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are you a non resident? No I'm a resident, gonna go up in september just to look around but stay on roads cus of the archery hunters and listen to bugles, then head up in November sometime get a better feel for what the elk are doing.

I have this same tag, this post was pretty helpful, will be soloing it so will be a challenge for sure.

Found this on my turkey hunt this past weekend. I consider it a needle in a very large haystack.

It was great meeting you and talking FH! Let me know if you're up in Flag and hopefully we'll see you at camp again! Thanks! I'm definitely proud. She went into this hunt more determined than I've ever seen her. She did quite a bit of the hunt planning and calling, which was great, especially because she planned pretty much like I would have! We got on birds Friday and Saturday, with Saturday being the best. I ended up calling in a hen to 8 yards and kept her talking just enough to bring the gobbler in eventually. He came in to 70 yards, fanned out once, and both hens out in front of us just packed up and walked off with him. There was nothing I could do to convince him. All we needed was 40 more yards! And that was the norm. Same goes for you if you are ever down in the FH area let me know, we can look for those jaguars you love so much.

Had a blast on this hunt, birds were pretty talkative if you got into the right ones. Kid I was mentoring tagged out at 6am on Sunday and I hit the road right afterwards because of some vehicle issues so not sure how many more were brought in after that. Learned a new area a little and met some great people. Definitely know where a lot of birds are hanging around in those areas now though. Got it on video which I'll post probably after my hunt in a couple weeks don't have alot of time for editing at the moment.

Bump again, I'll be up there as a mentor.

Have the same hunt, hope for snow, never been in the area but hear it's much better when the highlands get snow.

Awesome tom, that's my next goal is to harvest a large tom.

Nope but it's a leftover tag and they have til late April to get it here, I have faith they can do it by then.

And as far as a locator I use owl at night and morning and crow during the day. In Oklahoma I was trying to locate birds from my truck on a trail and used a box call, they ran into me while I'm still sitting in my vehicle, flat footed and dumb. That's the last time I've ever made hen sounds when not prepared to kill one.

Got that tag as well, did the same hunt last year no problem finding birds, very little snow at the very highest elevations left on ground, hoping for the same this year. Either way beautiful country and lots of birds.

Push button box call is great, paddle box, and slate pot calls for the beginner, diaphragms are great if experienced with them, but the easier ones have called in just as many turkeys for me as have diaphragms, it's all about the birds attitude. They say not to over call but don't believe that it doesn't work, sometimes that aggressive calling is what brings them in. Welcome to turkey hunting, there is no textbook.

No but same region, Fort Huachuca

Thanks everyone it's a fun challenge and will be back at it after the first of the year and can get another tag

12 ga 870, glad I didn't pack the rifle, would have never found in scope