paul navarre

I see on FOX news tonight a story about all of the trash being left behind by the illegal traffic from Mexico. The story concluded that this trash had a very bad environmental impact especially along the border. I found it interesting, the news reported stated, that the clean up was not being conducted by the government nor was it costing tax payers anything as there were volunteers that are picking up the trash. The story left me with the impression that everything was fine and dandy and that a clean up was ongoing. I know this story, by personal observation while hunting down there four years, did not even touch on the huge trash problem Arizona is facing.

Marlon, thanks and when you are in FT Collins, give me a call, per the phone book and maybe lunch. Paul Navarre

Sweet buck! Not easy for sure. Paul

I love to see the gals and the youth be successful. Thanks for sharing. What is the saying? "A family that bow hunts together, stays together!"... True, true, true, Paul

JT, Yes, he will go on the wall. When the mount is accomplished in 9 months or so, I will post a picture. Dick, I will send you a couple of pictures. thanks, Paul

Mr. J, yes, great meeting you also. I see your party got one coues buck a few days after I left. Remi sent me a picture. My next hunt will be in Nebraska for Spring turkeys and I always get my two birds bowhunting, within a few days. Sort of in the hunting doldrums right now but will be regrouping soon. I am writing about my Arizona hunt for Eastman's Bowhunting Journal and will send it to them this week. Good luck in the future. Paul

Jeff, I loved the weather.. It is minus 7 this morning in Ft. Collins with 5 inch of snow. Hope all is well. Paul

Are you canting your bow from vertical causing your pins to slant, thus giving you the wrong pin placement at longer ranges, especially the 40-,50 yards pins?'' You will not notice much difference at 20-30 yards but beyond that, a big difference.

tOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN. Great story and buck. Thank you for sharing. yes, deer calling and antler rattling really do work. Paul

Birddog, if those were elk tenderloins, you would never see the plate. I will tell you this, these coues buck tenderloins were some of the best wildgame meat I have every eaten. Moist, tender, perfect med rare. The back straps are next and I shaved thin, some of the meat to make deer jerky. The rest, will go for stew, chilli, burger.

Well, the buck's meat is in the freezer and the cape and horns are at the taxidermists. Now is the time to enjoy the harvest with a fine meal of deer tenderloins washed down with a good red wine. Bon Appetit

Here is the real deal.

KQ, To me a whitetail is a whitetail, from Alberta to Mexico, and then West to East. They may live in different states, environments, terrains, but they all need food, water, and shelter. I notice that some bowhunters here, use tree stands, blinds or spot and stalk. All of these methods will work depending on the skill of the hunter and the terrain being hunted. I brought by Double Bull Blind, my tree stand and climbing stick, good boots and knee pads. I never did use the blind or tree stand because the situation required boot,camo, and knee pads and I spend some time in ambush situations. In the open terrain where one sits on a hill with a spotting scope, hunting these deer is like hunting pronghorn. The big question I alway ask myself is, "how can I get to within 30 of these deer?" There is no doubt that hunting these deer in the more open terrain, spot and stalk, is one of the most challanging hunts on earth. I know I was hunting at the start of the rut so I took advantage of that and hunted the doe groups and it payed off. Thanks for the question, Paul

OH, I found him just to the right of the middle brush, laying down to the right.

OK, I give up. Where in this picture is this buck?????????????????????????????

Beautiful deer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The memories of the hunt will last forever. Paul

Too exciting! Thanks for sharing your success. Paul

Nice pictures. I started carrying my camera in a "front" fannie pack, everywhere I hunt, and try to take a picture of every animal I see. Just adds to the enjoyment of the hunt. Regards, Paul

Sorry, measured as a 4x3. Thanks to all for your kind comments. Per Paul

Just to give you guys an idea how this buck scored I had thE buck measured last night. His "wet" score, appox, Gross= 92 Net= 87 He was measured as a 5x4 with a small nontypical point. Yes, he is going on the wall. I was soooo happy when I called my wife after I harvested this buck and she stated." You are going to have him mounted, aren't you?????????" I thought, " YES, YES, YES,!!!!!!!!!!"

Mt. Cat. Yes, I remember you guys and sorry we did not get to visit longer. I stayed in the area a few more days, saw a total of four bucks, got within 100 yards of two, but figure I would need a 270 cal to kill one in that open country side. I hunted farther back in beyond the gate but ran into 4 other guys. Too many for that area. I left on Sunday, stayed on Benson for the night for a beer and a good meal and room, and traveled to the Panagonia area arriving early monday morning. I set up my tent camp and hunted that afternoon, sighting the small buck that afternoon. The next morning is when I slipped into the stream botton and killed this buck at high noon. It was a mile and a half back to camp but I carried out the four quarters and meat in my large cargo back pack and finished boning out at camp. Attached is one of the bucks I saw in your area but 1/2 mile to the west on the end of one of the ridges. Actually there are two bucks in the picture. The spike is licking the larger bucks face????????????? Thanks for the kind comments as we all know, we are only on this earth for a short time and we have to take advantage of our time here. Keep the passion. Paul

Thunderbolt. I spotted a small 3x3 buck in the same area the day before as he followed a few does down to water in a near by stream. The next morning, with a NE wind, I slipped into this transitional area between the stream bottom and higher surrounding, rocks, thornbrush, cactus area, at first light and waited, on my knees for any deer to present themselves. There was a grove of mesquite trees that gave me good cover and also gave the deer good cover and shade. At 10 am this buck, following a doe, came down the hill. She was intent to drink. He had other intentions, if allowed. Being on my knees and these deer being only 34-36 inch high, I misjudged the distance and shot over him at 30 yards. Well, the beauty of bow hunting is, no noise, so the deer did not spook out of the country but only followed the doe. An hour later I saw him at 60 yards, in the brush, heading away. A few of the does had bedded so I crawled up to within 35 yards, in hope that the buck may return. Two hours passed. One on the does saw some movement and came on alert but could not make me out as danger so she did not spook but stood there for 15 minutes just staring in my direction. Even through I was wearing knee pads, my knees were giving out. JUST THEN THE BUCK SHOWED UP AT HIGH NOON!!!. He check out another doe and then came up behind this one. She turned to greet him and that gave me a shot opportunity at 25 yards. There was a branch half way to the buck that I had to shoot over. At 250fps, it did not take the arrow long to reach its target. The shot was a little high and angled back to the opposite hip taking out the lungs, at least one. Upon impact, the gray ghost was gone from my sight. I waited for 1/2 hour before I advanced to where the buck was standing and then followed the tracked to where I had last seen the deer before it disappeared, out of the stream botton and into the rocks. Then no tracks. NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD WAS FOUND! Well, I have been in this situation before so I just starting trailing out the few trails and started to make half circles, twenty yards apart. Little did I know on the second pass, I passed within 10 yards of the buck. ON the third twenty yards pass, (now 100 yards from where the buck was last seen) I found him in a small depression. I was able to breath again! I back tracked and did not find one drop of blood. Because of the high body shot, the blood had stayed internal. I shot him with a 100 gr Magnus Stinger, 4 bls. This is the same arrow and broadhead and accounted for a Colorado Bull elk, a Nebraska and Kansas WT in 2008. This buck made it four for four and what a great way to start the New Year. Now I have to wait for two months before turkey season starts. Attached picture as I found him. Thanks for the questions, Regards, Paul

Thanks for the nice replys. Here is a close up of "rusty" buck.

Happy hunter with deer! A mature 5x3. Mains are 15 1/2 and 16 1/2, and outside width is 15 1/2. Brows are 3 inchs. Congrats to all who have been successful and good luck to those still trying. Paul

I am really excited for two reasons, 1, I just viewed on this conference, a few bucks that were shot during the last day or so. Congrats to the successful ones, and good luck to those who will still be hunting, and 2, I heading out from Ft. Collins Colorado, driving 1000 miles, to coues deer hunt in Arizona, east ,and or, south of Tuscon. Should be in camp my tuesday. This will be my forth trip in five year but still excited. Camping out for 2-3 weeks, warm weather and deer hunting, a great combo for sure. Life is good. Paul