Norteno Report post Posted December 21, 2011 Where were you in 24a? Saw groups of deer (does/spikes)and coues bucks everyday for the first 4 days of Nov Mule Deer. Went back on the last day of hunt and saw a group of does and two groups of pigs. Dang pigs ruined my sundown hunt because they were circling me the whole time. They did give me some good practice ranging them in and getting my sights on them from different shooting positions. How are roads up there now? Here is a cell phone pic from my truck of one of the bigger ones that was crossing with a group of 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted December 21, 2011 Same here on our late November Coues hunt (my wife and dads hunt) we saw 1 to 3 bucks daily granted they were not monster bucks but they were decent. Ever since then with the kids being sick every day it seems I have not been able to get out. Now for the pigs we never see any till the last week of december then they seem to pop up everywhere till fubruary. If I happen accross any big groups I will make sure I call you and point you to where they are after AZP&Y me and my dad get a litte piggy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 21, 2011 Same here on our late November Coues hunt (my wife and dads hunt) we saw 1 to 3 bucks daily granted they were not monster bucks but they were decent. Ever since then with the kids being sick every day it seems I have not been able to get out. Now for the pigs we never see any till the last week of december then they seem to pop up everywhere till fubruary. If I happen accross any big groups I will make sure I call you and point you to where they are after AZP&Y me and my dad get a litte piggy. Thanks - I'll do the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 30, 2011 Update, I went out a couple days ago and it was the exact opposite of my previous outing. I took a nice, younger hunter along that I had randomly met before the elk hunt a few months back. In the morning, I glassed up 15+ deer and put the new hunter on a stalk on a 100-ish heavy 3x3. Conditions were absolutely perfect. We had this deer bedded in a very stalkable situation. Didn't work out, I think he turned his radio off - and he ended up just upwind of where the big buck and several does were bedded. Some of the does blasted out, but the buck stayed put. He went in, but now from the wrong direction and while a doe stood at 20 feet from him, the buck slipped over the hill - All I could do is watch (and bang my head into a rock). Later, in another area, we found a good group of piggies (12 strong) and a really big boar I hope to arrow in a couple days. Glassed up more deer and did some quiet "bed stalking". More deer found but no shots, yet... Finally, a little spike stood up, literally 20 feet in front of me and all I could think was, if I shoot this baby buck with milk dripping off his chin, just to fill my tag, my wife will shoot me. So I kind of whisper, "Legal buck - coming your way"...I watch him draw and hear the "whack". The little buck runs right at me, obviously hit, then veers off. I'm sure this guy has just tagged his first deer with a bow and I'm very happy for him - some high fives, and we're off to find the buck. Well, hours later, on hands and knees of tracking a blood trail that went from OK to pretty much nothing, I was pretty dicouraged. I've been on blood trails like this more than once, and as soon as the buck left the snow, and blood drops went from every few feet to yards in-between, I knew it going from bad to worse. Many times we lost the trail, but stuck with it REALLY hard and kept finding a little drop once in a while mixed in with fresh deer tracks going in every direction. Bad news is, we never did find his buck, and I was kind of left scratching my old bald head...It's good to take out newer hunters, and try to pass along the things we've learned, but it's also frustrating. This guy is a lot younger than myself, and had it been my own son along I would have encouraged taking the same shot under the same conditions. I really don't fault the guy - it's just really hard to be in the situation where you kind of feel responsible for putting someone in the position for a shot, but then can't recover the animal, and they can't tell you where they hit, or where their pin was when they shot... Overall, it was a great day - glassed up at least 25 coues deer, a good group of javi's got new hunter a shot at his first deer...man I just wish that little buck had been hit a little better and we walked out of there with a "perfect" day. Some things are just beyond our control, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 1, 2012 Are you headed out tomorrow Coach? I dont think I can get out till Monday probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah, I'll be headed out tomorrow. Taking the whole family (at least that's the plan) but since it's new years some might want to sleep in. But I'm going out for sure and I'm sure at least one of the boys will be ready to go chase pigs. If I don't connect, I'll PM you and maybe we can meet somewhere Monday if you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah, I'll be headed out tomorrow. Taking the whole family (at least that's the plan) but since it's new years some might want to sleep in. But I'm going out for sure and I'm sure at least one of the boys will be ready to go chase pigs. If I don't connect, I'll PM you and maybe we can meet somewhere Monday if you want. Sounds good, Good luck to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah, I'll be headed out tomorrow. Taking the whole family (at least that's the plan) but since it's new years some might want to sleep in. But I'm going out for sure and I'm sure at least one of the boys will be ready to go chase pigs. If I don't connect, I'll PM you and maybe we can meet somewhere Monday if you want. Sounds good, Good luck to you. And to you. I hope you find a nice herd tomorrow, and maybe some deer to chase too. Shoot me a PM if you want to bounce ideas in the mean-time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
