5 Days into the Archery elk season. Giant bulls on the ground...

Here are a couple pictures of the success so far on the archery elk season.  Michael, Bobby and Charlie have all made the best of there tags.  Congrats guys.  If you want to see updates a lot sooner friend me on Facebook under Shane Koury, I update my Facebook and Instagram a lot sooner than the blog.  Good luck to all...

Josh kills his biggest elk to date!!

The last early hunt we had was fellow guide Josh E. had drawn a champ tag and was looking to kill a great bull.  This hunt is a little after the peak of the rut so the bugle action was a little slow.  After passing on numerous elk he finaly decided to put the smack dowm on this awesome 6x6.  Great job...

KC shoots on the last day!

KC and Sunny were hunting together on a 2x1 with my guide Todd G.  KC had already killed a 400 inch elk with his bow so his sights were set high, so high that he passed on a couple of 370+ bulls just hoping to find that neddle in the hay stack.  He did have one thing in his favor, his guide Todd finds and kills huge bulls every year and after watching Sunny kill the bull he did opening morning KC could only hope.  After 6 1/2 days of hunting and a flight back out to Georgia the next afternoon KC decided to fill his tag with best friend right on his side.  Great job!!!

 

The big split G3 Bull.

Next on the release was Damion.  We had hunted quite a few days just waiting for the right bull to show it self.  Two days earlier he drew on a huge bull but just could not get the shot off before the walk behind his cows and decided to leave.  As dark was approaching fast we closed the distance on three bulls bugling hopeing one was the bull that had escaped us and as we meet face to face I could see we had just found the forked G3 bull that a buddie of mine had videoed in velvet and a different buddy have videoed just days prior over 5 miles away.  A well placed shot and the bull fell in sight.  Awesome shot and awesome bull Damon.



Skyler Koury's 3A-3C Big 6x7!

So one day after Steffens kills the brothers are back at it trying to fill Skylers tag.  Yes both brothers had tags, what luck.  This story is going to be combined with Steffens in The Huntin Fool.  All I am going to say is it is never good when you get the call at prime time in the morning and your child is crying saying he shot the wrong elk in the fight.  Yes most adults would do a back flip to kill his elk and he is crying cause he shot the wrong elk as two bulls fought 20 yards in front of them.  Great elk Brothers.  You make dad proud.



Steffen Koury's 3A-3C Giant!

Most adults only dream of killing a bull elk over 400 inches much less with a bow and arrow.  Well Steffen at the age of 16 did just that and to make it better he did it just the help of 14 year old little brother.  I am not going to say anything else about this bull and the hunt since it will be on the cover of The Huntin Fool here soon.  All I can say is AWESOME job boys...



The Big Kicker Bull. And the amazing 6x6.

Jed and Ian both drew archery elk tags last year, so Jed gave up the guiding role and took on the hunter role.  I am not going to say alot about these two bulls since Jed is making a video of the two hunts.  All I am going to say is great job gentelman hard work does pay off.

Over 800 inches of horn in two bulls..



7X8 Down.

I got the call from guide Ken O. that they had just closed the distance and made a great shot on awesome 7x8 bull elk.  Our season was just starting and two great elk down with the old stick and string.  A huge congrats to J.D. on his first elk with a bow and arrow.

Opening day success!!

Sunny made the trip from Georgia to hunt the giant elk AZ is know for.  After passing on a couple great bulls early opening morning this great bull gave him an opportunity and Sunny made the best of it.  This bull has the extra on the right side near the top of the rack.  Sunny came to AZ hoping to kill a 350+ P&Y bull elk and top that mark by a long ways.  Great job Sunny!! What a way to start the elk season with this bull as the first one killed really raised the stakes for the rest of the 14 day hunt.

Time to catch up on a lot of hunting!

Koury Guide Service has been extremely busy and has been killing some huge animals.  We killed multiple bulls over the magical 400 P&Y number and some great Mule Deer in Unit 3A-3C with bucks scoring over 180 B&C.  Stay tuned for the updates to start.  Here is a little teaser of what's to come.

Arizona Elk and Antelope Draw 2013. Make the right choice!

With the Arizona Draw out and all the hype of the Coveted AZ elk tag make sure you pick the right outfitter for your hunt.  These tags dont come easy and it could be another 10-20 years before you get this opportunity again.  Koury Guide Service only hunts the White Mountains area and all my guides live in the area.We start scouting in July and scout all the way through your hunt.  When booking with a local outfitter that has a proven track record to be the best in the area you know you are getting the most for your tag.  We see every year people book with outfitters from out of the area or even out of state and then those outfitters call guides in the area and try to hire them to hunt with there clients.  All of my guides have guided with me for over 10 years and all live in the area and know the units inside out and backwards.  Many outfitters out there let you shoot a small bull on day one or two of your hunt because you get excited and have never witnessed all the rut activity.  At Koury Guide Service we help you kill the biggest bull possible.  The phrase we never use that many other guide services use is "The client is happy does it really matter how big it is".  Yes it matters...... Here are some of the bulls we killed in the White Mountains area just last year...

 

All the bulls shown above were all killed in the 2012 season in the White Mountains Areas of unit 1, 3a-3c, 3b, and 4b.

 

Here are some more elk we have killed inthe past couple years in those same units.  Whe you talk units 1,3a-3c,3b,4b no one compares period. 

 

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And lets not forget the largest elk to ever be killed in unit 3A-3C and is still #2 in the World Non-Typical Archery. Scoring a gross 442 inches and killed with a bow and at under 20 yards.

 

Here he is prior to shot.

Congrats to all that drew. And always remember these tags dont come every day.

 

Give me a call to talk about your tag!!!

Late Elk Hunt Part 1!

The AZ Late elk hunt in unit 3A-3C was a little tough.  We talked with many hunters that were struggling to see a bull period.  We looked at a lot of bulls before Jim made a 350 yard shot on this awesome bull.  This bull had a very unique extra horn on the left side of his head, check out the picture below.  You have to watch the video of Jim's hunt and the nice bull that walks up the Reservation fence and then just stands there until it got dark and then jumped the fence to our side, that's what pressure does.

Here we are ready to make the shot as soon as the bull jumps onto our side of the fence.

Here is Jim's bull when we first found him on the opposite side of the canyon.

Check out the extra horn on the left side of this bulls base.

Check out the video of Jim's hunt!

Sheep and Elk!!

Thanks to the Game and Fish moving back every elk hunt in the state, now the late elk hunt and the AZ sheep hunts start a day apart.  That is a big issue if your trying to guide hunters in both hunts.  With the long weekend we got out and glassed a couple different Rocky Mountain Sheep units and also some of the elk  units we will be hunting this coming weekend.  The late elk hunts are just not as fun as the early hunts by any means! The quality goes way down and it is way colder and the biggest reason it is not as fun is they are not bugling.. Enjoy the pics and check back to see how the elk and sheep hunts went!  Good luck to all that have elk and sheep tags that start this weekend, shoot straight or shoot often what ever works better for you....

The picture of the ram that is blurry and a little farther away is a different ram than the one with the one ewe.. Some good rams and a couple smaller rams.