Well as usual I drew nothing, even though I had 8 BP's for deer and 14 for sheep.
However, my brother who earlier this year drew an early rifle bull elk tag in Unit 23 North (with 16 BP's), hit the deer jackpot with a 13B (AZ STRIP) deer tag! He's got tag 58....
He had just 5 BP's in drawing this tag, so being a resident does have a few benefits, doesn't it?
My lady friend flushed all her deer points (6) and drew and early westside Kaibab tag. She was tired of waiting for a Strip tag...
Looks like another busy year for us in the northland.
I'll hopefully get me another Strip hunter and hopefully another Kaibab hunter for the early and late hunts, and I'll be a happy guy!
Looks like I get to do an archery deer hunt on the Kaibab, so gonna be seeing a lot of mule deer this fall!
Don Martin
Arizona Wildlife Outfitters