ctafoya Report post Posted January 5, 2014 How do these work? I was thinking about trying for a Javalina. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azsugarbear Report post Posted January 7, 2014 I have put in for years. Checked all the game boxes and most of the weapons boxes. In 20+ years, I have only gotten the call once from AZGFD for a population management hunt. Can't really complain though. I just about fell out of my chair in 2008 when the lady on the other end of the phone told me it was for buffalo on the House Rock ranch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimberx2 Report post Posted January 7, 2014 That's good luck. I've been putting in for years and got the call for a cow elk hunt a couple years ago. I declined to see if I could draw a bull tag that year and of course I didn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted January 7, 2014 Did anyone see the story of the guy that got called for a rocky mountain sheep depredation tag and killed a FREAK? It was Utah I think. The left horn was 41" and the right one was 35-ish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted January 7, 2014 So GF calls you and you have a short amount of time to get your stuff together and go kinda thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJMauro12 Report post Posted January 7, 2014 So GF calls you and you have a short amount of time to get your stuff together and go kinda thing? Yes! My dad was called to the house rock hunt for a cow/yearling bull hunt and took a young bull I believe in 2007. My brother was called in 2012 for an archery bear tag down south some where and a 5a/5b bull buffalo tag for only the bulls that left the ranch. I believe you get 3 calls in 48 hours to answer and accept the tag, but we will be a little more selective on the hunts if we get anymore calls. For the 2012 bear tag, he was told to wait for a call and if they have a problem they would call him down to shoot a bear that was bothering a residential area. never received a call.... the buffalo tag I believe was a 10 day hunt running up to Christmas eve If I remember right. Hunted hard for 7 out of the 10 days with 2 of those being a blizzard so we were unable to glass. We ended up glassing 3 bulls one day and after we finished packing our back packs to go after them we decided to give the ranger a call and make sure they were legal. It was the first day we got there and it seemed too easy. I guess we were actually glassing onto Raymond ranch and that was the only buffalo we seen the whole time. That was some expensive tag soup! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted January 7, 2014 Officer #1 - Hey man, there is a game management seminar on Maui next month but we have no money in the travel budget Officer #2 - no problem. Call up one of the buff population management hunters and sell them a tag. Officer #1 - but there are no buffs off the ranch? Officer #2 - do you want to go to Maui? Officer #1 - ALOHA!!!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
