CouesWhitetail

You guys crack me up!!!!! Amanda

Awesome! Thanks for the update. Can't wait to come to your house after you get back to see all your trophies in person!! Amanda

I agree with Gary. I think it has something to do with how Mulies don't tend to have eyeguards and perhaps in the west most people were mulie hunters and then just applied that count to a WT. I went to college out on the east coast and so when I first came here the western count threw me for a loop. When I did deer check stations on the rez, we still listed all points, including eyeguards on the datasheets. The thing that really cracks me up about the western system is that you don't count the eyeguard which is a scorable point, but for that to be a 3 point, you have to count the end of mainbeam which is NOT a scoreable point. That's goofy. Maybe we should just rework the western system so that it's the end of the main beam that isn't being counted. Then it can still be a 3x3 (if you count the eyeguards) and you not ignoring scoreable points. I have hard time ignoring the eyeguards on my mexico buck below!! They are a big part of why I shot him!

Those are Covert 2 trail cam pics. I believe he won the Covert 2 in the Guess the Number of Coral Beans contest that we had. Nice!!! Amanda

It surprises me that they can chew it all up without leaving claw or tooth marks. That exposed part of the tree was soft and would take marks easily, yet I couldn't find anything that looked like claw or tooth marks. Do you normally not see marks in the trees you find? Amanda

Bill, Maybe my horrible mushroom story is enough to scare them away Bill, PM me your phone number up there, I wanted to give you a call and maybe meet for lunch, we ended up not having time, but I also didn't have your number. Amanda

Thanks for sharing the pics Bill! That is a bummer about the glare on the first pic. I always enjoy your posts because they have "extra" info in them (e.g., what highways weren't built yet, what prices were, what things were influencing or not influencing habitat like the Salton Sea). Thanks for all the extra info you share with us. Amanda

I did find some porcupine evidence not too far from this tree, but this seemed too big and in those I could see porcupine sized tooth marks. I thought about bears girdling, but it really doesn't have tooth marks in it. I sort of ruled those options out, but I could be wrong. Maybe I will email Stan and see if he can tell me what he thinks. Amanda

The forum shows your total posts, not the individual number of each post. So all your posts now say 668 since that is your current total. Next time you post they will show 669. Amanda

Thanks for posting this. I hope anyone with info will call AGFD to help them solve these crimes. Amanda

A few more pics to show the green up there! Man it was so nice to walk around in that. And does anyone know what did this? The bark was scraped off the tree sort of like an elk rub, but it was too big a tree and much lower than usual. No hair attached that I could use to id what did this.

OH MY!!! That's an awesome buck!!! Nice find!! Amanda

Wow, thanks for the warning. Sorry you have to go through this....again.... Amanda

My point is it does not always have to always "boil down to a few animals" if good minds get together and work on the real problem. Instead of worrying about bonus points and methods to decide who gets to hunt, we need to learn why reproduction and survival rates on Arizona's deer are so low and then do something about it. As for the "lots of hunters wanting them", twice as many hunters as we now have (or more) would be no problem in a state as large as Arizona if all the locks and no trespassing signs that block our entry to state, BLM and forest service land were removed. Forget "how they rig up the draw." A lottery wouldn't be needed if we had more deer. Other reasons to get outdoors are fine, but deer hunting itself is threatened if we continue to tell thousands of would-be hunters to stay home. Bill Quimby I agree with Bill. I would love to see more focus on trying to improve deer numbers. That is one of the reasons that the AZ Deer Association funded a fawn mortality study in the 3-bar. As well as funding research to improve monitoring and survey methods of deer in the Kaibab. Access is another issue and AGFD has staff dedicated to trying to keep gates open for hunters. The AZ Deer Association is just beginning an adopt a ranch program where we hope to help ranchers with projects they need so that perhaps they are not so likely to close a gate when/if they encounter a problem with some hunters. Amanda

Great update!! Thanks for taking us along with you!! I love these kinds of posts! Enjoy the sounds of the African night for me!! Amanda

Thanks for sharing a little about your dad with us. It sure is great that you had so many years of hunting with him. And at least he died out doing something he enjoyed. If we have to go, surely it's nicer to do it outside doing a favorite activity rather than in a nursing home. Amanda

Somehow I missed this, so happy belated birthday!! Amanda

Thank you for your service and if you have any questions about using this forum, just PM me or email me and I can help you out. Amanda

Nice to have a pic of his first coues! At 73 no less!! Hopefully he is smiling down on you knowing you posted this for him Amanda

Yes, it's the latest. There is a Covert 1 as well. Amanda

Great pics Clay! Good luck to everyone on your bear hunts! Amanda

Wow!! Welcome to the site, thanks for sharing your excellent pics! Amanda

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Nice bucks Matthew!! That sure was a great shot you made on that 111 buck!! I was watching it on video again the other day. I still don't know how you saw that buck's vitals from your setup in the tall grass and at last light. But you made a perfect shot. Hopefully I will get that video to you soon. Amanda

Bill, your "one" is a great one for sure!! My highest scoring buck is one from Mexico that grosses about 111. Great hunt and I love this buck! Very tall and symmetrical. His skull sits right over my computer screen. here is a link to the hunt story and some video of him: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/hunt_stories/akm_06_sonora.htm