Left over cous tag with the boys

My boys and I were able to spend some quality time together down in southern AZ during the first week of November. I bought a left over coues tag for unit 36A and we braved the nasty storm front that moved in on the opener. My boys Coleden (8), Garrett (6) and Levi (4 in December) all enjoyed the time in the sonoran desert. We saw a lot of does (64 in a day and a half) and one buck. I told the boys that I would shoot the first buck we saw and held true to my word with the buck you see here. I am still surprised that we didn't see more bucks with all the does we glassed, but that's public land coues hunting. I sure wouldn't trade the experience for anything. I enjoyed every minute of it and hope there are a lot more hunts to come (except for the 40-50 mph winds).

6B Early Rifle Bull

Brandt killed a great bull on his early rifle bull elk hunt in 6B. On the first morning of the hunt Brandt was able to connect on a great 364 typical 6x6 bull elk. 6B has been on the declince as of the last few years due to a huge increase in tag allocation, yet Brandt, Travis Bedlion and myself were able to harvest a great bull. This bull had 57 and 58 inch beams, was 44 inches inside and had 29 inches of mass per side. A great bull and a very fun hunt!