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Kinda looks like 3c or 23 north

Maybe one of the spring hunts that was open tell july31?

So i planing on bear hunting this august and sitting a treestand or ground blind and everyone i have talked to says good luck u will prob not see any bears cuz the dogs will be chasing them all over and u have a better chance glassing them up in the pears. I want to shoot one with my bow not from 300plus yards out. What have you guys experienced? Is there alot of hunters with dogs up in the woods at that time? Any units to recommend where i wont have as much of a problem with that? Are they in the northern units? Been putting a lot of time scouting and found some good areas and was going to buy a treestand but dot want to if hunt is going to be a bust. Never really hunted bears so i dont know how many people are really out. Is it common to run into dogs?

Thanks guys makes me feel a little better about the time i have put in looking for bears and makes me feel better about purting up a stand or two and thanks for the extra info kidso

I have a location that i want to bear hunt and i have a location for a ground blind or tree stand and i wanted to see what your opinion is for hunting bear. If it was deer hunting pretty sure i would choose ground blind but for bear not sure lol

Thank you guys for reply i am hunting them like deer but wanted to see if i am missing something. Was wondering sense heat rises our scent would it be better for a treestand or ground blind and i think that was answered. During my past experiences deer hunting in ground blind is no matter how much scent killer you use and tried to do everything right those deer will smell you know matter what. And u just got to have wind right. Sense i am having bear comin in from different directions i think i would rather start with my scent higher and give me a better shot at them not winding me. Yes?no?

Thank you guys for input. I allready have a ground blind and i have never shot from or owned a tree stand so if i do go with that i will have to practice some shooting out of it. I do agree in my spot it will give me a more shooting lanes. as for scent control the wind is usually blowing up this canyon and the bears are coming in from downhill and uphill what would work better? Would iy be better to already get my scent up in air in tree stand or try and keep it to minimum with ground blind because i know there is no real complete scent control. I am huntin them like i would deer but not sure how much i am over thinking this.

So i will have ten points going into the spring turkey draw and i found the regs about the bonus point pass but to be honest i really dont undestand it. I guess i am not the brightest in the bunch lol. So my question is do i still have some points to go before i hit the 20percent pass for goulds turkey

Very good video of a spot and stalk mule deer hunt but at the end of video he shows his tag and it is def not a az otc tag so i was wondering what was up with that and if anyone else has seen video and had cought that? Tittle of video is arizona over the counter archery mule deer hunting video with russ meyer

I have been wanting to hunt bear for some time now but i have never really known where to start. Pretty much the only game plan i would have is to glass the canyons and try and pick one up.any other advice as to what they are looking for to eat and areas to concentrate on during morning or evening would really help. And would the higher or lower elevation bears be more active this time of year? Or should i just wAit and hunt the bears in the pears? Thanks for the info!

my cousin has had a tough few years with me putting him on eight different bucks and nine misses he finally made the 10th shot count and got it done. my cousin is a great shot with a bow but when the deer came into shooting distance buck fever just took over. He has had some nice deer to shoot at and finally got to put a notch in his belt with this buck and his first big game archery kill. We actually started off the day hunting mule deer with no success except for seeing a big herd of javelina. We decided to go to a spot where we always see a good number of deer not always a lot of bucks but they are there. started glassing at around noon with not much moving except seeing some more javelina. at around 2 pm the deer started moving and we started picking up a bunch of deer. my cousin and i always make it a competition to see who spots the most deer and who will pick up the first buck. i was picking up all the does and he was finding nothing and was getting frustrated. he then turns to me in frustration and says you might be finding all the does but i am going to find the first buck which i laughed and said i hope so because that is what we are here for. no more then two minutes later he says "I found a buck!" I didn't believe him at first since he had just said that but sure enough there he was. i pulled out the spotting scope to get a better look and to my amazement there were actually two other bucks with the one we had spotted. we made a game plan and decided to make a stalk on them. we get to to where we had last seen the bucks and got to fifty yards of them but there was no way we could get a shot due to the thick brush so we tried to wait them out but the good old wind decided to swirl and we got busted. happy we had stalked in so close we chalked it up as a good experience and decided to walk a ridge line for the last few hours. got on top of ridge line a glassed for a while and decided to call it a day. as we were heading down hill into wash to head back to vehicle i looked across the wash and on the other side at about 150 yards i saw a deer bedded and picked up the glass and saw it was a buck. he had spotted us but didn't seem to worried about us. i decided to head down in wash a different direction out of the bucks view to get to bottom of wash to make a stalk. got to the bottom and had my cousin and i take our shoes of for the stalk. got to 70 yards of the buck and he was still bedded and we could only see his head. he had no clue we were there and we closed the distance to 50 yards. had my cousin get ready for the shot and i was going to try and stand him up but before i did anything the buck stood up and gave my cousin a broadside shot. my cousin drew his bow back and let the arrow fly. as arrow was in flight i heard it clip a branch but then i heard the great sound of the arrow hitting its mark. since my cousin has had so many misses he was not confident he had made a hit on the deer but i was sure he did. we got to the spot where the deer was and sure enough we had good blood with lots of bubbles in it so i thought he had made a great shot. We decided to wait a while until we only had a little light and went looking for deer. followed blood and after about 50 yards of following blood we bumped him and deer took off. i was shocked. decided to come back next morning to find deer. came back the next morning and found deer about 150 yards from where we bumped him and it turns out that the branch the arrow hit deflected to arrow and hit deer in neck. that why so many bubbles in blood. but man were we excited that we had found the deer and i was so happy for my cousin for finally getting his first archery kill and hopefully there will be many more to follow. the deer was a three by one. the deer was shot on saturday december 14 2013

So i would love to see this buck everyone is talking about hope to see some pictures posted soon

I will buy it and take it off his hands if u can

Just wanted to hear some feedback about what u guys think about scent control from special scent control cloths to washing clothes in scent eliminator and scent eliminator sprays. I use to be all about them but over my years of hunting to me it seems like a big waste of money.i use to wash clothes and keep in special bag to store and use the soap and shampoo and all types of scent control and even spent 100's of dollars on the carbon camo but to me it seems like if u dont have the wind right they are goin to smell you no matter what. I know it probably helps but is it really worth the money? For example i just went on an elk hint with buddy and the mesquitos were horrible so we had to spray down with some stong smelling bug spray and we def didnt shower but we had wind right and had elk at less than five yards. So why spend the money? Just wanted to see what you guys think?

I do wash my clothes in the uv eliminator i think that is a must because like you said scooter i do believe certain animals can see the uv

Thats what i think but figured i would see what People think cuz i think i am sticking to the walmart special for camo. I go thru so much camo from all the things that will grab you while you are walking in arizona it just isnt worth it just in that aspect

Wow very nice deer congrats

Sorry to here about your lose. Congrats on a beautiful buck

If you are taking your kid out for there first deer hunts and or fishing trips it needs to be all about fun if you want your kid to enjoy the outdoors. If u can go out and see deer and even get lucky enough to harvest a deer with your kid it will just ice the cake. I got a few spots where i know i will see lots pf deer and will give my daughter when she gets of age a goood opportunity at a deer dont care about size. And i want to make it as fun as possible so she enjoys it and wants to do it again. I am racking up a few fishing holes as well so when we go fishing we Are doing alot more catching than sitting and she wont get bored and want to do something else. So in my opinion it is not about the size just about family and fun. As they get older and more experienced then comes the trophy hunting if they chose to do so cuz we all know shooting a trophy deer takes some work

Just found ou that every picture you take with phone is taged with gps location. Question is if u re post picture does it still tag it with gps location?

No i havnt had the time to make it to the gun store yet but i will for sure go an check it out.

I want to buy a new shotgun for the wifey and i want it to be a 12 guage and be able to hold a 3 1/2 inch shell. I have a winchester sx2 and it is just a little too heavy for her. Any reconmendations?

Lol

Nevermind friend just told me all pictures posted from phone have a gps tag on it so i had to delete sorry. Dont no how to delete full post

Sorry guys left a little info out and yes i know the 3.5 inch shell is a big round but like you guys said it will be her turkey shotgun. In my opinion there is no better shell to smack a turkey with. She allready has a 20gauge that we quail and dove hunt with that she loves but i would much rather her shoot a 3.5in 12 guage round at a turkey. I do want gas so that it helps with the recoil.