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At my house north of the park this morning

13b rifle and archery. I want to hunt it once

Pre evac notice has been given for show low. Indians have done a very good job of thinning that section of land hopefully it works

some places its even less than that

In there words, they are 110 million dollar a year industry with over a billion dollars in assets.

After trashing a couple of 35k dollar 4x4's. I wanted to resist temptation and got a 2 wheel drive truck. My success rate for taking animals has not suffered. I am cheating a bit though, I have a cj5 with a v8 that will go anywhere

The simpler things (beyond the obvious) Opening morning The perfect stalk The salty almost rotten smell of the marina when you are getting on the boat to get on a 3/4 day fishing trip Smell of coffee perking in the cold darkness of a autumn morning The truck after a long hike Success

Freaken road hunters!

Two observations. People are expected to be politically correct with there garbage and some on facebook do not deserve an opinion on everything

Cool pics, who would win in a fight? Steer or raghorn?

If you had the archery hunt again where would you back pack into? I spent six days checking every water source while turkey hunting did not see one camera.

So anybody been shot at, robbed, threatened, looked at funny, etc? Other than getting caught between the guys with hk's and their drop off, and a high speed chase through our property. The worse I've seen is a guy in a group of 10 that flipped me and my brother off.

im in for the recovery Only if you have your medical marijuana card. I've packed in a few miles at the end of summit road to the east along the border. Lots of deer I would do it again. I probably wouldn't go to the west off of summit the traffic was higher.East of Summit is worse than west as far as smuggling goes...It seemed to me that west was worse. With the more organized traffickers. The standard border crossers do not bother me at all. It's the ones that are dealing with other peoples money that I watch. Anyone ever hear of a hunter being hurt/threatened by a border crosser?

im in for the recovery Only if you have your medical marijuana card. I've packed in a few miles at the end of summit road to the east along the border. Lots of deer I would do it again. I probably wouldn't go to the west off of summit the traffic was higher.

Economy is turning. There will be more illegals. Most people that hunt south of i10 have seen dead bodies and kilos of cocaine. I would not put in and only hunt 21 and 22

When I see the guys in the trendy fashion forward camp, I know for the most part animals they hunt are safe. In a playful nature when I see them I call them gear qu---- and make fun of them for a moment.

Set up within a 100 yards of a tree gobbler. Waiting for him to fly down. Come on daylaight

EBay

As of a few years ago. There were desert tags that were at 2-3% percent chance to draw. So by microfractions desert tags are easier to draw

Good, I thought it was the jerks that drive off road and in restricted areas.

Mid season recap. first off big thanks to IABORN and OH THAT GUY for the help. IABORN got me in contact the GF unit manager and you can tell his passion for his job and he is good at it. He practically gave me coordinates to the roosts trees. I had to come back Sunday this work stuff gets in the way of more important things. I will be back in a week or so to finish. Thursday, after spending the night at my moms house in Vegas and eating a Sushi Burrito and grabbing some groceries I head out to the unit estimating on the map that I would be at camp by noon. wrong, after several wrong turns I decide to cut my loses go to St George UT and head around making it camp about 445 and step into the unit for the first time. I set up my makeshift camp in 15 minutes and head out to scout. I travel 300 yards and find this guy. HE was taunting me. I go a little farther down the road and stop and listen. I hear some angry gobbles. I work close and find his roost tree and in the immediate distance I hear a few more gobbles. Excited I head to camp and am anxious for the AM to get here. I step in it on my way out Friday Opening morning 300 AM gets there fast and I am prepared and parked several hundred yards from the roost tree by 400 AM and I on my way. I pack heavy w/ three decoys and a bunch of calls and even a thermos of hot water. I get to my spot by 430 and then I hear "GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE" Thinking wait I am not ready I put my spread out withing a 100 yards of the bird. I am below him set and waiting for a bit and getting bored. Let me preface this with saying I am not a good turkey hunter, I can not sit still long enough to let things develop. So I start going through my phone and reading topics on CWT. I get a little more anxious and start this thread waiting in anticipation. Gobbles are blowing up the silence of the early morning dawn. "My bird" well the closest one leaves his roost the wrong way. I am set up 75 yards below his tree and he takes off to right at 90 degrees. It may be because he saw the light of my phone or I over called or I was set up incorrectly, or maybe I was just on the wrong side of the tree. I continue calling and birds are coming in from three directions and closing. I hear four different gobbles. They are circling me like a pack of sharks at feeding time. They are close four different gobbles within a 100 yards. Then nothing everything starts fading a way. I walk about 20 yards to the edge of finger I am on and see these guys strutting there stuff at 45 yards They walk out of my life w/out getting closer The winds pick up and all I see is deer and this lonely girl for the rest of the day. The winds pick up to the point my dinner consist of doritos and a pop tart because it was to roaring so bad I am picking up my camp 100 yards from my camp. Saturday I have nothing roosted, the wind was so bad I was expecting to see spinning house and a lady on a bike flying around it. I climb to the top of the mountain and then some to hear a gobble by the truck. I hall butt to get back and call w/ lackadaisical response. I sneak in more and spook a hen i sneak farther and see a large gobbler going back and forth. I try to play whack a mole w/ him and try to thread the needle and head shoot him. Miss to the left with my second pin and he flushes. After a few minutes of just standing there, I start heading back. after about twenty minutes of walking back I hear some frantic clucks close. I sneak closer and see a red headed jake and and small hen . i am close and decide I can shoot him. i get closer within 25 yards of the little guy and back down. then they flush ( I Think Rios are part Quail) and the hen taunts me. Wind kills me for the rest of the day. Nothing but deer for the rest of the day. Not one gobble in the evening. I am freaking a bit. Only animal posing for pics is this guy Sunday (no wind) I go to my goto spot not knowing what to expect. I hear a gobble then another. Packing light (no decoys no back pack) Just me and my bow and my slate call. Leaving the box at the truck. Gobble and then another, I haul butt to when they are. sneak in sneak in more set up within 75 yards. (no decoys) I soft cluck. heck breaks loose. ten minutes pass soft yelp. then heck breaks loose again. twenty minutes pass and they break roost. wrong way again. i yelp. Few minutes later I see two two year old gobblers at 41 yards. they freeze next to a tree. They do not move I decide to take the shot. This is where I SUCK. I missed. I was solid and I miss. 900 am rolls around and I have a meeting the next day. As I am driving out I see butterball showing off for hen where next to the park bench I was camped by. I stop take a step towards it and they run. I am hoping to be back next week. Some of the cool stuff I seen on the way

In two words. I suck

Kept it mobile this morning. No birds roosted last night and only one hen seen after the winds started. Climbed to the top of the mountain, to here the only gobble the opposite way. Hauled butt, snuck in spooked the hen kept going and missed a 30 yard head shot at the biggest gobbler I've seen. Still early hopefully the wind dies down

Also, the deer at this place are pretty big. It should be easy to get a tag

Picked the wrong fly down spot. Had three or four gobblers circling me like jaws, but I screwed it up. Got some photos on my camera of a couple of live ones. Off to plan b