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I bought a bag of frozen calamari at winco lol. Wasn’t bad at all tbh. recovered from my binge. Ate 1100 calories Monday night, lost all the water weight.

Look at the last two columns on each page of the report. https://azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/Bonus-Point-Report-2021-Elk-Pronghorn-Draw.pdf

Hey guys check out my new video.

I noticed that CameraLand has a daily flash sale and the Kowa 15-45x55 Prominar is $224 off (ends Feb 6, 2022). Arguably the best compact spotter. Just a heads up if anyone wants to treat themselves for Valentines Day 😉 Wish my wallet was flush. https://cameralandny.com/daily-flash-sale

Yup, we need opportunity units. The terrain in 22n is a great place for opportunity imo. Lots of hiding spots with how thick it can be. I think the majority of guys on hunting forums, like trophy hunts vs. Opportunity, but the majority of hunters don't go on hunting forums.

Thanks for all the info, some good insight for sure, I’m trying to weigh the benefits of tax writes offs too. Any outfitters around the verde valley that are always looking for guides?

I love to do a lot of stuff. I don't want to make it my job though. Turning a passion into a paycheck might not be as fun at the end if the day. The above advice seems spot on.

Azgfd will read this and put a red check mark by everyone’s name that commented on this, and they won’t be drawn now.

It's an opportunity hunt. I spent a ton of time in that unit last year because we had an early rifle tag. The amount of bulls we glassed was pretty impressive. Having said that, we had a difficult time finding bigger bulls. Glassing 20+ bulls a day was the norm tho. Lot's of bulls, lots of thick, rugged areas they can hide in.

You have to remember that the forest service is full of libtards. I am not a fan of guides but it is a small stab/step at restricting hunting by the anti hunters it looks like. Or some of the existing guides put some ideas in the right ear to mafia the area....

In time folks I will give you all the details. Just to clear the air. I was charged with 1 count of failure to submit. I did submit my guide report but forgot to add Pat. But if you scroll through my Facebook account you will see him there. I never intended to not add him to the report. Be patient. Please.

We won't really know but if Steve wants to chime in I'm all ears. He has always been reputable and humble and G&F has been heavy handed doleing out penalties in the past. I have seen people loose their H&F privleges for a few years for killing one dove over the limit or one too many fish, which was on top of the fine. That made no sense to me economically.

Awesome... thanks for taking the time to share.

I couldnt find that I shared the pictures on this site, if I did I apologize. One my favorite weekends and the best overall game meat I have ever had.

Some really sweet bucks, great footage.

Small room

The rest are in my garage. Waiting on a mountain lion mount to be done.

I have photos but they're really old. So they don't show all the added mounts and rearranging that's been done. This first bunch is my first trophy room. The birds in the alcove below are a chukar (upper right), ringneck and a male & female Mearns below the Eastern turkey. The 23-lb. northern pike is from the Hotlitna River in Alaska. These are of the newer addition I built several years ago as a family/trophy room to house my African, New Zealand and misc. critters. I often refer to it as the Marc Plunkett Gallery since he had mounted nearly everything in it when these photos were shot. L to R -- Nyala, warthog, Black wildebeest, blesbok, kudu. Ctr. -- Red deer stag -- New Zealand L to R. -- Gemsbok, Impala, Blue Wildebeest L to R. -- Springbok, bushbuck from Africa, chamois and tahr from NZ New location of bear These are additions since these photos were taken.

Man, that’s a lotta turks on the wall. Here’s my favorite wall. Lots of other mounts but i like how this one turned out

I almost always start with north facing slopes if you have any, but they can and do bed anywhere. It all depends on the layout of the area, the weather and if there's areas they might get pressure from poeple. I sometimes hunt wide open antelope country for elk and they'll be just fine layin' out in the hot sun sometimes. Typically though, north facing slopes are the traditional bed areas primarily because it's got the shade and being a slope it should provide some type of vantage or visibility for the elk to watch for danger which makes them more comfortable and they like to be in that top 1/3 of the slope usually. One thing to keep in mind is, regardless where they are bedded, they will try to bed in a spot where the wind is at their back and they can face away from it. That way their eyes and ears are covering what they can't smell and their nose takes care of everything behind them. JIM>

I think people cow call to loud. Some of the calls on the market have to be blown to hard to make subtle realistic cow sounds. I can always tell if the call I am hearing is a real elk or not. If I can tell, I know the elk can.