A SHORT SEASON

small thoughts on spending it well
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November 4, 2026

The Ambusher

Tater has bitten my Adan, blown up my plans and narrowed my life to six trusted people. Can I learn to love the complications? A story about dogs, burritos, and what I’ll miss when they’re gone.
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October 24, 2026

Coues N Brews is coming back.

The second annual Coues N Brews is set for March or April. This year the films move outside to a big screen in the alley, and we’re opening a call for your Coues hunting films.
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October 23, 2026

Gray Light isn’t Gray

I found a buck at 900 yards with the edge of my eye. Gray light isn’t gray, and your headlamp is costing you deer.
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October 7, 2026

When We Offered Sicarios Deer Meat

I killed the ugliest deer of my life in Sonora, then tried to give the meat to the cartel so I wouldn’t have to pack it four miles out. That’s how we ended up on a mountaintop, unarmed, waiting for the boss to decide what to do with us.
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March 10, 2025

Mental Models: Relativity

“Take your boots off now, you’re 80 yards away,” I speak into the radio. Josh is on the other side of a canyon trying to get within bow range of a bedded Coues deer. Killing one with his bow is the only dream I know he has. And now, he’s 80 yards away from making that dream a memory. Josh
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November 22, 2022

It’s Mexico in the deer

I researched The Mountain Project on YouTube’s search engine. One of the highest volume searches is “Mountain Project Coues Deer.” Over the last several years, our trips to hunt Coues deer in Sonora have become part of what we’re known for. We look forward to the hunt every year, and we always look forward to the video. So I started
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February 9, 2022

2022 Sonora Coues Hunts Are A Success

We just returned from our annual Coues deer hunt in Sonora Mexico, and like last year, the hunt on a brand new ranch is a good one. We like to explore new ranches. We enjoy the unknown. The anticipation. The hunt started fast, with the 4th deer we found being a 110″+ deer with extras. Not long after that, Josh,