Coues 'n' Sheep

I would shoot again when there is no wind, before you go changing anything. We have practiced on windy/gusty days at 70-80 yds. and have had up to 2+ ft of drift at that range. Best bet......don't make long shots in windy conditions.... Unfortunately there is no magic formula to figure how much drift. And you cannot anticipate if it is more or less windy down range. Also..... heavier & thinner arrows with smaller fletchings help reduce wind drift. Good Luck!

Congrats!!! Any coues with a bow is a trophy to be Proud of. A buck like that for your first coues..... that is Awesome!!!! As a man married to a woman who loves to hunt, I am sure your Husband is glowing with Pride!! Again, Congrats!!

We have logged a ton of days and hours hunting archery Coues this year and have found the rut to be very "hit and miss". Normally it is much more predictable, but I think the hot & dry conditions have really strung out the the cycle. Many great bucks have been harvested this year and I was fortunate enough to be one of those lucky guys that was in the right place at the right time. I thought I might share my fortune with you all. This awesome non-typical (+/-107" gross) passed by me at 12.5 yds as he calmly "shadowed" a doe. She was about 30 yds ahead of him and I think that he was mearly checking her trail to see if she was Hot. A good and low double lung shot made him mine. I'd like to point out how tuff coues deer are.... this buck made a 140 yard "death run" with no lungs and a Destroyed left front shoulder.... thats tuff. Aim small....miss small.

That bull in the back ground (nice bull!) looks to be bugleing or tasting the air.... is this pic from the fall??? I can't imagine a bull being able to live this long with an arrow right there.... and the wound looks pretty tight.... not like an arrow that has been getting caught on trees and brush for months.... that would be a nasty festering wound by now. Bummer deal if it is a current pic......

We were fortunate to have a few, brief "bursts" of rut where we hunt. But, it was very hard at times to be patient in the field. We had better hope and pray for a lot of wet weather right NOW if we want things to be good in the year to come..... I am going to ask for a hard wet winter next year as well..... so if anyone here has an inside line to God please ask him for me...... Thanks for the compliments on our success. A lot time went into those bucks. I can't say enough about my buddy, Jason, and the effort he put into his hunt this year. He is truly becoming a GREAT archery Coues Deer hunter!

Congrats.... and sorry.....that "bug" that bit you leaves a make that never heals! lol!

I don't want to sound like a Jerk..... but..... anybody who thinks that buck will gross less than 200" has got to be wrong. You only get one Spread measurement..... Look at how deep his forks are and that big 5th point on the right...... That buck has great length......and although I don't know that much about Carp Deer, I give this buck a gross score of 200"-210". Nice Frickin' Deer! Is he still roaming the hills?????

I know a little..... They backpacked in for a couple of days after X-mas. There were three of them.....and all are very good hunters. They found the buck, new how good he was, but the closest they could get to him was 620 yds. One shot through the bread basket and Mark had the buck of a life time! A well deserved Buck for a good guy and an excellent hunter...... he has paid his dues.... this buck will go nicely on his wall as the largest of his many nice Coues deer.

AMEN!!!!!

The bow hunters are rack'in them up this year!! Congrats Guys!!!

It was a dang Kid! The arrow didn't even pass through! Yeah, it doesn't look good but, kids will be kids.... Need to get a hold of the parents!

Thanks Manny. We wish you could hunt both days!!!

Hey, I almost forgot..... My buddy (Jason) harvested a 90 4/8 gross Fork plus eye guards today. Here is a pic.

Hey, thanks for all the compliments! I am truly stoked about this deer, it is my fifth and largest coues buck with a bow. No, on the Hybrid deal, though. If you hold the horns in hand you really see much more than in the pic. Thanks again guys.

If you don't like the recoil...... a muzzle brake and recoil pad will help a Ton! I use my 300 Wby mag. w/ 180 gr. Barns X bullets for everything. The bullets do very little meat damage and since I sent the rifle to Answer Products in Michigan, the recoil is less than a .243! I do hunt with my brake on.... earplugs are optional but recomended. You often have time to stuff the plugs in when you are Coues deer hunting. My Son shot his Coues this year at 610 yds with it.