CouesWhitetail

good luck! and thanks for sharing your hunt.

Tony,as I understand it, this bill adds more governors tags. And elkaholic is incorrect, it does not give them control over all the governors tags. The bill allows for the purchase of new tags, some of which would become governors tags. The old governor tags that already exist and are auctioned by sportsmens groups are not taken over by this bill. The process for handling those tags and the revenue generated from them will remain the same. also, for those interested, I have attached a fact sheet provided by the AZSFW about this bill. Expo and Tag Legislation Outline.pdf

Doug, I am with you on wanting to see a thorough accounting of how the money is spent. This whole proposal is very similar to what Utah has done with the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo. I just checked their website and they don't seem to provide a link to an accounting of how much money actually hits the ground. However, I know from attending the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo that lots of hunters love the opportunity to enter the drawings to win some great tags. They limit the number of times any one person can enter to win and so the odds of winning are pretty good. They do post odds of winning on the expo website. http://www.huntexpo.com/apply.php Just to be clear the AZ Sportsmen for Wildlife group is an arizona-based group that is not part of the national SFW organization. In fact this bill specifically states that the qualified group must not be tied to a national organization. You can read more about their public policies here: http://arizonasportsmenforwildlife.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&Itemid=69

cool! please remember to fill out the registration form for the hunt and email it to me. this helps me keep track of who is coming and what kind of equipment they might have to loan out. the registration form is on the info page: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/womens_javelina_hunt_2012.htm

+1 This will raise a lot of money for wildlife management and is worth giving some serious thought to. I haven't made up my mind either as I haven't read through the bill in detail. But from what I hear this would help make the Expo here in AZ a much bigger event drawing a lot more hunters here to attend the expo (and therefore a lot of additional money for AZ businesses). So more money for AZ wildlife, more money for AZ businesses sound like strong pluses. Some estimate the Expo with all these added raffle and auction tags will bring $20,000,000 to Arizona. That's 20 million bucks of additional revenue in a state that is hurting for money. This bill is not proposing landowner tags. And many of the tags would be raffled off, not auctioned, so it's not just targeting rich out of state hunters.

Welcome and if you need help posting pics, you can call me and I can talk you through it....928-200-0544

Congratulations! Hey Elkhunter, maybe you and your dad should come be mentors at the women's javelina camp? It's during the second weekend of the HAM hunt down south. for more info: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/womens_javelina_hunt_2012.htm

Nice finds!

Aren't you going to share yours?? It will take me a while to think of mine.

I was wondering the same thing, I like when people talk about how much time and effort they have put in before being successful with primitive equipment or even standard equipment. Sometimes I think non-hunters really get the wrong idea about hunting. They think you just go out once and it's all over. Sometimes it works out that way, but for the majority of people there is a lot more to it.

good advice....the more you can practice your shooting and stalking skills the better.

+1 Most people would just shoot whatever they could the first time, but that doesn't mean you have to do that. Just think about how much experience you are gaining everytime you do a stalk...even if it's blown or you can't get close enough due to lack of cover. If you have the time to get out there and pursue the big bucks, I say go for it! If you are running low on time or energy, maybe you should modify your goals. But it sounds like you are doing awesome and I bet if you stick with it, you can get one of the larger bucks.

did you check the AGFD hunt unit reports to find some good starting points for finding deer? http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/hunting_units.shtml My other suggestion is to post where you live and ask if anyone here would be willing to take you out and help you learn about glassing for coues deer.

Wow! I am glad to hear your stent surgery went well!! that's awesome! And to be out hunting so fast afterwards is just a tribute to the advances in medicine, wow. Congratulations on the pigs!

Congratulations on your first deer!! Nice job.

Sounds like an awesome event! Unfortunately the kid hunters I know have already killed big game. I shared it on facebook to help boost your publicity on it.

If you didn't already get one, take a look at the Range Snap....it's made by a forum member and they are great! I used one on my elk hunt and just loved it. Really handy for keeping your Range Finder (or GPS, or Radio) handy. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/range_snap.htm

Look like fresh scrapes! So what book u reading?

Yes! My packers are having such a great year! I would love to come watch them win another super bowl!

Congratulations!! Make sure you enter your buck in the Coues Buck Contest: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/Coues_Buck_Contest_2011/coues_buck_contest_2011-12.htm

Those pics of the cooked venison look awesome!

Congratulations!!

AWESOME!

WoW!!!!! Congratulations to both of you! Those are awesome bucks! WOW! Thanks for sharing them with us!

Dewey asked me to post this for him. I love how Dewey uses no camo and just keeps the wind right and consistently kills coues bucks with his bow. I killed this buck at 22yds with my compound bow. Unit C Cottonwood Canyon. I saw alotta bucks and previously missed 3 times with my homemade longbow and arrows. One buck that I missed with my longbow was a 100-105" buck at 36yds downhill. I got too excited and snapped shot the arrow. I watched the arrow sail low as it stuck harmlessly between its legs into the ground. It was a RUSH. I felt like I had just killed the buck of a lifetime at that moment even though I had missed. I accomplished my goal that day, to spot and stalk a P&Y and release an arrow with homemade equipment. So I decided for the final weekend, I'll take out "Ole Faithful" my compound bow and find a buck. So together with younger bro "Ace-dogg" we set forth and found this high racked 3X3 buck in a secluded side canyon. I stalked up at first to 80yds and waited. Watched this deer zigzag back and forth. Final at 60yds it started moving thru the mahogeny nimbling along as it went. Each time it picked thru the browse I crept closer. Now its about 40yds....waited and watched with my arrow already nocked. The buck now was moving thru a thicket so I took a couple more steps. Finally I spot an opening thru the maghogney settle my pin and waited. The buck was angling towards me when I released the shot. It was a clean pass-thru with the Magnus Stingers BH. I to follow-up with a second shot which put it down for good. Happy trails....dewey