rockymtnhunter
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Greetings to all - A bit of quandary as to what I should do this year (even though the AZ 2018 deer draw app is over a month away). 66 year old NR in good health with 4 pp going into 2018 draw. Should I continue to apply for 12AW early/late rifle, or should I go for 12A archery?
Drawing odds for NR looks like it could be another 5-15 years before I have a reasonable chance to draw a rifle tag (but lightning could strike any year). But I could probably draw an archery tag this year. Love the Kaibab archery hunt (even though it's probably the toughest Kaibab hunt). I've had many archery tags for the Kaibab (took a good 6x7 buck many years ago), my last archery tag was 2015.
But I would like to draw a rifle tag before it's ?too late?. Good weather, always see many great bucks and usually have a couple of good chances to tag a big buck. I also like the archery hunt because it gives me a great snapshot of the numbers & quality of bucks I can expect to see during the rifle hunts. Many of you know I'm usually on the Kaibab during all 3 hunts whether or not I draw a tag, but I really want an opportunity to have a tag in my pocket this fall.
Be patient or go for it? Thanks in advance for your thoughts/suggestions and good luck to everyone during the upcoming draw.
Drawing odds for NR looks like it could be another 5-15 years before I have a reasonable chance to draw a rifle tag (but lightning could strike any year). But I could probably draw an archery tag this year. Love the Kaibab archery hunt (even though it's probably the toughest Kaibab hunt). I've had many archery tags for the Kaibab (took a good 6x7 buck many years ago), my last archery tag was 2015.
But I would like to draw a rifle tag before it's ?too late?. Good weather, always see many great bucks and usually have a couple of good chances to tag a big buck. I also like the archery hunt because it gives me a great snapshot of the numbers & quality of bucks I can expect to see during the rifle hunts. Many of you know I'm usually on the Kaibab during all 3 hunts whether or not I draw a tag, but I really want an opportunity to have a tag in my pocket this fall.
Be patient or go for it? Thanks in advance for your thoughts/suggestions and good luck to everyone during the upcoming draw.