Just home from Coues hunts

[Shug]

I just spent the last three weeks  away.

one week in Arizona two weeks in Mexico.

The Arizona trip was with my friend and bow hunting legend Bob Ameen, one of the most respected and successful bow hunters in the world.

We drove his Polaris 15 miles into the mountains then hiked into his tent camp. Bobs been doing this for 15 years or so. He leaves all his stands in as well as the camp. In 15 years he’s only seen one other hunter.

Mountain lions were everywhere which has really brought the deer numbers down so we were fortunate to both take bucks... Bob’s was a dandy 4 x 4 that had a broken point and still will score high 80 inches...

 

Mine was a 3 x 2 that is right at the P and Y minimum. It’s funny to see these deer and how small they are.

 

I was fortunate that the very first time I hunted them I took one of the biggest in the world with the bow.

After a week in Arizona I met up with some other friends and we drove to the ranch in Mexico. 

6 of use leased 30,000 acres that we had 10 tags for...I was the last person that joined the group so I was only  allowed one bucks which didn’t make a difference. Because I didn’t kill one anyway.  I passed a couple bucks that were a bit larger then the one I took in Arizona a week earlier.

 

 

The ranch hadn’t been hunted in years so I knew the opportunity for a dandy was there... On the 4 th day the rain started which shuts water holes down...

 

Still a great trip over all I look forward to doing it next year again.

 

These 8 bucks were killed the first 3 days one other bucks was taken but the hunter went home already.

 

The button buck was the camp pet.. pretty cool

The last photo is the one I was hoping to see..

 

Edited January 28, 2021 by Shug

[bushden]

Sounds like a great hunt of a lifetime.

[Canadian Bacon]

4 minutes ago, Shug said:

I just spent the last three weeks  away.

one week in Arizona two weeks in Mexico.

The Arizona trip was with my friend and bow hunting legend Bob Ameen, one of the most respected and successful bow hunters in the world.

We drove his Polaris 15 miles into the mountains then hiked another 3 miles to his tent camp. Bobs been doing this for 15 years or so. He leaves all his stands in as well as the camp. In 15 years he’s only seen one other hunter.

Mountain lions were everywhere which has really brought the deer numbers down so we were fortunate to both take bucks... Bob’s was a dandy 4 x 4 that had a broken point and still will score high 80 inches...

 

Mine was a 3 x 2 that is right at the P and Y minimum. It’s funny to see these deer and how small they are.

 

I was fortunate that the very first time I hunted them I took one of the biggest in the world with the bow.

After a week in Arizona I met up with some other friends and we drove to the ranch in Mexico. 

6 of use leased 30,000 acres that we had 10 tags for...I was the last person that joined the group so I was only  allowed one bucks which didn’t make a difference. Because I didn’t kill one anyway.  I passed a couple bucks that were a bit larger then the one I took in Arizona a week earlier.

 

 

The ranch hadn’t been hunted in years so I knew the opportunity for a dandy was there... On the 4 th day the rain started which shuts water holes down...

 

Still a great trip over all I look forward to doing it next year again.

 

These 8 bucks were killed the first 3 days one other bucks was taken but the hunter went home already.

 

The button buck was the camp pet.. pretty cool

The last photo is the one I was hoping to see..

 

Congratulations Mark!

[Russ 11]

Congrats Mark .  Looks like a couple of great hunts . 

[Gobblengrunt]

Great buck Mark, awesome hunt!  That buck drinking out of the trough is huge!  Congrats 

[Jcol6268]

Congrats. Sounds like an awesome trip 

[archer36]

Terrific!

[Zone50deerstalker]

Congrats Mark   

[not on the rug]

Awesome trip!  Congratulations 

[Buckeyes11]

Awesome!

[Shug]

Thanks guys

[JHbowhunter]

great trip Mark!   Glad to see Blacktail Bob is alive and well - agree he has to be considered one of the best bowhunters in the world, nobody has more P&Y Sitka blacktails...  

[rgw]

Awesome trip, congratulations 

[toxo]

Nice!

[SoxFan]

Where is the picture of the whopper you shot your first year?