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The opposite happened to a buddy of mine during an anterless elk hunt. It may have been anterless, but there were danglers present & it wasn't a calf either.

I once read a book on building roadracing motorcycles where the author dropped this little pearl: "If an engine builder stands head & shoulders above the competition, it's because he's standing on a pile of broken parts." That quote has always stuck with me, as I've found it applies to almost every area of life. You gotta spook a few deer & you gotta blow up a couple engines before you really figure out what you're doing. In my case, I've only built a couple engines & have yet to blow one up, but I spooked hundreds of deer for 15 years or more of bowhiking before I finally figured out how to get within bow range & seal the deal.

Based on what I've seen hanging around ASU I'd consider the Tempe location to be an added bonus if I was a young, single college guy.

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Really just depends how far you want to shoot. I used to like the simplicity of a 3pin set up but found it didn't offer enough range for long shots in the desert. I now shoot a 5 pin that gets me out to 70 yards. Some guys like the 7 or even 8 pin sights but I don't care for them myself. Just too easy to get confused about which pin to use when the pressure is on.

That's awesome. Congrats to her on her first big game animal & congrats to you on finding the best hunting partner a man could ask for.

No one else in my family are really big into hunting, so I learned a lot by reading magazines & books, then going out into the field & sorting out what did & did not work for me on my own. I also got a lot of good advice early on from the late Van Clark, former owner of Prescott Valley Archery.

I've yet to do it, but I always thought it'd be a good idea to take a newbie out early in the year (may/June) & sit them on a salt lick some where. At that time of year, the does & little bucks are hitting so hard it's pretty much nonstop action. A good way to get some reliable & close action to capture their interest. Note to self: Sounds like a good activity to take my girls on this spring...

Nice! Way to get it done. I'm taking my 12 y.o. daughter in a couple weeks & can't wait.

My kids made me watch that a couple weeks ago. They're still grounded...

Nice!

First off: Az is a rough, rough state to bowhunt in. According to Bowhunter magazine, we always have one of the lowest success rates for archery deer hunters & it's always in the single digits (4-6% range). You guys that haven't killed yet just have to keep putting in the hours, but don't give up. My first muley I got took me 14 days. First coues = 9 days. Persistance is what gets it done. Secondly: As I've already said, I firmly believe that if you really want to get it done your best odds are to find a saddle or basin that has some good trails & sit tight. I know a lot of guys prefer water holes too, but I don't care for the human company that often goes along with them. You may have to sit that same spot 3, 4, maybe 5 days in a row, but eventually something with antlers is coming through. Had I been patient/smart enough to have learned that little fact earlier on, I'd have killed a lot more deer by now. Thirdly: Don't limit yourself to one method of hunting. If you're in open, broken terrain that lends itself to stalking, then by all means, try spotting & stalking. However, if you're in some of the thick, steep, nasty, rocky crap that I prefer, you should trade the tripod for a good paperback or video poker game & a buttpad. I tried for a couple years to spot & stalk in my favorite January spot, & even managed to get close a couple times, but I get far, far more close encounters now that I changed my tactics to ambush hunting. For me, the terrain & conditions dictate how I hunt, not my personal preferences or lack of patience. At the end of it though, we don't hunt to kill, we hunt to live. Every time I go out & have does or fawns meander by completely unaware of my presence, or have humming birds buzz up to me & try to taste my orange fletchings, it's all worth while. If you carry a camera with you, you'll find that you come out of the hills successful much more often than not. I love taking pics almost as much as I do taking venison. Fawn at 15 yards. S6301829.JPG Momma at 9 yards. S6301833.JPG S6301831.JPG from a tree stand or ground blind mostly? Mostly from the ground, but that's due to a lack of trees. I love treestands when they're available.

Congrats! Can't think of a better way to teach a youngster how to work hard & respect the game we chase than by having them carry it out on their own shoulders.

Welcome aboard & good luck out there! Can't have a bad time when chasing cousies.

+1 on that. I always thought it was crap that people can by a lot that has an access road to NF lands running through it, then put up a gate & lock it. It should be illegal to bar public access to public land. If a person doesn't like the traffic then don't buy the lot with the road through it.

Are there any states where you can get an otc antelope tag or are they all lottery now?

First off: Az is a rough, rough state to bowhunt in. According to Bowhunter magazine, we always have one of the lowest success rates for archery deer hunters & it's always in the single digits (4-6% range). You guys that haven't killed yet just have to keep putting in the hours, but don't give up. My first muley I got took me 14 days. First coues = 9 days. Persistance is what gets it done. Secondly: As I've already said, I firmly believe that if you really want to get it done your best odds are to find a saddle or basin that has some good trails & sit tight. I know a lot of guys prefer water holes too, but I don't care for the human company that often goes along with them. You may have to sit that same spot 3, 4, maybe 5 days in a row, but eventually something with antlers is coming through. Had I been patient/smart enough to have learned that little fact earlier on, I'd have killed a lot more deer by now. Thirdly: Don't limit yourself to one method of hunting. If you're in open, broken terrain that lends itself to stalking, then by all means, try spotting & stalking. However, if you're in some of the thick, steep, nasty, rocky crap that I prefer, you should trade the tripod for a good paperback or video poker game & a buttpad. I tried for a couple years to spot & stalk in my favorite January spot, & even managed to get close a couple times, but I get far, far more close encounters now that I changed my tactics to ambush hunting. For me, the terrain & conditions dictate how I hunt, not my personal preferences or lack of patience. At the end of it though, we don't hunt to kill, we hunt to live. Every time I go out & have does or fawns meander by completely unaware of my presence, or have humming birds buzz up to me & try to taste my orange fletchings, it's all worth while. If you carry a camera with you, you'll find that you come out of the hills successful much more often than not. I love taking pics almost as much as I do taking venison. Fawn at 15 yards. Momma at 9 yards.

Not worth it, best to just stick with the hunting.

I bowhiked for a lot of years before i figured it out & actually started bowhunting. There's a big difference between the two. I've killed deer both by ambush & spot & stalk. Of the two methods, you will see a lot more deer by spot & stalk, but you will get a lot more shot opportunities by sitting ambushes. My buck I killed this year (a little muley) came about two hours into the third morning of sitting in the same spot. I had about 25-26 hours in that treestand. THe last coues deer I shot came after about 2 1/2 hours of sitting. I missed a nice 3x3 immediately that morning & hit a spike a couple hours later. If you're just after a legal deer with your bow, I think ambushes are your best option.

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That's an incredible bull! Congrats.

I've been wanting to stop in there for a couple years now. AFter seeing these pics, I'll make it a point to do so this year.

That's a great bull. I love 27! Congrats to all of you guys for sticking it out & making good on it.

Good job kid! That's one heck of a bull!