Heat

You got it, prayers sent.

Excellent trophy! Congratulations to all involved. Enjoy your success!

It only took me about 23 years, so I know the feeling. Keep at it, you'll get it done one day! Hopefully sooner than later. Excellent archery hunting conditions this year. Good Luck!

Let his air out!

I just noticed this thread. Great Job Marshall! I'm very happy for you! Looks tasty!

Way to get the New Year started! Congrats!

Wow, that one looks pretty big! Congratulations getting it done under tough conditions!

Way to go, nice pig!

Congrats!

Well Done!

Congratulations on killing one of if not the most difficult animal in North America to kill with a bow! If you drew and hit a coyote a deer should be a piece of cake now! Way to go!

I was thinking bowstring wax in "hot spots"

Nice to see you around here Paul. Technically the answer the biologist gave you should be the correct one. They are supposed to change opportunity based on success of archery seasons, the problem is, you never seen any increased seasons when archery success stinks in a unit. Kind of a one way street if you know what I mean.

Big Browns is 100% correct. Don't over-complicate this. You're a resident and YOUR best odds of drawing will be to apply solo unless the NR has so many bonus points that it puts you over the top no matter what. Advice for those who have family members or if you yourself ever leave AZ. Buy a Lifetime License before you move and you will be considered a resident for life as far as the draw is concerned. That is huge!

Congrats on your success.

Continuing to pray for your comfort and peace at this difficult time. Merry Christmas!

Praying for your comfort and joy today. Merry Christmas!

Nice! Merry Christmas!

Going to do everything I can to be there Roy! I bet you can't wait to get your hands on this rack!

Awesome hunt guys! Thanks for sharing all the awesome photos and breaking down the hunt for us. Pretty incredible ram too! Way to go!

Will be in the western units. Probably 42 or 40.

Merry Christmas to you too Ernesto. You have a great family photo!

We've got lots of time to check it out. The more ideas the merrier!

Here's the list so far: Big Browns, SEAZCoues, Desert Bull, My Right as an American, Lancetkenyon, AZPredator, briant_az, PRDATR, muledeerarea33, rcdinaz, MULEPACKHUNTER, & Heat. If I missed anyone please let me know! Is anyone on this list totally opposed to a California hunt? We can go as a group to Tejon Ranch, Minimum of 8 guys ($625 each), up to 12 with lodging and basic food included for $583.33 each for a 2 day hunt. CA NR License is $161.49 and the NR Wild Pig Tag is $74.26. Another place called Cottonwood Hunting can put us on their waiting list with no guarantees we'll even go this year. They are the cheapest CA option I can find. $250 each pays for the guide for two days and lodging, no food. $200 kill fee if you get a hog. Minimum of 4 guys, maximum of 6. Another place called Giant Sequoia Guide Service does similar thing for $300 hunt fee and $300 harvest fee no food or lodging. These are only some of the California options I know of. Most cost much, much more than these. I see 3 major advantages to a California hunt. The drive will be much closer. I can be at the Tejon Ranch in about 5.5 hours from Yuma. Most of the better Texas options are 15 hours plus. The hogs in California on average are bigger than the Texas hogs I believe. The best thing about the California hunts is that it these are all fair chase, free range wild hogs. No pens, trapped animals, hunting at night, spotlights, etc. Big drawbacks to CA is well, its' California! Also the price is kinda high for one pig. Not sure how much the shorter drive offsets the high cost for some of you guys. Sounds like most guys here would prefer a low fence, free range hunt in Texas if we go there. I'd rather not drive much further than the Dallas or San Antonio area. Also I'm making one big assumption here that this is going to be a any weapon hunt not an archery only hunt. I need to take a look at some of these TX options to see what size groups they can hold.

Great job man! First lion with a bow is really cool!