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    Bullwidgeon is correct about the antlers on Stockwell's buck.

     

    I would bet my favorite straw hat that IF the Stockwell record is broken, the buck will be killed by someone who isn't an avid trophy hunter. He will come upon it, as Stockwell did his deer, by chance encounter and be lucky enough to collect it.

     

    As for where it will come from, it is possible that it could come from any unit in Arizona, New Mexico or old Mexico.

     

    A freak whitetail buck need survive only a mere five hunting seasons to reach optimum antler growth, and despite how deadly a predator we mere humans believe we are, I am convinced there are bucks of that age and older in every unit -- including the most heavily hunted units -- that have never been shot at by hunters and never will be.

     

    Bill Quimby

     

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    "That being said, I feel the only way to change any State department is to allow the voters to decide on how things are going to be run. Allow the hunters to vote on who gets elected as G&F commissioner instead of the Govenor, allow the hunters to elect the G&F commission, allow the hunters to vote on the issues that effect all of us in the long run. Force the commission to make decisions that affect game animals based on sound scientific fact and evidence and not on biased decisions that may or may not be financially driven.

     

    There are ways to change the entire system, including the draw, but it makes the system more complicated, and of course ends up costing more in the long run.

     

    The only way any Government department or agency will ever change anything is, if they are forced to do it, or they can get more money from it.

     

    Just my opinion! "

     

     

    I was born and raised here in AZ. I am 23 years old. I agree with the quote from above.

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    You have already harvested some nice lopes. You waited 20 years for an AZ tag. I say learn all you can about the big boy. Find him, stay on him, come opening light, harvest him. I know he is an old wise goat, but dont hold that in such high esteem that you defeat your self mentally before you even meet the opener. YOU ARE the dominant species here. Dont forget that.

     

    Nothing ventured nothing gained.

     

     

    Well Said!!! I could not agree more! ;)

     

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