AZ Sucks

[Flatlander]

Ahead of the deer and sheep draw I think we as AZ residents owe the NR community a PSA about conditions here. That the state is pitiful. The brush is all burnt up. The tanks are all dry. The wolves have eaten all the sheep. The deer are lion poop. The border is a mess. And it’s infested with rattlesnakes.

I figured with the way algorithms and social media work if enough of us post the same Info it might fill up some feeds and hep make sure nobody wastes their points in a lousy state.

[bigorange]

Straight facts. Don't forget the elk numbers are way down especially in the sleeper units like 36c and 37a.

[idgaf]

With all the cartels owning everything south of i10, a non resident will be lucky to make it out alive. 

[Edge]

Don't even get me started on all the roundabouts...

[firstcoueswas80]

Only way to kill anything is in 23a, with a $11,000 rifle that you're not allowed to see pictures of. 

[AzDiamondHeat]

It's all the locked gates that really ruined it.   I mean, I get why they did it...5000 side by sides on every trail every weekend runing their own baja 1000 ruining the wilderness.  If you dont have a full posse of guides locking down an area for you there's little to no chance of a successful hunt here.   

 

[IA Born]

16 minutes ago, firstcoueswas80 said:

Only way to kill anything is in 23a, with a $11,000 rifle that you're not allowed to see pictures of. 

Only if you're retarded.  That's an important distinction

[WhtMtnHunter]

We should increase the NR allocation to 15% and really screw them!

[oz31p]

I don’t think the algorithm can defeat the db influencers and tv shows. 

[wish2hunt]

Don’t even mention the $5 Habitat stamp on the San Carlos!

[daryl_s]

In all seriousness I did see 3 rattlesnakes last September and October in an area where I had seen zero in the previous 30 years. Also, in that same area I had my deer hunt messed up by a mountain lion. Had some really great bucks I was watching all Spring and then the first day I started my late Summer/early Fall scouting I ran into a tank of a mountain lion. Never did find those deer again. Pretty sure they are lion poop now. No reason to waste your time here in AZ  

[catclaw]

Packing out a bear yesterday I had to step over 2 rattlesnakes and a gila monster not to mention all the shindaggersI'm still pulling out

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[catclaw]

[Flatlander]

1 hour ago, daryl_s said:

In all seriousness I did see 3 rattlesnakes last September and October in an area where I had seen zero in the previous 30 years. Also, in that same area I had my deer hunt messed up by a mountain lion. Had some really great bucks I was watching all Spring and then the first day I started my late Summer/early Fall scouting I ran into a tank of a mountain lion. Never did find those deer again. Pretty sure they are lion poop now. No reason to waste your time here in AZ  

How is that lion still breathing?

[daryl_s]

43 minutes ago, Flatlander said:

How is that lion still breathing?

It’s a long story, but he’s not. I only had a little SIG P365XL on me, and that made it a little more challenging, but yeah, that was his last day alive. At that point the damage to my spot was already done, which I verified with about a dozen more trips in there over the next 4 months. It’s such a shame too, cause I was watching some studs and my dad and I drew the October tag.