azelkhunter69

Dall Sheep in Alaska has been at the top of my list since I was a kid growing up in NY reading Outdoor Life and Peterson's Hunting mags. #2 has always been Kudu on a South Africa safari.

Watch out for the freakin homeless camps. I never saw one in 20 years, then this past year, I ran into two seperate camps. One south of Williams was right where I camped in 2018 and 2019. Talked to a guy that said Ash Fork is full of them. It's a shame the Forest Service doesn't do anything about it.

Ah, got it. I always look in the elk forum. Didn't see the one in Campfire.

Anyone know about problems or a delay? Typically starts around 8am, give or take, the day after the CC update deadline.

Went up to 6A the last two days to get away from work. Was shocked at the lack of bugles. I think last week might have been the best week, with the cold snap. Back to warm. Heard one half hearted bugle Sunday morning about 9am. After that, it was all before light. Didn't even hear many at night. Weird. That being said, the last couple days are always my favorite. Only die-hards left.

This point creep is getting ridiculous. I have 8 pts and that was enough to draw the archery Kaibab hunt last year. Looking like it wasn't enough this year. Was counting on it since the whole family got skunked on elk tags this year.

Strange, seems to going awfully slow. Typically comes mostly in one big wave the morning of.

$135 is elk

Interesting. Mine shows the tag number also. Doesn't help me know what unit though, could be either. Does make me think that we may get results Monday though. If they can post the tag number, obviously they know the unit.

Last year, they hit CC's on a Wednesday and the results came out the following Tuesday.

Interesting. I can't remember seeing this happen before. Anyone else?

Early archery

Yep, too early. Usually between 7:30am-8:30am

Elk draw deadline was Feb. 8th last year. CC hits on March 2nd. 3 weeks and 1 day after draw deadline. Deer draw went smoother. Deadline was June 14th and they hit CC's on the 28th. They will put out an announcement soon with the "Update CC deadline" date and they will hit CC's the next morning. At least that is the way it has been going. Since they haven't announced that yet, my bet would be that they hit CC's on March 7th. Just a guess though.

You need to keep in mind that we are spoiled here in AZ. Most people in the country would love to kill a 300" elk. There is a reason why the Pope and Young minimum is 260". 99% of hunters will never even get that. I get your point though, we do live in AZ so we can set our goals higher. Achieving them is another thing, especially with a bow. Nothing wrong with a 300" 6 x 6.