elkhutnaz Report post Posted January 31, 2010 here it is guys sorry but will have game and fish check out but I think it is, he was killed yesterday and will post a few pics from my phone and have more to come Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZantlerhead Report post Posted January 31, 2010 I'd say your right to have it checked out. Looks like a hybrid to me too, but whada I know. Cool buck, congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkhutnaz Report post Posted January 31, 2010 here is some more getting with game and fish for more tests Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted January 31, 2010 Wow! Sure looks that way to me too. Let us know what G&F says. Thanks for posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakehaffey Report post Posted January 31, 2010 Has to be! Nice buck! Imagine seeing that frame on a deer flagging up the other side of a canyon on a whitetail hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oak Report post Posted January 31, 2010 That's pretty cool. I found a thesis the other day that discusses the genetic structuring of Coues deer in AZ and NM. It also touches a bit on the frequency of hybrids. I'll attach it. May be of interest to some of you. I didn't look to see if Amanda already has it posted, so I apologize if I'm duplicating. LopezThesisPDF.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 31, 2010 Thats a nice buck let us know what the G&F says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPlyler Report post Posted January 31, 2010 way cool buck congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redskin Report post Posted January 31, 2010 Cool buck. I have one that had a muley tail and body, but what many have said a coues looking rack. Warden that was at our camp said was a muley but because of antlers thought it possibly could be a hybrid. Was in an area that had both. Anyways intersting buck you got. Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 1, 2010 That's pretty cool. I found a thesis the other day that discusses the genetic structuring of Coues deer in AZ and NM. It also touches a bit on the frequency of hybrids. I'll attach it. May be of interest to some of you. I didn't look to see if Amanda already has it posted, so I apologize if I'm duplicating. Thanks Oak. I actually don't have it up anywhere, so thank you. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 1, 2010 Did they measure the metatarsal gland on the outside of the hide leg? That's a pretty easy way to tell a hybrid based on the length of the gland. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted February 1, 2010 I think that buck is a hybrid but what do i know!! Ok so say there is a hybrid whitetail that has freakishly huge antlers like 140+. And ofcourse it is a whitetail but it has muledeer antlers would it still go into the record books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkhutnaz Report post Posted February 1, 2010 I spoke with a game and fish officer and measured the gland he will be a whitetail, congrats to Shaun you hunted this buck hard and it paid off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knifeboy Report post Posted February 1, 2010 Congratulations on a fantasic buck. We talk about a buck being unique every once in a while, but wow, I think you just took the cake with that one. I have actually seen a nice Mule deer buck rutting with a Coues deer. Now I guess I have seen the aftermath. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkhutnaz Report post Posted February 1, 2010 Here you go, just got off the phone and was told by another officer that "He would have taken that deer from us if we were on a whitetail hunt, It's a mule deer" I just asked how with this deer, who cares what the horns look like. I just wish someone with AZGFD could give us a answer!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites