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averagejoehunter
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THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLYS TO MY FIRST POST!!SO, I SCOUTED LIKE CRAZY(ASK MY WIFE)I FOUND LOTS OF GREAT BULLS.I SPENT LOTS OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BULLS WOULD GO AFTER ALL THE ROAD HUNTING STARTED.FIRST DAY WAS SLOW- WE WERE LOOKING FOR A BIG NON BROKEN 7X8 I HAD FOUND SCOUTING NO LUCK.2ND DAY I FIGURED OUT WE NEED TO WATCH WATER.I HAD A FREIND WATCH A GREAT POND THAT WAS GETTING HIT HARD.HE ARRIVED AT 5:30 AM AND SAT QUITE IN THE 19 DEGREE COLD.AS THE SUN WAS JUST COMING UP A NICE SIX POINT CAME IN AND HE TOOK THE SHOT AND HIT THE BULL,NOT SURE OF THE SHOT HE DID THE ETHICAL THING AND WAITED 30 MINS.SO HE SAT STILL IN THE COLD MORNING AIR.JUST THEN A TRUCK "ROAD HUNTER"CAN YOU CALL PEOPLE THAT JUST DRIVE AROUND IN A HEATED TRUCK HUNTERS????)A.R.S. 17-301 B,R12-4-319 IN THE AZ GAME AND FISH REGS STATE "YOU ARE UNLAWFULLY USING A VEHICLE TO TAKE WILDLIFE IF YOU INTENTIONALLY DRIVE AROUND UNTIL YOU SEE THE ANIMAL YOU WISH TO HARVEST AND THEN MAKE AN ATTEMOT TO TAKE"(THAT BEING SAID I COULD HAVE WROTE 100 TICKETS)CAME DRIVING UP TURNS HIS MOTOR OFF AND SHOOTS THE BULL TWICE AS HE WAS LYING BY THE FENCE(BLEEDING OUT- HE COULDNT JUMP THE FENCE FROM THE FIRST HIT)MY BUDDY COMES OUT OF THE BLIND TO MEET THE"ROAD DRIVER"AND INFORMS HIM THAT HE HAD SHOT THE BULL AT FIRST LIGHT.THE "ROAD DRIVER"INSISTED THE BULL WASN'T HIT-(WHO OUT THERE HAS EVER SEEN A BULL LYING BY A POND 30 MINS AFTER DARK ON A LATE HUNT??)ANYWAY,WORDS STATRED HEATING UP SO, MY BUDDY KNOWING THAT PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO TAG OTHERS ANIMALS ARE NOT STABLE PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE BACKED DOWN.THEN THE "ROAD DRIVER" ASKS HIM IF HE WOULD HELP HIM LOAD THE BULL-UNBELIVEABLE!!!THEN ON TOP OF THAT GIVES MY BUDDY A CARD-THE "ROAD DRIVER" IS AN AZ LIC GUIDE?? AND TELLS MY BUDDY TO CALL HIM AND HE WOULD GIVE HIM A DEAL ON A LION HUNT??ARE YOU KIDDING ME???THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!!!!GIVE MY SOME FEEDBACK.THIS KIND OF HUNTING IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF HUNTING??