AZ Coues' Deer Question

[nickpaolini81]

This January was our first trip to AZ to archery hunt deer, primarily mulies. While buying our OTC tags, a local told us, "The whitetails are up high and the mulies are all over." Being from PA, no one wanted to shoot a whitetail....at least what we thought were the same species. We did not realize what he was calling a "whitetail," was a Coues'.

Away we went into the Coronado Nat'l. Long story short, I ended up top and killed what I thought was a whitetail. A little disappointed and after a rendezvous @ camp a buddy pointed out that was a Coues' deer and potentially a good one.

So my question to the group: Is this a "trophy Coues' deer?"

 

[Gr8bawana]

As far as Coues deer go that is certainly a really good one. Many people are lucky to even see one let alone take one with a bow.
Congrats!

 

[gonhunting247]

Sure looks good to me! good work.

 

[NDHunter]

Yea that looks like a solid buck. To make it Pope and Young it has to score 70" which to me, it looks like that buck would be somewhere around there. Shooting ANY Coues buck with a bow is a great accomplishment!!!!!!

 

[micropterus79]

Yea that looks like a solid buck. To make it Pope and Young it has to score 70" which to me, it looks like that buck would be somewhere around there. Shooting ANY Coues buck with a bow is a great accomplishment!!!!!!

Yep. 10-4 on that. Great job. Didn't even see a buck for my Jan archery hunt out here.

 

[missjordan]

Congrats! looks like a great deer to me

 

[marcusvdk]

Congrats it looks like a great deer but the only one that can answer if its a "trophy " is you. A trophy animal is in the eye of the beholder. Not everyone is out for the same things in their trophy

 

[AT Hiker]

Congrats! If all goes well I will be headed to AZ this January to see what this deer is all about.

 

[In God We Trust]

If you traveled from out of state and shot a coues deer buck with archery tackle DIY then you did well my friend. It is a nice buck.

 

[Bonecollector]

Agreed! Congratulations.

If you traveled from out of state and shot a coues deer buck with archery tackle DIY then you did well my friend. It is a nice buck.

 

[az.mountain runner]

Congratulations on your az.

 

[Hycntryhtr]

So you shot a coues that you didnt know was a coues and youre upset beacuse you wanted a mule deer.
Ive been trying since I was 15 to shoot a coues with a bow, (17yrs now) I would be ecstatic to harvest a buck like that. Ive shot great bucks with a rifle, and big mulies with a bow, but coues are tough. Congrats! Talk about beginners luck

hunt or die

 

[Firefighter44]

Awesome Cous deer!

 

[maximus]

great deer, coues are very difficult to hunt

 

[hoshour]

If you traveled from out of state and shot a coues deer buck with archery tackle DIY then you did well my friend. It is a nice buck.

Agree 100%.

 

[Mountain Matt]

Congrats on the nice buck

 

[tythur111386]

Hey if its a trophy to you that's all that matters and yes with a bow that is a fantastic buck well done and good luck on future hunts