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I call that, Tag Tetris. Our family has been playing for 5 years. It'll get more challenging when my youngest son turns old enough to enter the draw, next year! Good luck on those hunts with your boys!

Tag and hunt numbers are now posted. My hunting mentor got a bull tag! Couldn't be happier even if it was mine. My son and I got drawn for the same antler-less hunt!

My card was hit around 11:30 am.

Mark us down for two tags! Just hit the account right now! Get your hiking boots on boy, we got some scouting to do!

Time for a name change?

Welcome to the Hunting Meme Thread! This thread is open season for hunting-related memes of all kinds. If it’s about hunting, gear, tags, seasons, etc, it belongs. Feel free to make your own or post ones you’ve found elsewhere.

Low-key Vortex advertisement.

My youngest son is about to turn 9 and needs a pair of binos for big and small game hunting. He's a decent sized kid at 53" tall and weighs 75 pounds. Seems the Vortex Bantam HD 6.5x32 might be the best option for small hands and faces, but I'd really like to get him something in a 8 or 10x, if possible. Around $200 budget Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Wednesday the 18th it is! The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) reminds hunters who applied for 2026 pronghorn and elk hunts that 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, Feb. 17, is the deadline to update credit card or debit card account information. https://www.azgfd.com/2026/02/12/credit-card-deadline/

Agenda: https://azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/04102946/February-6-2026-Commission-Agenda-Revised.pdf Video:

Thank you for sharing your experience! I'm getting antsy already and have been reading through all the old elk threads. Hopefully, someday this will be me and my sons. I have one who's already big game hunting and another that will be eligible next year! Side note: Even as a non-drinker, I find your profile photo hilarious.

I appreciate the offer, Markleo21377! It's easy to tell from your postings that, like many others here on CWT, you really get pleasure from helping youth hunters. I certainly do too. I just got home from an overnight Boy Scout camp, and saw that my wife bought the stuff I added to our Amazon cart for my youngest son, including the Vortex Bantams. I do like Vortex, my hesitation was about the low price and magnification. But, I guess we'll give them a try. It's too bad squirrel hunting season is up. These are going to be good enough for that. By the time next year's big game season starts, he'll be ready for some that are a bit larger. My other son got 8x42s at age 10, although he is a bigger kid.

That's absolutely doable. I've done it myself. You can transfer a tag anytime. BTW, that's my birthday too!

I get it now, you're just trolling. Carry on.

The thread I started was simply a link to the January commission meeting. The quotes listed above were all written by you, and taken from the 3 threads you are referring to. It would appear that you’re the one with the personal axe to grind, with the commission and courts. People use ad hominem attacks when they lack a strong argument, so they attempt to discredit someone’s character or motives, rather than addressing the substance of what they’ve said. You're free to critique any of my words, but the personal attacks on my character aren’t appreciated.

I wasn't aware of that case, but I did just read the thread on here. Seems that maybe the commission has learned their lesson after that preposterous decision.

That's disputable and it's also irrelevant to his charge. The law Mr. DeBaca broke is written clear as day. I've linked and listed it below. https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=17 17-309. Violations; classification 16. Possess or transport any wildlife or parts of the wildlife that was unlawfully taken.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but facts are facts. Posting frivolous arguments to diminish those facts are obvious attempts at damage control. There's nothing shady, messy, corrupt or nefarious about charging and convicting a hunting guide for having an illegally taken animal in his vehicle.

Both men received 5 year license suspensions. Here's a timestamped recording of the proceedings:

On the contrary, I guarantee it matters a whole lot in the grande scheme of Mr Adams' (whose reputation has taken an asteroid-sized hit since he was caught baiting animals) and Mr DeBaca's lives.