The Deer On Top | Bob Barsch The Deer On Top by Bob Barsch Wes White Podcast Version Winter is the time of solitude when the desert hills and distant mountains call the hunter forth to shed his social shackles for a time. It is the season to fulfill the longing for the wild and high, to get nigh the earth, God, and self; to be sheltered alone by … [Read more...] about The Deer On Top
Coues Whitetail
Bear’n Down for Coues Deer
Bear’n Down for Coues Deer | Shelton Boggess Bear’n Down for Coues Deer by Shelton Boggess Wes White Podcast Version Arizona offers hunters the unique opportunity to hunt black bears during many of its whitetail hunts. Since I was 10, it has been a goal of mine to harvest a mature black bear in my home state of Arizona. After years of buying … [Read more...] about Bear’n Down for Coues Deer
Weatherby Back Country Rifle
Weatherby Back Country Rifle by Darren Choate, Editor In Chief Much has been written about what items you should pack in your backpack when preparing for a hunt in the backcountry. However, on the lists that I have seen, they simply list a line item for a rifle and another for ammo. Are we supposed to believe that any old rifle/ammo combination will suffice? On any hunt, … [Read more...] about Weatherby Back Country Rifle
Afternoon Coues Buck
Afternoon Coues Buck by Colton Choate As I went to bed after a great Thanksgiving dinner, I thought about the next morning and I couldn’t believe it; it was going to be Coues deer season in the desert. I was pumped and looking forward to this hunt. The unit my dad and I were drawn for was one I had never been to, but I have heard it was a good one. A couple years before, my … [Read more...] about Afternoon Coues Buck
Coues Super Sets
Coues Super Sets by Darren Choate, Editor In Chief The difference between success and failure during early-season archery hunts is as simple as having the right set; however, finding the right set is not as simple. Early one morning, a few summers ago, I was out scouring the woods for a new Coues set. Some of my Coues sets had been encroached on by elk and deer hunters … [Read more...] about Coues Super Sets
Youth Seasons for Coues
Youth Seasons for Coues by Colton Choate, Juniors-Only Editor I have been on a couple successful Coues deer hunts and one unsuccessful one. My first Coues deer tag was a youth-only hunt in southern Arizona. In southern Arizona, youth-only hunts occur in October and again in mid-November. My first hunt was the later hunt in November. I saw several bucks over the three-day … [Read more...] about Youth Seasons for Coues
Trail-camera Pictures
Trail-camera Pictures - Enough snow melted so that I was finally able to get into the woods to check a couple of trail-cameras. I set this camera (Primos Truth 35) back in October, and I was surprised to find it still operating some five months later. Not only had several months passed, but we experienced two weeks of sub-freezing temperatures, including two weeks where the low … [Read more...] about Trail-camera Pictures
High Country Coues
High Country Coues by Darren Choate Archery hunting velvet Coues bucks in the high country is quite the challenge! A few years back, I was perched in a large ponderosa pine, overlooking a hub of well-used game trails that I knew Coues deer frequented. It was opening morning of the Arizona archery deer hunt, and across the canyon, not too far away, my friends Geoff Lloyd and … [Read more...] about High Country Coues
Early Season Whitetail Strategies
Early Season Whitetail Strategies by Patrick Meitin In much of "whitetaildom," October represents the launch of bowhunting festivities, “early season” from the perspective of the average eastern deer hunter. Early, within a western reference, means something else altogether, normally indicating the still-blazing months of a fledgling fall, beginning with the final days of … [Read more...] about Early Season Whitetail Strategies
Two Bucks for the Ladies
Two Bucks for the Ladies by Josh Epperson I have been a hardcore Coues whitetail hunter for as long as I can remember. When my wife became interested in hunting a couple of years ago, I was super-excited to say the least. I knew that having her hunt would allow the two of us to spend more quality time together, share new experiences and create lasting memories. On her first … [Read more...] about Two Bucks for the Ladies