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Nothing smells like fall like roasted hatch green chilies.

I recently read the IRS was no longer making unannounced visits to homes or businesses. No they should not be armed with anything but a calculator.

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.

Arizona pulled a fast one on us non-residents, after implemented a quota system earlier this year (OK IMO) then at the last minute the legislature added a cap of 2890 non-resident archery deer over-the-counter nonpermit-tags only available online. They went on sale 12/1 with little notice and sold out in 3 days. That's hard to believe as they only sold just over 3000 all of last year. There are going to be a lot of unhappy out of state hunters who show up expecting to buy a tag in person to find out there aren't any. I was "lucky" enough to find out by accident on Christmas day and told a buddy in CO who was going to leave next week too. We heard of the quota but not this new cap and issuing method that was added later. I'm not too upset at the changes, just them being made 1 month prior to the season. What a great Christmas present Arizona. What's even worse is I still have a valid 2022 tag but found out too late to make use of it. Is it worth driving 1300 miles for just javelina? That is the question.

Selling my BTX with 65mm and the 1.7 ME bought new last June from the Outdoorsman and it has never been in the field. I had to cancel my hunts last year due to work schedule and I have to cancel again this year. I have all the boxes and literature stickers etc. never registered with Swarovski. Comes with marsupial BTX case. I’m in Chandler but work near sky harbor $3,600 face to face only. Tripod and head not included. Thanks

Any chance you still have the amax bullets?

I use a standard pressure cooker (not one made specifically for canning…). But yes, I’m using the basic method of 90 minutes on high pressure. Will eradicate any micro organisms. LONG shelf life with no preservatives.

What worries me is the tax code is thicker than the Bible and no one truly understands it. We'll all be declared tax cheats. Another way to disarm the citizenry?

I have 200 pieces of 221 Remington Fireball brass neck down to 17 Cal. $50

I have used these guys often for appliances and a/c

https://maps.app.goo.gl/foTBB56pMsszLKGe7 I am pretty sure I bought my last one a few years ago from these guys.

We had a pretty good crop of green chili's, jalapenos, tomatoes and tomatillos. All wiped out by the heat wave and well trouble.

Bandido’s parking lot in Show Low…..roasting on the spot and selling.

Bump for a good guy, good family. We picked up a pup. Pup is birdie, great demeanor and eager to learn .

Ha knew that wouldn’t last! Great price!

It’s amazing to me for years otc archery hunters success rate has been in teens and twenties. Now every single unit is being shut down early due to 100% hunter success in these same units? WTF really y’all nonresidents are that good -WOW

Dogs found! I have no details but pups showed up in Alpine. Owners ecstatic and on their way to reunite.

Summit Electric, CED, Graybar, WESCO. You can also try calling some electrical contractors like Cannon Wendt, Sturgeon, Delta Diversified, Wilson Electric.

G&F should not allow NR's any OTC options. Name one other western state that allows NR's the chance to hunt mule deer or coues deer during the rut by just buying an OTC tag. Albeit now they have to move quick to buy online. Arizona has a very finite resource and an ever-growing human population. By making NR's apply for all their hunts it will make them use their accumulated bonus points whereas now they apply for some primo rifle hunts and then buy OTC.

Just went yesterday and picked up a tag for my boy and I. Oh wait sorry this was for resident. My bad 😃

There was no quota prior to August 2022, so there’s no data to support the “filling up quotas before resident hunters can get out” argument because we didn’t have a quota system to even know if NR’s were “too successful”. Me thinks the AZGFD “person” was telling you what you wanted to hear to get you off the phone.

Sounds like now is a good time for o.p. to start thanking the likes of Randy Newberg,the Hush idiots,Gritty bowman etc. For all of their shameless promotional videos that they got paid hundreds of thousands of our dollars to make.

Were not complaining that your to successful, we are complaining because there's is just to many people hunting. we have seen the deterioration of hunting in AZ as a direct result of the numbers of people that come here to hunt. Nobody got screwed either, if I was driving 1300 miles to hunt I would have done some kind of research before I left months in advance. I wish they would only allow 500 non resident tags and have a separate quota limit for non residents.

Should probably pay closer attention. No sympathy here

This was not unexpected. This has been known information for close to 9 months.