My question is really about how severely the drought will affect the animals and the quality of the hunt.
A little more of the backstory is this will be me and my step dad, who is 70, hunting together. Archery and early hunts won't work for us because we don't archery hunt and an pulling and early tag won't happen in the time frame we have. We've hunted AZ on late hunts 3 times already so we know what we're up against.
What I am considering is is it worth spending the points and hunting "stunted" or extra broken up bulls, especially if waiting a year might make a large difference.
I like some of the arguments you've all made about hunting when you can because you never know what tomorrow might bring (maybe hunting "stunted" bulls this year is better than not hunting together all at because of health changes). I probably need to get over the fixation of getting a BIG bull and just enjoy the experience while it is available.
Thanks for your thoughts.