ummdug Report post Posted October 24, 2008 I am new to your site and I gotta' tell ya', I am IMPRESSED with Amanda and all you usual contributors! Fantastic content! And the photos and vids -- Holy Buckets! Awesome! I am a relatively inexperienced Coues Deer hunter (hunted them twice with a rifle, successful on small buck in Unit 33, once). But I have to tell you that I think I'm addicted to the little grey ghosts and the country they call home... I recently returned from an archery elk hunt in 6A South where I was blessed to harvest my first bull elk and my first-ever archery kill. Now I'm itching to turn my attention to trying to bag a Coues Deer with stick and string. That's a pretty tall order, I know... What I'm wondering is if any of you guys might be able to point me in the right direction as to where to start scouting in Unit(s) 21, 24A and 24B. I'm not looking for somebody to give me the key to their secret honey hole, but I'd like to see if there are some areas, not too far from the Valley, where I might be able to get into some good whitetail country. I could go down and hunt the Catalinas or the Rincons in 33, but I'd like to find something closer to town, if possible. I shirked my responsibilities to family, work and church quite a bit in preparation for and during my elk hunt so that's why I'm hoping to find something that I can get in and out of for day trips prior to and during the archery season. Any recommendations/advice would be greatly appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erucker Report post Posted November 19, 2008 I am new to your site and I gotta' tell ya', I am IMPRESSED with Amanda and all you usual contributors! Fantastic content! And the photos and vids -- Holy Buckets! Awesome! I am a relatively inexperienced Coues Deer hunter (hunted them twice with a rifle, successful on small buck in Unit 33, once). But I have to tell you that I think I'm addicted to the little grey ghosts and the country they call home... I recently returned from an archery elk hunt in 6A South where I was blessed to harvest my first bull elk and my first-ever archery kill. Now I'm itching to turn my attention to trying to bag a Coues Deer with stick and string. That's a pretty tall order, I know... What I'm wondering is if any of you guys might be able to point me in the right direction as to where to start scouting in Unit(s) 21, 24A and 24B. I'm not looking for somebody to give me the key to their secret honey hole, but I'd like to see if there are some areas, not too far from the Valley, where I might be able to get into some good whitetail country. I could go down and hunt the Catalinas or the Rincons in 33, but I'd like to find something closer to town, if possible. I shirked my responsibilities to family, work and church quite a bit in preparation for and during my elk hunt so that's why I'm hoping to find something that I can get in and out of for day trips prior to and during the archery season. Any recommendations/advice would be greatly appreciated. Really the AZGFD website gives a really good synopsis of where to locate Coues in the units you are looking at. If you follow that info up with some homework you can find some good areas. Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueshunter Report post Posted November 23, 2008 I would suggest just getting out one weekend and driving around to one of the units you mentioned and find "typical coues habitat". I did this a couple years back when I switched from 36c because of how long the drive was, and drove into 24b just to find something closer to Mesa. I drove around one weekend and found spots. This will probably be our last time to set up salt/minerals so I would go out in the next few weeks, look around and find some out of the way places in one of those units that look "deery" and set up some minerals. The bow season opens mid-december and you will then have your spot for the august hunt.............Allen............... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
