trphyhntr Report post Posted August 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, desertmafia21 said: Crazy! Haha I was in 32 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertmafia21 Report post Posted August 22, 2022 Just now, trphyhntr said: I was in 32 36c for me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted August 22, 2022 2006 - 36b 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted August 22, 2022 My first, and ONLY Coues deer. I am a muley hunter. Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago. 2001 or 2002 I think. Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like. I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big. On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him. I was quite disappointed at how small he was. If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount..... 16 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, lancetkenyon said: My first, and ONLY Coues deer. I am a muley hunter. Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago. 2001 or 2002 I think. Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like. I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big. On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him. I was quite disappointed at how small he was. If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount..... That’s funny that reminds me of my first hunt for coues. I passed a buck on the last day because I only wanted something big. My buddy still brings it up, says it was a 100” 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbuckfever Report post Posted August 22, 2022 I wish I knew how important good "in the field" pics were when I shot this one. My first buck in 1985. 13 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mcdowell25 Report post Posted August 22, 2022 My first Coues. Hunted this buck for a while and finally caught him at water. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bo5953 Report post Posted August 22, 2022 Moved to AZ October of 1998 from Washington State. Buddy invited me to go with him on his December rifle hunt since I could hunt OTC archery too. We spotted 2 bucks at about 1.5 miles out. He let me put a stock on them and I ended up shooting the bigger one in his bed at less than 20yds. He told me that I had no idea what I just did. I soon found out that filling archery tags with a spot and stalk Coues was not as easy as it seemed to be. It took me years to arrow another one. Funny part of the story was that coming from Washington we always gutted and then drug our deer back to camp to skin in a cleaner environment. I started dragging this one back and only made it about 300yds before the whole side of his body was as bald as a baby's rear end. AZ rocks are rough on a deer hide! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted August 23, 2022 58 minutes ago, bo5953 said: Moved to AZ October of 1998 from Washington State. Buddy invited me to go with him on his December rifle hunt since I could hunt OTC archery too. We spotted 2 bucks at about 1.5 miles out. He let me put a stock on them and I ended up shooting the bigger one in his bed at less than 20yds. He told me that I had no idea what I just did. I soon found out that filling archery tags with a spot and stalk Coues was not as easy as it seemed to be. It took me years to arrow another one. Funny part of the story was that coming from Washington we always gutted and then drug our deer back to camp to skin in a cleaner environment. I started dragging this one back and only made it about 300yds before the whole side of his body was as bald as a baby's rear end. AZ rocks are rough on a deer hide! Great fist buck. Looks similar to my first Coues I shot in 29. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted August 23, 2022 8 hours ago, lancetkenyon said: My first, and ONLY Coues deer. I am a muley hunter. Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago. 2001 or 2002 I think. Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like. I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big. On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him. I was quite disappointed at how small he was. If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount..... Lol, talk about a happy accident! That thing is gnarly and awesome. Buy a hide, it deserves to be mounted! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted August 23, 2022 10 hours ago, lancetkenyon said: My first, and ONLY Coues deer. I am a muley hunter. Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago. 2001 or 2002 I think. Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like. I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big. On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him. I was quite disappointed at how small he was. If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount..... Dang lance that’s a stud. fyi mule deer are trash 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted August 23, 2022 Very nice buck lance 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill@roofer Report post Posted August 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, sneakem33 said: That thing looks like a whitetail and muley mix with the ears and big head.. damb nice looking Buck. Big body 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
