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I think my brother and my nephew have this hunt or the one that starts on the 15th(ish). My goal is to get my nephew a bigger buck than my brothers. No time to scout, hope it turns out ok.

You may want to try between hwy 60 and the reservation. Alot of mule deer but a few whitetails. I got this guy in january in that area.

Love the character of the bull and a perfect shot with great footage and with the ability for vehicle access to make it easier to get the elk out. Does it get any better? Congrats.

In my travels I have seen a few illegals. I would not worry about it to much, just use common sense.

I hunted one buck in 36c for four years straight. The last time I saw him he walked through my rifle scope about 80 yards away with me squeezing the trigger and never finding any evidence of a hit. Some days you would wonder how can there be this many deer in the desert and then not see a deer for the next three days. The buck I hunted I had in range with a rifle or bow 5 times I believe seeing him maybe 8 or 9 times total. The "Flats" lends itself to my favorite style of hunting. Moving slow, getting close and seeing them before they see you. Here are a few pics, the first one is a pic of "Mondo's" shed. The next is a buck I shot in 2007. I will also post a pic of a buck my brother got in 2008 or so. The better pics died with my last computer Also a cell pic of a little buck that him and his friend walked within 10 yards of me. Good luck on your hunt.

Elk were screaming in the middle of unit 1 over the weekend. Big bull already had his cows and did not want to pose for pictures. I did manage to get some smaller bull pics .

I tagged out in January also. like you I am also bouncing off the walls to go hunt. Luckily, I live an area with turkeys to give me something to look forward to (I have taken a bear and not alot of interest in getting another one) Also, I am three species away from my big ten with a bow (without dogs) two of the species I am waiting for a tag on, sheep and buffalo, and the third, mt lion, will be my focus this fall. Whether its the first day of January or the last day of December or a season in between, if I see a mature buck that takes my breath away I am shooting.

Congrats a new opportunity will arise (after hunting season). I am going through the same thing with two exceptions 1st I do not have any tags and second my corporate guys are keeping it a "secret" and no one in my branch is suppose to know there master plan.

Has anyone ever fished at the dam at roosevelt(or any lake for that matter) for cats and if so what were the results?

Apparently, there has been a mistake. I think they need to redo the entire draw process, I still do not have a charge on my CC for sheep. G&F needs to redo everything.

Thats good news for me. I still have a chance for my bighorn sheep tag.

I lent out my monster to my brother for his antelope hunt, so this August my goal is a science experiment to see if I am better hunter now or back in 1994. I found a 1993 high country bow that I am going to try to take a couple of otc animals with(tagged out on deer already). I want to see if my recent killing spree is because of technology or because I have become a better hunter. I just need to find aluminum arrows now and Fred Bear broadheads.

I had the late archery hunt last year in 3c got into 3 or 4 days of hard rutting

You have roughly ten weeks to season starts. Get a few single, double, triple reed mouth calls and start practicing. Your neighbors will love you for it.

My brother has that permit we went scouting this am and found a few bucks. The biggest was to far for a pic and then gave us the slip.

Most of 2a/2b in moonscape. It does not need any fire to cause that.

I do not think you August hunt was that bad. I would call it memorable.

a few more

shot at dawn

Life Goes on and unit one/twenty seven will recover here are some random pics from some of the "most" burned areas. No intentions whatsoever of highjacking the thread

it use to be 1500, but you get to shoot 2

I have seen alot of deer in the burned part of 1 as well as the non burned part. During my hunt last year we saw over 10 bucks in two days and 1 hour of hunting. The only thing that will change about unit 1 deer is the perception of unit 1 deer.

The 100" buck ran over the hill my brother in his infinite wisdom went after the smaller deer while my nephew my other brother and myself stood there wondering what the heck is he doing the deer ran to the other way.

One of these days I will get my act together and actually take a camera with batteries on a consistent basis.Looking through some "old" photos I have had the priveledge of being on some really memorable hunts since August 2009. My daughter had a "spill" on our labtop in July 2009. The hunt on this one was not the exciting part. My wife and I went after work one Friday evening in August of 2009 to try to call in the bear after about an hour or so we determined nothing was going to come in so we decided to get back early and get the kids a normally timed dinner. Well driving on our way out we see a bear on the side of the road. Altough its the general season I took at the time my new bow. I pull over with my saying something about hurry hurry its going to run. The bear sees me and starts running. I have a friend who once told me if a bear starts running run after it and it will run up a tree, so I do this and start running after the bear. What my friend did not tell is what to do when they stop. I am running at a good clip with bow in hand closing in fast on bear that is looking directly at me and not moving. When I get within 20-25 yards or so, something clicks in my that bear is not moving and I should be shooting. I stop put my first pin and release on a slightly quartering to bear. The arrow takes out one lung and the liver which means the bear takes off at a full tilt directly away from me. I call my brother and his 8 month pregnant wife come and help with flashlights and extraction. The blood trail is very good but goes an extended distance in pitch black darkness. The first time we my wife, my brother and his wife find the bear several hundred yards away we are within ten yards and she is standing on her hind legs, huffing and kind of lunging forward at us. After a comedy of errors we find her again a short time later and bring her out. A beautiful mohawked red 5 year old bear. This little guy caused me to have several session of rabies shots. It was in unit 27 during the August archery deer season. I was sitting under a tree glassing when he came within 15 yards of me or so. I yelled scat it huddles up and gets in a pouncing mode. I stand and yell again it starts with a low erie purr/growl. I pull back and release realizing it is not going to leave. The next few seconds I find hard to believe. The bobcat "Matrixed" (jumped) my arrow at less than 15 yards and immediately goes back into pouncing position. I release another arrow as fast as I can and do the damage you see. It did make it about twenty yards to my left before expiring. I started skinning it and all the fur would fall off in my hands. I made a big mistake and without thinking touched my bloody hands to my mouth. I talked to G&F officer the next day and asked if this was normal behavior for a cat this time of year and then he told me the effects of rabies and I should get vacinated immediately.

This is the basic rule of supply and demand. 5000 people want 40 tags for a unit, bottom line is your going to wait or get lucky. I hold in high respect the people who can wait 10-20 years for a tag. There really is no reason to complain or demand a rule change, game and fish has it right it combines luck and dedication to give you the best opportunity for success. Hunters of Arizona have a limited resource, when it comes to elk, that has been managed well. For the record it takes me 4-5 points to get a late season archery tag.