6AYoteHunter Report post Posted Sunday at 06:51 AM Summer of 2020 really messed up central AZ. Small game ran out and saw one deer herd go from 28 to 3 in 45 days from just about every predator (including homeless people) killing off deer. Other smaller herds had no survivors. I killed a bunch of coyotes that year. Would have been even worse if guys weren't dropping every coyote we could find. Forest service didn't help things when they dug out multiple water hole dikes and cut water lines to the Quail Ulimited tanks all over Prescott National Forest years prior. Water was already lacking. Then throw in drought and not much survives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millerpe1327 Report post Posted Sunday at 08:28 PM 16 hours ago, Shawn said: I think you hit the nail on the head with that Drought but pretty sure it was 2020. I think we're feeling that big time right now. I know the areas I hunted in 2020 I did not see a single fawn. Even up here in rim country 21 was dry although not to what 20 was. I didnt see good fawn crops up here til late summer of 22. Obviously it varies across the state. Regardless our droughts didn’t help and we are missing age classes out there and drought is what I think is the biggest factor for it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wish2hunt Report post Posted Sunday at 09:00 PM To many dry years have taken its toll on everything for sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CWpredator Report post Posted Sunday at 10:12 PM Whitetail hunting was good for us down south. One booner and a smaller but nice representation 85ish for my senior mother. We’re in the middle of 3 Bull elk tags between late archery and 2 late rifle. Then my wife’s late December whitetail hunt. I’ll give an update after new years but the deer hunting has been standard as normal. Grind hard,… and kill good bucks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted Wednesday at 07:06 PM Loving these slow moving rain storms hitting the White Mountains right now. I gotta admitt, I haven't spent as much time as normal in the Alpine/27/1 units as the past but the little time we spent this summer and fall I saw more mature muley bucks(mature being not forks/spikes) than I have seen in a long time. Switch gears to 36C and a whitetail hunt with family. We had two tags for deer and one lion tag in the group. Both deer hunters tagged out with very decent bucks while the lion tag was 3 miles away from the lion that got glassed up bedded down. Found a huge covey of quail in one of the washes we walked through! All tanks had water and lots of deer! I had never been to this unit and enjoyed the terrain and amount of wildlife sign that was observed! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Ed67 Report post Posted Wednesday at 08:44 PM Good looking cat 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Island junkie Report post Posted yesterday at 12:42 AM 3 hours ago, Ed67 said: Good looking cat Would’ve looked better on my tailgate! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed67 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM 10 minutes ago, Sky Island junkie said: Would’ve looked better on my tailgate! Yep,I feel the same way, saw 4 in B, December 2023. No tag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Island junkie Report post Posted yesterday at 01:03 AM 5 minutes ago, Ed67 said: Yep,I feel the same way, saw 4 in B, December 2023. No tag Seems to be the secret to seeing them. Forgetting to buy a tag! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
