Buck Smasher Report post Posted December 9, 2011 About 4 years ago my father and I began to hunt coues deer. Opening morning my father shot this buck with a bow. I asked my father this " Dad, what do you think the odds of finding a shed from this buck would be?". To my surprise my father responded back "What kind of dumb question is that?". I laughed and he said "Don't ask me stupid questions like that, the odds are 1 to a million". That was the total conversation. Hunting season came the next year and we went to our spot. Hiking to our tree stands, my father stumbles across this shed. The words out of his mouth "I don't believe this! You know what son! Your a #&!%!! Hahaha". The moral of the story is never give up dreaming wild and big because you never know what will happen. I will remember this to the day I die and will someday pass this story down to my kids someday . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 9, 2011 Very cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 9, 2011 Nice find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
izquik72 Report post Posted December 9, 2011 Aint that something nice find Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted December 9, 2011 Heck of a story and find there congratulations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted December 10, 2011 doubt the shed is from the same deer, genetics have a lot to do with antler growth, I've taken deer out of the same area from the same bloodline and the antlers are mirrors, like the ones in your pictures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buck Smasher Report post Posted December 10, 2011 doubt the shed is from the same deer, genetics have a lot to do with antler growth, I've taken deer out of the same area from the same bloodline and the antlers are mirrors, like the ones in your pictures. I understand your point. I have been hunting this mountain for about 4 years now. I also know every buck where I hunt. There are no other bucks on the mountain I hunt with dual eye gaurds like that. Trust me it is the exact deer. My father found the shed a year later after he shot it in the same spot pretty much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antlerdog Report post Posted December 10, 2011 It's cool to find an antler off a deer youv'e harvested. Congrats to your dad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZantlerhead Report post Posted December 10, 2011 Cool story, thx for shareing....I once tripped over a skull, and then found a shed off the buck 10 feet from his skull..... You just never know, darn right! I think coues bucks have a smaller core home range than most people relize But heck... what do I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buck Smasher Report post Posted December 10, 2011 Cool story, thx for shareing....I once tripped over a skull, and then found a shed off the buck 10 feet from his skull..... You just never know, darn right! I think coues bucks have a smaller core home range than most people relize But heck... what do I know. It is true. I know that back east even in the mid-west, whitetails have a roaming range of about 2 miles for their life. Keep in mind that these facts are from books that I have read. However, I know that these little coues are the same as the white tail back east when it comes to natural instincts. I do believe though that these coues deer are tougher and more intelligent than the whitetails of the mid-west and back east. Hint they're little "Ghosts". I am glad you liked this story! I get a kick out of it and still to this day my dad can't believe it lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted December 11, 2011 Haha that's very funny! Great story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2 Full Curls Report post Posted December 11, 2011 That is an awesome story... and it is even cooler to me because it also happened to me and my dad this year. Opening morning my dad was on his way to his glassing spot... 100 yards from the cliff edge he picks up a perfect set of drops (about the size of your Dad's shed). Excited, he puts them in his pack and continues on. As it turns out, they were a good omen. About an hour later, my dad shot the buck that dropped those sheds from his glassing point. The buck was 200 yards beneath him as he glassed from the bluff. Congrats to your Dad on a cool story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buck Smasher Report post Posted December 12, 2011 That is an awesome story... and it is even cooler to me because it also happened to me and my dad this year. Opening morning my dad was on his way to his glassing spot... 100 yards from the cliff edge he picks up a perfect set of drops (about the size of your Dad's shed). Excited, he puts them in his pack and continues on. As it turns out, they were a good omen. About an hour later, my dad shot the buck that dropped those sheds from his glassing point. The buck was 200 yards beneath him as he glassed from the bluff. Congrats to your Dad on a cool story Congrats to you and your dad! That is an awesome story! Just the odds of that happening are actually pretty rare in Arizona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Condor Report post Posted December 12, 2011 thats cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
