Couesdeer Report post Posted November 20, 2009 Hunting coues deer behind high fences. Had no idea such place existed. The deer in the photos even have tags in their ears.... http://couesdeersanctuary.com/Home_Page.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeybari Report post Posted November 20, 2009 are you kidding me did you see that this forum is on there web page to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakehaffey Report post Posted November 20, 2009 Thats pretty bad! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted November 21, 2009 hello - such high fence areas/ranchs - have imported eastern/texas whitetails for yrs. note the center picture of th e thick racked buck - - the huge white neck patch - this patch is NEVER seen on real coues deer !!! Gary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted November 21, 2009 Yeah, she does. I brought it up a while back... http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...ic=4570&hl= That was actually my first post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted November 21, 2009 A lot of Mexico is going high fence, from what I have been reading. Not surprising when some ranches are getting $10K + for rut mule deer hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couesdeer Report post Posted November 21, 2009 hello - such high fence areas/ranchs - have imported eastern/texas whitetails for yrs. note the center picture of th e thick racked buck - - the huge white neck patch - this patch is NEVER seen on real coues deer !!! Gary Sorry Gary, I wasn't clear in my first post. I am aware of fenced in operations, such as in TX... I guess I meant to say i never heard of hunting Coues' behind fences. Didn't realize this topic had been brought up here before. Sorry for all the excitement. Carry on, folks.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted November 21, 2009 I just love the way the "grey ghost" looks so ghostly standing in front of a chain link fence...What a Joke and what a joke the clients are that would partake in a hunt on any of these petting zoos. It looks like the persons to contact are in Tucson. wonder if these are owners or agents? Predator Proof they say...LMAO Freakin Clowns!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted November 21, 2009 Didn't realize this topic had been brought up here before. Sorry for all the excitement. Carry on, folks.... Sorry if I came off that way. I didn't mean to. It's definitely a topic worth discussing. That post was a while back, many folks might not know about that place! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Str8Shot Report post Posted November 21, 2009 For an extra 2k you can rent the tracking device to pinpoint you on the microchip implanted during the tagging process .... that of course is a joke but probably the next logical progression for canned shootouts (can't call it hunting) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 300ultramag. Report post Posted November 21, 2009 those deer are no where near as pretty as our wt they look off if you ask me! AZ coues are gorgeous! those deer not so much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted November 21, 2009 This topic comes up every year or so on here.. I will say that back in '05ish I mounted two sets of 125 class sheds (one set was typ, the other was non-typ) for some dude who bought them off one of the owners of this place. Put both sets on some beautiful late season AZ capes. High fence or not, those shed shoulder mounts paid just the same had they been picked up in 36B!!! Coues deer hunting behind a fence is just queer.. like bighorn or Stone sheep hunting behind a high fence (which you can do as well). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted November 21, 2009 This places are all over the world guys; is just like bars......is up to you to decide if you go in to get a lap dance. The final decision is YOURS. Ernesto C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest borderboy Report post Posted November 21, 2009 Man is and always has been looking for shortcuts. It's human nature. Putting up cameras eliminates the need to spend many hours in the field learning how to use it and what animals are there. Shooting deer so far away that they don't even know anyone is around eliminates the need to get closer and match wits with an animal that knows his home better than we ever will (I did it once). Sitting in a box overlooking a planted field or by a waterhole is just using the anilmals basic needs against him (never done that). Shooting a deer in an enclosed area is the shortest cut of all except for shooting a deer tied to a pole. Shortcuts! Not good and not bad - they just are. I learned a different way from dad that just stuck to me - still hunting. Not good and not bad. Just how I do it. Suerte. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted November 22, 2009 I have hunted in some of the world's remotest areas and hunted hard for some extremely elusive and desirable animals, but I also must admit that I have shot on game ranches in Michigan and Africa. It is my belief that the animals (in the places I visited, at least) were absolutely unaware that they were captives. The size of their enclosures ranged from 640 densely wooded acres in Michigan for northern whitetails to more than 400,000 acres for antelopes in South Africa. I pondered long and hard before accepting an invitation to fly to Michigan to shoot a whitetail at The Sanctuary on an expenses-paid junket with a group of other outdoor writers, worrying that it would be like shooting a Hereford in a squeeze chute. It was not. In fact, the experience differed little from hunting the free-ranging whitetails I'd hunted in Texas, Wyoming, Illinois and Minnesota. I do make it a point to tell everyone who sees the mount of my Michigan deer exactly where it came from. It's a beautiful buck with wonderfully heavy, wide and tall antlers, but I have no illusions about it being a "trophy." A game ranch specializing in Coues white-tailed deer was inevitable in light of the emphasis on hunting for trophies that has grown way out of control over the past thirty years. To me, judging your trophies with a measuring tape is a much greater sin than game ranching. Good men have been known to do some awful things, just to get their names in record books. I long ago outgrew judging the success of my hunting based on the size of the antlers or horns I've taken. If you hunt long enough, so will you. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
