galiuro mountain man

That is a very nice coues. This year in Aug I missed a buck with my bow a little bigger than that on private land. I estimated him at 110 to 115" after I subtracted 15" from my origional estimate (I was a little exited to see him at 40 yards, figure he grew a little in my mind.) But I hit a small stick about 3' in front of him I didnt see and it made my arrow hit about 2" in front of him. Last year in the same place I saw a bigger buck by far but could not get a shot! He walked by at 20 yards, and I was so excited I was shaking. Anyways, my grandfather worked at PD Chino for many years, he was a shovel repair foreman before PD went to teams, and I worked at PD Morenci for about 2 years, and I am jelous that we werent able to hunt there too. Anyways very nice deer, both of them. And good luck on future hunts.

my dogs never did any shed hunting, but one dog did a lot of shed chewing. She chewed up a realy cool palmated coues shed that I had found. Out of about 10 sheds she had to chew up that one, oh well.

nobody said anything about 31, Ive hunted there a lot and seen some great bucks, in fact that was where I killed my first arcery deer back when I was 13. Most of Mt Graham has good deer on it except around the major campgrounds, way too many people there from march to november. But, if you get away from the people you can do good. good luck everyone

Dave, the grunt you have is the same one I have and it seems to work pretty good. The can you have I have seen but have not used, it seems a little lower pitched than the deer I have heard in the field, but who knows, it may work great. Give it a try and see what happens. GOOD LUCK

I would look at azgf.com and check out the southern units like everyone has said. Then find out which units have what you want, IE: camping, types of campgrounds, accessability, and so on. Also another good idea would be to get topo maps of areas you are interested in and checking out the terrain, It can go from a nice walk in the forest to a cliffhanger instantly in AZ, especially in the southern part. So look for places you would feel comfortable hunting in. Also, I do not know where you are from but in southern AZ it can be 30 degrees in the morning, up to high 70s in afternoon, then back down in 30s by dark, so be prepaired. But for the most part most of AZ southern units have good coues numbers in them, and some monster bucks, so anywhere south is usually good. hope this info helps GOOD LUCK

any newer bow has the capability of shooting strong enough to shoot well over 60 yards, if it is set at 50 lbs or more, but it isnt about the bow. My bow shoots over 300fps and my span of pins is only 1/2" from 30 to 80 yards, and I shoot effectively at each range. My 10 20 and 30 yard pin are all on one, and I know my set up would pass through a deer at 80 yards (it passes cleanly through elk at 50), but I would never shoot an animal from that far. There is just too much time for something to happen. Even though I hit a 5" circle 9 out of 10 times at 80 yards at the range, I would never try it on a deer. My comfortable hunting range is up to 40 to 50 yards, depending on wind, angle, and so on. I will go to 60 yards if everything is perfect, how calm the deer is, wind, glare from sun, angle, and obstructions (twigs, grass, etc.) if all of this is good then I will try, but I try to get closer first. It all has to do with what you are capable of, but start short and move up slowly. Build your confidence and skill, then go to a place to shoot without markings for distance and see where you are most comfortable. Also shoot from your knees, standing on slopes, different angles, windy days, even rainy days, because being in the field is nothing like being on a range. Get to where you can judge distance well, even if you have a rangefinder you may not be able to use it on that buck of a lifetime. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

I agree with 300 wsm, if they are killing the animals you shoot cleanly and you are comfortable shooting them. On another note, I would not use them on anything heavier than a deer. Like elk or bear. I lost my first elk due to a weak broadhead. One of my friends ended up shooting it in rifle season, and the broadhead was bent up and stuck in a rib. Since then I switched to Vortex and havent had a problem since. Another thing I noticed is they shoot just like my field tips, and they stay sharp for a long time, I have used the same 3 fore target practice for 3 years, and I could still hunt with them. The only bad thing I have seen with them is the o-rings (CARRY EXTRA) they crack over time. I use the 100 grain 2 blade. I tried the 3 blade, and did not like them, they flew funky and I had one of the rings that hold the blades broke, now I use them for coyotes and smaller game only. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

One other thing I have noticed is if there are no people around the deer move most of the day, full moon, no moon, summer, or winter. I think the full moon only comes into effect when there is a lot of hunting pressure. I have cold camped at times it was so bright out at night I could see very well, and could walk around without a flashlight with no problems. Then the next day I would see deer all day long. So I am archery hunting this weekend and Im not worried about a full moon, I go to the most rugged areas in the galiuro wilderness and hike. Thats where the biggest bucks I have ever seen are. Any one worried about the moon sould give this a try also, you do have to work for your deer, but it is worth it. Good Luck Everyone

In my experience any mouth blown call will work if used properly, coues are small so use a higher pitched setting on your grunt tubes, and make them a little quieter. Also there was a website that had some of the noises coues make on it, and the dove noise or cooing noise was on it. I wish I could remember what it was. Any ways it is a wierd noise to hear.

I have never seen a doe with antlers, or even heard of one. I have seen one albino doe in the wild. Also I have seen a mule/coues shot. facial colors and features looked like mulie, rack and tail was white tail. JUst imagine trying to explain that to a game warden when you have a unit 31 mule deer tag.