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Shooter, Thanks again! I will just look from a distance at the tarantulas. We have spiders, but nothing like them. It will be a cool picture, but I don't think I will be handeling them. Just wanted to get someone's experience with them. Sounds like the males have other thinks on its mind! From the reading I have done on coues, they are territorial and females usually live with a few miles of where they were born. Correct me if I am wrong! They sound a little like mullies bucks up here from my experience. Going nocturnal and moving to their back up area. I am excited to hunt them. My llimited experience with whitetails up here is when spooked they move out and don't stop for anything untill they are in cover. I am guessing they act the same?

I just went through this also and I went with the CVA Optima V2 Northwest. I was going to go with the Accura like Couestracker did but it was a couple months out for their new northwest edition so I went with the Optima. The only difference between the northwest and standard model is the breech plug has four holes in the plug to expose the nipple and it uses musket caps. I am from Idaho and wanted one that was legal in Idaho that I could switch over easily to use 209 primers. There are only few things different between the optima and accura. So I pulled the trigger on the optima. Very easy to clean with the quick release beech plug. Very accurate, the pic was a three shot group at 100 yards with a 250 gr Hornady sst-ml with 100 grs of Blackhorn 209 powder and cci primers. I am very happy with it. Fun to shot. I was also using the Leupold muzzy scope. CVA is a good one. I got the optima for $299 and put the rest towards the scope. But as 125coues stated that new Remington muzzy will be a beast and 400 yards is no joke with what I have read on it.

Shooter, Thanks, for the info. I was also wondering about their movements. I've read that they stay in the same general area year around. I was wondering if they do stay within a certain area or do they tend to migrate as the seasons change and do they move out once they have been bumped? Have you been getting any rain down there this year? I have been reading a lot of posts and trying to find out as much as I can about the grey ghost and were they live. Spotting is the main way I hunt up here. Also, I have to know about the snakes and spiders ya have down there. I talked with a guy and he told me the tarantula are moving around that time of the year? Ya I can't wait to get down there and try and find a ghost!

Well guys after years of applying for Coues deer in New Mexico I finally drew a tag. This is my first Coues hunt and I am very excited. I drew the unit 23 (Burro Mts.) muzzy hunt that runs from Oct. 25 through the 29th. I will only be able to scout for a couple of days before the season starts so I figured I better start doing some research now. I am just trying to figure a few things out about the area and Coues deer in general since this is my first time hunting them. I was wondering if the coues bucks bachelor up like mule deer or stick to themselves. Also wondering about the weather during that time of the year. Sure wish I could scout more than 2 days prior to the hunt but with work and the 1000 mile drive to the unit I don't think it will happen. I am more than willing to help anybody that needs some information on hunting Idaho, thanks again. I am not looking for someone to tell me right where to hunt just trying to figure out thier habits and maybe things I should be aware of before I head down there to hunt in Oct.. If you would rather P.M. me that is great. Any advice is greatly appreciated and I will be sure to let you know how I do. Thanks, Rob