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+1 on the clear fingernail polish. Wife and son got them pretty bad in Missouri last year and someone said to dab clear nail polish, and it worked great!

Cool pics.

Prayed, and will continue to lift up your wife, the doctors/surgeons and you Lance!

Happy Birthday Frank! Hope you're having a fantastic day and celebrate with friends and family all weekend!

Great news Lance! Praying he does whatever necessary to keep from having this happen again.

We're in NW Peoria off 91st ave and Beardsley.

Our HOA is cracking down and not allowing any parking on the street, so we need some concrete work to be able to park another vehicle. Does anyone on here do concrete work, or know of anyone that does good work at a reasonable price? We're looking at pouring a slab next to the driveway and possibly take it along the side of the house into the backyard if there's room.

Congrats on a nice bull. Perseverance pays off!

Thanks Lance and 5Guys for the leads. ThomC, I agree. We spent the first several months of the year looking for another place without an HOA, but no success. Going to have to do some work so we don't get fined every 10 days. Won't be in an HOA again after we get out of this one.

+1 for Kaffer62. Bought a truck from him last year and he even helped us on our elk hunt. Great guy!

Awesome! Congratulations on all of the sheds!

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Happy Birthday Connor! I had the pleasure of meeting you last November. You're a fine young man and I hope you have a fantastic Birthday and successful turkey hunt with your Dad!

Hi Seldom, Have actually hunted both over the past few years. Hunted Dec late cow last year and had rain while scouting the day before (we were low in the unit). Guess we should have gone to the higher elevation last year. 2012 I actually hunted the late rifle bull and didn't get any snow, but the cow hunt right after us did get a pretty good snow. In 2010 we hunted late rifle cow and I don't remember getting any snow. In 2008 we hunted late cow and we did get some snow that Sunday night as my friend got his cow and we were field dressing it in the snow. 2007 was Oct cow with no snow and 2006 was late cow without snow. I remember several years we didn't hunt and there being blizzards. Since we only had 2 wheel drive at the time, was somewhat glad we didn't get drawn. i remember the 40-50 inch blizzard and was really thankful we weren't up there that year. As a side note, since I'm not a very good hunter, I've hunted all 7 days on each of the hunts only getting a cow on the last morning in 2006. Been eating tag soup ever since. Overall, can't remember more than a couple of inches of snow on any given hunt, and that was only a couple of times if my fading memory is correct.

Flagstaff is about an hour drive from the southern end of the unit and an hour and a half to the northern end. If you're doing a hotel, I'd stay in Tusayan unless you're going to hunt the far southern portion of the unit. If you plan on hunting more on the southern end of the unit, there's either the Grand Canyon in in Valle, which is near the southern portion of the unit, or Williams which is a half an hour south of Valle. Tusayan is probably your best bet overall if you're not sure where you want to hunt or if you want to hunt different areas.

Have to agree with Pine Donkey. My profile picture was taken on the hill right behind the McDonalds in Tusayan a few years ago. There's lots of area to cover and the elk can be pretty spread out. Have hunted it just about every other year for the past 10 years and have yet to see much snow. I didn't get drawn this year, but it seems to snow the years I'm not drawn. So, hopefully you'll get some this year.

Great article! Continuing to pray for a quick and complete healing and recovery for Jared!

Awesome buck. I'm guessing 137 7/8.

Sorry to hear you didn't draw Lance. That just sucks! You're way over due on both elk and antelope. Glad to hear you'll at least be going on your cousin's hunt and either your wife or Taylor's hunt.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing the story and the pics.

Put in for unit 9 early and late rifle cow, but didn't get a hit. So, going to put in for deer for the first time this year. Normally just whitetail hunt in Arkansas, but going to see if I can get both deer hunts in this year.

That is awesome Frank! Congratulations to you and your wife!

Just checked my applications on the new portal and it went from 7 entries (3 drawn and 4 not drawn) down to 6 entries (3 of each). I've drawn every other year for the past 8 years. They're running something and I won't be surprised if the results are up later today.

Thanks for the laughs today Lark.

We had better than a 50/50 chance of being drawn. Here were our odds: All are for resident, 2 points, rifle, unit 9 Elk: 1. Early rifle cow 23% 2. Late rifle cow 54% Unfortunately, we haven't been drawn...yet. Still holding out a sliver of hope.