Coues 'n' Sheep

I demand a re-tape!!! I know he has gotta breack 90"!!!! Nice buck, Mike!

To bad your in NM for me I would love to have an old Bronco and maybe we could have worked something out It's only 10 hours away one way, sure we can work something out. I really really need to welcome a new pair of 15's to the house. --Bill Within 24 hours you could be home rocking your new baby to sleep Heck I bet I could get Gino to come over so you could rub his Budda belly while your here If your real tough to deal with maybe even the Golden Ticket, the Goodies and the B-Dog I am not Sure NM could handle that much luck/skill rubbed off on one person. I don't get it.....

Congrats on the Buck! One more Coues buck for all of us to chase this Year!!!

CC3, My standard answer is Swaro's all the way....but I know that does not help you much....

Yeah.... like I'm gunna leave my wife alone in the middle of no where with a handful of sharp sticks to defend herself with.... Oh, Wait.... she does have life insurance... maybe I will!

Yeah.... so if you want to eliminate the competion in your "secret hot spot" just go around dumpin' bags of salt under other hunters treestands!!! What a JOKE!!! This going to be funny to watch.....

Congrats on another fine buck, Mike!! 94 6/8 is my guess.

Jeremy, I finally ran into your Dad last night and got to hold "the Rack"!! You just can't see all the mass until you hold it!! What a buck!! Congrats Again, John!!!!

Congrats on the double!

Nice pic and nice buck, Seth! Hope you get and arrow into your buck this month! I have one to add in the snow.... This buck has snow on this antlers.... We call him kicker as he has a small kicker on his G2 on the right. We have been watching this buck for two years... he grew a bunch this year. As I type this my buddy Manny is waiting for this buck to rut a doe past him.

Dang, Jeff! I'd say that Parked him! Almost tied him in a knot!

Sweet bow!!! That is one Jacked-Up lookin' pig, but the Javi looks like a good one! Sure hope that Coues Gods smile on you this year......

Congrats!

No disrespect taken. I hope none was percieved (towards you) in my previous post. Yes I am a bow hunter. No I am not shooting "the best equipment out there". The kid admitted his inexperience, it would have been his first deer. Lets think about it. I don't know many places in coues country that is devoid of vegetation so a bedded buck will likely have only the top half of it's vitals exposed with grass obscuring the lower half(or more). Heart is practically on the ground so that is out. A bedded animal typically leans slightly up hill so a straight through double lung shot is improbable, especially shooting down hill at a bedded deer likely through some grass that he probably couldnt see due to the range. The more I analyze the situation the worse it gets for the decision to shoot. Personally I don't shoot beyond 60yds. My vision is not so acute that I can pick up small branches, grass and obstructions beyond that range. In my opinion it was a bad decision. When I first read the post I wasn't going to say anything but then the stark contrast between the guy who gets flamed for a 600yds rifle shot vs the guy who takes a 95yds bow shot was too much. Both shooters made bad calls. Both shooters likely could have gotten closer. On Jan 1st I was within 30yds of two different coues bucks but the shot just wasn't right so I didn't take it. There is no consequence for not shooting a bad shot. Point taken and dually noted. Thank you for your intellegent response, Sir. I do not Disagree with you, but I also do not Agree. You have made points that I hope this young man will read and learn from, and I hope that my words are a benifit to him as well. .....and Psycho, I gotta an extra pair of my old boots if you ever want to try them on. They ain't the biggest pair you will ever see, but they got a fair bit of travel on them. I stand by what I said.... I don't live in that small box you call "your world"..... I choose to live "outside the box". You want to jump in the middle of me for tryin' to prop a kid up and git him back out there, that is fine..... but don't ever buttume that I am anything but ethical.

Way to go, Troy!!! I gotta get me one of those someday! Congrats!!!

AW Man!!! I should have posted my guess before I read the whole thread!! Congrats on a WAY cool buck!!!

Mr. Smith, With no dis-respect intended are you a bow hunter? I would bet, considering this kid's "handle" he is shooting the best equipment out there.... and I bet .019 (or smaller) pins on that bow he is shootin'. Not only have I done it but know many others that have pulled 3" or smaller groups at 90, 100, and beyond at non-moving targets, with .019 pins. A bedded buck is the perfect target, I have seen hunters wound and lose elk 20yds or less. It is pretty safe to guess that there is no "luck" in the fact that the arrow struck the "boiler room" on this deer.... however, making all the right choices after the shot can make or break the best shots. Don't hate the kid cuz he can shoot.... he just needs to get back out there and recover his deer. There is no substitute for Effort at this point! Lets wish him the best and hope he gets lucky out there.

Here are a few more pics that I was not able to download before. Bittner..... You Da Man!!!!

Wow that's amazing to pass a coues up like that. But the way I see it is if the buck don't do for you let him walk. I guess that missing g3 saved that bucks life. Good Luck to guys and go stick'em!! Well he has taken enough coues deer to know what he wants this time. Only day 3 and he really wants a Trash Buck (Non-Typ)... or else just flat big..... but I have seen him weaken in the last days of January before! I hope he gets a big one or waits to put in rifle with me! Congrat, Again on a great buck, Ernie! A nice Muley buck is high on my list!

Happy B-day, Kid!!!!!

Well said. I am sorry for your situation.... I have no doubt that he was confident in the shot at that distance on a stationary target. You slung one arrow and hit one small deer at a distance that most can't hit a Truck from.... you were prepared...IMO. Many strange things happen when an arrow strikes a coues... and they are tough, way tougher than most give credit for. I have helped hunt, look for, and recover over 20 archery harvested coues deer bucks in the last 9 hunting seasons... and I have also followed trails that never ended. The biggest mistake is being confident of your hit and going after the deer. Unless you watch the buck go down anything less than an hour or two is too soon and 4 -12 hours is being safe if you have doubts. Sound like maybe one lung..... that buck will live 3-6 hours. I have learned this by trial and Error.... I wish you guys the very best luck and hope you find him. Keep after it! don't give up you owe it to your buck!

What A Great buck!!! I'd shoot that guy in a second!!! Congrats!!!!

HaHaHa!!!! See, now it makes sense why Erin's dad told me him and Goff had to, "flip for the goats." It all makes sense now.

+1, I mean his beams dont even touch! Awesome job guys! Gino, what bullet from that .257 wby? Hey now.... don't throw stones just cuz he broke a couple inches off! That broke G2 will count as over a third of the over all deductions when they B&C him.... Nets are for fishermen any how! But he should net 114"- 115" as a guess.... Casey, Erin shoots the Barnes Triple shock... and swears by them! Judging by what it did to the inside of this buck I would recomend that bullet in the .257 Wby. anytime! Almost as devistating as a Berger!

I'll keep all your guns Safe for you!