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I Want To Hunt Coues For The 1st Time - What Should I Do First?
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<blockquote data-quote="JTB" data-source="post: 1517351" data-attributes="member: 97196"><p>Sorry I cut that off. </p><p>Are the norm. We spend more than we should on good glass but reliable success depends on it. </p><p>You will need a good amount of time to scout prior to the hunt or will spend too much unnecessary time glassing areas with lower/smaller buck populations. Once you locate the bucks they normally won't venture far from where you located them but may lay down in some brush the entire day and are basically invisible. You glass for hours looking for any movement (ear, rail or antler) in the grass or scrub oak. Nothing more satisfying then locating and taking that 110 or larger buck you located during preseason scouting. They are small so one person can pack one out but two hunters makes it much nicer. Coues bucks generally hang out on the upper 1/3 of the hill they are on but offen move down to the flats once the hunts start. Little or no chance to take one brushed-up in the flats. You will need a range finder that is rated to 1000 yards so it will reliably work out to 800. Normally you will see them moving just after the sun comes up or near sundown. Not much happening during mid-day but you can find them laying under juniper trees occasionally. Thy are generally found in higher desert elevations above about 5000 feet or in the pine forests. We always put in for the hunt we want as the first choice and one the has a normally high draw rate as 2nd choice. In az, you can put down 5 choice but after the first two choices are unsuccessful you go back into the draw; so basically you get two choices and a very slim chance at your 3 additional choices. </p><p>No better hunting than coues deer but it takes some practice a familiarity with hunting locations. Best of luck and enjoy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JTB, post: 1517351, member: 97196"] Sorry I cut that off. Are the norm. We spend more than we should on good glass but reliable success depends on it. You will need a good amount of time to scout prior to the hunt or will spend too much unnecessary time glassing areas with lower/smaller buck populations. Once you locate the bucks they normally won’t venture far from where you located them but may lay down in some brush the entire day and are basically invisible. You glass for hours looking for any movement (ear, rail or antler) in the grass or scrub oak. Nothing more satisfying then locating and taking that 110 or larger buck you located during preseason scouting. They are small so one person can pack one out but two hunters makes it much nicer. Coues bucks generally hang out on the upper 1/3 of the hill they are on but offen move down to the flats once the hunts start. Little or no chance to take one brushed-up in the flats. You will need a range finder that is rated to 1000 yards so it will reliably work out to 800. Normally you will see them moving just after the sun comes up or near sundown. Not much happening during mid-day but you can find them laying under juniper trees occasionally. Thy are generally found in higher desert elevations above about 5000 feet or in the pine forests. We always put in for the hunt we want as the first choice and one the has a normally high draw rate as 2nd choice. In az, you can put down 5 choice but after the first two choices are unsuccessful you go back into the draw; so basically you get two choices and a very slim chance at your 3 additional choices. No better hunting than coues deer but it takes some practice a familiarity with hunting locations. Best of luck and enjoy [/QUOTE]
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