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Thats a great story, and a real nice buck. Something to remember for a lifetime.

I have been thinking about this thread since I read it last night. I am newer to AZ and since everything is done by draw, doesn't it make sense that you could always say what unit, because of the draw. I seems to me that the number of hunters in a unit is up to F&G, so the only downside to answering "what unit?" is the quality of the hunters might go up in that unit. I am always interested in hearing what unit because I am looking for new ground, but just because someone got a good one doesn't mean that I bank on drawing that unit. Just my humble opinion. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, AND GOOD HUNTING.

I was on the hunt just after Thanksgiving, and saw 7 does, no bucks

I made my choice first on best chance of getting a tag, then hunter success, then finding an area that you would want to get to know well enough to continue to go back. I had my first couse hunt in November, loved the southern AZ territory, and will return for hunts on other game.

When I heard about the hunter being in trouble, I was thinking that most didn't know they were in trouble until the food/drink ran out, and that the hunting should get better as the game would stay more localized. All the other stuff in this thread is just someone trying to get everybodys rocks off and should be ignored.

Nice buck. It is always more fun and memorable when the conditions are not as planned.

Good day all, I went on my first Couse hunt this past weekend, in unit 35A. No deer in the area where I had scouted, so we set off in a few canyons that I wanted to check out. We saw 7 deer overall, but no bucks. It made my trip just to see deer after I had scouted a buck group earlier in the fall and came up empty on the first day. Got real windy on Saturday, and deer were hunkered down, but saw that they were in the steep canyons, but just couldn't put antlers on anything. Had a "how many deer do you see moment", so that was cool. They hide right under your nose don't they! Camp got blown around but had a great time in a very interesting part of AZ. Wanted to stop the Border Patrol and ask them where the deer are, but didn't. I was just happy that I was able to find animals. Saw some Pronghorns on the way in, and about 25 turkeys, didn't get a fishing report but was too windy to fish on Saturday so I doubt anyone was doing any catching at Parker Canyon Lake. Thanks to all who have given info for this website, I learned alot about the Couse, and It helped my hunt. Pictures next year I hope.