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    Ya i would guess another taxidermist running with the money. They didnt seem to be best of health either. I had my best velvet coues deer there for over two years and never got a call or anything. Went to shop and asked for my deposit back and velvet rack and they say oh a mouse got to it and chewed up one side. Left pissed off and took it to guy in young az who sponsors site i think or did and it took another two years to complete but he did fix very nice. I think people are having problems now with him and wife as well getting mounts done. RandR taxidermy honestly ripped off hundreds of people if they closed shop. Last time i was there i saw well over a hundred plus racks from all animals hanging on a wire on wall. Sad to say it but i am sure they are gone. They were cheap and i guess we all learn 

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    Just go up and enjoy and don't stress about the tag. They will be bugling the whole hunt and some days better than others. All the hunters will be gone after first week. Enjoy heber or showlow and eat good food and chase elk all over that place. U will find them! 

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    11 minutes ago, Roosevelt Mark said:

    I had a early rifle tag in 2022 and seen 35 nice bulls in 14 days of scouting and hunting.

    Ya i guess my last post made the unit and tag sound depressing and it is not. I was more responding to horses and less elk. I honestly would say from 2016 to now i prob saw half the elk i did last year compared to 2016.But we did find ek and bulls just not as many as years past but was still a blast.

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    pic of nice bull from first year she had tag in 2021 i think before camera ban. She had this bull at 40 yards with no shot. Was huge up close But no idea what it would score.

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    42 minutes ago, WHT_MTNMAN said:

    Everything North and South of the 260 is great elk country. The problem is the Elk have all left. It is a combination of horses, drought and the OTC hunts in 3A. I heard through the grapevine so I can't confirm 100% but during the count last year they found under 100 head of elk that historically has 600-800 head and over 1500 horses.  There will be some big bulls still show up and you will find pockets of elk but it isn't the same as even 3 or 4 years ago. Pray for good monsoons, lots of grass and that the elk will stay in 3c. 

    Wife had gotten lucky and drew that tag twice in last three years. The difference in just the three years of amount of elk was astounding. I aslo had that tag in 2016 and man had it changed. 2016 ya there were horses but now they are everywhere. Elk were slim pickings and my wife shot one on our last day right off the rez line and never found it. Super sad to see all the horses and lack of elk compared to what i have seen before. I talked to guys who were saying the same thing about horses and elk count. That being said we did find elk and they were bugling and we called a few in and had a few chances. Just was not as magical as the hunts past with alot more elk being found

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    Planned a trip with my buddy to do some shed hunting and turkey for a few and got it done first morning here. Have not been here in a while and it was good to be back in some country i had not seen for a bit. Still here tell tursday and the birds we got into have really been the only thing we could find except one distant gobbler. Roosted two toms first evening here and got on them in morning. First light Nd they were gobbling in the trees. They fly down and go right to the hen and i thought it was over. We did a circle and got a hen to fire up and she walked the other two hens in with the two gobblers. The one tom strutted back and forth gobbling spitting and drumming at 20 yards not giving me a shot for what seemed like ten minutes while the other stayed a little back. All while then hen circle and puffed up and started fighting a little getting the gobblers fired up. They started to move a right and the tom that was a little back stepped out at ten yards and i dropped him. Great way to start the trip! Been trying to find another bird and we have been shed hunting! Just thought i would share sense i was asking how it was going in New Mexico.

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    57 minutes ago, twistzz said:

    Did you here any shots?  That Tom is now very well educated, if he made it through the gauntlet :)  

    No shots heard or birds shot that i saw. yes all the birds had a hunter coming at them and calling from different directions 

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    16 hours ago, trphyhntr said:

    Why was the forest closed? 

    Rim rd was closed and cocinno rds closed not the forest. so everyone that wanted to hunt 4a,5s rds were closed no access and everyone that wanted to camp or go to bear knoll or woodscanyon lakes could not due to rds closed so they all camped in 4b and all went to willow springs lake. It was crazy never seen cars lined up to the 260. 

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    Man went up with daughter to 4b and had a blast with her and heard some birds but man the place was loaded full of people. Forest was still closed everywhere on the youth opening and evering one was in 4b. Never hD there to four groups of hunters going after one bird. Ya i could of found more birds but wish i had more time! Oh well learning experience 

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    On 1/26/2024 at 12:10 PM, bojangles said:

    the game, which I hate, is you buy the point guard, the dude pays thousands to you so he can bump up his bonus points to get his desired tag, you apply point guard and get your points all back and apply next year.  There's a dude that gets 23 late rifle every other year or so this way. 

    Man does this really happen? Is this legal? Shitty system manipulation. But its always about money! What a shitty world

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    Try for a rifle tag or archery tag? 15 points in hand. I actually thought i had more.No idea how close i am for archery or even rifle as i do not subscribe to any hunt draw apps and i do not no how to find it now with new website changes

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    Got a quick few question's as well guys. Daughter is 10 and just finishing up her online classes. She will not get a field day in before draw but pretty sure i can apply her for elk and antelope hunts? But main question is can i pick her up a youth over the counter turkey tag without her having field day and hunt spring turkey otc?

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