ANY BUGLING IN ARIZONA??

averagejoehunter · Aug 28, 2007

just wondering whats going on around the state?everyone from az is being real quite? i have been seeing lots of late calves.last time i saw that the rut was real weird?i know there are lots out guys out in the woods whats happening in your area??williams looked like a war zone over the weekend!!
averagejoe

acorn · Aug 29, 2007

I was up in unit 10 this weekend. Saw plenty of bulls but never heard a single bugle. The velvet is rubbed off though. Should start screamin soon. Got a bull tag starting up there in a couple weeks.

Acorn

NMHUNTNUTT1 · Aug 29, 2007

Acorn did you see some big bulls? I bet your pretty jazzed right now eh???Best of luck....Larry

AZtrophyhunter · Aug 29, 2007

Shouldn't they be making some noise by now? I'm a little concerned, it seems like the rut isn't starting as soon as it usually does. It's really hot, I know that much. Those hunting in lower elevations are gonna have it rough.

averagejoehunter · Aug 29, 2007

aztrophy,
thats why i posted i am not hearing a peep.late calves???bulls are all rubbed off.hoping the rut is not going to be slow.
averagejoe

acorn · Aug 29, 2007

Some of the bulls I saw are still running together. Kind of strange huh.

bubbas · Aug 29, 2007

I had a few bulls screaming in different parts of the unit. It was a Rim unit.

CAelknuts · Aug 29, 2007

It's still August. They'll be fine. We're heading down for a muzzy hunt in 22 South at the end of September. I'm sure they'll be going totally nuts by then.

DonMartin · Aug 29, 2007

I was in Unit 10 last weekend. Every bull I saw was still in velvet! Biggest was a 6 X 5...

No screaming either..just wait, it's gonna happen!~

Water where I'm looking came way to late to help out. At least they're gonna be fat when they fall!

mike111 · Aug 29, 2007

After Labor day weekend it gets good. Next week sometime, can't wait....

averagejoehunter · Aug 29, 2007

don,
thanks.i know you and your guys spend 100s of hrs afield.i just remember a few years back when the calves were late and the rut was blah.....we heard bugling in dec in unit 21!! your right unit 8 where i am scouting looks like kentucky......
averagejoe

gleninaz · Sep 2, 2007

5bs was quiet as a mouse. Saw plenty of animals and a couple of decent bulls but not a peep yet. Lots of water everywhere.

UnoTrack · Sep 2, 2007

Just spent four days in 7W. I heard a little bugling the last three mornings, but they were drowned out by the noise of thousands of ATVs. A friend saw five big bulls down low but still bached up - just this morning.

averagejoehunter · Sep 3, 2007

uno,
thanks for the report. i live in 7w and we just stay home and hide in the corner on weekends like this.just kidding the wife and i are heading out to 8 here in a few hours.we hunt during the week and dont see anyone.
thanks again

averagejoe

averagejoehunter · Sep 3, 2007

just got back from unit 8.....whisper quite (after 1/2 of phx left) no bugles tonight.way cool lighting storm on the drive home.

averagejoe

Gator · Sep 4, 2007

Just maybe it to hot for them to be screaming yet, need a cold spell to come thru. Then I think they will kick off.

ElkWrestler · Sep 4, 2007

spent a little time in 8, left because of all the people and all the quads and rangers making new roads across every meadow or to every tank up there. went to the multi unit area and had many bugles and saw a big bull with 30 cows. will post pics later

averagejoehunter · Sep 4, 2007

was that nuts in 8 or what?we must have been in the same area.i was wondering where the tree cops were?they could have written a 100 tickets for driving offroad.one group made a "track" around their camp that will never have native grass again.i live im williams and wonder why all the "phoetards" are finding the woods around williams a great place to destroy??the wife and i were fixing an old guzzler tank till dark.silent as a mouse.
averagejoe

NMHUNTNUTT1 · Sep 5, 2007

Geeze , sounds like unit 8 has hammered by atv riders. You guys should atleast call and report it. They will get tired if so many calls keep coimg in they'll send some smokies up in there.The bulls haven't really started to rutt here in NM, the bigger bulls should start to jockey for position with harems of cows in the next week and figure by mid September the rutt will kick into gear....