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Welp, 800 miles - FINALLY DONE! Due to super busy schedules across 4 hikers PLUS mother nature (The fires up on the north Kiabab torpedoed our planned finish last summer....), it took us much longer than anticipated, but last weekend my partners and I finally finished the AZT. Like many of you, I'm a native and love AZ. Doing this hike gave me an opportunity to see (and walk through) parts of the state that I had never seen. Many of them I am sure I will never see again! The real ball busters were Miller Peak, Superstition Wilderness (We did Roger's Trough to Roosevelt in one day. Ugh!), Rincons - Mica Mountain, the Mazatals, and of course the Rim to Rim. Many of the other sections were hard, but those 5 stood out. We of course hiked lots of easy stuff, too. Mexico Utah

This was a tougher year for me. With the dry warmer winter it seemed like the birds were a week ahead of schedule. The youth hunt felt like a normal first adult hunt. The first adult hunt felt like the second adult hunt. I was able to hunt two days during the first adult hunt and got close each day but was not able to get a shot. I was able to get back out today but the wind really picked up before the birds flew down and made calling really difficult. I was able to get close enough to see the two lonesome toms but calling didn't really work in the wind. Luckily the wind died down after a couple hours and I was able to find another Tom all by himself in a different area. It seemed like the hens are already laying on there nests with all these solo toms today with no hens in sight.

I've benefitted from helpful info on this forum and wanted to try to give back. There was another thread where people were asking about changes in the 2026 Fall regs versus 2025. I decided to put together an analysis that looks at the changes. I tried to be pretty thorough, but please let me know if I need to make any corrections. **Deer** Deer saw a lot of changes between 2025 and 2026. Bottom line: Expect tighter draw odds in 2026. Across 208 continuing hunt opportunities, 96 saw permit cuts (totaling −3,265 permits) while only 18 saw increases (+560 permits). Coues: The late-October general season in units 34–36 took broad cuts, and the overall Coues deer permit pool is down over 1,800 tags (−10.6%). Muley: Also down, especially in units 22, 23, 28, and 30A. Unit 8 and Units 7 & 9 are the bright spots. Units 12A/12B saw modest gains. Unit 8 mule deer is the standout gainer (+100 permits). Units 12A/12B and the north-central units (1, 4A/4B) also saw modest permit increases. Units 7 & 9, already the largest single general deer opportunity in the state, went up slightly to 1,200. 2025 vs 2026 Permits by Permit Type (Deer) Deer Units with the Biggest Permit Cuts **Turkey** Tighter across most units except Unit 12A, which gained 100 tags. Turkey Limited Weapon in 2025 had 3,650 turkey permits versus 3,275 in 2026 (-375 permits). **Bighorn sheep** Canyon Lake will undergo a major drawdown starting September 16, 2026, for approximately 16 weeks. A majority of the huntable area in Desert Hunt Area in Unit 22 and for Unit 24B North for desert bighorn sheep will be restricted until the maintenance is completed. Net +4 permits overall. The real structural change is the early/late season split added in units 40B Tinajas Altas, 41 East, and 44B South — more timing windows but lower per-window permit counts. Unit 37A went from 1 permit (east of I-10) to 3 permits (north of I-10). "East of I-10" is the same thing as "North of I-10" and I'm not sure why G&F changed the terminology. South of I-10 (or West of I-10 in 2025 terms) stayed flat at 6 permits. Unit 41 East consolidated permits from 5 permits, one hunt in 2025 to 5 permits across two hunts in 2026. Unit 44B had a similiar consolidation. Unit 15D took a cut from 5 permits to 3 permits. **Javelina** Minor cuts, no dramatic changes. **Bison** Minor cuts, no dramatic changes. **Sandhill Crane** Unchanged at 1,020 permits total. The January window was consolidated from 4 windows (30 permits each) to 3 windows (40 permits each) — same total tags, one fewer draw opportunity.

You can’t reason with horse people. They’d rather all the native wildlife die so the horses can live

This is so much better than all of the Classifieds BUT still not as good as hunting stories/pictures. I don't have anything to add carry on!

Buy the dip, hunt the burn.

It helps to be both lucky and good

Just finished up a batch of homemade bacon. After cooling will slice and portion.

Two days to come up with that response? Saw you viewed my profile lol I have met him and spent several days on the Kaibab on a friend’s hunt. That is 100% what he does. Also, if you consider what I said to be attacking someone then you’re one thin skinned b!tch.

Lots of places in az are non smoking.

Wild turkey sandwiches!

Kaibab archery. The late coues hunts are like a 4th season general tag.

https://www.facebook.com/TontoNationalForest/posts/pfbid0Jrrv7BX23kbkgspmLiLpKm26T3maVaKmaRKyPuvoGzSxLAcCeayx1hHt6iuTP6LVl?__cft__[0]=AZbsNPksf13BSbn8snTcA97Zr0kP4RQ2ThfLWWFX6aoAdY_1ykckcxqAhcS7zKwuYCl1BYehLzP8TIX80NLuzQUfIdmylOiTLym3LgfdQ8-VAtG99G31sdbWZMacq1_p-clMgjIP51YBCYDxBVAbQ5SsYh5Cr0__STg55mBqUScCmnmXzwXOBy53rCs1jOVCwck&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R With increasing fire danger across Arizona, Tonto National Forest officials will implement emergency stage 1 fire and recreational shooting restrictions for the entire forest beginning Friday, May 15, at 8 a.m. Visit the Tonto National Forest website to learn more about stage 1 fire restrictions, including recreational shooting restrictions, and exemptions to the rule: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/tonto/fire/fire-restrictions. Prohibited acts when visiting the Tonto during stage 1 fire restrictions: Building or using a fire outside a Forest Service installed metal or concrete fire structure within a designated developed site such as campgrounds or picnic areas. A designated site has permanent fire rings or grills maintained by the Forest Service. A stove fire must be inside a fully enclosed metal stove or grill with a chimney at least 5 feet tall and a spark arrestor with ¼‑inch mesh. Smoking, except inside an enclosed vehicle or building, at a developed recreation site, or in a cleared area at least 3 feet wide that is free of flammable material. Discharging firearms, including air rifles or gas guns. Emergency stage 1 fire restrictions also include recreational shooting restrictions to protect the public, wildland firefighters, and our natural resources from the risk of a recreational shooting-caused ignition due to Very High fire danger conditions across the forest. Restrictions will remain in effect until Forest Service officials determine that conditions have changed sufficiently to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Apache-Sitgreaves https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/apache-sitgreaves/newsroom/releases/apache-sitgreaves-national-forests-will-implement-stage-1 Coconino https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coconino/newsroom/releases/coconino-nf-enter-stage-1-fire-restrictions-may-21

Beyond a shadow of a doubt. It’s probably still Epstein doing it.

I think it was more of the people of Kentucky taking out Massie! It appears that they don't waver when a little puff of wind comes along! I wondered who would be the first Rino, dem, commie to post something.

I think Trump targeting and taking out Massie shows you all you need to know about Trump. If you still think he’s got America’s best interest in mind after that, you gotta dig your head out of the sand.

sold

Birria tacos and fixings....

Pizza again.

This is a 79 long bed has a vortec 350 with 350 automatic transmission has new radiator,breaks, dual exhaust,gearbox,fan clutch ,and tires runs good $5900

So, what’s a Medicare hunter? Us older guys? Lol

You don’t need him now. He literally just says “Sit here for the duration of the hunt. Now write me a check.”

I would have payed $10 a gal. to never have had Biden as president. I can't think of one good thing he did. Trump can say and do some stuff that I don't agree with but he also has done lots of things I do agree with.

I've always really liked this model but it's been sitting around here and I've never used it. It's a pretty nice Ruger 99/44. I thought I had more magazines but it looks like only one. It's a very nice looking gun and it has a good Burris scope too. Located south Tempe area. $1600