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I received a call from a lady at azgfd yesterday afternoon telling me there was a draw issue and I should have received a tag but did not and that they will issue me a tag next week once it's signed off by the powers that be at game and fish. I am a nonres but have a lifetime license so wondering if somehow I got capped at the 10% when I shouldn't have been. I am extremely excited to be hunting az bulls in the rut with my bow this year.

Put in the miles on Sunday and found a great matching set laying next to one another.

Been discussion on MM, one guy there has some pretty good evidence that there was a screw up. I wonder how many NR with lifetime license this affected? Personally I believe it is time the department relooks at the residency requirements for obtaining a lifetime license.

New Mexico draw apps

Salt River Horses

Couple weird dead heads from a few years ago. We found them 15 minutes apart.

4 days before the start of this hunt, Eddie Corona at OE4A contacted me about donating this hunt to me from a very generous person who was unable to hunt. I'm a double amputee combat vet and a diehard bowhunter. Immediately I got to planning. I knew nothing about bison and about bison hunting. Luckily I got connected with Russ and Laura Jacoby. They are bison whisperers. I can truly tell you that I would not have been successful on this hunt without them. Their logistical expertise is on par with extremely complex military deployments that I've been a part of. It's amazing to see what they do. The conditions this year were tough. There is still a ton of snow on the Kaibab. 4'-7' drifts are still present up there. Without a snowmobile or UTV with tracks, it was impossible to reach the blinds and salt. And the road leading in to the north rim is closed until June 2nd. I'm not convinced that the snow will be fully melted in time to get access with a truck. My hunt ended June 6th, so I definitely hired Russ/Laura or else I wouldn't have been able to access the hunt area. As most people know, this particular hunt means you have to sit in a blind, 14 hrs a day for an average of 14 days before you harvest a bison. You have to wait for them to come off the park. I mentally prepared myself for this. And I knew I was going to take the risk and try with my bow. It took us many hours just to reach the spike camp deep in the Kaibab using UTVs with snow tracks. It was slow going, like 9mph for 12 miles slow. After we finally arrived at the camp, Russ sent us 3 hunters out to hunt half a day while he set up the camp. Myself, Randy and Dave set out on the 90 minute ride to the hunt area. Randy and I dropped off Dave and then parked the UTV to begin our mile long walk into the blind. We hunted our way to the blind and as we approached the blind Randy spotted bison already at the water source. We quickly set down our gear. I grabbed my bow and Randy grabbed his rifle. Randy was able to take a quick couple shots and down went one of the bison. One bison ran away into the Grand Canyon park and the other waited by the bison that was laying on the ground. At that point I was able to slip in to 28yds and put an absolutely perfect arrow in the last bison. I shot another arrow and hit low in the sternum, but it wasn't necessary because the first arrow was a kill shot through both lungs. He fell and was dead in 30 seconds. We were ecstatic. We celebrated, hugged, cried and shared our viewpoints on what had happened. It was absolutely amazing! I couldn't believe I had snuck in with a bow, on the rim of the Grand Canyon and perfectly shot a bison!!! It took us long into the night to cut up the two bison and load them on to the snow machines. We used Russ's winches on the UTVs and portable winches to hoist the two bison into trees to make the work easier. Another 24 hrs later we were finally back at the main camp. After our goodbyes I drove home and got to contemplate what had just happened. I think I'm luckier than I should be. I never even stepped foot in that blind. I can't wait to try the bison meat from this harvest and sharing it with friends and family! Other than that...all I can say is that I am so blessed and thankful for OE4A for what they do.

My turn this morning. Called him and his hen in…..when he saw my decoy it was game over. One arrow at 18 yards was all it took.

Seriously. And u drew tag #1 for the last archery spring bear hunt... and turned it in.

Sounds Strang butt it is the game and fish. Congrats

Can not find a picture of it but remember the cough muffler that thing was a total waste of money

This was built to hold 5 fuel cans. It’s extremely well built. Just needs paint or powder coating. 35.00 dollars Dave 602-228-1719

Man nice! I struck out pretty hard this year on my annual day-long shed hike in a new area. Found one tiny sun baked rag horn.

Too soon

Bear bonus points anyone?

Nocturnal’s lighted archery noch. I think I could have got longer illumination time by taping a sparkler to my arrow. 😂

I hope all the people they stole from sue the chit out of them or dig a hole.

Game 6 Suns tickets

Never bought one but come on.

Kuiu bino chest pack was trash to me. Been pretty lucky otherwise with purchases.

Vortex. The one and only piece I ever owned, a Vortex Ranger 1000 was absolute garbage!

Theenks 😂

A cool and weird set of sheds I picked up while hunting in New Mexico.