joelpresmyk8 Report post Posted September 9, 2014 hey everyone. Just curious to see if anyone chases coues with a rifle in 19a. not looking for spots just curious if anyone else tries to chase them at all. ive been putting some time in and have seen some. has anyone by chance killed one they would share a picture of? thanx guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted September 9, 2014 No me but I know a guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5guyshunting Report post Posted September 9, 2014 I saw some good ones 3yrs ago on a cow elk hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
429mike Report post Posted September 10, 2014 I know a guy who has seen some big coues in that unit and even shot a few! There population is growing there not yet like it is right across the highway or river from there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted September 10, 2014 I saw some back in the mid 90s right along the side of hwy 169. I was so surprised there was whitetails there that I dang near wrecked my car slamming on the brakes and rubbernecking to see them. Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dse Report post Posted September 10, 2014 I always wondered how many people knew about them. I've got a quite few on trail cam and glassed up a few more, but have always been chasing elk when I saw them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joelpresmyk8 Report post Posted September 11, 2014 Ok that's what I kinda thought! I know they aren't thick in there but just curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seldom Drawn Report post Posted September 12, 2014 Been hunting 19a since the 70's there aren't a ton of them but there are some really good ones there I have seen up to 105-110 bucks there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaWildernessHunter Report post Posted September 13, 2014 I have hunted 19A a ton and you can find whitetails in the more rugged and remote areas. Currently I see about 50 mule deer per whitetail in this unit. Other units nearby like 21, 22, and 23 have way more whitetail and the ratio is more like 2 mule deer to 1 whitetail or even 1 to 1 depending on the year. I think that it was a poor choice to allow 19A "any antlered deer" hunts in recent years. I have seen the population try to expand multiple times since the severity of the drought decreased but as soon as someone sees a coues buck in an easy to get to area they hunt the area heavily and only hurt the expansion of the population into areas with less predators. IF you decide to shoot a coues buck in 19A I hope it is very old (like gray hair and sagging belly) and that you kill at least 30 coyotes or a lion so that a new generation of deer have a fighting chance. This is NOT a good whitetail area but an area that could become great if properly managed by hunters. I hope this helps answer your question. Sounds like you must have a 19a rifle tag this year. This is going to be a great year for mule deer in 19a and you should be able to get a 4x4 if you have off for the whole hunt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MT_Sourdough Report post Posted September 13, 2014 Some healthy muley bucks in 19a this year for sure. Thought the dry winter would mess it up, but we got rain in the first week of July and life has been good in 19a since. It aint hard to find coues in the unit, but it's a better unit for muley headbone in my opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBArcher Report post Posted September 13, 2014 good bucks for each species, Gonna be chasing coues during the rifle season in the unit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowhunter4life Report post Posted September 14, 2014 My son has the youth hunt in a few weeks looking forward to finding them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presmyk Report post Posted September 22, 2014 I think that it was a poor choice to allow 19A "any antlered deer" hunts in recent years. I have seen the population try to expand multiple times since the severity of the drought decreased but as soon as someone sees a coues buck in an easy to get to area they hunt the area heavily and only hurt the expansion of the population into areas with less predators. IF you decide to shoot a coues buck in 19A I hope it is very old (like gray hair and sagging belly) and that you kill at least 30 coyotes or a lion so that a new generation of deer have a fighting chance. This is NOT a good whitetail area but an area that could become great if properly managed by hunters. I hope this helps answer your question. Sounds like you must have a 19a rifle tag this year. This is going to be a great year for mule deer in 19a and you should be able to get a 4x4 if you have off for the whole hunt. Seems azgf would put age restrictions on coues in19a If it would Make or break the population in the unit or better yet like you said keep mule only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegunsmith2506 Report post Posted September 22, 2014 I spend a lot of time in 19a and I don't think the Coues are having any problems. I see more and more every year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaWildernessHunter Report post Posted September 23, 2014 They just need to have a December hunt with a limited number of tags. I think people will be more likely to shoot older bucks during that hunt than an early hunt. With that large number of any antlered deer tags there could be way too many young Coues bucks taken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
