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Last week, I figured I didn't get drawn so after a few days I decided to check my credit card. There was a hit for $300. I literally sat there for a few minutes in disbelief....oh...oh....as I frantically search for the regs to check pricing to confirm. Sure enough its a sheep tag. Then all the talk about cc hits being taken away, add that which unit I got. I didn't dwell on it too much(as if I couldn't), started to tell some people that I may have a sheep tag. I just logged on my portal, sure enough. My first choice was 45c, Kofa National Wildlife refuge. I have tag #4 for the December hunt. I have always assumed it would take forever to get drawn, for the first 10 years or so I probably put in for 22 and 24b, until I realized that was never going to happen in my lifetime. So I would listen to various podcasts and randomly put in for units. This year I put in for Kofa due to the tag number, I figured it would help my odds. I had 19 bonus points. But still thought it wouldn't happen till I had 25-30 bonus points. I am at a loss of words, I am very excited but already feel overwhelmed and unprepared. My first thought was to post here to start getting some feedback. I'll go get some maps this week. I did a search on hike az for hikes, there actually doesn't seem to be too many hikes. At least at first searching. So...How should I prepare? I feel like I have a good base of equipment, I have been hunting coues deer for most of my adult life. So I have 15 binos, 10 binos, but no spotting scope. Should I look for one? I have a good hunting backpack. I'll increase my exercising, good benefit of this is I need to lose 20 plus pounds. Very soon i'll need to actually start to head to the unit and see it. I read somewhere where someone said to contact the Bighorn society. I will take all the advice and help I can. I don't want to make anyone hate me....but my wife got drawn for late bull in 3C this year. Our plan is to give it to my 13 year old. That hunt runs from 12-1 to 12-7, then my sheep hunt from 12-8 to 12-31. Hopefully work understands! Added a picture of my boys deer I am getting very excited!

45B sheep

Powell is up 62ft and still rising half a foot a day. Incredible

Reading this is giving me Forest Whitaker eye 🤦🏻‍♂️

Drew 43a sheep. Brian

I was just at Bruno's this afternoon and they have Retumbo on the shelf, 1 pounders. Jason said first they have seen in 2 1/2 years.

Surprisingly myself and wife scored crane tags and not the kids. Put us in together.

Late Dec coues…. Awesome !

I'll take please. I'll PM when I can pick up, been layer up after procedure. Thank you.

Kev plz

If it was the late December tag NR should only get 5 tags and last year there were 6 NR that put it as there 1st and 2nd choice with 8 points. Could just be point creep🤷‍♂️

Selling my 257 Weatherby Vanguard, it has a Bell and Carlson stock and 30 MM Talley rings *Scope is not included with the sale. It will include: Reloading Dies 500 WLRM Primers 20 Once fired brass (In the Weatherby Box) 20 Loaded Barnes 100 Gr TTSX 19 Loaded 110 Nosler Accubonds 20 Pieces of brass fired probably 4 times $750 Located in Surprise, but i do get to Phoenix once or twice a week.

With my son drawing his first tag I need to et him his hunters ed done. Any tips on how to get a youth through it in time? DM with info if it shouldn't be publicly posted....

Edge getting me to post my great grandpa's WWI uniform got me thinking about my dad's stuff from Vietnam. Most everything he has is a replacement/exact replica of everything he carried in the jungle as an infantry mortarman. I've told the story of his company being ambushed by a battalion-sized NVA element on Nov 11, 1967. Most everything dad had was left behind or had been taken/rummaged/looted when the NVA closed the horseshoe-shaped ambushed and surrounded dad's company (often breaching the perimeter). Dad was medevaced out Nov 12, 1967, when they could finally get helicopters in. Everything he had was in his rucksack and his fatigues were cut off at the hospital. Fast forward to Nov 19, 1978. Our house in our small Iowa town burned to the ground the night we moved in. We lost everything we owned. We barely got our alive and it was a total loss. We were living off donations for absolutely everything (clothes, place to stay, food, etc). I was 5 years old and only have two memories of the night. I vaguely remember dad being upset about the few things he managed to have from Vietnam that he shipped home prior to Nov 11, 1967. He had his original purple heart, with yhe plastic melted, and one of his bronze stars w/ "V" device, covered in soot. They were in a metal lockbox and that was the only thing to survive the fire. Fast forward again to the late 1980s. I was in high school, maybe finishing junior high. A friend of the family found one of dad's original jungle fatigue shirts in a footlocker of his. Nobody knew why this guy had it or where he got it from, but I'll never forget the look on dad's face when he got it back. I used to wear it all the time and was super proud to do that. I look at it now, and it's a grim reminder of just how small my dad was when he was 19/20 and all of the stuff he carried. Every time I start to complain about a load being heavy and a hill too steep, I find myself thinking of dad carrying all of his gear, plus 5 mortar rounds for his 81mm tube, including up triple canopy slopes in high humidity. Anyway, thanks for indulging me again.

Lol I've been accused of wearing a dead man's clothes. . "Hey buddy, you take that hat off a dead. _____?." . .

No sorry, meaning put me and wife on one app. Kids were on separate app same timeframe also together. Just figured the kids had better odds. Fred we are down by Wilcox.

I can’t wait for the draw reports, that should be interesting.

23 youth tag for my boys!

Anyone hunting sheep unguided in 41W and wants a head start, send a pm.

One of my favs on smoker is standing rib roast / prime rib or for fast eats is smoking a tri tip amd reverse sear.

I feel you bro, one of the few things I have of my Dad's.

Not sure about your experience with hunting sheep but You’re one lucky hunter ! Enjoy every part from now until your hunt is complete. Share your hunt and excitement with family and friends because they may never get the chance to hunt a desert bighorn in Arizona. I got lucky and drew a few years back still daydream about the experience! They’re awesome!

I was turkey hunting in 1 with my son and stopped by Carnero. It's been a mud hole for years. Not anymore. This photo is to the right of the parking lot.

More Fish for San Carlos Lake. 30,079 channel catfish. DAN

Crappie delivered today to San Carlos Lake. DAN