Good tag, good hunt, good buck, good friends.

[ScottAdams]

Beautiful Coues buck Doug!!! It does look cold. I'm glad to see you put the smack down a big ole bruiser buck, he's a dandy!! For as long as I've hunted Coues deer I'm not a great estimator on score but he's certainly one to pull the trigger on, and maybe one to go in the books.

[az4life]

Great buck and memories, no matter what the score. !

[Redbeard]

Believe me I didn't shoot him for his score. I did not even try to take his rack apart while watching to come up with a score. I just was going by my impression of him. I just knew he was good enough and ought to make 100". Besides it was just time.

[COOSEFAN]

Gorgeous buck and great story! I agree with most of the other guesses, I would put him just under 109". He's got exceptional beams and width and extra length on all his tines which I think puts him about 9 inches over the 100" mark! Fantastic buck, congrats! JIM>

[azcouesandelk]

Once again congrats on a great buck as far as score. I am going to say 104 to 106.

[CouesSlayer]

That's one of the prettiest coues bucks I have ever seen! Great Job!

[Snapshot]

103"

[monstercoues]

Congrats on a great buck. I recieved an email from a friend of mine with the score of this buck. If you are right on the score; the pics don't do it justice at all. It looks like its 107-109 to me. Again Congrats.

[firstcoueswas80]

103"

 

ditto

[cramerhunts]

Great write up on what sounds like a great hunt. He is a beautiful deer and regardless of the score a true trophy. I am going to guess 113" though. Congrats.

 

Phil

[Redbeard]

I've been gone all day today and headed out tomorrow to set up camp for some javelina and "carp" bowhunting to start the new year but I'll put a more careful tape on him before I go and let you know the numbers.

[azcouesandelk]

I just want to see how close I was on measurements when you do post them

 

MB: 18

G1: 3 1/2

G2: 6 1/2

G3: 5

Total Mass: 12

 

That comes up to 45 per side then X2 and that is 90 and I am saying he is around 14 to 16 wides so the total I am coming up with is 104 to 106.

 

Congrats again and I can't wait for the measurements

[KeithV]

congradulations 105

[Redbeard]

Well, I put a careful cable and tape on my buck and it came out to 117 2/8 gross and 114 5/8 net. It keeps getting bigger! We'll see how it holds up in 60 days but I think it will be within an inch of that. I can't believe it is that big but that's what I get and I kinda know what I'm doing since I've been an official measurer for over 10 years now. I just don't see it even when I'm holding the rack but 19 2/8 beams and a 15 7/8 inside spread make a big frame that just throws off my normal perspective. Each antler measures over 50" and if I look at them as single antlers I definitely see that but then again I've seen a lot more 50"+ sheds than 117" racks so that makes sense. Anyhow I'm shocked at how badly I misjudged this buck in the field. Makes me think about the big bucks I thought were 115 + in the past. They must have been 130's!

 

Now I'm headed out for a few days to the desert with the family to go whack a pig, carp deer, quail, ducks, ..... I can hardly wait to get back to boil out the skull though.

[Coach]

Awesome buck! Congratulations!