Coues 'n' Sheep

Thanks Amanda! That is cool! It was awesome to see a couple of our bucks from the last few years on there!

SWEET!!!!!! That is a Toad!!!! Bet you'll be puttin' for hunts in that area this year!!!

That is Exactly what I told my friend that sent it to me..... Ha Ha.... I knew someone else would point it out...

Dan..... I WANT YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!! Nice find!

Man those are great!

Elk are not a domestic, non-game animal.... ..... They are a native species that has done so well after reintroduction that they have evolved into the dominant game animal..... uh....and the elk on the Kiabab came from Utah on their own..... ... and I don't aprove..... but Mother nature makes the rules not us...... even in 2007. ...... And Please.... don't compare this to the Desert sheep issue...... That is a Completely different lack of management all together..... Lions, domesticated and wild livestock, and poor herd management could all be fixed if AZGF could pull their heads out of thier rear and also quit listening to the environmentalists......Which happens to also be the USFS's problem as well....

Just wondering if you all have ever tried to shoot that kind of a pistol at long range in a hunting situation? I bet it is one heck of a shooter off of a bench, but factor in hunting conditions and I'm thinkin' 200-300 yds would be a long poke with that kind of a weapon. Just curious...... not pickin' or nuthin'.... just curious....

You guys are frickin' Whacko's.... .... Have you ever heard of survival of the fittest.... or natural selection..... Where the elk go and how they flourish is not within our control..... This was inevitable since they re-introduced elk here..... We can only manage them with reason and carrying capacity in mind.... The over growth of brush in our forest is just as much to blame for the demise of the Mule Deer as the elk are..... but there is no turning the clock back.... Mule Deer do best on grass.... Elk and Coues do just as well or better in the brush. I agree that many of the management techniques are very poor, but there is far more at work here than just herd management.... The forest management of today is just as much to blame as th AZGF..... Keep in mind the Coues Deer has benifited greatly in the units of central AZ due to the same factors that have hurt the Mule Deer. Just a bit more complicated than drawing a line..... .....IMO.

Don't tell my wife!! We use to shoot ground squirrels off the wood pile all the time..... but they are more rat than squirrel IMO.... .... And we use to eat fried squirrel, too..... but those days are long over.

Hey, TwoGuns....... Looks like you got Double Trouble on your hands. Your gunna need all the help you can get!!!! Better learn how too hobble those wild critters you got there..... er' else they will be runnin' crazy all over before ya know it!!!

Don't sweat it, Jim..... I think we all must have been dropped at some point to be as "nutty" about Huntin' as we are....

Nice! No greater treasure in my eyes than finding coues sheds or pick-up heads.

My wife is loving this thread so I am post a couple more for her..... Nelson was here pet so she took most of the pics that we have..... This one was when he was still really young. And here he is closer to full grown and checking out the smells of the forest after Colton came home from hunting one day. Yeah, Jim..... he ate with us all the time. I have a pic of him on the kitchen table eating bread with my wife as she was eating soup and butter bread....

I agree!!!!

Things that make you go BaaaaH...... .... I got the chills just lookin' at the pics..... Almost stepped on one in unit 28 a couple of years ago....... trotting off of a rocky mountain side and it was curled up ready to strike right where my foot was headed.... .... I managed to push off a little harder at the last second and vault right over him...... and kept right on runnin'!!!!! That one scared the "soft serve" right out o' me!!!

I found it! I have been searching for the pics of my Boy's first archery coues. I am sooooo very proud of this deer.... Colton was 12 yrs old and it was his first January archery deer hunt. It was also the first hunt inwhich he hunted alone..... He shot this 79 0/8 net P&Y buck at 15 yds and then hiked out of the woods to get me. That day a DIEHARD archery hunter was born! Here is Colton's 3rd archery coues (age 14).... He and Justin had over 70 hours each of deer hunting in before he shot this buck and Justin filled his tag the next moring in the same spot with his first buck. Hey TREESTANDMAN...... this is the double I told you about that was very close to your old "stompin' grounds"......

Man that is PERFECT!!! I want one just like it of X-mas.....Ok.

Guess I'm goin' after all..... .... C-ya there.

Holy Buckets!! That is a big ol' coues deer for such a little guy!! Congrats!! Those belong in the Youth Forum as well....

Colton with his 2nd archery Coues deer (age 13) with his hunting partner Justin Scarbrough (age 12). Justin is my buddy, Jason's son.

Boy, Howdy!! That second one is a nice pick-up indeed! Congrats.

No.... there just a LOT easier to find when you are not actually looking for them..... At least that is what I have found......

A few years back I gave a copy of scouting footage to a ranch owner that was allowing me to access forest land through his ranch. The next year I was told not to come near the place because they were turning into a hunting operation. They took my video and sold to an outfitter who in turn told his clients he shot the video and could get them a shot at the buck of a lifetime. they brought in there clients and in 3 years of trying never killed a deer that would score over 65''. I even had a guy from Utah call my house asking about the video? I don't know who he was or how he got my #. There was some very well known names involved in this fiasco but I won't drop names. At the same time some so called friends of my hunting partner kept hounding him to tell them where we were seeing all the great bucks we had video taped. Other than showing them the video they were given no info at all. They even took my partner to lunch one day and the harrassment got so bad my friend got up and left. A couple weeks later I received a phone call from the ranch hand asking if I sent a couple of guys down there. They showed up dropping our names but the ranch hand knows me better and sent them packing. That same weekend his fence ended up cut. Since we could no longer access through the ranch do to the big ''operation'' they were running we came in the long way. Well guess who showed up and camped right next to us. None other than those so called friends of my partners. The ''operation'' killed one 2pt. muley and 2 coues, a spike and a 1x2. The so called friends killed one spike between 3 tags. I passed on the same 85'' buck every day just to kill a 80'' on the last eve. My friend passed many bucks and ate his tag. I can relate to your story, Shorty. I have had the same kind of problems with guys hyjackin' places that I have archery hunted coues deer for 8 - 10 yrs. I even had one "friend" that needed info on a bull for a client he had on an upcoming hunt so he "traded" info I had shared with him to a guy for a bull elk! The guy later aproached me and told me that he found out that I hunt there..... other wise I would have never known about that sorry SOB had betrayed my trust! Anyhow.... I run into that guy and his friends in there all the time now days and it kind bugs me, but it is public land.... what is a guy too do??? I share very little info about coues hunting with anyone, anymore. Everyone wants to capitalize on the efforts of the few........ ..... That is why I can't hardly drive my pickup when I go archery deer huntin'...... And often times we even lie about what part of a unit we are huntin', rifle or archery. Seems wrong to have to BS people, but ya just can't be too careful.... You would be surprised how word gets around in the hunting world..... We harvested a 120 inch buck in the October hunt last year.... and of course had to make everyone think we killed it somewhere we didn't... ... Then like 4-5 monthes later a guy I don't even know comes up to me and asks me if we ever found the "dbl mainbeam buck" again that I had taken some family mambers after in the days following us harvesting that toad...... there was only about 6 people that new of that buck! And I though I could trust all of them.... but, somebody said something without thinking..... fortunately the wires are all crossed as to where that buck is located at and he is still alive (unless a lion got him ). I say..... Git your a$$ out there and find your own dang "Honey Holes", you Frickin' Lazy, no good Squatters!! Ahhh... I feel much better now......

Me either.....

Sweet! Hurry up and get out there....... I am dying to see some of the Monster Brownies you will find.