2006 Coues Whitetail Winner
Bobby Boido
 

Hello, my name is Bobby Boido. My wife Olga Boido was the winner of the coues whitetaildeer tag. She signed the tag over to me. I hunted a total of 23 days starting September 1, 2006. Over the 23 days, my hunting buddies and I saw 138 whitetail bucks.  Four would have gone easy over 100 inches. One went over 110, which is the one I took. I shot this deer on January 20, 2007. This buck scored 118 inches with a 5 inch drop tine. In the 23 days of hunting, we saw 24 herds of javalina,10 coyotes and 4 bobcats. We also saw one half albino coues whitetail doe. We also saw numerous mule deer bucks, with one over 30 inches, the biggest desert mule deer I have seen in a long time. I saw this buck on 3 different trips to this area.

I want to thank the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle committee and the participating organizations for all their efforts and hard work. This truly was a once in a lifetime hunt for me. To be able to go anywhere at any time was a great experience. Along the way I met and talked to some great sportsman who were willing to help out and who were willing to ask if a big buck had been seen . I talked to a lot of people and told them of my good fortune.  I was very surprised a lot of guys and gals had not heard of the Super Raffle. Some friends told me they could not afford 10.00 for one coues tag. That will all change now that they knew one of the winners.

I want to close with another thank you. I have hunted for 41 years starting at 8 years old. I have never taken a buck over 102 and I have never seen a drop tine buck in Arizona or old Mexico where I started hunting!

Thank you and let’s keep this super raffle going!