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Photos of Coues deer taken with a
bow - page 26
Arizona has generous archery deer seasons. There are seasons in August,
September, December and January. Many of the seasons allow you to take any
antlered deer or any deer, including does.
These photos are
copyrighted and are not to be downloaded or used without written permission from
CouesWhitetail.com. To request permission send me an email stating how you
intend to use the photos.
C. J. Carling
2008
WOW, this buck green scores 122 inches!
Here is a little story about the hunt"
"I was in a stand and about ready to leave in fact I had the string
tied on to the top cam of my bow when I looked up one last time and here
come three bucks trotting in. My heart started to pump harder than ever
because I knew they would'nt stay long. I started to try and untie the
string from my bow with my hands shaking with buck fever. (I love that
feeling) I finally got it untied and had to turn around in my stand. ( I was
standing up facing the tree, because I was about to get down. ) As I did I
saw the big one front and center and started to draw when I realized that
the string had fallen from the top cam and had got caught up on the bottom
cam. As I drew the bow the string was wrapping up in the cam but I knew this
was my only chance. If I let down and tried to untangle the string it would
be over, so I took it back to full draw and hoped that the string was
weathered enough that the bow would over power the string and my arrow would
stay true. By this time the buck had turned quartering away and I put the
correct pin on the middle of his rib cage and released. The bow sounded
different as it ripped the string and the arrow hit a little back of its
intended mark but he was quartering away so I knew when I saw it enter it
was a good hit. All three deer ran off and the one I hit went behind a tree
so I could not see him. The other two deer stopped milled around and then
bedded down. I waited a couple hours meanwhile the two bucks eventually got
up and fed on out. I got down and went over to take a look an I was
obviously as happy as I could be. Our pictures of him last year were
good but he put on even more."
Byron Strom
Aug. 2008
" The 2008 Arizona
August archery deer hunt will always be one to remember. I shot this brute
on opening day, sitting water. This happened to be the first time that I
have ever laid eyes on this particular buck, but I knew the potential of the
Coues deer in this area. I shot him at 38 yards, and three hours later I
found him (To make a long story short).
He green scored around
120”, but I’m still waiting to get an official P&Y score. I would like to
thank my friend Gilbert Rivera, for getting off of work early and driving a
long way just to help me find my buck; and after enjoy a couple of cold
ones.
This is my second
Arizona Coues Deer, and my whole life, I’ve been Muley Crazy. I think that
I officially have the “Bug”, and I’m absolutely hooked on Coues Deer now!"
Nathan Lacost
Dec. 2008
Buck was rough scored green at 125 5/8" outside spread 21" shot in
Gila county at 20 yards from treestand,with BowTech Patriot VFT GoldTip
arrows and Thunderhead 100 broadheads..
