mountaingoat Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I am a newbie here on the forum although I have done quite a bit of coues hunting. I have hunted units 27,28,31,32 and 33 for coues deer. I have hunted 32 the most. I have a tag in unit 33 this year. This is the second year for this unit. I have put in quite a bit of time scouting and have found some pretty decent bucks. Has anyone noticed different habbits of the deer from one unit to another? Last year I had the first hunt of the season. I noticed that the deer were staying stowed up under trees when you would walk close to them just like a pheasant will do. They wait until the last second and then flush. I have not noticed this in other units. Is this typical coues deer behavior for unit 33 only or have i just not run into it before? is this a learned protective behavior for these deer because there are a lot of people in the area riding quads and shooting guns all year long from Tucson? Can someone expound or confirm? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddog Report post Posted November 24, 2008 "because there are a lot of people in the area riding quads and shooting guns all year long from Tucson?" It sounds to me like you are hunting the Reddington area? the experience I have up there is that the deer seem to tolerate a lot more noise from hunters but not any more movement. I mean if they see you they are gone. Just my 2 cents. Reddog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Distance Report post Posted November 25, 2008 We hunted the Bellota ranch area last season. We glassed in the moring and walked the hills in the evening. We saw 50 does and 3 bucks over about 7 days. There were some smaller ones being harvested around us...you never know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JMP Report post Posted November 25, 2008 don't worry goat. you'll find that buck on friday. you better, i want some steaks for all that walking and glassing you had me doing down at d.face c'mon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
