4mainbeam Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Hi all, I just completed a javelina hunt in a random southern unit that I know I can get leftover tags for coues annually. I am terrible at field judging, but I did spot this buck and he definitely fits my definition of a "shooter." What do you guys think? Next question: Can I expect to find him in the same general area next fall. I have always thought they don't range very far and I don't mean to ask if I should only look on this one hillside. I mean will he be at the same altitude (or 1000 or 2000 feet higher etc.) I have never made the time to do any real scouting in summer months and always wondered if what you see in the summer months correlates to where the bucks will be in the hunting season, so I guess that question goes hand in hand with the previous one. I have such a hard time finding bucks during the season that I always assumed there would be no way I would ever find one in the heat of the summer. I did see quite a few bucks during this javelina hunt though so maybe AZ is just that much better than NM! ...or maybe its just the old game where I always see what I am not after. Danny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PatrickJr Report post Posted March 12, 2014 looks decent definitely 80" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gotcoues Report post Posted March 12, 2014 I do believe they travel quite a bit further if they're looking for does during the rut. His neck does not seem to be swollen, so my guess is he will be in the general area. Once you have their pattern pinned down a bit, I would say that they are not too difficult to relocate as longer as conditions remain the same (hunting pressure, water availability etc.) Did you hunt with a rifle for Javelina? The rut would have been over or certainly almost over by then. How about some pictures of the bucks in your avatar. Talk about a freeky deeky, very cool buck you have there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4mainbeam Report post Posted March 13, 2014 The picture was taken during the Javelina rifle season. He was with 2 other bucks so I am certain there was no rut activity still going on. And my question is still mostly meant as a hypothetical as I don't actually expect to ever see this guy again. Really?...only 80?...I though for sure this would be over 90. Well good thing actual inches don't matter. I guess I do need to post my story cause everytime I post someone asks about the avatar. Honestly this is exactly what I am after (buck in the original post). It is a nice representative of the species and I really need a nice normal typical for the wall to see what a coues is supposed to look like, because what I have now is, well, insane. The story is lame. I was stubborn and sat on a hillside for six days watching does everywhere. I knew coues were supposed to be difficult to find and I was seeing does, so I figured that if I sat there long enough a buck would show up (good chance it might take several hundred days though). I had spent 4 years in Nebraska hunting whitetails on 30 acres and I would hunt September through January (but I couldn't hunt the rifle season during the rut). There were many good bucks in the area and I would really only get one opportunity at a mature buck a year...and I am only talking about 2.5 or 3.5 year old bucks. So I was convinced that with the amount of does I was seeing there had to be bucks there and we just needed to sit and wait for them to make a mistake. Well most of the country we were watching was out of rifle range, but as luck would have it these two boys walk out in broad daylight in the middle of the day and came right to us...250 yards to be exact. I shot mine and the other buck ran about 20 yards and looked back and my dad shot him. This was of course a dream come true and my first coues deer so I am now ruined. But perhaps not, because I still get excited to see a buck like the one in my first post! I feel like I am pretty good at finding deer, just not bucks 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PatrickJr Report post Posted March 13, 2014 I said definitely 80". with that tree behind his antlers, its hard to tell, I can see the main beams and what I guess is a g3 on the left and a g2 on the right, and little eyeguards, more pics from different angles always make a big difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AverageJoe Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Not the best pic but definitely over 80 and probably over 90 as well. Main beam on his left side looks big. Right side is hard to tell. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Congratulations to you and your dad. Them are bucks most of us dream about. Thanks for sharing. They will be hard to beat. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted March 13, 2014 A double Double main beam....very cool... More D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nighthawk Report post Posted March 13, 2014 That double main beam buck is awesome! Buck of a life time and one of a kind for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues79 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Looks like one heck of a roman nose on that double main beamed buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Man! That quad beam buck is freak nasty! Crazy antlers and heavy roman nose! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Meyer Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Awesome bucks. Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted April 9, 2014 prob be in the same area as long as there's food and water ... nice buck close to 90 and bigger next year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrk2Hnt Report post Posted April 11, 2014 Both awesome deer! Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
