Couple of 110+ Coues Mounted

Here are a couple of great bucks that I just finished up as well as a nice 3 point.  The hard horned 4X5 came from southern Arizona and the velvet bucks came from central AZ.  The bottom photo is a phenominal 3 point.

Canadian Grizz - small but pretty

Here is a female Canadian Grizzly we just finished up.  She isn't the largest grizzly we have done, but she probably has the prettiest hair of any bear that has come through the shop.  She doesn't have one single rub spot on her anywhere.

Safari Delivered

I just finished delivering some African pieces to customer Ryan C.  Ryan and his wife went to Africa and collectively harvested these species.  We do a fair amount of African work in the shop and have a master woodworker that can build the cabinetry type of bases like the walnut bases the giraffe and sable are mounted on. 

 

More Mexico 2013

Here are a couple of more buck taken by our group this January in Sonora.  The 4X4 was taken by Hunter H. and gross scores a little over 116".  The heavy 3X3 with the split eyeguard was taken by Earl L. and grosses a little ober 106".

Larry's 2013 Mexico Buck

Here are a couple of photos of our friend Larry Smith from Kansas with his coues deer he harvested in Mexico a couple of weeks ago.  Larry was part of our group that went down and he was lucky enough to take this buck which is one of three our group harvested with 4 points plus eyeguards.  Larry had Hunter Haynes with him spotting and also was lucky enough to have Hunter pack his buck out.  Larry's buck gross scores just over 110" and is his first coues deer.

Larry and Hunter

 



Cole holding Larry's rack

Mexico 2013

Here are a couple of photos of the buck that I harvested in Mexico last week.  I had seen this buck two days before and wasn't able to get close enough for a shot before he went over the mountain.  Two days later he was on the same face with his two does and I was able to close to 350 yards and make a clean kill.  Unfortunately, he took a long tumble down a steep slope and broke off both of his eyeguards.  We knew what his eyeguards were and with that estimate he grosses 111 7/8.  I will post photos in the coming days of some of the great bucks the other guys in our group harvested.

Giant 16A ram

Here is a great ram taken by Jerry H. and guided by Matt Dominy of Kofa Outfitters.  This is the largest ram on record taken from 16A.  Jerry was lucky enough to harvest this 180" giant back in December.  We will post photos of this great ram mounted later this year.



Matt Dominy (left) and Jerry H.(right)

Governor's tag Coues

Here is the buck taken by the governor's tag holder this past January.  I finished the mount up a while back and I am finally getting around to posting it.  This buck was taken with Mossback Arizona and has a gross score of 131 5/8  and nets 120 7/8 typical.  This is one of those unusual bucks that would make all time Boone and  Crockett as either a typical or nontypical.

N. AZ Tom Cat

Here is a photo Ben G. with his tom lion and also of the finished mount.  Ben's lion ended up in a culvert and it mortally wounded one dog and put the hurt on a couple of others before he was dispatched.

San Carlos Double

Here are Phil T. and Mattew P.'s bucks that they killed last season on the San Carlos.  They always wanted  to do a double mount with their bucks and finally were able to get two bucks worthy of it.  Sorry, I don't have a field photo of Mattew's buck, but I included on of Phil's as well as the finished mount.

Desert muzzleloader mule deer

This is a great buck taken by Brian J. of Yuma last muzzleloader season in the southern Arizona desert.  It always amazes me that the desert can produce these kinds of  bucks.  Congratulations to Brian on a super buck.

Long 3pt. Coues

Check out this buck that Bill B. took a couple of days ago in central AZ.  The photos don't even do this buck justice.  He has great length everywhere with average mass but he is so long he looks thin.  This is one of the most symetrical, big Coues bucks I have ever put my hands on.  This buck will gross score close to 122" and has only 1" of total deductions and will probably net right around 120" as a three point.  Congratulations Bill!

October Whopper Coues

Here are a couple of photos of a buck that friend Cody Nelson of The Outdoorsmans just harvested this morning.  Cody Nelson and friend Cody Goff have been working this buck the past couple of days and were finally able to put everything together and harvest him.  We ran a quick tape on him and he grosses 121 6/8.  I will post some better photos later as these photos don't even begin to do this buck justice.   Congratulations to Cody on an awesome buck!

Cold Weather Hunt up North

Customer Jimmy J. just finished his hunt north of the Arctic Circle.  He was able to harvest a nice Arctic caribou and a muskox.  The muskox make super neat and unusual mounts.  We will post photos when we have his completed.  He flew into a remote village and then had a 70 mile snowmobile ride to reach the hunting grounds.  As you can see it was very cold even this early in the fall.  Put on your heated socks and underwear for this hunt!

Bunch Ram

Here is the mount we just finished of Ernie Bunch's ram from December 2011.  Ernie hunted with Goef Moss of Little Horn Outfitters.  This ram gross scored 180 4/8 even with the brooming on his right side which he did not to long before the hunt.  Goef has many good photos of this ram before he broomed and I think he was pushing the mid 180's then.