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    16 hours ago, twigsnapper said:

    This is from the AZGFD presentation from January.

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    Thank you for posting these.  Others who didnt watch the meeting were nay saying my info.  This proves what i was saying.  Also, non-hard to draw critters like javelina are better in the raffle.  elk, sheep, etc are not.

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    just watched the meeting.  Basically, small "big" game like lion and bear revenue generated by the change is "projected" to go up slightly. Bison and pronghorn are projected to have somewhat higher revenue.  For the big game we are famous for elk, mule deer, and bighorn sheep there is a projected DEEP decrease in revenue.  Just one of these species tag allocation going to a raffle is enough to blow away any benefit from any other increases we might see in a raffle situation.   So, i guess money isnt everything?  The other concerning thing is the raffle revenue has dropped precipitously across the board with the change to Conservation First USA.  Not a good time to make a change like this given the downward trend.

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    17 hours ago, Titanium700 said:

    How long for the first posts with questions in the unit they got drawn for?

    you don’t have to tell your hotspots but just point in the general direction….

    you know it’s gonna come. 

    BTW anyone got any honeyholes in 23n or 23s in September? :)  Gonna be a great hunt.  Cant wait.  My first rut hunt!!!  Wahoo!

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    Hi Fellow Hunters,

    my sister-in-law has the December cow tag (12/9-15).  I went up this weekend to help.  We mostly worked the area east of the Young rd as we *thought* we knew this area.  We glassed up lots and lots of bulls.  Including 2 really big guys.  However, not one single cow.  From the OW ranch and south all we saw were bulls.  We realized that in the past we have only been in there in sept and oct.  Do the cows go else where during December?  We are at a loss on what we are doing wrong.  Again found lots of elk.  Just the wrong sex...  Any tips or areas to look over would be appreciated.

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    4 hours ago, bo5953 said:

    Got a chance to hunt the southern portion of the state this year for the second season.  Such a beautiful area.  Opening morning was awesome at a mere 28 degrees.  Pulled into camp and started glassing from there.  TONS of deer up on their feet until late morning.  Only saw a few smaller bucks and not looking for a meat hunt yet as we had until Tuesday night before we had to pull out.  Met up with some friends midday and headed back to a spot I had been eyeballing on Google Earth.  Started picking up a few deer with one being a mid sized buck.  Too far and too small for day one.  Moved the glass to the North and picked this guy up at about 1,000 yards.  I usually try to keep all my shots to 350 yards or less.  I just don’t practice enough to do otherwise.  There really weren't any good vantage points for a shot except for the small rise right in front of the ridge he was on that I ranged to be about 200 yards from him and getting there I was going to be in the wide open for the first ½ of the stock.  I decided it was worth a shot.  Down the hill and into the wash to the right trying to use what little cover I had until I could get behind the rise.  My buddies stayed up top and let me know he was still there and feeding out into the open.  I used the small hill to stay concealed and finished the stock with a 40 yard belly crawl just far enough to where my barrel would clear the brush and I had a good sight line to the buck.  Almost like he knew I was coming he turns dead broadside in a wide open spot.  I ranged him at 195 yds.  “Click” goes the safety and he lifts his head startled at the noise.  I couldn’t believe he actually heard that from there.  Still broadside I centered the shot and “BOOM - - SHWACK”...... Buck Down!  Great hunt with great friends. 

     

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    Awesome buck. Congrats!

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    12 hours ago, Bckhntr said:

    Had my boys first youth cow elk hunt in 22.  Started good while scouting a couple days before the hunt saw a few but not alot.  Hunt started with an almost full moon so elk were hard to locate.  We had a lot of downs before my son made a great shot and got his first elk. I wanted to say thank you to some of the guys on here who helped provide some good information. Hope all the youth elk hunters have/had a great experience.

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    Congrats.  Hopefully, now hooked for ever on hunting! :)

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