Yeah I feel like the magazines and outfitters work together to push certain units in certain states that fit the bill for clients in certain point tiers and that’s what creates that demand. Once every few years a nice buck will come out of 3c but that could be said for really any unit in AZ including OTC archery units. If you look on the show low guides websites, I honestly have a hard time finding many of those long armed photos that are over 180, maybe a few bucks on the entire website. I’d argue their average bucks are 150-165. Which is a buck you can kill on your own in public land in a whole heck of a lot of places you can hunt every year.
It’s up to 3 tags. And up to 7 tags. No guarantee I believe.
I am in the same boat as you, Are your going guided if pulled? I put in for 13b rifle & 12 aw late. Not budging on my pics. I archery hunt but I want to be able to sling led after waiting this long. Last time I hunted in Az was 12 aw early 2003. Man how time flies. Good Luck!
I hope you’re young. Gonna have to hope for guys to die and to outlive them as you are probably another 15+ years from commanding either of those tags.
The hunt is no where close to what it was like in the late 80s and early 90s. On the early archery hunts, if you got into the right spot, we would find a couple of groups of 5-12 bucks each day and at least a few of them were absolute giants.
Nothing is like it was 30 years ago, and this assessment could be used for any number or virtually all Mule deer areas in the west.
Good point.
