Coues79

Look at the bright side, in a couple years you can be guaranteed to harvest a nice young raghorn for good eating if you're lucky to beat the crowd to the bull. Makes it fun!

I don't see how that can be scientific at all or even observable.... let alone from one biologist or game warden. Unit one is huge and a lot of things have changed since the wallow fire. Patterns have changed and animals are in different places than used to be. The unit always has had big bulls and always will have big bulls. However, with G and F increasing tags the way that they do, the number of big bulls will be decreasing. Rather than manage for quality animals, these two units up here will be managed for quantity. Too bad IMO. At this point I would be more concerned with moisture getting to this area. Its not looking good so far up here. Without that, those big bulls you're after won't reach their potential.

Yes it is very real and will happen if that's what you choose and you are in the BP pass for your 2nd choice. This has happened to me before.

It wouldn't be the same wearing gloves when field dressing.... just like it wouldn't be gutting if I didn't nick my fingers a time or two and get my own blood on the meat.... J/K. Wearing tight fitting latex gloves is nice. I wouldn't wear anything loose at all. Makes it more dangerous.

Great looking buck. Congrats on a great trophy right there.

Exactly.

Correct. A very pretty bull too.

I don't know if there are any in the unit anymore. There wasn't a whole lot to begin with but I have not seen any for the past three years in the places I knew they were hanging.

I glassed and watched a 2x2 mule deer buck rutting a whitetail doe really hard yesterday. It was a lot of fun to watch. Its crazy how well those animals can move in steep nasty country.

There is nothing illegal about carrying a gun with you while someone else is hunting with you. If you are properly licensed, do not break game laws, there is nothing legally that they can do to you. They wouldn't even touch it in court unless they have physical, observable evidence that you broke a game law. If you are concerned about it, purchase a lion tag and you are 100% in the act of hunting for an animal that you are properly licensed to hunt. You are still even properly licensed if all you have is a license anyways. You are hunting coyotes or anything else in season. Don't worry about or stress out. If you are not breaking laws then you have nothing to be concerned with. Remember, for them to cite you, they have to have evidence that you broke or were in the act of doing something illegally. To carry a weapon with a proper license does not constitute you breaking the law. Even if you are helping someone carry out an animal...... heck for that matter, save the entry point on the animal to check caliber size. Not a big deal at all unless you make it one.

Way to go Simon! You have taken a true monster of a bull. So glad to see you get to look at that monster for the rest of your life. What an awesome bull!

Hows this hunt turning out? Was in the unit and have to say "wow". I've never seen so many vehicles rangers and quads. Wondering how folks are faring

Where are the moderators for this thread? Didn't know throwin f bombs around on here was up cwt alleys.

Ha! That's a good one.

Great sheds Gary. I've seen some first hand and they're awesome. Didn't see a plug for euro mounts and skull cleaning..... one of the best there is.

Exactly. This comes from very recent experience in this unit too. Rag horn city is what this unit could be dubbed.

If you think "only 60" tags isn't a lot you'll find out that for this hunt its way too many. The quality of bulls in 22 south isn't real great anymore. Its only gonna go downhill from here. Yea the mats up high is where you'll find a decent bull. But be prepared to pack out

Bad nasty thick steep rocky. That about sums it up from there north.

Hit the mazatals. Glass and look high. There will definitely definitely be bulls there.

For your burger, I'm not quite sure if you're going to use beef fat or not but that's what I use. Grind up your fat before you do your meat and add to your liking. I believe I found my palate desired about a 90/10 content. Finding some good corn fed beef fat is great to add into your ground meat for burger.

His G2's are something special that you don't find on too many coues deer. I really like how his frame from his g3 forward looks. It almost looks like his g2's just shoot out from nowhere when you look at the last picture that you posted here. If this buck truly only scores 112 or so inches, I wouldn't worry too much about it. The character on this buck is phenomenal and this is a great buck to showcase as a coues deer; it is one that a very select few would ever pass up. I know I wouldn't ever consider passing a deer like this. What a great looking animal. I love the color of his rack as well. All around great deer.

Prime example of why anyone wanting to post pictures should reconsider. I would bet this thread gets the ol "lock" before too long.

A lot of it would depend on weather. It sure would bite to spend all your points on a late rifle tag only to be limited in what you can do due to high snowpack etc. Granted, its been a while since a late rifle bull hunt has been in trouble due to weather, however it can happen. Having said that, it can also be so dang warm you might have to consider spoilage if you kill a bull several miles in and you are the only source of getting your meat out. It appears that 22 south has minimal tags, however I feel that 60 tags for this unit and hunt is overkill due to the huntable places that exist in the unit. There's places to get away and you can kill a very good bull by doing so but don't think you will be in there alone with the tag increase. If I had to choose, if I were in your shoes, I would put 23 first and 22 south second due to the lower elevation. Just my opinion.

+1. Good choice.

Have some respect for the hunter if he doesn't want it posted. Holy cow. To say post up a picture on the internet of a guy that is probably clueless to it being posted is ridiculous. If he wants it posted I am sure he will hear about this site and post it.