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There are only about 25 seats left for this great event. Get your tickets now! Here are some great hunts/trips and a shooting lesson (or bow tuning) with Randy Ulmer that will be available for auction at the banquet, in addition to raffles for more than a dozen bows and firearms, and lots more!

Whether you return it to G&F (to go to the next person that would have drawn it, if you hadn't) or give it to a donation, you will have your points restored. However, as Mogollon said, you can only do either of these if you purchased point guard in advance.

Support what I believe is the only fully bowhunting non-profit organization left in Arizona at this upcoming fundraiser! Attend a banquet where you actually have good odds of winning a top-level raffle prize or hunt: flagship bows (several carbon), guns, and lots more bowhunting related items. There will be numerous hunts and trips up for auction, selling for much better prices than they would at the huge organizations with a thousand attendees and who are taking simultaneous bids on the internet to compete against you (this banquet doesn't have competing online bidders!). Hunting trips to Africa, Argentina, Mexico, bear, cougar, bass fishing and more trips will be available! Register to attend using the code on this flyer, or at Bowhunting in Arizona. Reach out if you'd like to support the organization by donating an item to be auctioned or raffled at the banquet to show that your organization supports Arizona bowhunting!

Nowhere does it say when the deadline is to buy tickets, or when the drawing is (was)?

I've found the blacktails in Northern Arizona to be pretty docile as well, whenever I've run across them.

You should have bought the old MetroCenter before they tore it down. That would have made a great walking 3D venue!!

Maybe they're waiting for some sleeper unit to finally open up to hunting?! 😉

Thanks for coming back to report how you did, and congratulations on your buck. The other rifle hunter did not actually draw his tag in the bonus round. He drew it completely random just like you did. There is no bonus round tag unless the hunt has at least 5 permits. How were the archery and other rifle hunter's bucks compared to yours?

bojangles, unfortunately that buck was taken after the cut-off date for this particular biennial awards banquet. Award competitions run from July 1 of even numbered years to June 30 of even numbered years. For this banquet, animals entered will be celebrated for those taken from 7/01/21 through 6/30/23. I would expect him to very likely be at the next awards banquet in two years, where there's a very good chance he will be honored as the new state record velvet non-typical Coues. For those that have taken large animals, I encourage you to contact an official measurer as soon as possible to get it (them) entered. The next (7th) edition of the bowhunting record book is being worked on now and is planned for release this next spring at the Pope and Young International Convention in Glendale, AZ in April, 2025. The book will be sent to print later this year. AND DON'T FORGET THE ARIZONA BOWHUNTERS ASSOC./BOWHUNTING IN ARIZONA banquet is tonight in Mesa! See previous posts for payment information, or there will likely be some tickets available at the door. Official Measurers Contact List

Last Call!!! There will be raffles for several guns, bows, optics and auctions for about a dozen hunts! The banquet is this coming Saturday, June 8!! Scan the QR Code in the first post, or click the link below. ABA/BIA Banquet Registration

The banquet is getting closer!

For those that have been asking about the Arizona Bowhunters Association/Bowhunting in Arizona Record Book annual banquet, here it is! It's a few months later this year due to unavoidable circumstances. You can scan the code on the flyer to pay using PayPal. YOU DO NOT need a PayPal account to use the link. You can pay with Venmo, credit or debit card at the link if you choose. See you there!

Goulds ANYWHERE sound fun! One day I'll finally draw one.

I once bought something that had been hard to find, on ebay, and when the guy took it to the UPS store to ship it, the clerk at UPS thought it was cool and the seller sold it to him, after I had already bought it at the offered price on ebay! That pissed me off pretty good, especially when the guy that bought it just did so as a novelty, and I really needed it and had spent a year trying to find it.

For those that took nice animals with a bow between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2024, and want to be considered for the biennial competition (three largest animals in each category win a biennial award plaque), get your animals officially measured and entered ASAP! If you live outside of Arizona, you can submit a photocopy of your P&Y or B&C scoresheet along with the other required items for entry (see link below). Bowhunting in Arizona Record Book