Cous Deer Hunting in New Mexico
Jeffrey R. Jackson
I am currently looking for any information on hunting Cous Deer in New Mexico.
Animal locale, tag regulations (draw vs. over the counter), hunting
experiences, hunting advise, etc. I seem unable to find anything on the
net and the New Mexico game and fish dept.'s web site appears to be
unaccessable.
Thanks
Jeff Jackson in Oregon
John E. Babbitt Jr.
In article <4unocm$m...@news.jf.intel.com>, jeff_j...@ccm.jf.intel.com
says...
>I am currently looking for any information on hunting Cous Deer in New
Mexico.
Cous Deer? That's a new one to me. I've heard of Mule, Black-Tail,
White-Tail, Roe and a couple of others that eludes me at the moment.
What are Cous deer, and how are they different from, say, Black-Tail?
Regards,
John E. Babbitt, Jr.
jo...@cutler.com in S. OR
Jay King
> In message relating to: Re: Cous Deer Hunting in New Mexico,
> "John E. Babbitt Jr." writes:
>
> Cous Deer? That's a new one to me. I've heard of Mule, Black-Tail,
> White-Tail, Roe and a couple of others that eludes me at the moment.
> What are Cous deer, and how are they different from, say, Black-Tail?
Actually "Coues" deer. Rymes with house. Coues deer are a subspecies
of whitetail found in AZ, NM and Mexico. Little bitty things and fairly
tough to hunt, like any whitetail. I once had a friend who took a three
point (3X3) that field dressed at 35 pounds. It was a little larger
than a springer spaniel. It was just as well as he had to carry it over
a mountain range to get it back to the truck. Anyway, size was typical.
BTW, a 3X3 is a _nice_ Coues trophy. A 4X4 is concidered a monster!!
WILLIAM DAVID HAWKINS
In a previous article, jo...@cutler.com ("John E. Babbitt Jr.") says:
>In article <4unocm$m...@news.jf.intel.com>, jeff_j...@ccm.jf.intel.com
>says...
>>I am currently looking for any information on hunting Cous Deer in New
>Mexico.
>
>Cous Deer? That's a new one to me. I've heard of Mule, Black-Tail,
>White-Tail, Roe and a couple of others that eludes me at the moment.
>What are Cous deer, and how are they different from, say, Black-Tail?
>
>Regards,
>
>John E. Babbitt, Jr.
>jo...@cutler.com in S. OR
>
Cous (pronounced 'cows') deer are a variety of small whitetail deer.
They are probably *the* hardest deer to hunt. They are much more wary
than mule deer. I hear that they are *very* tasty. I hunted them last year
in central Arizona, but saw only does :-( They are found only in the south-
west and Mexico.
--
Thanks,
Dave Hawkins
N7XDR
Ha...@aztec.asu.edu
John E. Babbitt Jr.
In article <9608140228.AA18244@fatbob>, jay....@tempe.vlsi.com says...
>> In message relating to: Re: Cous Deer Hunting in New Mexico,
>> "John E. Babbitt Jr." writes:
>of whitetail found in AZ, NM and Mexico. Little bitty things and fairly
>tough to hunt, like any whitetail. I once had a friend who took a three
>point (3X3) that field dressed at 35 pounds. It was a little larger
>than a springer spaniel. It was just as well as he had to carry it over
>a mountain range to get it back to the truck. Anyway, size was typical.
>BTW, a 3X3 is a _nice_ Coues trophy. A 4X4 is concidered a monster!!
What! Are these the same pigmy deer my family and I pet at the petting zoos
around the country? They're small! I suppose =harder= to hunt, too, since
they'll be able to quickly navigate through bush at lightning speed. Are
hunters limited to one deer? That's too little meat, if so. Well, maybe if
I get old, I'll start hunting Coues deer, easier to carry. :-)
Michael Kopplin
In article <9608140228.AA18244@fatbob> Jay King <jay....@tempe.vlsi.com>
writes:
>Actually "Coues" deer. Rymes with house. Coues deer are a subspecies
>of whitetail found in AZ, NM and Mexico. Little bitty things and fairly
>tough to hunt, like any whitetail. I once had a friend who took a three
>point (3X3) that field dressed at 35 pounds. It was a little larger
>than a springer spaniel. It was just as well as he had to carry it over
>a mountain range to get it back to the truck. Anyway, size was typical.
>BTW, a 3X3 is a _nice_ Coues trophy. A 4X4 is concidered a monster!!
Really? Last season was my first, and my 3x4 field dressed to 75 lbs.
A nice buck, especially for a first, but I never thought it was something I
should be impressed with. I thought 100lb dressed was consdered a big one.
Mike Kopplin
kop...@primenet.com
Cazadore
Coues deer(this is the correct spelling) are exceedingly difficult to hunt
here in NM or anywhere else they are found. My suggestion would be to
contact one of outfitters in the area which includes the Gila National
Forest.
Jay King
>In message relating to: Re: Cous Deer Hunting in New Mexico,
I was refering to rack size, not body size. A 3x4 would be mountable
from what I've seen. Not the biggest thing ever taken, but quite
respectable. OTOH, at 75 pounds field dressed, are you sure it was a
Coues? AZ does have regular whitetail that fit into the 75-100 pound
range. I'm not saying that something that size couldn't be a Coues, but
it would sure be a big'un. All of the ones I've seen have been slightly
larger than a spinger spaniel....body size about the same, with longer legs.
BTW, what unit did you take him in?
funkraum
>"Jeffrey R. Jackson" <jeff_j...@ccm.jf.intel.com> wrote:
>
>I am currently looking for any information on hunting Cous Deer in New Mexico.
>experiences, hunting advise, etc. I seem unable to find anything on the
>net and the New Mexico game and fish dept.'s web site appears to be
>unaccessable.
>
"The Coues Curse" By G. Sitton, in Peterson's Deer Hunting Annual
1991 Hunting Action Series Volume 1, Issue 1.
Article covers Coues hunting in general but the auther travelled
to Mexico after years of blank hunting days in NM/AZ. Coues seem
to be very elusive. I look forward to this one above all others
just about.
This is all I have I'm afraid.
Some details from the article:
Area hunted: Pirinola Mountains, east of Banmichi, Sonora, Mexico
Access: Fly to Hermosillo via Tucson, AZ
Season Dec-1 -> Dec-30
License: Coues 150, Javelina 50, permits 150 (USD ? Mexican
dollars ?)
Outfitters: Campillo Bros. Trophy Hunting, Hermosillo, Sonora,
Mexico. Agent in US; World Trek, Inc., 2648 McCormick Ave.,
Pueblo, CO 81001 (719) 546 2121. Coues hunt is USD2000, plus
USD500 trophy tree. Javelina hunt fee is USD250.
Me ? I'm just sitting dreaming of the day ...