think a feller named Ron G took that bull this year, if not, its identical!

Great job! That's what it is all about, your boys will never forget this, I still remember the jr elk hunts I did with my father 10 years ago and no doubt that will happen with your boys, congrats to both! Since the rut is still goin there, I am sure the Oct bull elk hunt (startig this friday) will be off the hook!

as Lance said, it is hard to get permission out there, if you got permission then kudos to you! I know several who tried but failed. It is a decent area to hunt, it does not carry many deer but it is one of those places where you can find monster coues and mule deer, mostly mule deer. I have never been in the ranch area but around it, it's nice country.

my college buddy is a game warden based out of the Yuma district, I am not sure what units he covers but he does alot of check ups on bird hunters, says its good shooting down there, good job on your hunt!

was the game warden Joe Sawer?

John, I'll take the truck but I need to borrow $26,272 dollars! Great looking truck, good luck!

Good to know, I have the Leupold Boone and crockett model (won it on this site through big buck contest) and I was happy to know it was a Leupold brand because I have a tendency to have broken hunting gear.

east side is easier

wow, thats a great video as any! Tell us about the arrow, what was the penetration at that distance? I can tell you were ready to get up and run after sending that arrow out, congrats

keep it up, track the blood slow and make circles, stop occasionally to glass for antlers and an elk body around you, sounds like you hit him good, shouldnt go very far! It is easy to lose the track when a bull runs with the herd, he will break off when feeling very wounded, always look to the side of the trail you're tracking

The purpose of doing a survey during a hunt is so that Game and Fish can actually see the most animals they can possibly find. When is the best time for someone to see the most bull elks or coues bucks? During the rut. The most accurate animal counts occur during the rut stage so that's why they do the animal counts then. its happened to me before but not with pronghorns but with javelina. All I ask of Game and Fish is to be more considerate when someone is actually stalking or watching a particular animal. If they were to fly a plane and see a hunter putting a stalk on a 85 class pronghorn, they should pull away and do the count in that area after some time has gone by without runing a hunter's opportunity.

There's a feller in Sierra Vista that reloads for a person that goes to Africa annually for hunting and guiding, makes good money off of that. I think it would be a good business for someone to go into reloading for people who wants to extend their range

thats what hunting is all about, getting closer and closer each day! Sounds like you got a good thing running now, be patient and your time will turn!

It is quite common, some hunters rather take the elk's meat and then saw off the base of the skull to take the antlers. This occurs most when a hunter has taken a small bull, no use for the hide. Unit 6A around mormon lake has alot of smaller bulls so it's common to find racks sawed off. The question remains, was the bull taken legally? Poachers also cut antlers off from the base of the skull. Good job on the yote!

the funny thing is, if you did have your bow, that buck wouldnt have been there, things like that works in mysterious ways!