COUES
COUES WHITETAIL HUNT OVERVIEW
Dates: Late October Through the end of December (5 day hunt block within these dates).
Accommodations: Travel to and from Tucson or Phoenix intl airport depending on hunt location, and/or drive to the hunt location. For the southern AZ hunts: hunts are based out of a canvas wall tent basecamp, with solar showers and basic bathroom facilities, hunters may choose to stay at a hotel at their own expense. The Eastern AZ hunts are located on a private ranch in AZ with 2 ranch houses. All travel, food, and lodging are provided from your point of arrival here in AZ to hunt camp etc is provided, food, trophy/meat preparation, delivery of meat to processor. Tags and license are not provided. (Tag $300-License $160)
Hunt: 5-day hunt, expect to see and/or stalk on mature coues deer between 80"-115". This hunt is provided on atv/off-road vehicle/on foot or horseback whichever the client prefers. A typical day includes getting to a glassing point and glassing all morning and then stalking the deer in the mid day while they are bedded. The hunter should expect a shot in the 250-500 yd range or up to their comfortable limit. The weather will be mild, chilly in the morning and sunny mid-day. The hunter to guide ratio is 1:1 in the this hunting camp unless otherwise requested...every hunter gets the best chance at a trophy and often times there will be two guides helping out the hunter.
Travel: Hunter will fly into Phoenix International Airport (Sky Harbor) or Tucson Intl. Airport. From there all expenes are paid, pickup and drop off to and from airport, food, and lodging. (Many hunters prefer to drive and meet in camp).
Terrain: Arizona can be some tough country in spots and very mild in others. Generally hunts are in very walkable/huntable areas for all hunters, hunters should be able to hike 2-5 miles a day with 500-1500ft in elevation change. We do offer horseback options for hunters that need an extra pair of legs.
Food: We eat great in camp, depending on camp size there may be a full-time camp cook for smaller camps the guides take care of the cooking. Breakfast is gourmet coffee/tea, breakfast burritos, breakfast sandwiches, bacon, eggs, pancakes, and leftover steak and eggs. Lunch is sandwiches, granola, candy, trail mix, chips, gatorade lunch meats/cheeses. Dinner is salad, appetizers, and everything from shrimp scampi, carne asada tacos, chicken fried pork chops and gravy, ribeye steaks...dinner is always great!
Scouting: Hunters should expect updates prior to their hunt in the form of pics/videos of bucks in their area that we have located and keeping up with.
Weather: Early hunts can get up to 90 degrees while the later hunts can get down to 0 degrees. We will send a list go gear and epexted weather for the hunt and unit expectations.
Access: Hunt areas are accessed by 4x4 vehicles, trucks and side-by-side ATV's. For certain hunts horseback is preferred and/or optional.
Wounded Animal Policy: There is no law in AZ for wounding animals. This is an ethical decision made by our guides. In general if an animal has been wounded in a way that is apparently lethal, the the hunt is over over until the animal is found or the tag is expired. In the end it is up to the guide and outfitter's discretion as we have the ethical responsibility to lethal-wounded wildlife.
Private/Public Land: We hunt primarily on public land which AZ is primarily public land, in the form of state, federal and national forest. AZ offers no land-owner tags. We do hunt portions on private land and exclusive access to public land via private land entrance.
Tactics: We scout with game camera, glassing, digiscoping, and being in the hunting area year-round. We know where the animals live, eat, bed, water and escape to, and we use this to locate the best animals for our clients.
*DRAW DEADLINE IN JUNE*
