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Venisa Reyna 2006
Nov. 2006
Unit 36B, AZ
Venisa got her first coues this year and it’s a really unique buck. Check out the extra tine coming out of the base of the left antler.
Her husband Dave helped on the hunt and is shown in the lower photo with her. You can read the story he wrote up about her hunt by clicking here.
Chrisitan Wolff 2006
Nov. 10, 2006
Unit 36B, AZ
Christian shot his buck in unit 36b on November 10, 2006 at 7:05 A.M. He was able to get a 75 yard shot with his .280. This is his first coues buck and he scores at 58 5/8.
You can read more about Christian’s hunt and see more photos and some video in the forum.
Christian also helped his father get a nice buck this year. Congratulations on all your success this year Christian!
Dan Gonzales 2006
Nov. 13, 2006
Unit 30b, Arizona
Shown with Dan are friends, Jonathan Escapule and Steve MacMurtry. They rough scored the buck at 106 but they think it might be a little bigger.
Brent Pinard 2006
Nov 2006
(aka Cohofishing)
Unit 34a, Arizona
Brent got this 3×2 with a running shot at 50 yards at 1 in the afternoon. The buck was bedded down in a little canyon out of the wind.
Justin Gabler 2003
2003
Unit 24A, Arizona
This was Justin’s first big game animal taken with a bow. There were 10 inches of snow on the ground that morning! Since getting this Coues, Justin has become a big Coues Fan! This buck scores about 85 inches.
Ryan Dyson 2006
Nov. 18, 2006
Unit 33, AZ – Jr. hunt
Comments from Brian Fisher (aka Azpackhorse):
Ryan is the one holding the deer. He made an excellent shot at 200yds, the buck is a 3×3 with nice eyeguards. From right to left is Ted Dyson (Ryan’s Father), Ryan Dyson (hunter), Christian Dyson (Ryan’s brother) and Mathew Abrams (helper and my little buddy!)
Greg Verlander 2006
Nov 2006
Unit 27, AZ
Greg got his 2nd ever Coues this year, and it’s a fine one. He grossed scored it at 100.3 inches. His friend Roy Morales helped on the hunt and he couldn’t have been successful without him! Roy is shown with the buck in the 2nd photo.
Steve Ferguson 2006
Oct. 2006
Unit 33, AZ
Steve got this fine buck on the 2nd morning of the October hunt. He took the buck while he was bedded 150 yards away with his .270 Winchester.
Mark Butler 2006
Oct 2006
Unit 6A, AZ
Here is what Mark had to say about his hunt:
This is my 2nd coues hunt. This deer was taken on Saturday Oct. 28 2006 in unit 6A @ 8:30am just outside of Camp Verde. I spotted him with binoculars and watched him lay down approx. 400 yds away. He had me covered in all directions. Fortunately, after 1 hr of sneaking, I was able to get within 150 to 200 yds. The deer should score somewhere in the 90’s.
Mike Brown 2006
Oct. 29, 2006
Unit 34A, AZ
You can see Mike is very happy with his buck! Mike also says there was a larger buck out there that was much more wary which he didn’t get but he took photos of it the week before. The bottom photo is that larger buck.
Matt King 2006
Nov. 2006
Unit 35B, AZ
This is Matt’s first Coues and it was taken in the first 45 minutes of the hunt. He shot the buck at 280 yards.
Skip Ward 2006
Nov. 2006
Here is what friend Brian Fisher wrote about this hunt:
This is Skip Ward, he is one my close friend’s father. Skip was hunting the same time as Levi and I and had drawn a CHAMP tag. I promised Skip that we would find a deer that he could shoot from the road (legal for CHAMP). I glassed this buck up and told my son (Levi), Levi was very excited to see such a nice Coues buck but after we talked a little about it we both decided to go get Skip and let him have a crack at this buck, well needless to say Skip was extremely happy and Levi and I both agreed that the feeling of letting Skip shoot this buck could never compare to having shot it ourselves!
Skip made a 470yd shot with his .300 win.mag, the buck is a 3×4 plus eyegards. The fellers in the back are Skip’s sons, Joe, Jamie, and Jeff.
Congratulations Skipper!!
Josh Ebert 2006
Nov. 2006
Unit 21, AZ
Josh shot this one on Friday. Glassed him up at first light about a mile away and shot him at about noon. He didn’t finish getting him out till eight o’clock that night. Then when he got back to the truck he found out he had lost his truck keys. So he drove his quad all the way home through the town of cave creek with the deer strapped to the back of the quad; it was about a 40 mile trip. It was a hunt he says he will never forget.
Jaimie Barrick 2006
Nov. 3, 2006
Unit 23, AZ
This is Jaimie’s first deer! Her dad helped on the hunt and said he scored this deer at 105 6/8. Jaimie took the buck with a 300 yard shot from a .223 with a 60 grain nossler partition bullet. Great buck and great shooting. You can read about her hunt and see more photos by reading her hunt story.
Brian Fisher and Levi Kring 2006
Oct/Nov 2006
Brian’s son Levi (in lower photo) got his first coues buck this year! He took the buck on the 2nd day of the hunt with a .243.
Brian took his buck (upper photo) on the last day of the hunt with a .300 win mag at 174 yards. It’s a 3×3.
Jeff McCotter 2006
Oct/Nov 2006
Unit 34A, AZ
After several years of trying to fill his very first deer tag, hunter Jeff McCotter was finally able to harvest his first coues, or deer for that matter, an 80 inch Unit 34A coues whitetail. Although the shot was short, at about 80yds, the stalk was long and the pack out was even longer, with just under 4 miles of hiking over rough terrain. Jeff’s brother Chris (right in picture) was there each year along with Jeff while he paid his dues in the hills and was ecstatic to by his side when Jeff took his first buck. A moment that will live in their memories for a lifetime. (Photos submitted by Jeff’s brother, Chris McCotter)
Larry Miller 2006
Oct. 2006
Larry killed this 4×3 buck in 36B at 0715 on opening day at 250 yds with his .270. It has a symmetrical 3×3 frame with a smaller point that grew on the inside of the left antler.
Jim Mullins 2006
October 2006
(aka Coosefan)
Jim got this fine buck with the help of his friend Jason Scott (aka Shortpants). You can read all about his hunt in the hunt story section.
Jake Tick 2006
Oct. 29, 2006
Unit 34a, AZ
Jake is 14 yrs old and this was his 3rd Coues deer. He made a great running shot at 223 yards. Jake is in the photo with his father Dave Tick (right) and Thomas Riesgo in the middle. The taxidermist said the deer will go right around 97 inches. Nice job Jake!
Shayne 2006
Oct 2006
Unit 36C, AZ
Shayne got this nice buck after seeing 30 deer with 4 being bucks. This one he decided not to pass up. His friend Matt (aka Matthewp45) assisted on the hunt and sent in the photos.
Andy Stephens 2006
Oct. 28, 2006
Unit 30B, AZ
Andy got this nice buck with his 300 WSM at 350 yards. (says he needed three tries to get him at that range)
Randy Wolff 2006
Oct 27, 2006
Unit 36 B, AZ
Randy got this fine buck after 9 years of hunting Coues without success. His son (aka Younghunter on the forum) assisted with the hunt and credits this website and all the helpful people in the forum with igniting a passion for Coues Deer and giving him the ability to help his dad get a buck this year! Randy made a 200 yard shot with is 25-06 shooting 100 grain nosler ballistic tips. Congratulations Randy! The last photo is a habitat photo that shows where the bucks were spotted.
You can read more about the hunt in the forum.
Guy Baier 1999
1999
Unit 35B, Arizona
Guy shot this symmetrical 4×4 Coues while on a dead run at 75 yards with a 30.06. This is Guy’s largest out of three Coues he’s shot in 35B.
