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John Leslie 2004
2004
Unit 33, AZ
This hunter is from NM, but got an excellent buck during his hunt in AZ.
Dave Matthews 2004
Dec 2004
Unit 6A, Arizona
Dave got this buck on the last day of his hunt.
Josh Epperson scored it at 108 2/8. It’s a 4×5 (including eyeguards). Josh also found the shed that is held up next to this buck in the lower photo. It was found in 1995 a couple miles from where this buck was killed.
Broc Brimhall 2004
Dec 23, 2004
Unit 23, Arizona
Broc’s buck is a 5×5 (counting eyeguards). It has a small cheater on the left antler. The buck grossed 108 2/8 and nets 102 6/8.
Devin Beck 2004
Dec 2004
(aka Becker)
Unit 33, Arizona
Devin got this awesome buck after scouting almost every weekend before the hunt.
You can read more about this hunt in the discussion forum.
The buck unofficially grosses 110 and nets about 106.
Tim Maddock 2004
Dec 2004
(aka TAM)
Unit 31, Arizona
Tim got this buck with a 267 yard shot from his .270 Weatherby Mag. You can read about his hunt in his post in the discussion forum.
Erik Miller 2004
Dec 2004
Southern AZ
This was Erik’s first Coues deer. He got it after a great stalk which closed with a 100 yard shot. Mark Bool (shown in lower photo) and Erik’s father Rick hunted with Erik and found this buck late in the afternoon.
Erik and Mike Bool (hunter above) are good friends and always apply for tags together.
Mike Bool 2004
Dec 2004
Southern AZ
Mike hunted with his father Mark Bool (president of the AZ Deer Association) and a friend (Mike Sacco). They hunted for 3 days before finding this deer. Mike had passed on several other bucks in the hopes of getting a monster. Looks like he did it! This buck grosses about 112 inches.
Mike Fabritz 2004
Dec 2004
(aka Rembrant)
Unit 23, Arizona
Mike hunted with his brother Martin (who also got a buck). Here is what Mike had to say about his hunt:
We backpacked for 7 days, took two days off for Christmas and backpacked for another 6 days – weathered the big storm on the mountain!! (see bottom photo of wet camp!)
We saw on average 16 deer a day, 3-5 bucks a day, mostly small bucks running the does all over the mountains. We saw 6 bucks that would score over 90″. That’s a big buck every other day. We did not try to kill anything until after Christmas. We saw one buck that was clearly over 100″ and another that was pushing 100″. Both of those bucks beat us. The deer I killed was tending a doe and that’s what got him killed – that was on our eighth day of hunting, the day of the full moon. The remaining 5 days, the big bucks were moving, moving, moving.
Nate Yetter 2004
Dec 30, 2004
Unit 22, Arizona
Nate passed up some smaller bucks and took this one at 325 yards. It took 5 hours to pack him out. He scores 80 2/8 inches. Nate says it is not a monster coues but the hardest one he has worked for!
Sam Hyslip 2004
Dec 2004
Unit 36B, Arizona
The buck gross scores 101″ even without the G3 on his right side!
Ryan Stevenson 2004
Dec 19, 2004
(aka Lookin4amonster)
Unit 36C, Arizona
Ryan got this 80 inch buck with a 400 yard shot.
Jack Luffy 2004
Dec 2004
Arizona
Jack’s goal for this year’s hunt was to get a 110 inch buck. He didn’t quite make it, but he got a fine buck. You can read about his hunt in the hunt story section.
Devon Hass 2004
Dec. 2004
Unit 33, Arizona
Some great photos and a very nice deer. But I don’t have any other info to post with this. Devon will try and get his taxidermist to give us a gross score.
Carrie Roland 2004
December 2004
Unit 21, Arizona
Christmas Eve morning was an extremely cold and windy morning. After watching two does on and off for about three hours, the buck appeared as though he was on the hill side with the does the entire time. After a 45 minute stalk, she shot him at 130 yards. The buck was very symmetrical however lost the right G2 and the main beam after the G3 when it tumbled about 25 yards down a steep slope after she shot it. They were able to find part of the G2, however they will never know the official score before it broke off. If you double the deers’ left side it is roughly 91 1/2 gross.
Six for six in 2004
This group of hunters went 6 for 6 this year in Unit 33 during the October 2004 hunt. And five of those hunters were first timers!!
In the top photo you can see the group and all six deer. The young boy in the middle of the group is AJ Rose and he got his buck with a 380 yard shot.
From left to right on the bottom row we have:
Trevor Brown with a 90 inch buck
Melanie Barnett with a buck she got with a 503 yard shot.
The full-bodied buck was taken by Melanie’s husband, Casey. He took that buck on the same hill 5 days after his wife and daughter got their bucks.
Next is Rudy Anderson in the camo hat with his 85 inch buck he got with a 250 yard shot.
And on the right end of that row is Cami Barnett proudly showing her buck. You can see more photos of hers below. She got that buck with one shot from 430 yards.
The photos below and to the left show Melanie and her daughter Cami who got their bucks on the same hill within about 10 minutes of each other! There is also one photo below with Casey (Cami’s father) and his buck.
Wow, what success! How many families can say the father, mother, and daughter all got bucks from the same area during the same season!
Jason Jones 2000, 2002, 2004
2000, 2002, 2004
(aka AZOnecam)
The top photo is a buck that was taken in 2000 and scores around 96 gross and 92-93 net. The next one is a smaller 2×2 taken in 2002 (snow picture) and finally two pictures of the buck from this year’s hunt, a 3×4 with double eye-guards on both sides. Jason just got him Monday night (12/20/04) and his total score with no deducts is around 106 5/8 (unofficial from a friend-of-a-friend) and nets over 100 as a non-typical according to a friend of his who is an official scorer.
Brent Jones 2004
Dec 17, 2004
Southern AZ
Brent is from Washington and this was his first Coues. It scores about 99 inches and has 17 inch main beams. You can read more about Brent’s hunt in the hunt story section.
Chris Gavatt 2004
Dec 2004
Unit 21, Arizona
This was Chris’ first Coues buck and it rough scores about 100 inches! It has matching cheaters off the G-2s. Josh Epperson helped him on this hunt.
Lee Molina 2004
Nov 2004
(aka couesdiehard)
Unit 36B, Arizona
Lee got this fine buck after dropping two different guns and banging their scopes. You can read his story in the hunt story section.
John Olvey 2004
Dec 17, 2004
Unit 33, Arizona
You can read about John’s hunt in the hunt story section.
This buck rough scored 92 inches.
Jim Hughens 2004
Dec 19, 2004
(aka rugerman)
Unit 22, Arizona
He was glassing a canyon when this buck just appeared out of nowhere below him. After ranging him at 218 yds, he rested my .243 across his tripod and dropped him. Jim had planned to stay the whole 2 weeks but could not pass this buck.
Dustin Iles 2004
2004
Unit 32, Arizona
Dustin’s dad (Gary) says his son shot this deer across a canyon at 500 yards. Dropped him with one shot! His dad says it’s one of the coolest shots he has ever seen. This is about an 85 inch buck. Great job Dustin!!
Matt Brady 2003
Nov 2003
(aka Dodger)
Unit 32, Arizona
Matt says this buck is barely a 3×3 and he got him the second weekend of the hunt. He shot him at 376 yards with his 7mm WSM. Matt hunted by himself and is proud of this buck even if it isn’t the biggest out there. This is his third Coues buck.
Kevin Payne 2004
October 2004
Unit 33, Arizona
Kevin got this buck on opening morning! It’s a 4×4 plus eyeguards and scores around 90 inches.
Brian Payne 2004
October 2004
Unit 33, Arizona
Brian hunted with his brother Kevin (see photos below) and got this buck on the second day of the season. It’s a 3×3 plus eyeguards (some awesome eyeguards!). Scores around 90 inches.
Matt Lewis 2004
Nov 2004
Unit 34B, Arizona
This is Matt’s first deer. He is 15 and you can read his hunt story.
