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This is what I do. I have lost 29lbs since mid November.

The biggest racket is not the dad's transferring tags there kids but the bonus pool tag returned crap . Those abusing the bonus system and the fact that not all of the people on a application are required to turn in there tag if one of them decided to turn there's back in . It's becoming a pay the guy with the max points system . That's where the real abusing is taking place . Just wait for the classified section to blow up with people looking for guys with lots of points for elk and anelope.

Born and Raised. A cannoli is to an NY'er what a tamale is to someone from the SW. All are not created equal. It was a great place to grow up in the 50's and 60's. I spent most of my youth either in the woods, at the beach or clamming and fishing in the Great South Bay and Marshes. Like everywhere it has changed. The cornfields and potato farms and now either houses or vineyards. Still though you can go south from Jones Beach Inlet 50 or 100 miles out and have peace and quiet, catch tuna, dorado, whales galore and not see land for days. As kids we would go out into the bay just before sunset and spend all night out there in a boat. Parents gave us a lot of Tom Sawyer freedom and we took every advantage of it.

Just wanted to give a shout out to Mark and his Crew. Great customer service, in fact the best I've had in a very long time. Seems like Customer Service these days have gone down hill, finding good employees is tough. Thanks again!

Solid results! 👊 I'm thinking I should re-warm the old calorie counter app to help get me on track for losing the cookie-weight I picked-up over the holidays.

Best post on this thread. Heck yeah, put the primitive back in "primitive" weapon hunts. Up next, muzzleloader rules need to be updated.

23 late rifle bonus pass for residents started at 12 (only 35% drew). Non residents started at 22

Think it’s up to 13 points now

23 late bull?

Some crazy dude set an unofficial AZ Trail record a couple of months ago. Averaged 70 miles per day for 12 days to complete the entire thing (North to South). Obviously more of a 'trail runner' than hiker. Insane! At 59 years old, high-20s per day is my absolute max. lol

I remember when I lived in New York early 80’s we used to go to Chinatown and have dinner for 4 and spend $50.00 and then go to little italy 4 canoli and coffee and was 40.00

Bonus pass started for resident at 12 and non resident was 18

Good Deal by a great guy.

27 miles in a day? Do we have cam hanes 2.0?

I have an opinion sir, just like all of us, to be respected. My question is when can we apply for the hunts? The application system is still closed!

thank you Roofer Billy. Lets get to what archery hunting in Az was when the first season was established. From what I can find, the first Archery Deer and Javelina seasons were in 1956. So lets call that a traditional archery hunt. The compound bow wasnt invented until 1966 and patented in 1969. So the first 14-15 years, long bows and recurve were your choice. Zero let off. Effective hunting ranges out to 40 yards. If we are going to push out who we deem as enabled, lets go all the way. No let off, no mechanical release, no laser range finder, no carbon arrows, ect.

that is pretty simple, simpleminded anyway. I am a disabled veteran, with service connected medical issues that make it impossible to use a traditional bow. I bow hunted before and now you are saying, tough shoot. Life is tough. Tougher when people push down those with challenges.

If anyone needs any tile work done I would be happy work on your project. I have been in the trade for over 30 years. The fireplace below is marble 12x12 cut down and polished the edges, then I installed it on a herringbone pattern.

it's a simple thing! If you can't draw a bow, you can't qualify for an archery hunt! You must apply for rifle hunts! Life is tough! Please stop enabling, crossguns are not bows!

LMAO! This will change nothing. The same doctor will sign off on the CHAMP permit application and the number of CHAMP Permit holders will go up dramatically and crossbow hunters will grow in numbers. Some say that it is being abused and taken advantage of. Where is your proof? Before you answer make sure you are ready for what is about to be asked. How many people were cited for illegally acquiring a crossbow permit? It would be fraud, correct? What is the issue with crossbow hunters? Why is it being proposed that R12-4-216 be repealed? ● Crossbow technology was much simpler in 1996 when the crossbow permit was initiated, but improvements in crossbow technology have advanced to a point that crossbow is no longer comparable to standard archery equipment and cannot be considered reasonable accommodation in archery-only hunts. My Reply: What a load of crap, everything we have been granted to use as legal method of take with any hunt season for any wildlife has improved technology. How much technology has gone from a recurve to a compound, or a flintlock to a 500+ yard inline muzzleloader, how about a centerfire rifle which went from a lever action 30-30 to now taking shots at over 1000 yards. What is then standard archery equipment? A recurve is standard archery equipment therefore compound bows should also not be allowed to be used with any archery designated hunt. Make range finders illegal, make inline muzzleloaders illegal, make anything larger than a 3-10x42 rifle scope illegal, make any illuminated sight used for any legal method of take illegal, make OnX maps illegal. Can’t have technology advancement. . ● Trends in OTC archery-only deer, and archery-only elk, pronghorn, and deer draw hunts show a rapid increase in the number of crossbow permit holders applying for archery-only hunts (e.g., archery elk draw applicants increased two orders of magnitude since 2015, from 32 to > 3200 applicants in 2023). My Reply: 1. Arizona has increased by well over 32 percent of new applicants since 2020. That would put the number of applicants well over 250,000 hunting license holders in Arizona in 2024. 3200 crossbow permit holder is 1.3% (3250) of the total hunting license holders. 2. The amount of physically challenged / disabled people has increase by leaps and bounds in the USA. We have more disabled people today than ever at any time of the WORLD history. Technology and medicine have improved dramatically to achieve these numbers saving lives and allowing more disabled people become more mobile plus the increase of opportunity in sports, business opportunities and hunting opportunities. 3. The population in Arizona in 2015 was 6,832,810, The population in Arizona in 2024 7,582,384 The difference is 749,574 people have moved into Arizona since 2015 the increase of 9.9% of population and new potential Arizona Hunting applicants. To think that the number of potential new applicants and new hunters and new crossbow holder wouldn’t go up is concerning. I have to ask about the intelligence of those running the Arizona Game and Fish Department. If I were to take the amount of people have moved into Arizona since 2015 to 2024 and take the number of crossbow permit holder that would be less than 0.5%. Arizona does not have a crossbow hunting problem. ● Crossbow harvest in OTC archery-only deer hunts ranges from 5% to > 30% of total take in multiple OTC hunt units, but only 10% of archery hunters report they used a crossbow to hunt. My Reply: Ah here is the truth. Its about numbers and keeping it even and equal. Make the deer archery season a draw. You can have three archery deer season and allow those who hunt with a standard archery equipment like a recurve the opportunity to do so and those who chose to use a HIGH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY like the compound bow can also have that opportunity plus still giving the disabled crossbow hunter the same opportunity. Make OTC the deer archery season a DRAW! ● OTC units closing quickly (many within the first week); harvest surveys indicate persons who use a crossbow harvest an animal 3 days shorter than standard archery equipment. My Reply: Think outside the box. A person with a crossbow permit is disabled therefore it is unlikely for a physically challenged hunter to pass up a legal deer because its antlers are to small or not big enough to brag about. On the other hand, the person using standard archery equipment like a recurve or a long bow will also do their best to fill their tag. Those who choose to use a HIGH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY like the compound bow tend to pass up more legal deer. Which leads to tag soup for that unit. Currently AZGFD has 74 designated hunts for OTC and as of January 12, 2025 33 hunts are still open which is about 44% of the hunts still open. OTC units closing quickly is not valid.

Healy Firearms has been great to deal with since day one. Happy to hear they are still providing member's great service.

I've posted these before, but since you asked. These are from our 2007 12AW hunt. Four bucks in three days up high in the summer range during the late hunt. The live buck is mine before I shot him. Good luck on your hunt!