22 North

LT · Mar 5, 2020

I was extremely lucky and drew 22 N Early Rifle. Im looking for some information / opinions about age class of the bulls in this unit. Would love to hear your thoughts. feel free to PM. Thanks

CouesFanatic · Mar 5, 2020

Probably one of the worst units in the state for that early rifle tag. Shoot the first 6 point you see. Quality is horrible in 22N. You will get on some good rutting action though.

LT · Mar 6, 2020

Thanks for the feed back. Its in line with what I've been hearing.

Lancetkenyon · Mar 6, 2020

Better than 22S though...

swampokie · Mar 6, 2020

CouesFanatic said:
Probably one of the worst units in the state for that early rifle tag. Shoot the first 6 point you see. Quality is horrible in 22N. You will get on some good rutting action though.

Damn. Thats not very promising but i feel that an early tag in 22n is probly better than an elk tag in most other states even tho its not one of the top az units.

sagebrush · Mar 8, 2020

I have a friend that lives and guides in 22N. He turns up some pretty good bulls, remarkable for that unit. There are some, as in few, good bulls but you will need to put in a lot of time and effort to locate one. But you'll be hunting in the rut, how bad can that be?

Gator · Mar 10, 2020

Spend some days scouting, There is always a nugget here and there.
Early tag look close to the rim if they have started to move in.

mnthunter1 · Mar 13, 2020

Spent some time in Strawberry a few yrs back and the bulls were very vocal on the west side of town. Quite a fee water holes in the wilderness area turn up some nice bulls too.

vmcfadden · Mar 15, 2020

LT said:
I was extremely lucky and drew 22 N Early Rifle. Im looking for some information / opinions about age class of the bulls in this unit. Would love to hear your thoughts. feel free to PM. Thanks
Go a week early and find yourself a big bull.

Dave · Mar 15, 2020

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vmcfadden · Mar 25, 2020

LT said:
I was extremely lucky and drew 22 N Early Rifle. Im looking for some information / opinions about age class of the bulls in this unit. Would love to hear your thoughts. feel free to PM. Thanks

22 North Bull

bigbrowns · Mar 25, 2020

PM sent. Great hunt!

LT · Mar 26, 2020

vmcfadden said:
22 North BullView attachment 3859

Thats a BULL. Thanks for sharing

CAelknuts · Mar 27, 2020

Lancetkenyon said:
Better than 22S though...

Really? The only time I ever hunted 22S, it was the early muzzleloader hunt. I called in a 360” class bull that my buddy turned down at about 35 yards because it had a broken G5. The next day he decided he wanted it after all but we couldn’t find it again. We also saw several 330-340 class bulls. In the end, he F’ed up and shot a bull that grossed about 310”. It was a damn fun hunt.