Coues 'n' Sheep

I think I'd like a .257 Wby and I maybe .204

Dude, if your family draws elk tags again..... I'm gunna kick you in the nards!!! You all average 3-4 elk tags a year!!! Sooooo........... No whining if you actually don't draw! Oh, by the way, I think Mar. 25th @ 5 pm.

That is AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing Amanda! What a great turn out ya just gotta love all those folks for the ADBSS!

323, First let me say Thank You. I am a HUGE fan of all the members of our armed forces. Thank you for serving our country. Your reward for service would seem to be getting the opportunity to hunt one of the finest Coues Deer preserves in the USA. The opportunity to harvest "Buisers" that get very little hunting preasure. Congrats on that great archery buck, that you obviously don't appreciate. Yes, it is obvious by the "field photos" that you do not have a true understanding of what an accomplishment you achieved that day. Even hunters that hate record books still throw a "quick tape" on thier trophies. To you he is just another "9 or 10 pointer" ..... You had a great day of road hunting and now your a Coues Deer expert? Your statement about Cabelas is a LIE...... Jeremy NEVER complained at Cabelas or any other time. We were disappointed about the lack of professionalism and I made an inqueiry to the SCI guy in charge who instructed us to let him rescore the buck at the ISE show. So if you want to rag on someone.... Pick ME! I have broad shoulders, but do not disrespect my friend or his buck of 10 lifetimes. That guy is one of the hardest working & most determined hunters I know and IMO he has done everything in his power to Honor that amazing buck taken on Public Land in Fair Chase. I congradulate my buddy for his buck and his efforts! I want to congradulate him for his buck's new "pending" P&Y ranking and on making the B&C All Time book with an archery harvest!! I am sorry for this rant, but some people just have to be Haters! Jeremy, I guess maybe you should have just thrown this rack in the basket by the TV with all your other Big deer and sheds.... Rock On! Lets go find a bigger one, Buddy!!! CnS

You still get around in the hills pretty good though!!! Even if this kid can find more bone layin' on the ground than you can!!!! Happy Birthday, Buddy! Hope it is a good day for you! Gino

You bet! What a gal! Congrats!

Guess that makes you a Sucka!!!! Don't you have something better to do than hang on everyword about the draw.... After all you guys draw every dang year.... ..... not mch anticipation there.... Sucka!!!!

Bah HaHaHaHa!!! Uh, those don't count Mr. Quimby.....

LMAO!!! I just had to do it before someone else did!!!! I heard Friday, too.... but my guess for a month has been the 25th, so I will stick with it.

They are posted!!!! Just kidding.....

Your thinkin' of a different Scott there, TJ..... better double up on the Ensure this week! A different Scott????? ...they all sound alike. CnS....bought a new case just the other day. Can't remember where I put it. You'll have that!

Not sure what the poundage is on my trigger.... ....but I'd have to bet that it is at 2 lbs or less on my LR 300 Wby, but on my Wife's 300 Wby it is a hair heavier, maybe closer to what yours is, Casey (maybe 2.5?). I am a trigger jerkin' fool if I have to wait on a trigger to go off! I like it to surprise me everytime! The lighter triggers have really improved my shooting. I know it surprised Buckhorn when he shot it the other day! Good luck on that trigger! You won't regret having it done! CnS

Jason..... 'Bout time you posted those pics!! ....Man! The head on that deer is as fantastic as the horns!!! It sure will be an awesome mount! Congrats to that hunter on an Outstanding Coues deer!! G

If you can't find anyone down that way, shoot me a pm and I'll give you a guy that is really good in the central part of the state. CnS

Your thinkin' of a different Scott there, TJ..... better double up on the Ensure this week! Happy Late B-day Scott! We have missed your photo stories of late... where you been hiding??? CnS

There goes any sheep that might be left in there!

HaHaHaha..... "Here kitty, kitty ,kitty..... I got you a bowl of milk...." Just funnin' Casey..... Gotta give a big congrats to Dogman68..... What a Way Frickin' Cool Grand-Dad!!!! CnS

Guess I'm just Photogenic.... ....Troy, I know you don't know what that means..... ....It is Austrailian for Handsome Devil...... Lance, it was good to get to meet you, too..... and everyone else as well! The show seemed less ( and smaller) than last year, to me.... anyone else feel that way?? CnS

No your not cuz I am taking your new boat out that's parked in MY yard! Better tell your wife that you have to make new plans. Good thing dry-storage for a boat is cheaper than hunting Cabin Rental fees! I'll be getting Her boat when I'm darn good and ready, Old Man....... Bah HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!

+1, Josh!

BUMP.... Still for sale..... lots of interest and no $$$$....

Wish I could go..... but can't. I'm takin' my bride to the lake for the weekend.... it is what she wants for our Anniversary. Have a great time ya'all!

Bring your optics you will see sheep and Coues deer from the the ranch if you are looking hard enough! Have fun it is awesome in there! BTW.... that is a Mathews!!

Well now....you can't just say something like that without filling us in on the story! Amanda You asked for it! My personal photo shows it, but below is a short recap of the most important hunt of my life. I wrote it back in January 2002 and now rereading it, it is probably pretty poorly written, but it is all that I have...... and the fantastic memories & that Fabulous mount! I spent time all up and down that Arivipa Canyon and the surrounding mountains and feeder canyons. Brandenburg is an amazing place that holds more desert bighorn history than almost any other mountain in the the state. I was blessed to hunt for them there. ONCE IN A LIFETIME By: Gino Wullkotte The summer afternoon that I pulled the 2001 Arizona Game & Fish draw results up on my computer probably changed my life forever. Not to mention the bruise I put on my head when it came in contact with the ceiling... I stared at the screen with a dumb look trying to comprehend why I suddenly had no bonus points for desert bighorn. When it hit me, I hit the ceiling. I did it! I drew an AZ sheep tag and it was the one and only Aravipa tag! Honestly I don't know if I was the most deserving, but I'd like to think that I was the most grateful recipient of this prize. Well, the hard part was done, I had the tag! Now I had to prepare and set my goals for the hunt. My first goal was to try and harvest my ram with a bow, second was to try and harvest the best Class IV ram I could find, and finally have the hunt of a lifetime. I spent hours upon hours on the phone to anyone who had any info on sheep or about Aravipa. I obtained as many maps of the area as I could and began to draw a mental picture. I then began making overnight trips to different parts of the unit to learn as much as possible about its geography and were I might find sheep. I put in six weekends total (with the help of my son [Colton], brother-in-law [Larry] and friend [Rick]) and there was nothing overwhelming about my progress. My first two outings produced four sheep, one small ram. The third outing things began to look up...22 sheep. Then I began to formulate my game plan to look the hardest where I was seeing the least numbers, hoping to find a lone monster, but none materialized. I then made up my mind to concentrate my hunting efforts in the areas where I had been finding sheep. Two days after Thanksgiving I rolled into Klondike, AZ and set up camp with the help of my wife and son at Four-Mile Camp Ground. Sunday morning my family left me alone to scout the week before the hunt. This would be my home for a while. By Wednesday night I had seen 14 different rams and was keeping tabs on four class IV rams. My brother-in-law arrived that night and I filled him with chatter about my adventure thus far. Then I told him of my problem.... the largest ram was not the ram that I wanted to spend the rest of my life looking at on the wall. As luck would have it the ram that tickled my fancy was one of the smallest of the four rams. By Friday morning we had video of each of the four and I was hooked on the ram with the really long left horn. That morning we relocated the ram and then returned to camp to practice with my bow. That afternoon Tina (my wife) and Colton arrived at camp as we prepared for the next mornings’ adventure. Grey light December 1st found us on a ridge top looking to the west. It only took minutes to confirm that my ram and his group were not far from where we had left them the morning before. By 7:15 AM I was standing directly below my ram at a distance of about 500 yards. I wanted to make my stalk alone, so I parted ways with Larry and Colton. The first 200 hundred feet were straight up a sheer rock face and I reached the top of the bluff some three hundred yards down the canyon from the sheep. With the wind in my favor, I planned to circle in above were I had last seen the sheep...and hopefully cut them off. An hour had passed since I had left the bottom of the canyon and I new that the sheep had to be very close, but didn't know which direction to look. I had an arrow knocked, and was as tight as my bowstring as I proceeded toward where I had seen them last. Where were the sheep? Did I spook them without knowing it? I was almost to a point of thinking that I had lost them when I peered over a bush and saw my ram looking directly at me! I froze while my mind raced to evaluate the situation. Directly below me at a distance of about 40 yards was a ewe, my ram and the other respectable ram with him...and I had no shot! He moved slightly presenting me with a broadside but the bush was in my way. Options?.... Draw, stand, and shoot. As I drew my bow the ewe bounced out about five yards pushing my ram away! He stopped, quartering hard away and I stood up. As if on a string he turned almost full broadside and I felt my bow jump to life. The arrow flight seemed very slow as I watched the broadhead find the mark and the fletches disappear.... then the arrow sailed off into the canyon below. My arms waved in the air as the sheep scattered.... My hunt of a lifetime was done...it was 8:24 AM.... but in my mind every minute was an hour and my 18 days of scouting brought it all together. About twenty minutes later I stood over my awesome ram not 90 yards from where I hit him. It was all perfect.... as it should be for a "once in a lifetime".

Wish I could go.... I love that piece of country.... it changed my life forever.