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My first, and ONLY Coues deer.  I am a muley hunter.  Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago.  2001 or 2002 I think.  

Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like.  I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big.  On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him.  I was quite disappointed at how small he was.  

If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount.....

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2 hours ago, lancetkenyon said:

My first, and ONLY Coues deer.  I am a muley hunter.  Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago.  2001 or 2002 I think.  

Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like.  I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big.  On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him.  I was quite disappointed at how small he was.  

If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount.....

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That’s funny that reminds me of my first hunt for coues. I passed a buck on the last day because I only wanted something big. My buddy still brings it up, says it was a 100”

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Moved to AZ October of 1998 from Washington State.  Buddy invited me to go with him on his December rifle hunt since I could hunt OTC archery too.  We spotted 2 bucks at about 1.5 miles out.  He let me put a stock on them and I ended up shooting the bigger one in his bed at less than 20yds.  He told me that I had no idea what I just did.  I soon found out that filling archery tags with a spot and stalk Coues was not as easy as it seemed to be.  It took me years to arrow another one.

Funny part of the story was that coming from Washington we always gutted and then drug our deer back to camp to skin in a cleaner environment.  I started dragging this one back and only made it about 300yds before the whole side of his body was as bald as a baby's rear end.  AZ rocks are rough on a deer hide!

 

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58 minutes ago, bo5953 said:

Moved to AZ October of 1998 from Washington State.  Buddy invited me to go with him on his December rifle hunt since I could hunt OTC archery too.  We spotted 2 bucks at about 1.5 miles out.  He let me put a stock on them and I ended up shooting the bigger one in his bed at less than 20yds.  He told me that I had no idea what I just did.  I soon found out that filling archery tags with a spot and stalk Coues was not as easy as it seemed to be.  It took me years to arrow another one.

Funny part of the story was that coming from Washington we always gutted and then drug our deer back to camp to skin in a cleaner environment.  I started dragging this one back and only made it about 300yds before the whole side of his body was as bald as a baby's rear end.  AZ rocks are rough on a deer hide!

 

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Great fist buck. Looks similar to my first Coues I shot in 29.

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8 hours ago, lancetkenyon said:

My first, and ONLY Coues deer.  I am a muley hunter.  Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago.  2001 or 2002 I think.  

Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like.  I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big.  On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him.  I was quite disappointed at how small he was.  

If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount.....

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Lol, talk about a happy accident! That thing is gnarly and awesome. Buy a hide, it deserves to be mounted!

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10 hours ago, lancetkenyon said:

My first, and ONLY Coues deer.  I am a muley hunter.  Applied for the wrong number and drew a Coues tag back a long time ago.  2001 or 2002 I think.  

Being a Mule deer hunter, I had no clue what a Coues was supposed to look like.  I saw this buck for 5 days and passed on him hoping for something big.  On my last day to hunt, he was the biggest I had seen, so I hiked out and popped him.  I was quite disappointed at how small he was.  

If I had only known then what I know now....and if I would have had the money to get a shoulder mount.....

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Dang lance that’s a stud. 
 

fyi mule deer are trash

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29 minutes ago, sneakem33 said:

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That thing looks like a whitetail and muley mix with the ears and big head.. damb nice looking Buck. Big body 👍

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