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Congats brother! I am glad you were able to get out and get after it. Looking forward to seeing some Mearns here shortly.

Southwest meat is amazing! I recommend the peppered jerky sticks. Just saying...

Last year, I started getting the itch to hunt the "grey ghost". I decided after not being drawn for deer, to purchase a left over tag to Unit 35A. My brother in law had family down in Sierra Vista and had never taken a coues buck before. We got 2 tags to Unit 35A and went glassing a few times before the hunt. The night we got there, his family knew a nice canyon where it holds some decent bucks. We decided to try there. So, opening day we got into a glassing position. It was not long before the deer start showing up in our binos. After allowing them to bed we started to make our way closer. We could not cut the distance enough to make a successful shot. We decided to come to the same canyon the next morning, but on the opposite side of the canyon. I was on an edge of a cliff when we spotted the buck that was worth taking. My brother in law decided to climb up on the next ridge to close the gap to the buck. I had the buck bedded down at 400yds. Through communication with each other, my brother in law was able to make a shot at 250yds and bag his buck. DIY hunting is the only way to go. It is super tough, but most rewarding.

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Thanks Matt Meyer. My brother in law is taking his wife on that hunt this year. I will be leaving in less than 2 week s to help a young man on his first coues hunt. Love this time of year.

Unit 32 m77.

I am a day late dollar short on posting these photos from my 2012 Coues Hunt. I hope you enjoy.

Best advice for you besides what was said above is stick to the ocotillos. I find most of my coues that way. Good luck.

Sorry Mulepackhunter! I love me some fish tacos too! The trick to the mango salsa is a little bit of orange juice. Makes everything so much more flavorful. I'm going fishing this weekend. We will see how I fair.

I absolutely love to spend time with my family. My wife and kids are such a blessing to me. I wanted to share some of our passed experiences together. I hope that everyone can spend time with their kids doing the things they love to do like I have been able.

It was a blast! I am helping a young man in my church on his first deer hunt in a couple of weeks. He has the choice of any antlered deer, but he wants a Coues. I told him, "that a boy".

Exciting! This is my first year buying a tag. Still hopeful!!!

Thank you all for your comments. I am looking forwarding to more fishing in the next two weeks. Have a smallmouth trip planned this weekend and a trout fishing trip the following weekend. Pics will follow.

My buddy Andrew and I took his boys with us and went hunting for some dove. It was a blast of a time. Wish I shot a little straighter.

PJM, I wish you the best of luck in the future. Only advice I can give is find a remote canyon that drains into a water source. Good Luck!

I grew up around friends and family who hunted, but it was not until my later 20's that I would get to experience what all the excitement was about. This excitement that I speak of is hunting the "grey ghost". Now, I first hunted for these magnificent and shall I say elusive animals in 2010 in Unit 32. I put in with my 2 brothers and good friend. I had to be back at work on Saturday, so I only got to hunt Friday. My younger brother and I headed back home with our tags empty. My older brother and good friend both filled their tags that Monday. My next experience came the following year when I drew a tag for unit 23 with my brother in law. My brother in law never hunted for deer before, so I was considered the knowledgeable one. I decided to hunt the lower east side of the unit around cherry creek. Scouting for our hunt was a blast and we manage to see many rattlesnakes, etc. On opening day of the hunt there were hunters everywhere. The only way to avoid other hunters was to hike back in. This proved to be successful in fing the deer. Taking one proved to be much more difficult. My good friend who was helping me out on the hunt spooked up two nice 4x4 bucks bedded down. I had the opportunity to take a shot with them on a dead run. When I tried to get them in my sights I could not see them!!! I had my lens zoomed in to full capacity from when I was at the shooting range sighting in my rifle. I adjusted and they were long gone by then. That afternoon we had another opportunity. My brother in law spotted a 3x3 buck about 450 yds away. I spotted another buck soon after that. Since my brother in law spotted his first we waited for his buck to get out his bed. My buck got up first and left. My brother in law was able to shoot twice at his buck but unsuccessful in both attempts. I decided to put in again to Unit 32 in 2012. My good friend Craig who had never hunted before put in with me. His wife gave me a hard time that she wanted him home in one day. Although she was joking, Craig and I both agreed to take the first bucks we saw. That afternoon of the first day of the hunt we saw 2 young bucks and decided to take them. Craig shot once from 400+ yds and missed. We decided to walk around the saddle and drop in on them. The first buck spooked up and Craig took him on a dead run. As he walked to his harvest, I walked around the back side of this knoll suspecting the other buck would come around on the back side. I was right! He came out 10yds in front of me where he laid after my shot. Although he was not big, he was 3 years of DIY work and learning of the species.

Saw this in a store in Utah. Made me thankful there are still many people out there who believe in the 2nd Amendment and for that matter protecting all our constitutional rights and freedom. God bless America!

Thanks m77. My same brother in law and his wife are hunting there in December. It should be a blast. I will be in 7East helping out on a Cow Elk tag.

Bro! This was one of the funnest hunts I have ever been on. You joys are my joys. Congrats.

Thanks TJ. I really am blessed. Went camping two weekends ago with the family and we are going again in two weeks. Instill good values while they are young and those values will continue for generations to come.

Thanks BOB. I am grateful for pics mostly because you almost relive that memory everytime you look at the photo. Hush is the word on 35A coues assassin.

It looks like a Ravens vs Steelers game Flatlander. Try there sampler plate. You get to try all sorts of exotic food options.

My brother is pretty amazing! He decided years ago to take it upon himself to ask one of the best taxidermist in the industry if he could apprentice under him. After learning the trade he has since then got his license and continues to do some amazing work. Jones Wildlife Taxidermy.