Coues79

Great hunt and story it sounds like. Fantastic buck too. Congratulations

Leica or Swarovski, either way you're getting a superb pair of glasses. I personally have the 15 Swaros and love every crisp and clear edge to edge image I get. They are bad, bad, bad binos. Congratulations.

Man that first picture is priceless and one of the best I've seen on the forum in a while. That is a sweet deal seeing those guys partaking in a hunt like that. Awesome. Personally, I think the 4 generations picture should win best photo for the contest, but thats just me! I would agree.

Always count on ya' for some great pics. That last one of Rica is great.

At 6:00 p.m, one of the valley news channels had Hannagan's at 21".

It's nice to see someone say MERRY CHRISTMAS. That's the real reason for the season. Hope to have some pics of the little guy and wife coming soon. Merry Christmas everyone.

Whisper

Congratulations! Looks like a nice bull man.

Dang. Sorry to hear that Lark. Hope you find some comfort somehow.

I like to glass and then bed them up. I usually wait until most of the does have bedded down; A lot of times, I've seen big muley bucks bed down as the does continue to feed in the morning. When they start to drift aways off, he'll just get up and move to them. After they bed, I like to come in over the top of them (if the wind is right), just to try and avoid all of the eyes that can catch you coming from below. Sometimes coming from below works though. Take your time and go really, really slow making sure each step is perfectly and softly placed. When you start to get 50-75 yards away, if there isn't much wind, they can hear the smallest of rocks move, and the smallest grass blade crunch. You really have to take your time and move slowly. Maybe even take your boots off and stalk in your socks or get the silent stalkers that you slip over your boots. I shot a Mule deer buck about 8 years ago and once I got on top of the deer, it took me about 3 hours to finally slip an arrow into him. I moved a total of about 150-200 yards in the 3 hours. It was a blast watching him that whole time. Nothin' beats an archery animal with a great stalk!

No doubt, thats a good one.

Well Keith V, I'm glad my lessons in hunting have finally paid off for you and the fam. :P Oh yeah, were you by that one hill that you could see from your house? You know, that one? ;) Hey, that's a dang nice buck that Carla took. How is Pops ever gonna top that one? Man, I hope I can top that one someday. Congratulations to you and your family on a great buck. None for us yet.

Congrats man! I've got ten more years to wait Oh well. It'll be worth it when the time comes. GOOD LUCK!!

Uh, thats a big cat, not to mention he's gonna have the feds all over him to see where he's located him

If you look at the time of this post, it should tell you the level of my excitement. Opening day eve never allows for any sleep.

Congratulations! Your hard work paid off with a dang nice buck.

Very impressive buck right there. Looks like some beautiful coues deer country too. Congratulations!

I would have to say that no matter what, you would have to go by the tail. There are too many instances where coues deer may have a side that forks like a muley and vice versa. I'd put up an argument if I took a deer with a fluffy white tail and someone told me it was a muley. It may have more muley characteristics but it does have what counts..... a whitetail. Singleshot, yeah I know where your sayin. Hope to find that ones offspring someday when I've got my rifle and tag in hand and beat the older brother to the shot. It's my turn

Man if that last pic. is considered a coues deer, that thing is ridiculously huge. Sure does look like a muley in characteristics, but it does have that white underside to its tail. I know if I came across a buck like that and saw a fluffy white underside to that flag, I'd have to pull the trigger myself. I remember one time out hunting, I busted up 3 deer. Two of them looked identical to coues deer. Color, size and how they got the heck out of there. The other doe was a lot bigger and in appearance looked a lot different. When I saw her start stotting off, I figured it was a muley doe with the two coues deer. However, when I looked closer through my glasses, I noticed that dang thing had dark markings on her outer part to her tail, but, it was definitely with out a doubt, fan-like. It wasn't the rope tail like muleys have. Her actions were mule deerish, but with coues deer, and a whitetail. The face of your buck does have muley features. I've heard that over time, deer in certain areas will adapt to their environment and develop certain characteristic features. So maybe if there are more muleys in that area with few whitetail, throughout time, they may have developed and changed to look more like a mule deer. Kind of like humans. In certain areas, people talk certain ways and look certain ways. I don't know. Just my thoughts. Cool looking buck regardless.

That's a pretty buck man. Congratulations.

Nice pics Doug. No bucks but at least some nice scenery for you anyways.

I've noticed that lately, there have been commercials about this kinda thing on t.v. There is supposed to be a website you can go to, to learn how to protect yourself in scams like these.

Happy Birthday Amanda! Hope its great!

Alright, you need to spill the frijoles. Selling 1 year old SLC 15's at a good deal and a Leica 1200 rangefinder? Hmmm Could Swaro be comin' out with a bino/ranger like Leica?

That is cool to see your children have learned how to hunt. That should give you a good feeling knowing that you taught them how to be able to be successful in the field. They're doing what you taught them to do! That's cool. Pretty soon (in years to come) they'll be the ones doing the scouting for you and taking you out in the field. Congratulations to you and your kids!