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6a turkey, 17a thru 19b archery javie. And my daughter drew her first big game tag, 20b 21 jr rifle javie. So excited.

Congrats Slummin! I was covered up in elk last night. So many in fact that they were moving around and changing positions so often that I drew and let down 5 times. On the last draw I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. Sucks getting old. Well around 730 pm the elk left and I headed back to the truck. Defeated. Back in the same spot again this morning. Since its cold I decide to take a couple of practice draws just to get limbered up (again, sucks getting old). To my dismay I cannot get my bow to full draw. Then I look out of the blind and theres a spike, Holy crap!!! Im in the blind tugging an pulling on my bow while he leisurely drinks just 45 yds away. After 10 attempts at me drawing to no avail, the spike leaves. So I came home, turned the bow down to a weight where I can draw it without wincing in pain and am sighting it back in to get back out there this evening. Man I love elk hunting!

Just curious what unit your in. There is no rutting activity here in unit 8 that ive seen. Had a big bull almost in range last night. Im waiting for him to show again tonite. Or his little brother, im not picky.

Sitting water now. Tried some spot and spook this morning. No bulls spotted .

Time to hunt elk. Good luck all and be safe.

The people have spoken and unfortunatly this is the new face of America. Look for more gun legislation, more health care regulation, higher taxation. This is what the majority wants. In the end people voted on free birth control, free abortions and free marijuana. FREEdom and a more robust economy do not matter as long as someone else keeps paying the bills. I think the mid terms will bring the house back to the left as well. As was said before republican turnout was pathetic, yet it was exactly at the number the Dems predicted it to be. They know us better than we know ourselves. That must be why they think they can run our lives better than we can as well.

Little bit of rain and even some snow up here in unit 8 today. Shouldnt be enough to make much of a difference. 5 more days.

Javalina and turkey for me. But best of all my 13 yo daughter drew a jr javalina tag. Her first big game tag. I've never been so excited for a javalina hunt.

I think its a kiln as was said in the other thread. There are many of these around where I live. Even one just off my property. not sure of the exact process, but some how used to extract ore or break/split stone.

Sad day .

The hosts on MSNBC are laughing and joking. Its over. Good game mitt, but not good enough.

Looks to be over to me. Good night every one and God bless us. Four more years of despair.

Yep.

NM is a good example. Is their deer herd any more healthier then ours? Is their buck quality any better? No and no. I say shoot'm all.

I sure hope that we wake up Wednesday morning with new leadership. I have to admit however, that the smirky confidence of the current administration and its cohorts in the media leads me to believe that the results will go their way either by hook or by crook. I cant believe that a group of people as shifty and shady as this bunch will just sit by let the other guy win.

I have seen two. Both times in unit 22 around the control road. I had wondered if maybe someones domestic bird had gotten mixed up with some wild ones.

21 days for me. Late archery bull. Gonna be super tough and ill love every bit of it.

Awesome. Maybe they should just close all the roads. Or better yet keep closing open roads and opening closed roads. Just to keep us on out toes. As far as I can tell I'm the only one in the Kaibab/Williams district adhering to the rules. After an almost 3 mile hike to a tank I wanted to check out for my upcoming elk hunt. My daughter was under the impression that I had got in trouble thats why WE weren't allowed to drive on the road like everyone else had. Funny buts thats kinda how I felt too.

is anybody but me following these rules?

deal made. thanks rage and nice meeting you.

Ive got an older Hoyt Tenacity. Short axle to axle. 70# pull, 29" draw. I'd really like to trade for a decent youth bow for my 13 yr old daughter, unless youve got something else in mind? bow.bmp bow2.bmp

Yesterday I sent an email to those involved at AZG&F expressing my concerns over a myriad of issues that I had with the proposed rule change document. I was surprised that I received a return response this late this morning. Hopefully they will do as they say and take our concerns into consideration.

I have a cousin that uses pack goats to hunt wilderness areas in Oregon. I also have a close friend here in AZ who uses llamas. Goats, and llamas for that matter, are much easier to keep than horses or mules. This applies not only at the "farm" but also out in the field. Its not necessary to bring in food for them as you would have to do with equines. My friends bring a little sweet feed along just in case one of the critters goes rogue and you have to coax him back in. That being said you'd obviously more of them since they cant pack near the weight good mule can. And llamas can be just as independent minded as mules especially when they get tired. IMO. Google pack goats youll find a ton of info. I've actually considered the goat idea myself for many of the same reasons you had.

rage, I sent you a PM

Was out today doing some scouting for my upcoming late archery hunt. Im on my quad travelling along an "open" road and I notice about a mile away on a parallel road a white SUV. I laugh to myself probably FS on patrol. Well in about 15 minutes i get to the spot where I have to make a long walk to a tank Ive always wanted to check out and the road to it is no longer open. So Im parked getting my stuff together and I can hear a truck hauling butt down the road I just came. He bounces through the wash to my right and what do you know! Its the white SUV with a USFS sticker on the door. He stops. I hold up my Kaibab travel management map. He waves and drives off. He must have thought he was going to catch a real outlaw. I guess he saw me when I saw him and put the spurs to it to catch me before I ruined the forest. As I went back I could see where he had stopped at each closed road looking for my tracks.