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If I lived that close to mount Lemmon I would never drive up north to hunt. I would hunt mount Lemmon exclusively.

congrats

Its not lack of rain, its the abundance of elk. More elk there now than used to be, and for some reason there are less mule deer. there are plenty of deer to choose from, just got to be the first hunter to them. the good spots get hunted hard especially by the people that live close to the unit. its easy to scout for any flagstaff, Williams, Sedona, camp verde, cotton wood, Clarkdale and even Jerome residents.

Just buy the dura trac tires and be done with it.

I agree, sitting water is always a viable option. I have seen elk drinking out of tanks when it was raining. It is really green up around flagstaff right now and there is water in most small draws, at least where I have a tag. I would rather chase elk than sit and wait for elk.

I think he scores around @ 440, if you make look 440 with trick photography who can say otherwise. It scores as high as your photography skill will let it score.

The weather service has a hard time getting the weather correct from day to day, I wouldn't put to much trust in a 10-14 day prediction, just me. it rained in small patches today east of flagstaff and that was not recorded.

There is actually more water around than the news reports. Gotta figure where they get their rain fall readings is mostly in town and not out in the woods.

They will treat you right and all of them know bows and equipment very well. You will not be disappointed.

Go to Bull Basin when you get to Flagstaff.

Go to this website and read what they have to say about both cartridges and then make a decision, www.ballisticstudies.com. Read their terminal ballistics research info. Seems to me the 300WM kills faster than the 7RM, after all killing is what you want. I would pick killing speed over BC any day. 200 gr bullet from a 300WM will out perform anything a 7mm mag can shoot in my experience of using both, I don't really care about all the BC hype, faster kills at any range is what we should all want.

I though you were talking about bar hopping for a few foxes.

Go figure, California would do something like that. California's influence on AZ has led to Coconino county proposing a ban on all predator hunting in the entire for county for profit. Were not far behind California, everyone better get involved or live with the results.

Nice Ram, where did you put the tag.

Congratulations on a great year of hunting