2008 Spot and Stalk Coues

[WHT_MTNMAN]

I took this buck Christmas Eve after a bunch of stalks and missed bucks the last couple of years. Not a huge buck around 85 inches but the hardest animal I've ever hunted..

 

[Big Fin]

A definite trophy, regardless of score.

Congrats on a hunt you will fondly remember.

 

[BOHNTR]

You've just achieved one of the hardest challenges known to all hunters. Killing a trophy Coues buck on the ground with a bow and arrow. Big time congratulations on a beautiful buck.....I'm jealous, as I need one of those.

 

[noharleyyet]

You've just achieved one of the hardest challenges known to all hunters. Killing a trophy Coues buck on the ground with a bow and arrow. Big time congratulations on a beautiful buck.....I'm jealous, as I need one of those.

..helluva compliment I'd say.

Congrats.

 

[TLC]

congrats. nice looking deer.

 

[Oak]

I agree, a heck of a trophy. Way to go!

 

[elk_hunter]

That is awesome! Many congrats indeed!

 

[ashersdad]

Great looking buck. That's a nice trophy with a bow or any weapon.

 

[elkay]

very nice gray ghost!! elkay

 

[Ridge Runner]

Great trophy and with a bow even makes it sweeter. Big congrats.

 

[Buschy]

Congratulations. Those are beautiful looking animals. Being stubborn and sticking with it after misses and other hardships makes the payoff that much sweeter. Quite an accomplishment and well done!

 

[AZ402]

That's a real nice P&Y coues! congrats.

 

[MarvB]

Nice! ....still on the list of to-do's ...

 

[sturge]

Very nice!!! Did you put a tape to him? He looks bigger than 85". No matter, good job!!!

 

[redline410]

An 85" coues with a bow is a monster no matter what anyone says. hell most people won't kill one that big with a rifle......Congrats on a great buck..........

 

[WHT_MTNMAN]

You know I missed two bucks in one calender year one 110+ and one 102-105ish. I thought after that I was doomed to never get er done.. Thanks for the good words.
Roy- From the beginning you've been a great inspiration to me and many bowhunters, thanks for answering my questions.

I glassed this buck up early morning watched him and two smaller bucks bed down in a rocky depression, almost didn't go after them because of the very difficult stalk and being Christmas Eve.. Got within 35 yards and he started to sneak out and I put one in just behind his last rib on his right side excited just behind opposite shoulder and he went 40 yards or so. I had just let my wife take my camera with her, so I packed him out whole, 2-3 hours and then went and bought a new camera, drove back to close proximity and took these pictures off my tripod now you know the rest of the story.

 

[Basser]

I had just let my wife take my camera with her, so I packed him out whole, 2-3 hours and then went and bought a new camera, drove back to close proximity and took these pictures off my tripod

Haha....you forgot to tell me that part of the story!!! That's classic!

 

[1_pointer]

Very nice, congrats! Coues are possibly the prettiest of the deer varieties...

 

[mtmiller]

That is a great buck. I am thinking seriously about an archery hunt down there next year, but still have to educate myself on areas and dates. congrats....