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The best thing your average joe could do to help is go shoot some doggies , or book a mountain lion hunt. This would far outweigh the loss of revenue from the gov tags getting the ax.

Noel Arnold, I agree with you. Predator control has a far bigger impact than water source availability. Far far more impact than new water sources. If we could implement predator control again, we would have far more critters to hunt than any new amount of water sources could generate.

Whitetailrick, agreed that regulars shooting 1000 yards , Muzzy’s shooting 600, and the archery equipment these days argument. But those are out bounds as far as being regulated. There isn’t an officer available to police who can or can’t shoot 1000 yards with a rifle or 600 yards with a Muzzy...

My issue with gov tags has nothing to do with envy or dislike of someone having the money to buy one. I think it’s awesome that some dudes can afford to buy one, and I support that side of it completely. Where gov tags are bad is all the hype and fakeness they bring to the sport. When gov...

Tri, I’ve never seen someone with so much power over so many people as you have on monster Muleys. All you have to do is post something dramatic, and they come running to argue with you. How did you learn to have so much power over so many people? Is it the same way in the town you live in, or...

Hunting’s become enough of a fake dog and pony show already. This move will take some of the pony out of the show. Thank god the whole auction cheese ness tags are gone. It will also remove a lot of the cheese and fakeness out of the guiding sector part of it. Cleans the whole sport up a little...

I like that they are getting rid of the auction tags. Hopefully they go to the raffle. Also there will be several giants that get to slip through now that there isn’t a massive bounty on their heads . Less guides in general out looking for those giants, and no one to sell them to for the...

5b rifle antelope, what a tag to get!! Def some really good bucks there. Congrats. If you have lots of time on your hands come down a week early to scout and save yourself a fistful of cash instead of hiring a guide. Nothing against guides , but that hunt can be done alone with a week of...

Since 2012 I’ve drawn 7 early archery bull tags in az. Lots of friends with bonus points to put in with. Back to back tags again this year for archery bull. Good luck to all this year who drew tags, and good luck next year to the ones who didn’t. Arizona sure is a special place to hunt.

Good luck to all. Nothing better than the correct charge landing on your credit card tomorrow. Let the games begin.

I don’t know how anyone could believe in Bigfoot anymore. With expensive governors tags the last 20 years, guides along with other hunters are routinely able to find the biggest Animals per species year in and year out. If there’s a 400 inch bull in any given unit in az , that bull is found and...

Chappy guided on a 404 bull last year in 23 north. Can’t wait to see it on video.

It’s always an honor to spend time with “steve o”. Great person, great guide , great service. Can’t go wrong with chappy.

Merry Christmas to all !! It’s a great day for all y’all Christian’s. Lots to appreciate from the Christian side of things. I’m super thankful for what the Lord gave me or took from me. All of it. It’s a great day for all y’all that aren’t believers also. Great day regardless for family and...

What a great buck for your daughter. Amazing job. Hard hunt , awesome buck. Late hunt buck , on the early hunt. 🤙

Super cool looking deer. 180 ish maybe.

I didn’t draw with 19 res points last year. My dad didn’t draw with 19 res points either. We put in on diff apps. I don’t expect to draw next year with 20 with point creep. I believe it will take 21 plus next year. Someone with around 14 points I would expect to have to wait at min 12 years...

Congrats on the 3 bucks above. Kaibab bucks are extra special to me. Excellent job fellas. My buddy and I killed a really heavy 193 4 by 4 on the late hunt , and another buddy a wounded warrior gifted the tag killed a broken low 80’ s buck that would have been mid 190 s. Someone had a pic of...

Hey bro if you ever draw anything in az please call me. I’d be honored to help in any way I can. Anything I know is yours. ?

I’ve talked to you on the phone a couple times chief. Thanks for your help on the fishing trip this summer?. Appreciated big time. Obviously not the guy you mentioned.

Another great almost unbelievable story but totally 100 percent true. It was 2010 and I was helping a good friend on the late kaibab hunt. We were driving back to camp to eat lunch when I looked over about 90 yards off the road to see a buck that was for sure over 200 rutting does. We pulled...

I’ve had 3 diff situations like this thread is about, all on the kaibab. There’s always someone out there near you it seems in the field. In 1989 I had early rifle tag. My dad dropped me off on a road and I hiked up a medium sized ridge to the top. When I arrived at the top there was a dude...

Rocky Mountain hunter, that’s a perfect synopsis of it all. I drew 3 tags between 87 and 91. I believe the population was at 25 to 30 k. There were 2000 plus any deer tags if I remember right. We found 3 abandoned does because they were any deer tags and dudes were leaving their does to shoot...

Those are my most cherished memories in the field I’ve ever made. My dad took the time to take me and my brother to the kaibab several times. Draw odds were 30 plus percent for rifle kaibab tags. Those memories are what fueled the addiction I have to the outdoors to this day. There’s zero reason...

I shot my first two 200 inch plus bucks back in the late 80 ‘s wearing a blue surfer visor to keep my skater bangs from blocking my vision in the scope. Hadn’t progressed to a hat yet. Can’t even imagine what some dudes were saying about me. Big chit eating grin on my face rocking a blue surfer...

Either that or very calloused skin. It’s both.

Just got back from a juniors hunt with my brothers 13 year old son. I sat there and considered all the “things” that my brothers son Brandon had just done wrong on his hunt. Not in my eyes but most likely would be if he posted his pics on here. The ethics police would have to say something...

Ive never had a social media account of any kind other than this site and one more. I never post my pics and never will. It just gives others a reason to try and attempt ruining the memories I just made. I would like to post some pics but there’s always a wanna be out there waiting to attack...

I ate tag soup this on my elk tag. One of the best hunts I’ve ever had. I eat tag soup more than I harvest. It’s all about the memories , or others memories on their posts. Who cares who got what or didn’t get what. Just enjoy the field and others times in the field. My second best hunt was a...

Getting skunked isn’t a bud thing. Happens to me all the time. Tag soup is tasty if I had fun. Maybe I helped someone else instead of getting the big one myself. Tag soup is tasty if fun was had.

I would be willing to bet a lot , that there’s a direct relationship tied to peoples accomplishments in the field,,, to their negative type wanna be behavior. Actually on a graph I believe that’s called and inverse relationship. The less accomplishment in the field, the more negative type...

I wanna be anywhere in the outdoors doing anything I can do to have fun. Actually enjoying the outdoors and others memories, however they choose to make them. I am a wanna be for sure bro. Just the right kind of wanna be. Not the jaded , jealous , destroy others hunts memories type wanna be. I...

The worst enemy hunters ever had is actually other hunters these days. It’s really become very sad. The “ ethics “ police are many, and are waiting to spoil the memory you just created. Know it’s all rooted in jealousy, and a lack of accomplishment within themselves. You can spot it from 800...

Coueser, I wish I had an answer but I’m not sure what’s going on up there. It’s still a magical place to be, the numbers are just way down including the doe population. Good luck to all this year up there. Some dreams will come true for some hunters for sure!!

How is any of that an embarrassment to hunting. Because he has a guide? Because he shot 700 yards? Because the hunter got a phone call to come out? Because of what now are the wanna be’s upset about? I wish I had a tag like that. I hope I have a lot of help when I get an amazing tag. I never...

Wanted to add, there are several 200 inch plus deer there this year. From the people I talked to that spent lots of time up there, there’s at least 10 bucks over 200 and decent number of low 90 s type deer. There are some really good bucks up there this year and not just a couple. So know if...

I’m curious to hear some opinions from people who used up their points this year on the kaibab archery hunt. I know there was quite a bit of point creep this year. I’m sure there’s several non residents on here that drew it. I was up there myself hunting with a really good friend. It was super...

I was always fishing by myself. Fish laying on the ground at all is dangerous, and the pics of it laying there never do it justice. Usually look smaller anyway. I measured everything that was 22 or I thought better than that and put them back as fast as possible. Wish I would have had a friend...

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all who reached out to me. Especially MTunderadar, Brandon. Also a huge thank you to rie bread. It was nice to receive some help for once, I never ask for it in the outdoors, this was a first. Fished the Bighorn, Missouri , Maddison , and Yellowstone. Out...

Older/110 type coues bucks are usually super paranoid and super aware of their surroundings. They will stand there looking around for 30 mins at time, just for the heck of it. Outside of the rut a big coues buck is in my opinion the most aware animal of its surroundings there is. I’ve never...