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    Does anyone else find it Atrocious that in a country that fancies itself as the "Leaders of the Free World" and the "Greatest Nation on Earth".... we are sooo bound by PC and bleeding hearts that we are (or can be) victims or hostages of peoples from other nations.... on our own soil??? <_< It just Blows me away!!!! :angry: I am sorry folks, but if you got drugs (and weapons to protect such drugs)..... you should be shot on site.... those drugs are a poison to our way of life just as much as those who bring them here..... and if they had to run the Apache Gauntlet to get them here.... on our streets and into the hands of our children... they might not be so eager....IMO. Our government should inact a zero tollerence Shoot First, Ask Questions Later at our borders and I bet this deal would change a Bunch!! A coyote is a coyote.... and we know how hunters feel about coyotes.....

     

     

    But... this topic is one of the big reasons I don't hunt that far South....

     

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    I'm helping out a good friend on a 3A/3C archery bull hunt. I'm not a licensed guide and I don't get anything from helping out a buddy besides the extra experience in the field and the hopes that I can be a part in helping a VERY deserving guy get a good bull.

     

    So, my main "job" lately has been to sit up high and glass certain areas and let my buddies know if anything good is going on in a particular area. Like most of AZ, this basin has a few 2-track roads. I don't stand to gain a penny if my friend kills, but I'm out there on work days at 4:30 AM listening for bugles and looking for good bulls. What I don't understand is how many "Elmer Fudd" types show up 20 minutes after first light driving through prime elk locations. Just when the area starts getting fired up, some numb-nutz inevitably shows up driving and calling - usually without even turning off the engine. It's crazy. I've seen some really AMAZING bulls from my vantage point prior to the season and almost always find a few 340-350 class bulls looking to clean up any straggling cows. This year, the great bulls are completey gone and the satellites are heading for the thick stuff before shooting light, because so many guys wait until the last minute to drive through, shooting bugles out the truck window.

     

    Anyone else seeing this? How can we get the word out that you need to be out of the truck and getting in position AT LEAST a half hour BEFORE light - not cruising the backroads hoping for a window-shot at 6:00 AM?

     

    It's infuriating!

     

    i feel your pain! my dad and I were in a great position last year 3 MILES off the main dirt road when all the sudden we heard a 4 wheeler coming through the chain of meadows right about day break (there was no trail or road).... It is very frustrating as the sport is so popular now and most people you run into now out in the woods don't even have a clue...

     

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