azelkhunter69

Shot my last two bulls with the 1.5". I heard the 1st one drop just out of sight. Went maybe 60 - 70 yards. The one in my avatar might have gone 100 yds. I will say this, I shot them both behind the shoulder, through the lungs and neither was a pass through. The broadhead was just under the skin on the far side. I mention it because to a lot of guys, a complete pass through is very important.

Turned my archery tag in Friday. The guy said I was the 2nd one that day.

As of right now, only that area north of 89 is open. Most of the unit and the 67 are closed. You can't even get to where I want to hunt. Guess I should have made my reasoning more clear. I drew in the bonus round and had Pointguard. I will just go another year when there are no fire issues and I know I can get to where i want to hunt.

They were so kind as to open up the White Sage fire area to hunting. Going to Game and Fish tomorrow to turn in my 12A archery tag. Try again next year or the year after.

Already decided to turn in my 12A Archery Tag...not that I would have a choice. Glad I bought Pointguard.

Tag #27 for Archery Kaibab. Took 9pts.

Interesting read and congrats. My brother drew this hunt this year.

Totally agree with this. The Game and Fish's MO is to make something an option for a few years, then it becomes mandatory. They did this with the Portal.

Dall Sheep in Alaska has been at the top of my list since I was a kid growing up in NY reading Outdoor Life and Peterson's Hunting mags. #2 has always been Kudu on a South Africa safari.

Watch out for the freakin homeless camps. I never saw one in 20 years, then this past year, I ran into two seperate camps. One south of Williams was right where I camped in 2018 and 2019. Talked to a guy that said Ash Fork is full of them. It's a shame the Forest Service doesn't do anything about it.

Ah, got it. I always look in the elk forum. Didn't see the one in Campfire.

Anyone know about problems or a delay? Typically starts around 8am, give or take, the day after the CC update deadline.

Went up to 6A the last two days to get away from work. Was shocked at the lack of bugles. I think last week might have been the best week, with the cold snap. Back to warm. Heard one half hearted bugle Sunday morning about 9am. After that, it was all before light. Didn't even hear many at night. Weird. That being said, the last couple days are always my favorite. Only die-hards left.

This point creep is getting ridiculous. I have 8 pts and that was enough to draw the archery Kaibab hunt last year. Looking like it wasn't enough this year. Was counting on it since the whole family got skunked on elk tags this year.

Strange, seems to going awfully slow. Typically comes mostly in one big wave the morning of.

$135 is elk

Interesting. Mine shows the tag number also. Doesn't help me know what unit though, could be either. Does make me think that we may get results Monday though. If they can post the tag number, obviously they know the unit.

Last year, they hit CC's on a Wednesday and the results came out the following Tuesday.

Interesting. I can't remember seeing this happen before. Anyone else?

Early archery

Yep, too early. Usually between 7:30am-8:30am

Elk draw deadline was Feb. 8th last year. CC hits on March 2nd. 3 weeks and 1 day after draw deadline. Deer draw went smoother. Deadline was June 14th and they hit CC's on the 28th. They will put out an announcement soon with the "Update CC deadline" date and they will hit CC's the next morning. At least that is the way it has been going. Since they haven't announced that yet, my bet would be that they hit CC's on March 7th. Just a guess though.

You need to keep in mind that we are spoiled here in AZ. Most people in the country would love to kill a 300" elk. There is a reason why the Pope and Young minimum is 260". 99% of hunters will never even get that. I get your point though, we do live in AZ so we can set our goals higher. Achieving them is another thing, especially with a bow. Nothing wrong with a 300" 6 x 6.

Hey guys. My wife and her brother have tags for the 6A muzzleloader hunt next week. His first big game hunt. We have had this hunt many times over the last 15 years and had good luck but, if the forecast holds, never that cold for that long. Typical hunt the temps are 60/35, this one looks like 45/23. The water is going to freeze and the bulls will go lower. We usually hunt 7000+ ft. I don't think that's going to work on this hunt. I have some ideas but, anyone have any experience hunting the southern part of the unit when it gets cold and they move? Please send me a private message. Those of you that have talked to me in the past know I don't share the information I am given. Thanks.

Congrats!! Can't always shoot big ones. Nothing like the reaction of someone that has never shot anything before!! Priceless.