bullwidgeon Report post Posted November 5, 2004 Long story short. I went to NM Monday night. It was cold, I thought I was going to freeze to death. Tuesday morning, I saw lots of deer but only 2 mature coues bucks and 1 mature muley buck. Tuesday afternoon I saw a steady influx of hunters coming in and making camps everywhere(more than 10 big camps and a little camp or two as well). None of them managed to do much scouting other than cruising around while drinking bud lights . Tuesday night my buddy Roger showed up in my camp. We went over video and decided we should hunt the two I had seen and hope that none of the many orange clad, bud light drowning, muley hunters would stumble into "coues canyon" and bust them out. Wednesday morning we found the bucks shortly after sun up, each on different sides of the drainage. Mine was closer, I killed him at 8 A.M. with two attempts from my .300 Weatherby at 315 yards or so. He died on the dam of a little dirt tank. We watched Rogers deer scoot a little farther down the drainage after my shot and marked his spot. I went to pack mine out, Roger crossed the drainage and hiked way up above the spot his deer went into. At 5 PM his buck finally stepped out of the catclaw he had been hiding in all day and 3 shots later from Rogers .300 Win mag his deer was down as well. We were happy but tired in a satisfied kinda way. We listened to the war zone from camp yesterday and watched little orange dots crawl all over the hills around us chasing deer left and right. I saw more hunters with no binos than I have ever seen before, some folks never learn. NM still rules, maybe one day I will get lucky and draw out over there in the distant future My 2 pointer. Rogers 3 pointer. Our deer in camp with a little chewed up 2 pointer shed I found about 50 yards from where my buck died. Next up, my December AZ tag in 27/28, I will try to be a little more selective on that hunt and hold out for a 3 pointer . Good luck to everyone who is hunting in NM next week. Bret M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimhdawson Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Nice deer. It's more than luck to get 2 for 2 on coues. My daughter and I have 27/28 tags in Dec maybe we'll see you there. Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
300 wsm Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Good job Bret, bet you cant wait until december now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHD Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Bret, Congrats on a super buck and a great, memorable trip! Look at the size of the head on your buck! Looks like he might be a regressive buck to me. Do ya think he's an old one? Did ya whack him on that open hillside? Also, thanks very much for the quality post. Good luck in 27/28! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyaboutcoues Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Great job Brett, I recognize that nice two point. I had a client hunting the same area. I agree that there is an abundance of Beer drinking road hunters especially the one in the dune buggy . But I don't think they get out and glass like some of the die hards. Congradulations again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Griz Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Nice job Bret. Someday I might make the trip over there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueshunter Report post Posted November 6, 2004 good job Brett. Your year (with tags) is going great........its killing me to be tagless and just helping out this year.........hope you smoke a monster on your 27/28 hunt..........Allen...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CB1 Report post Posted November 6, 2004 NICE, you guys did good..CB1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bullwidgeon Report post Posted November 6, 2004 CHD, There is a gene pool on that particular mountain that points to deer with weak or little G3's. The one we killed there last year went 97 net and had a bad G3 on one side. My deer still had all his teeth so I do not think he was that old. He had started a G3 on his right side but it was not even 1/4 of an inch long yet. Rogers buck had no teeth left and we think he was very old. The bodies and fat layer on both deer were giant but mine had alot more fat than Rogers. Tommy, did you guys see me kick out that 3x4 muley on Tuesday afternoon? I saw two very lined out looking coues deer hunters glassing me way across a drainage and that muley was bedded fifty yards from me for more than 30 minutes, I finally decided to move and I know he snuck out to the North. A rancher told me that someone killed another nice 2x2 coues like mine up close to where I got mine. I sure hope that was you guys. I missed the guy in the dune buggy, but that was OK. There was some crazy big camps in there this year, that had a major factor in us deciding to kill these two instead of trying for 100 inchers. Bret M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Congratulations Bret, good luck next month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAdams Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Way to go Bret!! It was good visiting with you in Safford. I see you made it home. Hope you got 'em in the feezer before the Phoenix heat got to him. We did clean house in NM this year!! I hope those other hunters never learn the way to really hunt or we'll never have any peace. As it is now we just walk little ways from the road and setup and glass. Even if the guys get off the road they rarely glass for more than a minute or two. Scott Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyaboutcoues Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Bret.. it wasn't me, I was hunting way south of your area for carp. I just know what goes on in that area during the general hunt. I don't think you guys will have any problems with our locals hunting the way we do. And I hunt Coues with a bow so you won't have to worry about me being in there during the hunts. Next year we will go to a draw for all the deer hunts. I personally think it's a good thing. I might hurt business but I think it will improve opportunity to see more bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 6, 2004 Great job Bret! Thanks for the pics and story. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ernesto C Report post Posted November 7, 2004 Two thumbs waaayyyyy uo for the both of you!!! awesome!. Ernesto C. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 7, 2004 Hey way to go man. Hopefully my dad and I will have the same luck nest weekend in 36c. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
