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Tessa had a tag for the Navajo reservation we had gone up on January 2nd to hunt it was brutally cold single digit temps and we did not know it but we both were in the early stages of covid. The first day found us looking at roughly 40-50 different bulls. The wind was blowing in the wrong direction for us to do much without spooking all the elk. The second morning we found a herd of bulls with several of them looking to be 390 plus. We had a target bull that was some where in the 380 range we probably could of had a good chance of killing him but elected to go after the bigger bulls. Well as luck or bad luck would have it this herd crossed into the park once in here you can not hunt them and amazingly they seem to know it. We waited all day for them to come back out but they did not. With us both feeling sick we decided to return home. On the reservation you have to have a guide the guide we was using had another hunter coming in anyway . We returned for the following Thursday morning things had changed dramatically, we saw about 10 bulls in the same areas we had seen as many as 50. After finding this bull about two miles away up a canyon with 3 other bulls . We put a plan together after a 1.5 hour hike we were in position for Tessa to be able to harvest this elk. He was just shy of 360 his teeth were wore down to the gums he had to be very old doubtful he would survive another winter. I do not know how many more hunts i have with her because she has a boy friend now i will cherish them all. She has an oryx hunt on the White Sands Missile Range next month. I hope she gets one i here the meat is excellent.

Guess you didn't see this thread was about purchasing a tag, not a license.

Started accumulating reloading supplies for a 6.5PRC that isn’t going to happen. YES, I overpaid, NO I don’t want to sell anything separately. This would be good for someone that is planning on building or buying a 6.5PRC and not sure what it’s going to like and would to buy everything at once instead of scrounging the internet like I was doing over the last 8 months. I know plenty of folks on this site and others that would like to buy these components separately, but I would prefer to sell everything at once. I purchased the 140’s and CCI200’s from Midway, the 156 EOL’s from Extreme Outdoors, ADG brass from Mile High and the 143’s from LRH. (You can research the pricing) $800 bucks - No trades at this time. Thanks for looking! Rob

Any young, responsible, intelligent, hard working, honest person with integrity these days could really be successful at a young age. At this rate you could start at the front desk of a Hyatt hotel and be GM in 10 years. Employers must be begging for competent people and willing to keep them no matter what it takes.

Why wait till the last minute to buy a tag. And yeah you’re right they are a pain, that’s why we go to azgfd and get our licenses and tags and it takes 2 minutes.

We finally found the pigs today in my normal honey hole again. Me and my son doubled up shot mine at 40yds and his at 25 yds. Had a blast good luck everyone its been tough!

Need to get my new project re tinted. Anyone here do it?

Probably drank bong water for breakfast.

Road kill this morning

I’d rather have exploratory rectal surgery than have to buy anything regarding a thought process at either of the vendors the OP mentioned. I bought a rifle at Wally World when they were discounting hard a year or so ago, the “clerk” in sporting goods may as well have come from ladies lingerie as far as what she knew about selling a gun. I thought I’d have to renew my CCW permit before she finished. Big5 applicants seem to be Al Bundy clones as I’ve only bought tennis shoes there and finding a pair in my size seems to be a mental challenge for most of them. i agree with the mentioned comments , go to an actual sporting goods store where they train their personnel if you can’t make it to a GF office.

While at one of the AZGFD offices a couple of weeks ago to get our tags, the AZGFD gentleman behind the counter was explaining to another customer that AZGFD has been having issues for years with retail vendors submitting tag sales reports in the required timeframe (not hard to believe). Said AZGFD has decided to put their foot down and not issue these retailers 2022 tags until they get their acts together. I suspects this is a big part of the problem. Seems to make sense that the retailers known for their lack of competency would be having these issues and wouldn’t be a good choice for trying to get tags. If you can’t get to an AZGFD office, I would try a hunting specific retailer, Sportsman’s, Bass Pro, or better yet, some of the small independent guys who might sell tags.

Nobody likes hunting the rut

The late December hunts? No good

I'm going to through out there the Swaro Z5 in 3.5 X 18. Great glass for around $1200.00. I own two of them and wouldn't hesitate to get a third. Put a custom turret on top (which I did to both) and it is hard to beat for a quality hunting scope.

Probably Marley...I'm guessing off the Batamote Road based on where I met Lee during my mulie hunt and the gates we talked about. That gate frustrates me having to drive all the way around, but that's no excuse for cutting the lock or the chain.

Heck yeah that is a veryy nice buck! Congrats on a great hunt and good shot 👍

They have Creedmores on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Maximus what are you aiming to hit at 600-800 yards? To be more accurate the 308 is a Suburban and the Creed is the 4Runner

They aren’t supposed to be west of Flag...apparently Anus didn’t read the rules. I loved the Karen’s posting under the article, priceless.

is there a go fund me for who ever did it? I'm ready.

It’s pronounced lead.

Out side of the blue range….there all coyotes

Yeah. This was my 20th archery pig. You would think I would have learned by now!

Both are nice sized. Congrats

Hope they got some leads.