Sky Island junkie

Absolute pressure on G$F to basically do their job and do real counts in every unit will require a ton more revenue. I don’t believe we’ll ever see that out of this dept. Draw is going to happen to archery it’s just a matter of time and we’ll pay for it! I agree on reporting but enforcing is another thing and again that takes more money. Getting everyone to complete the hunter survey after every hunt is a joke. Probably would have to offer $ incentives to get hunters to complete these surveys

All of this is like rearranging the chairs as the ship goes down. I applaud all that are fighting this fight to give us a couple or maybe a few more years of otc deer tags but to me it’s inevitable archery will go complete draw.

My bride and I got our bucks from last year back the other day, making not getting tags this year a little more palatable! Sorry, couldn’t figure out how to turn the pics

A month ago some G$F official woke up with a hard on over a money making scheme and BOOM a month later, a bunch of us salivating addicts put 300k in the coffer!!😂 One of the lucky hunters will hire A3 who has a toad whitetail on one of their 500 cameras and video the kill and next year they’ll sell more! Smart bastards!!

I might be wrong but when I researched this, the left leaning investor I thought was a pro 2nd amendment, pro public land , hunter? I haven’t seen any influence on Rinella politically but I haven’t heard much on him in a while

Great article. I’ve been following both of these brothers for a few years and respect the opinions of both. The editor was wrong when saying Christmas would be awkward at the Rinellas this year. They’re pretty tight.

Mine says DEPT ID, Wife’s says CUSTOMER ID. Both 6 numbers

So Az. Both bucks the same unit, about 3 weeks apart, 800 yards apart. Think they were brothers!

Absolutely! Out of principle if nothing else! Most wouldn’t though. Not worth their time and G$F knows it!

Yeah I’m sure. I didn’t even look at it! Bought 6 powerball tickets instead. I guess my point is only Our G$F would formulate an app that isn’t error proof and and then charge for your mistake anyhow. Sounds to me like the guys who did get it right, well their chances just went up a teeny bit!😂 I really Hope Az residents get all of these and maybe even a couple guys on here! Good luck!

I would call and see how they respond. Their system shouldn’t be allowed to take the app money without putting the app in the hat. But this is the G$F system!

I didn’t put in but I could see G&F letting the SS on the app fly through to grab the app $ and then discard app. Applicant would never know if the app made the draw or not. Just a pig in a poke!

I certainly would think if half the applicants screwed up and put their SS on the app and their system accepted it, they’re not going to refuse the donation

Congrats to you for getting back in the saddle! Sounds like that good friend of yours knew what you needed!

Oh man the droppers!! Awesome! Good for him!!

Congrats!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

That’s the one. Windy as heck on Friday afternoon as well. They all run together for me

Had snow last year during the same hunt, unit north of there last year. 97 or 98 snow again in same unit, same hunt but more of it. Short sleeves on Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon bundled up!

Way to stick it out! Congrats!

Was up there about a month ago and caught a few at sunrise off a black wooly bugger with red head one brookie about 2 lbs. Sucks about reservation and algae, never made it there that trip. Browns should be spawning. Try horseshoe cienega and hawley

I was working in McCormick ranch the summer it hit 122 and everyone was losing their minds! I remember thinking it’s just another day in June! What’s everyone so worked up for! Well my body responds to the heat differently these days!🤣

I kinda think as you say, we’re getting older and have a harder time tolerating these Indian summers. I think these periods of dry warm weather come and go. Heck, we had snow on the October WT hunt last year in southern ax. Our family has weather records going back to 1911 here in southern az and from what I can remember looking through those, the 30s May have been as rough or rougher than what we’ve gone through in recent history and they didn’t have all the concrete and asphalt. Who knows? Good topic though

It was his actions of capitalizing off of our state that was villainized. His response to the outcry speaks volumes to his character in my opinion. I’ve hunted with at least half dozen younger and middle aged new hunters over last 10 years who’s priorities were their videographer skills rather than making an ethical shot and not taking a shot unless they could get it on film. In my simple mind, this is a sickness and YouTube hunters will continue to promote our state, not knowing the damage they do!