utah400elk

murphys69law, I drew my Utah tag a few years ago and just came off my wait (last year). The archery hunts in Utah end in early September. My hunt ended 9/11. I now live in Vegas so unit 9 is not that far away. I am very excited for this fall. I now will just put in for points for the rest of the states (except sheep). I hope everybody has a safe and happy hunting season. John

I have a pending $650.00 charge on my Cabelas Visa from AZ game and fish. Looks like my 17 NR points got me a early archery tag for 23N or 9. September can't come fast enough.

I am losing hope. It looks like my 16 NR elk points were not enought for a unit 9 early archery elk or a unit 23 N early archery tag. I guess I will try to use my Colorado elk points.

Good luck to all. I couldn't stand the numbers game any longer, so I put in for 9 and 23 N early archery. I no longer have to play the number crunching game. Now I get to play the waiting game.

I am sorry I should have said I am a NR with 16 current points looking for a early archery 9 tag or an early archery 23 N tag. Thanks again for any help. I think I am in pretty good shape this year.

I could use a little help (my wife would argue I need a lot of help) I am a NR and I plan on applying for unit 9 early archery 1st choice and 23N early archery as a 2nd choice. Do I have a legitimate chance this year?

Thanks guys

Does anybody know where I could find out which groups were awarded which Governor's Tags. I know a guy from SFW who is claiming Utah SFW was given Arizona Governor's tags to sell?

Camofreak. How many points did you have for that hunt. I puut in as a NR with 7 points and I am wondering how many points it took?

Thanks for the help guys. I guess I just wait and see.

I am looking for a little help with a few questions about the draw. I am a non-resident and have only drawn a tag in AZ one time back in 2005 or 2006. I applied this year for hunt 1018 and 1013 (12b late and 12AE early) in this year’s draw. I have the print out from Game and Fish. I applied using a Cabela’s Visa and I had 7 points going into the draw. I thought I should have been about 100% draw odds but have had no activity on my card. Last week, on a few websites, people were claiming they got emails from the game and fish asking them to verify their cards before the draw ( I never received an email like that). It looks like there was a bunch of activity this week with cards being charged but as I said nothing on my card. I know that I didn’t have any real shot at 12B late but I thought I would draw 12AE. I there still hope for the 12AE tag? Am I too early with these questions, or should I wait for the official draw results? I called Cabela’s and there have NOT been any declined charges. I also have the print out from the charges to my card ($7.50) for the application. Any help would be great…

Thanks for all the help. I decided to put in for 12B late hunt as a 1st choice and 12AE as my second. 12B has passed the 20% cap without a nonresident drawn in the past leaving a random draw chance. I know its slim but I at least might have a slight chance. I should have enough points for the 12AE early hunt.

Does anybody know how much money AZ raised last year using conservation (both bid and raffle) tags and how many tags were offered? .

I decided long ago that it was better to hunt the Kaibab a few times rather than a one shot deal. I was behind in the point game and knew the strip was out of reach. I like the idea of hunting in an area where there are a few pigs. I might not get one but I can a least hunt for them.

I am looking for a little help from the guys down in AZ/ southern Utah. I can offer Utah and Wyoming info in exchange if that helps? I have the points to draw either the 12 BW early hunt or 12 A either East or West. I have hunted 12BW hunt in 2006 and had a fun hunt. I never ended up shooting a deer but saw a few 160 class deer and just missed a 190 class deer. No shots taken but as I was driving up to the top of the buckskins I saw a white 4runner parked in the middle of the road by dead man’s pockets. I later stopped and talked with the guys in the 4runner. They had shot a 190 class buck that was following a doe in the middle of the day. They said they shot the deer about 10 seconds before I drove by and the deer was about 50 yards off the road. They said that if I had been about 30 seconds earlier I would have seen the deer just standing there. Not the way I like to hunt but I know things can happen that way. Now, on to the question… In 2006 the 12BW hunt went into November. This year it does again. I have looked a lot at 12AE early and was sure this was the hunt I wanted to try but I with the later dates this year I am thinking about 12BW again. For the guys that live in the area and have hunted these hunts what would your suggestions be. I have been told that in the past few years the deer are NOT in 12BW. I have been told the later the dates the more deer that are there. I had a great time hunting in 12BW but would like a chance at a 180 class buck. I have included 12BW but I have not looked into that unit much. I know in 2006 a 180 buck would have been very hard to come by but they were there. I know there are 180 class bucks in both 12 AE and 12 AW. To add a little to the mix. I plan on taking my wife and son on the hunt with me. He will not go on all the hunts but he could do a few evening hunts with me. He is going to be five and I thought it would be a fun hunt for him. I really appreciate any help.