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For about a couple weeks before my Mom's November General Coues Hunt I watched this nice buck. Her hunt came as did that freezing storm. My dad, Cole and I glassed all morning but this buck was nowhere to be found. I decided to hike to a better point and still nothing was up in the severe wind and cold. With that said, I set my alarm for the time I was seeing this buck get up in the evenings and I laid down for a power nap. I woke up to the beeping of my watch, I glanced over and it appeared that my dad and Cole had left for other obligations. So I set my 15's on the tripod and picked up a doe and two fawns, then I started to pan over and there he was, up on a mesa feeding, I immediately called my dad and got them in on him. My mom was set up on the shooting sticks because of how tall the brush was. Unfortunately, the combination of her not being comfortable with the shot and buck fever, she missed him. That night it rained hard and we all woke up to harsh winds and high 40's temps. The whole rat pack was out looking, but we couldn't find that buck. We then decided to change the game plan and go to a different area the next day. That morning my dad and uncle found many bucks, so we left on a stalk on the biggest one. Fortunately the storm had cleared up and made for a more pleasing stalk. The buck appeared to be in a saddle in the glass but on the ground he was on a very thick flat top mesa. Once we got to our land marks we absolutely could not find this buck. Finally my dad crept up little by little and Bam! There he was, 40 yards in front of him. My dad's Cactoflauge camo must have been deceiving enough because he stayed put. The brush was too thick for the crossbow so Cole and my mom snuck up with the rifle. Cole filmed the buck bedded as I filmed my mom preparing for the shot. Seconds seemed like hours, my mom was struggling to get a good shot through the brush and the barbed wire fence straight in front of her. Next thing you know, BOOM! Cole says: "She missed!" The barbed wire strand was shaking violently. Mere seconds later she shot again and there was high fives all around, she nailed him with a heart shot. Me and Cole got some great footage and had a blast capturing the hunt. He was a big-bodied mature Coues Buck, which made for a good pack out. Thanks again to all that helped on this hunt. It was a blast and we got some great footage that will be up on our YouTube page soon! - http://www.youtube.c.../HuntingArizona

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I know the coues start dropping in April and May and have heard that muleys drop before them, as well as people saying they don't drop before. So which is it? When do they start dropping?

Sweet pics again. Too bad that lion didn't give you guys a break and leave some scent.

Haven't used either but the moultrie m80 is one of the best cams moultrie has.

Is that a covert Mp6?

I sat a blind for coyotes with my bow. I got a shot at 50 yards while self-filming the whole thing. Here's the video --->

My Dad, Rick Forrest., was very fortunate enough to draw a unit 35 Goulds Turkey tag this year. ( there are only 4 tags a season). So he scouted hard and found an area of interest. Opening morning came and I was stuck at school while he went out along with our friend Cole VanWinkle who video-taped the hunt. They called birds all morning long but didnt see anything big. Then mid-day approached and the birds shut up. It soon grew extremely windy on them so calling was even worse! Giving up was not an option so they set up once more to call these majestic birds. Luck was with them alright, a tom cam in on a bee-line to the call and at sight of the decoy, it began to slap its wings, beating the decoy all around. The tall grass hid the spurs, making my dad think twice about shooting the gobbler. The footage was too good so my dad drew the bow. The tom saw the movement and decided something was up, but as he bagan to leave a swhacker-tipped arrow hit him at the base of the tail, killing him where he stood. My anxious dad ran up to the bird and at sight of the birds spurs his smile grew even wider. The Gould appeared to be a new state record. So we had it scored 60 days after and it still appeared to be the biggest bird yet. Then it went to panel scoring a couple days ago and is the new Arizona State Record. It scored 2 5/16 inches, just thought Id share. -- Eric Forrest

Congrats! The are a funny little critters to call.

Does anyone know when the next fur auction is? I know of the bobcat only sale in kingman but that's a long drive and I need to unload some fox fur as well. Thanks.

This should open a lot of peoples eyes on bobcats. A lot of people think bobcats don't or very rarely kill fawns. I have witnessed three different kills last year. One kill which was a fawn 20yards in front of me (during the chaos I shot the cat, unfortunately the fawn had already been killed). The other two kills were on fully grown does. The mountain lions are not the sole problem for the impact on the deer, there are hungry bobcats and coyotes too.

Took this yote on the 3rd stand. Shot him in the back of the head as he was on his way out. Took this bob today on the first and only stand. Came trotting in after 7 minutes of calling. He saw the rabbit and locked on, then I turned on the Jack Attack decoy and he stopped with his tail twirling behind a prickly pear. After about 5 minutes he started to stalk into the caller and I dropped him.

When is the next fur sale?

I was only able to make it out for one stand this evening because of school work. About 16 minutes went by and this guy made his way in. Another hunter that was calling in the area decided to walk in right while I was calling the fox in. Fox spooked and I had to reposition and free hand shoot him when he stopped on the opposite hill. Dot shot him so I dropped instantly.

And a .22-250 if I'm calling an area for Bob or yote. .22lr for just fox

I use a foxpro firestorm.

Nice job on some deer killers.

Thought I would share my buddy's sons's hunt. He shot a nice buck that scored in the teens, congrats to him again!

Yesterday was the end of the archery deer season so today I was able to make it out calling. By the time I was done with school work it was getting late so I knew I wouldnt have much time to call my favorite fox spot. So I get to the area and begin my hike up and over the mountain. The first stand was perfect, set-up couldnt have been any better. There was absolutely no wind at all. I snuck down the hill to set the foxpro up and once down there a herd of javies decided they were gonna head my way. They finally eased off and I began to call, nothing. So I around the hill a ways and found another great set up. It was getting dark but I knew the spot was great. So I began calling, 5 min in I spotted a bob coming my way 200yrds out then he disappeared. I returned my focus to the land in front of my caller. ANother 5min and I hear rocks crash off a cliff. The bob was back again now 100yrds out, but he hung up and sat down. Right then I noticed a fox coming from my left to my right just in front of the cat. He started to head away from me. I switched to a rodent distress and got his attention but he stayed hung up. Quickly thinking I switched to grey fox distress. Now that put a fire under his butt. He came hauling butt. He was closing the distance fast. I knew the hill by my caller rolled good enough at about 30yrds from me that I could draw back without getting caught so I waited until he entered that zone. I was back for about 35sec until he popped up at about 12yrds. He was facing me and he wasnt indicating that he was coiming any closer to the caller so I put my top pin on him and let one fly. He had ducked the shot so instead of hitting him in the chest it hit him through the eye. Sorry for the bloody pics, I didnt have alot of time to clean him up for pictures because I was miles from the road and it was getting pretty dark

Thanks!

Skull plate looks really big for a Coues.... IMO.

Neat story with that bobcat too.

The worst place so far are the catalinas. That place gets hit way to hard with all the rifle tags.

You are not the only one. I saw lots of deer in the past years, now it is just flat out depressing not seeing the numbers there used to be. This year alone I had seen a good number of bucks in a mountain range during the august bow hunt. After the rifle hunts in October and November I was struggling to even find one buck.

Congrats on a sweet buck! Swhacker sure did its job!