Basket horn coues bucks

[COUESAZ]

Did anybody come across any of the small 3x3 and 4x4 basket horn bucks this year while hunting or scouting. I was just wandering. I used to see a few each year and this year i have not seen one. maybe they all grew up into the monsters killed this year.I found a skull and horns last year of one that was a 4x4 and very heavy horned but no bigger than 7 inches wide. kind of a dumb subject but i liked wathcing the dainty little bucks.

[Prohunt]

AZ. Guide,

I saw some "Fan Tails" in the fall of '03 in unit 23. It's antlers were: heavy 3x3 about 5 inches wide, 4 inches tall and he probably weighed 50 pounds.The other buck was a little smaller and a 2x3.

Travis

[COUESAZ]

Prohunt. I appreciate the reply on this. I was just asking to see if people had seen any. I need to get some on film. We used to call them rock deer because we would see them in the rocks and on boulders almost like sheep. They are neat to watch i saw one that a guy has mounted and it is a nice looking little mount. we saw them alot down in 30b when I was growing up down there. I have not been in that country looking for them in some time. I will try the area you saw them in to see if I can find them. It should give me somthing new to do for awhile.

[bullwidgeon]

My dad killed one this year. I think it weighed a little more than 60 pounds though(It felt like it anyways). I think it was just a real young (2 year old) deer. It seemed to have a regular sized body and a midget rack basket like rack.

 

 

 

 

Bret M.

[COUESAZ]

Bullwigeon

That buck is a tight horned buck for sure. but the ones Im talking about are much smaller. that is a cool picture though. those hornes are high and tight. They do make a nice basket on him though. thank you for the reply and the pic.