Hunt Stories
Accidental Coues
ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO WHILE HUNTING IN ONE OF MY FAVORITES SPOTS I CAME ACROSS A HIKER. AFTER TALKING TO THIS GUY FOR A LONG TIME HE TOLD ME HE FOUND A SPRING UP ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND US. WELL IT TOOK 5 TRIPS FOR ME TO FIND IT MYSELF BUT IT HAS BEEN A GOLD MINE EVER SINCE. I HAVE ALWAYS HUNTED MULE DEER MY WHOLE LIFE AND HAD THE SAME PLANS TO DO THE SAME ON THIS SPRING. WHERE I USUALLY HUNT ITS ALOMOST ALL MULE DEER.BUT THIS MOUNTAIN IS ALOT HIGHER THAN WHERE I USUALLY AM. THE FIRST TIME THE FIRST MORNING I SIT ON MY BLIND IN COMES A VERY, VERY NICE COUES. SO MY LUCK BEGAN. NOT EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN HAVE I HAD THE LUCK.SOME I SEE ARE TOO SMALL OR SEE NOTHING AT ALL. BUT I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY KILLED TWO VERY NICE COUES AND TWO VERY NICE MULE DEER,ALL ARCHERY. IF YOU CAN FIND THAT KIND OF SPOT TRUST ME ITS WORHT THE TIME GETTING THERE .IT IS A FOUR HOUR DRIVE FROM THE MAIN ROAD OF ROUGH ROCKY TERRAIN,THEN TWO HOURS TO HIKE FROM THERE. BUT FOR ARCHERY IT IS SO WORTH IT,BECAUSE MOST DEER UP THERE HAVE NEVER EVEN SEEN A HUMAN. NOW WHERE I AM THE MULE DEER DONT GET TO BE MONSTERS. JUST NICE BUCKS. BUT I HAVE SEEN A FEW COUSE UP THERE THAT WERE MUCH BIGGER THAN THE ONES I HAVE. MY BROTHER HAS ALSO KILLED A VERY NICE 28 INCH 5X4 MULEY UP THERE. I HOPE I GET ONE OF THOSE TOADS I HAVE SEEN BEFORE I GET TOO OLD TO MAKE THAT HIKE. IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THOSE HIKERS TRUST ME PULL HIM UP AND TALK TO HIM.IT HAS PAID OFF FOR ME. I HAVE ANOTHER SUCH TIP IN ANOTHER UNIT I HUNT,BUT THE CLIMB LOOKS EVEN WORSE. I THINK I WILL PASS THAT TIP ON TO MY KIDS UNLESS MY HONEY HOLE DRIES UP.