Riesop

If I'm waiting 20 plus years to get drawn for a rut hunt there is no way I am sitting water that is that easily accessible where somebody can just come in and check a camera. Again, it's public land and you have to expect that you'll run into people unless you put your time in and get more than a mile away from the road. I honestly wish they'd ban sitting tanks anyways. To many people want to just sit and with the scarcity of water it just causes problems between other hunters. You waited 20 years to draw, go out and enjoy it and get away from people.

Going out to purposely ruin another person's hunt is just wrong. I'm trying to see both sides. It would be nice to think that all wildlife is only for us hunters to enjoy but there are a lot of people that just want to get away and see it themselves without seeing other people. If I ever get drawn for one of these good hunts I know with public land I have to probably hunt a spot that is not easily accessible and will have to pack it out. If I hunt within a mile of a road I can expect people to unfortunately ruin it. But it is public land and the public has the right to enjoy it too, thats just the reality of it.

I know this doesnt apply to this situation but I had a question. I found a dead bull the other day out hiking and know it needs to be reported so I called game and fish to report it. They said if it died naturally that I could keep it but if they determine it was an arrow or a bullet, they keep it. Unfortunately they found an arrow and said they would keep the head. What do they do with it is my question? It was clearly old, no meat, and all the way to the bones on the skull.

If we just stopped advertising the "immense hunting opportunities" in Arizona on Youtube and everywhere else this would never have happened 😠

No tags for me again, but two youth cow tags in 23 should be a lot of fun.

6 to 7 inches here in Pinetop.

I agree. You have to be a youtuber or a nonresident to get drawn nowadays. Heck, I have four bonus points for TURKEY. I think I'll apply for one of them trophy kaibab turkeys 😁

I agree. Fact is public land is just that. Its lazy to sit on somebody else's work but by no means illegal. First come is how it works no matter what. If somebody is there first you leave and go to plan B.

Man five years in a row. He's gonna hate being an adult hunter,

I love that you hiked, showing them how to hunt the right way. To many people out there driving around in quads and utv's saying they're hunting. Well dona.

Good luck. Both my kids had that elk tag last year. I'll never forget them both tagging their first elk. Enjoy every minute of it.

My kids did it last year, you'll never forget those memories.

Man, we were in 1 this weekend and they were going crazy. I called in a 6x6 while in camp with a cup of coffee in my hand and frying bacon in the other and the wind was at my back. If you can't tag out on that hunt I don't know if you ever will 😄

I have a question. The last eight or so years I have been applying for the rifle mule deer hunt in 27 in December. Well, that hunt is no longer available so here's my question. I have 11 bonus points for deer but want to use them on a pretty good hunt. What are your recommendations?

I don't think this has anything to do with other people's opinions. This may sound very silly but as our society advances and technology advances we absolutely are gaining an upper hand on these animals. If we want fair chase then the animals we are hunting should be able to advance in technology and put out cameras to spy on us as well right? Yep, sounds silly. As far as I know you can still use cameras up to a certain time to see the animals in your area and enjoy that, just not during season. If we keep advancing and technology helps us take more and more animals you'll see more and more seasons taken away like we're seeing right now to keep populations at a decent level.