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I don't have data to back it up but I bet 15-20% of archery Coues hunters kill 90% of the deer. and again 80-90% of those are on salt or water. Mandatory reporting is the only way we can get a grasp on what is really going on. I wish they would have implemented it years ago.

Although the numbers increase in NR vs Resident for 2018-2020 is about the same (+857 res and +991 Non-Res) NR tags are increasing at 10x the rate as RES (32% vs 3.2%). For arguments sake, can we all agree that selling 29,589 OTC deer tags in 2020 WITHOUT any kind of harvest reporting is an issue? How can you issue that amount of tags without having any idea what the impact is? Success rates have to be way higher now than they were when these hunts were designed. People are better at hunting, spend more time in the field, hunt harder and spend way more money on hunting gear now than ever before. All of those things drastically increase your odds of killing animals. The Arizona model has not changed much since probably the late 90's/early 2000's and is built around banking that people will continue to have low success rates. They do not want to have mandatory harvest reporting for the simple fact that they will not be able to sell as many tags because the statistics will show a tremendous jump in harvest numbers. It is a huge predicament for us hunters here. I for one LOVE that I can hunt deer every year in Arizona but at the same time, I do miss the days of strong deer populations, more mature bucks and lower pressure. You can't have your cake and eat it too I guess but sticking your head in the sand when there is an obvious issue doesn't help.

very true I understand what your saying Close 1st deer I ever shot was at night out the window of a pick-up truck with a open sighted 22

Glad they did it on the elk draw cycle. Would hate to have these kids of issues waiting for my javelina results to come out 😆

Nice lookin pile!!!! I've gotten to where I enjoy shed hunting almost more than hunting hunting.....I don't have to get up early in the morning, I don't have to be quiet........and I can go whenever I want to!!!

I like Utah’s system better. No matter what you apply for you have zero chance of drawing so it doesn't matter when results are posted.

My pile of carp sheds has gotten a little bigger. Found 1 yesterday.

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Another point made, how many were wounded and never found? This number is never accurately calculated......

I don't understand all this whining about archery deer harvest ratios. Mandatory reporting? Game and Fish tried this a while back then took it away. Well, at least they did it for archery hunters. They wanted to make sure they knew how many deer were being harvested during the archery hunts but didn't take the rifle hunting harvest numbers seriously. Sure, the game surveys were sent out for all hunters but it wasn't mandatory. I don't know why Game and Fish dropped the mandatory archery harvest requirement but I have my suspicions. I found it disgusting they only wanted numbers from archery hunters but not rifle hunters. With the optics and long-range "shooters" running everywhere the real numbers on harvest for rifle tags have had to go up, not to mention the harvest % of mature bucks. How many of the "voluntary" surveys actually get filled out? Of those how many are filled out honestly? But please carry on, I'm sure archery hunters are killing all the deer(mature bucks mostly) and this is what is causing deer numbers to go down....... LMAO sometimes this site disgusts me with the ignorance of so-called "sportsmen".

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My port hole is prepared. No homo

They screwed up and want to blame people with no portals. 👌🏻 Their portals are worthless!

It's the same machines used in the election.

Maybe it's not truly random? 🤔 Seems like a young girl gets a premium elk or deer tag every year and we have to make sure a woman gets a sheep tag as well. 🤷

they could probably keep OTC coues as unlimited but make mule deer a draw. Unfortunately WHEN they do make the change it'll likely cover both species. In my opinion, coues populations do not tend to fluctuate as much as mule deer and i really doubt if archery hunters really make much impact on their population. Mulies are also a lot more susceptible to being killed with a bow. I personally have stopped archery hunting in January for 3-4 years now. i don't enjoy rubbing elbows with a million other people and the areas i prefer to hunt have been terrible in January for quite some time. August archery has been much more enjoyable. NR's have more to hunt in their neck of the woods that time of year.

I think the worst thing I saw as far as non res hunting was Instagram page called hunt wars. Where teams of non residents had a contest to kill our deer. The whoring out of our game is disturbing imo

Guy must work for cheaper than dirt.

Panic spurs the market. I bought a 525 pack of hollow points at Caballas not too long ago for $29.99. Online prices are absurd compared to brick and mortar when they can get stock. remember that when life goes back to normal, and you want a local place to swing by ...

My family has been blessed this year as we have filled all of our Javelina tags and one of our deer tags. My brother Robert started us off with an opening day kill. He then drove down and helped me on my Javelina tag the next day. He followed that up by helping Sean my nephew during the week on his Javi. The next weekend he came down and took his Mule Deer buck. During the HAM hunt my brother Robert again tagged opening day, then helped his son again fill his tag. Y other brother Rick and two of his friends tagged out that first week. It took me 5 days and over 17 miles in three different areas, two terrain types to fill my 2nd Javi tag on the second Sunday of the hunt. 2021 has been good to us so far, hoping to see some credit card hits for Elk and Antelope.

14k is not pure gold

Ya think.

Primers are selling for more than he's asking at local gun shows. Yeah, it seem nuts when we are used to "normal" prices. We can all hope it gets back there after the next election and does not get worse given the current administration's threats and the weakened state of the NRA.