AZBIG10 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Imagine if hunters acted in the same manner for one season of bear. Unit 22 would be without 🐻s 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 What do you guys think archery success is on coues across the board?I’ve always figured 2-3% is probably not far off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Better question now days is how many people are successful in just finding a mature deer??? success rates are low because numbers of deer are low. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knothead Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Just now, dustin25 said: What do you guys think archery success is on coues across the board?I’ve always figured 2-3% is probably not far off Even if the success rate is about the same percentage as 20 years ago, a lot more deer are being taken in OTC hunts. Way more NR hunters & resident bowhunters today than 20 years ago and we have considerably fewer deer today than 20-30 years ago. Especially mule deer. Personally, I believe the success rate is at least twice that amount especially for NR's. Most NR's that come here are more dedicated to their hunt and hunt for a longer period of time. Most the residents I know that bowhunt during winter only go out one or two weekends a year, if that. I still remember the very first non-resident hunter I ever met in AZ. It was 1996 in unit 6a during archery elk hunt. He was hunting by himself, just killed a cow elk and was gutting it. I thought is was odd that someone would come all that far just to hunt cow elk. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 I think both our questions go hand in hand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Just now, dustin25 said: I think both our questions go hand in hand What are those questions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Archery success rates on coues, and how many mature bucks are found. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted March 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, MULEPACKHUNTER said: Better question now days is how many people are successful in just finding a mature deer??? I do every year, big ones. I’m just not very good at getting them killed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted March 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, dustin25 said: What do you guys think archery success is on coues across the board?I’ve always figured 2-3% is probably not far off I'd say much more. Lots of guys don't trophy hunt. I'd guess between 10 and 20% once you factor in how many get mortally wounded and not recovered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: I do every year, big ones. I’m just not very good at getting them killed. hel nah. If this is the case. Hit your boy up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted March 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, AZBIG10 said: hel nah. If this is the case. Hit your boy up. why would i want someone else to come kill them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 I can’t image 1 in 5 bow hunters kill a coues. Maybe out of hunters who know what they’re doing.... I’m thinking that once you throw everyone in the pot, I’d be willing to bet overall kill rate is under 5% pretty easily Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted March 1, 2021 Idk, coues aren’t that hard to get on the rifle hunt and not as many people target them with a bow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted March 1, 2021 I don't have data to back it up but I bet 15-20% of archery Coues hunters kill 90% of the deer. and again 80-90% of those are on salt or water. Mandatory reporting is the only way we can get a grasp on what is really going on. I wish they would have implemented it years ago. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 1, 2021 I think your numbers are probably spot on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
