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Looks like I'll be trying to hunt in the rain some or all of Monday-Wednesday. Hopefully there are some breaks in the storms and the elk are feeling vocal. Any tips or tricks? Should the elk be acting pretty normal if its just a light rain?

Very nice bull, congrats.

Sounds like this judge likes is teddy bears a little too much.

Yep, water and salts. Salt is hit and miss though as some areas, such as where I live in 16a, the wildlife must get enough natural salt or cow salt around that they haven't paid much attention to what I have offered. Water works, but is the best way to get your camera stolen as well.

Was wondering the same. Probably correlated with the less call ins experienced the next day. I got into a mad cluster of calls Saturday morning, almost made it happen, but back to work now until Thursday.

Yeah I wish we could get some of this enforcement action going on here in Arizona. G&F decided they are legal a few months back, so it should be illegal and punishable to steal them.

Wow I had no idea so many people were using 12s over 15s.

Its a good thing you didn't have a rifle and a lion tag in July, because the season for lions did not open back up until Aug 24th. Its is no longer open all year. And has zone limits/quotas like bears now, so you are required to call or know before you pull the trigger if the quota has been met already. Really stinks. Probably will stop buying a lion tag personally.

Yikes. I keep wondering why there haven't been much by way of archery kills posted yet.

Game and Fish always says to try Aubrey Cliffs area. I've always wanted to try out there for archery, but now the Big Bo requires permits and all that, so I lost motivation to try it.

I decided to go drop away this year. My bowshop guy convinced me to do a ripcord even though I had researched something else I wanted that he didn't have on hand. I don't like it at all but its a little too late for changes this year. Mine was hitting the fletchings a little. He just move the nock point up a little and that seemed to fix it.

BLM in proposing 4 possible travel management plans for the areas surrounding Kingman. I attended a meeting tonight. Some of their options call for closures of over a thousand miles of different dirt roads. The units affected are 15a and 15b, 16a, 18a, 18b, and perhaps some others. Hualapais, Musics, Cerbats, and Blacks are the major mountain ranges. Here is the link that leads to all their info: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=89275&dctmId=0b0003e880fa3423# Map you can leave comments on for roads you have specific information on: https://eplanning.blm.gov/EPLCommentMap/?itemId=fdd39ecb6e17493ba78efc4e09cf2bc2

The problem is, the state is so big and conditions so different, it seems like every year guys report different things across the state, and even within the same unit. "Not rutting yet, no bugles for us today" While guys somewhere else in the unit are saying "They were on fire!" I haven't spent nearly as many Septembers in the woods as others here, but it seems very hard to predict anything, anywhere. I remember a couple years ago, it was a good rain year, everybody was pumped that it would be an awesome rut, but it turned out to be a very quiet year by most accounts.

We all feel your pain in one way or another. Some of my childhood spots have long been desecrated by others(I had nothing to do with it Sounds like it is time to start over and scout a new spot away from the masses.

Hopefully, for your sake, they don't get too many good storms now or during the hunt or sitting water could be rough!

In my limited opportunity areas there are lots of ribs showing and the upper age class bulls are reflecting a tough year on their head gear. But boy is it green as can be out there now! At least they should be fattened up a little bit by harvesting time:)

Is this still allowed or was it banned with the recent reg changes? I know it was being considered at one time. If banned, when does/did it go into effect?

Found it, looks like it will now be statewide ban, I believe these are part of the approved new rules that would go into effect next spring or fall: "The Commission proposes to amend the rule to prohibit the discharge of hybrid device, arrow, or bolt while taking wildlife within one-fourth mile of an occupied farmhouse or other residence, cabin, lodge or building without permission of the owner or resident, to increase consistency between statute and rules. This language mirrors statutory language under A.R.S. § 17-309, which prohibits a person from discharging a firearm while taking wildlife within one-fourth mile of an occupied farmhouse or other residence, cabin, lodge, or building without permission of the owner or resident. This change is in response to customer comments received by the Department"

Pretty sweet thing you have going on there. Is that how Lance at TLO does it too, private land access?

If anyone knows the private property owner there south of the Seligman gas station, saw what I'm pretty sure is a booner over there a few weeks back standing on the boarder of 18a, 19b, I saw someone with the tag on IG post a pic of him after I saw him. Has huge flat cutters that go straight out in front.

If anyone knows the private property owner there south of the Seligman gas station, saw what I'm pretty sure is a booner over there a few weeks back standing on the boarder of 18a, 19b, I saw someone with the tag on IG post a pic of him after I saw him. Has huge flat cutters that go straight out in front.

Yeah I have been following him too, not sure how he seems to always find the cows.

After gathering more info in scouting, hoping to be able to set a goal of 340+, but we'll see, depends on what bulls there are this year in my areas.

I see sheep cross the sheep overpasses from 15C to 15BW every once in a while. I always assumed they we going to or coming from a sip in the river. There are three game and fish drinkers in the mountains its looks like that you should probably go scout. And that is the end of my knowledge on the area.

I say kill shot most of the time. Unless you know someone else just barely shot the animal. I know a youth hunter that hit a 6x6 bull in the vitals from 500 yards in unit 8, bull fell and did two rolls down the hill a little ways, as they were celebrating, they hear another shot. They book it over there, and there is a grumpy old 60 year old guy standing over the kids bull that would not, and never did, back down or explain what happened... My friends ended up taking a picture and leaving the mean geezer there on the side of the hill to contemplate his actions...