Coues Whitetail Hunting Forum

[TacoTaylor]

Curious if anybody else would like a coues whitetail hunting forum. They are completely different deer from regular whitetail and I think it would be cool to see their own thread.

 

[Steve O]

Sign me up.

 

[cal30_sniper]

I’d be an active reader.

 

[Rackseekers]

Wait, you mean there are other deer besides Coues

 

[Blacktip]

Yes Please.

 

[canyonhunter47]

Maybe western whitetails? There are whitetail deer in western states besides coues in NM, AZ and Sonora

 

[arwhntr]

Coues whitetail hunters already have a pretty active dedicated forum over at coueswhitetail.com, but I do think having a dedicated Coues thread here on Rokslide could be really valuable and cut down on some of the back-and-forth.

 

[TacoTaylor]

Wait, you mean there are other deer besides Coues

Dude I live in WA and all I think about are these deer! Haha

 

[TacoTaylor]

Maybe western whitetails? There are whitetail deer in western states besides coues in NM, AZ and Sonora

I thought about that but they aren’t the same species of deer, idk. Southwest whitetails?

 

[TacoTaylor]

Coues whitetail hunters already have a pretty active dedicated forum over at coueswhitetail.com, but I do think having a dedicated Coues thread here on Rokslide could be really valuable and cut down on some of the back-and-forth.

I haven’t been on there in ages but it used to be a bit of a dumpster fire for some things.

 

[dsotm]

There's already an entire site...

 

[Rackseekers]

I think it would be nice to have one, and or a sub form. Coue deer have a lot of similarities to eastern whitetail but differ a lot in the terrain and how they are generally hunted. I think it would be cool to have a spot to have inquiring minds with similar interests to interact on this form.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Having hunted them 1x, I can say they are addicting and fun to hunt despite their small size. Sign me up. I can't wait to chase them again.

 

[arwhntr]

I haven’t been on there in ages but it used to be a bit of a dumpster fire for some things.

Haha I used to be more active on there when I lived in AZ and routinely hunted coues but if anything, I’m pretty sure the dumpster fires have only gotten worse.

 

[sshhh]

I thought about that but they aren’t the same species of deer, idk. Southwest whitetails?

Damn, high infidelity to the Pacific Ghosts lol

 

[TacoTaylor]

There's already an entire site...

Damn, high infidelity to the Pacific Ghosts lol

You talkin about black-tails?

 

[sshhh]

You talkin about black-tails?

I am, not sure about the other guy you quoted. You like hunting coues more than Blacktails?

 

[Macintosh]

Personally Id rather not see further forum splits, I think it would be a real shame to lose the variety of hunting techniques and habitats across the species range. I mean…there’s Rocky Mtn, Roosevelt and Thule elk subspecies and they get hunted in everything from rainforest jungle to high desert sage flats…but only one elk forum. I dont really see whitetails being any different. There is just as much difference between the stereotypical midwest managed whitetail hunting, versus foot hunting a million+-acre Wilderness in northern new england, versus palmetto jungles in florida, vs thorny scrub in south texas, as there is between hunting river bottoms in idaho or south dakota versus coues deer in arizona. If there is any lack of coues deer posts or “community” around that its only for lack of posting by folks who are so inclined. Ive never hunted coues deer but love the terrain and places they live, and I very much look forward to coues posts here and would love to hunt them someday. Not sure what is stopping anyone from posting or looking into coues deer here at the moment?
There's already a pile of coues posts in the whitetail forum:

https://rokslide.com/forums/search/11150889/?q=coues&t=post&c[child_nodes]=1&c[nodes][0]=61&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance&g=1

 

[Weldor]

There are quite a few RS'ers on Coueswhitetail.com and vice versa.

 

[TacoTaylor]

Personally Id rather not see further forum splits, I think it would be a real shame to lose the variety of hunting techniques and habitats across the species range. I mean…there’s Rocky Mtn, Roosevelt and Thule elk subspecies and they get hunted in everything from rainforest jungle to high desert sage flats…but only one elk forum. I dont really see whitetails being any different. There is just as much difference between the stereotypical midwest managed whitetail hunting, versus foot hunting a million+-acre Wilderness in northern new england, versus palmetto jungles in florida, vs thorny scrub in south texas, as there is between hunting river bottoms in idaho or south dakota versus coues deer in arizona. If there is any lack of coues deer posts or “community” around that its only for lack of posting by folks who are so inclined. Ive never hunted coues deer but love the terrain and places they live, and I very much look forward to coues posts here and would love to hunt them someday. Not sure what is stopping anyone from posting or looking into coues deer here at the moment?
There's already a pile of coues posts in the whitetail forum:

https://rokslide.com/forums/search/11150889/?q=coues&t=post&c[child_nodes]=1&c[nodes][0]=61&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance&g=1

Here’s the thing, you’re not losing a variety of hunting techniques across a species range. It would just be under a separate subforum. And I’m also suggesting it because a lot of coues hunting stuff has nothing to do with the rest of the whitetail hunting stuff. Do they both have whitetails? Yep, and that’s about where the similarities end. I’m being a little sarcastic but when you go to the RS whitetail page, you have to sort through so much stuff not related to them. I just scanned through a couple pages and here’s some examples.
Saddle recommendations, deer leases, protein pellets vs roasted soybeans, more tree stand posts, 350 legend and 300 BLK questions. Most of this has nothing to do with Coues which is why I originally suggested it. It really is the equivalent to mule deer and blacktails having their own forums. And one could argue hunting blacktails is more similar to hunting whitetails in some parts of the country. Sure you can also say they all share similar hunting techniques so then why don’t we just have one deer forum on rokslide? I’m not actually proposing that but I think you get my point. And others are saying there a whole forum for coues whitetail. Yes there is but I’m simply saying, I think Rokslide is better and I prefer it. Just my .02