Flatlander

AZ is a great place for opportunity if you want to get out and hunt. The challenge comes if you are set on having the best hunts for each species. Strip and Kaibab deer tags take most of a lifetime to draw, so do early rifle bull elk tags, rifle antelope and sheep, most buffalo hunts and the very best early archery bull tags. If you want to hunt archery antelope, most archery bull, December coues, or the other good mule deer tags then it's a several year wait between tags. But every single year you can hunt Spring and Fall bear, fall turkey, most mule deer and almost all non rut whitetail hunts, archery deer for all of January, 3 weeks in August/September and 2 weeks in December. As well as mountain lion and other predators. Some cow elk hunts can be drawn every year, most late rifle bull tags can be drawn every few years. Archery deer overlaps in January with archery javelina which is one of the best hunts of the year with rutting deer and stink pigs both on the hit list. I love AZ and when I lived in ID I couldn't stop thinking of ways to get back. Your first elk rut on AZ will absolutely blow your mind. It's like nothing else. Good luck and hit us up.

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If you want that title you are go to have to come only home floor and take it from me. Last year I hung up my 10th straight unfilled pig tag. I think 2015 was the pinnacle of bad hunting, 6 days in the field without a single stanker spotted.Oh, and just filled out my app for 2016. Here's to 0-12. Hope I didn't put in your unit!!!! It has nothing to do with the unit, I promise.

If you want that title you are go to have to come on to my home floor and take it from me. Last year I hung up my 10th straight unfilled pig tag. I think 2015 was the pinnacle of bad hunting, 6 days in the field without a single stanker spotted. Oh, and just filled out my app for 2016. Here's to 0-12.

Totally awesome!

Lots of what my buddies and i call Idaho wall hangers. Not many typical AZ Bulls this early in the year this low.

Easy guy. You said they were a tool for the lazy and unconfident, so don't pretend to be all shocked when someone swings back. Your first comment stated you want them BANNED because they allow someone (usually a kid, in your words) to make a shot and then their dad brags about what they did at some xx yardage. If you haven't used one, maybe you should try it. Perhaps on bedded game with a heavy duty tripod (which someone had to lug into the back country and place in front of an animal that someone had to find) and perfect head it is a robotic arm, so what. The kid gets excited cause he has a story to tell instead of being frustrated or embarrassed and his or her dad gets to brag on their kid a little. And from experience, I can tell you most folks who use one, are not using it the way you are referring to. That was an ignorant thing to say. That is all I have to say about that. We have elk to kill, hopefully in the morning, hopefully we get to use THE CLAW. Trphyhntr - I will reiterate my previous point. I come prepared and make use of whatever I have at my disposal at the time. Kind of like Lance, everything from rocks, to tripods, to my buddies shoulder once (.270 with a brake, bad idea). You don't do all that hard work to get an opportunity just to watch it slip between your fingers.

how do you figure? if a kid can't make an ethical shot without the aid of one of those, it's time to get that kid back to the range until he is confident in making a good shot on an animal. I myself am a HUGE advocate of getting kids out there and hunting and i volunteer a lot of time to take kids on their first hunt and love every minute of it, but do not condone the use of those things. they are a tool for the lazy and unconfident. So you dislike a tool because it helps kids harvest game and then their dad brags about them? That takes the Delta Bravo award for this year. Out of curiosity, have you used a claw or triclawpse? Cause with mine on my tripod you sure as crap can't just lock it down and pull the trigger.

this weekend my wife (who is a hobbit) will have the trifecta going. A Caldwell bipod with short legs for prone shots, the triclawps available if she needs to sit or stand and I carry the shooting sticks in my pack at all times for rush situations. With kids and other new hunters I have learned to be prepared. Two years ago on her cow hunt we had elk at 118 yds first thing opening morning but when she went to sit down to shoot from the sticks she couldn't see over the grass. By the time she got set up the elk were gone. Lesson learned. This year we will have the tripod ready to slam down for that situation.

Borrow mine any time you needI could store it in your gun case. it is in backseat btw just keep forgetting When is your gf's elk hunt?

No jr's for us this year. But wifey has a general cow tag.

Borrow mine any time you need

The wife shot 200 yd metal from a standing position on her first shot last week. These are the best rests around.

Look at those back ends, awesome bull Bob. Hope it was everything you dreamed it would be.

That's an awesome goat! Congrats!

Dang, sure did kill some nice bucks.

Didn't you guys hear him, he asked about BIG HEAVY bullets. I am shooting a 120 gr SST out of the 7mm-08 this year. I will let you know how that works. That should answer the question.

Great story! Congrats on a fantastic accomplishment.

Cool buck

This is AWESOME!!!

I am going to try to be more Christian and hold the smack talk for awhile and focus my energy on cheering for my team. Go Devils!!!! Wildcats, we are praying for you.

Congrats Bob! I can't wait to hear more.

good deal. Mine new was over $1700 out the door

Great story. I was wondering about you yesterday. I can't wait for these opportunities with my kids. Two more seasons.

Well this year the wifey is shooting A Marlin X7 Youth in 7mm-08 with 140 gr accubonds