Diodefense

Not 100%, but the points come off the main beam and do not fork and the hide remaining on the skull shows no white hair near the nose. The skull was near the very peak of Jefford's and I am 100% sure the doe we spooked a couple of hundred feet below where the skull was found was a coues.

I will say I also keep my eye out for that reported wild horses up there but I have never seen anything.I will say I also keep my eye out for that reported wild horses up there but I have never seen anything.

Here’s a picture of that little buck skull I found. (Sorry about the typos in the last reply. Siri hasn’t been very nice to me recently).

Well, I think I was a member many years ago under a different email address. In any event I was out looking for mountain lions in the Tortolita yesterday and I just did a Google search for Coues whitetail in the Tortolita’s and found this thread. As you probably know, The 125 Tags for both fall rifle hunts in unit 37A are “any antlered.” About three years ago I bumped into the AZ GFD and Forssman officer and Edwin Road and we got talking and he was one that told me there are Whitetail up there in the high country. So I always wanted to hike up there and find out for myself and happily, I was able to confirm it. I hunt quail and rabbit in relax Ranch a lot and I’ve seen many mule deer and I’m happy to report I haven’t seen anything that I would suspect was a hybrid.

I saw trails and a course doe making a hasty exit when I was up near the top of Jefford’s peak on March 30, 2020. Also found the skull of a small buck which had been taken by a mountain lion.