POk3s

Wow! Awesome trip and pictures. This appears to be a DIY style hunt???? What an accomplishment!

Yes, this is my first post. I about went crazy last year trying to set up a profile as I had drawn an archery bull elk tag (random tag...don't hate me.) in a premier unit and was wanting to get into the conversations on it. It took a while for this profile to get accepted because evidently the mishmash of letters and numbers in "POk3s" looks like a fake account. But it's the username I've always used for forums. So I've been lurking and reading through your guys's vast amounts of sarcasm the best I can! For the record I didn't kill an elk. I saw two bulls that I would put over 350. One I thought was 365. Having just killed a 361" in Wyoming, I was looking for an Arizona giant. I never found one. I did get to help an A3 guide by the name of Dean pack his bull out. It went over 400". Anyway, I'm now sitting on 4 deer points and don't want to wait out the mule deer game for a decent tag. I've always wanted to hunt coues and looked up the draw odds and to my surprise I can draw ANYWHERE with these 4 points. I also don't have much interest in waiting out the late season rifle hunt. I know what's going to happen and I'll want to hunt them more often rather than waiting that out. So... I'll be around trying to ask questions to people and become a "regular." In the mean time if anybody has any unit tips for me to consider in a PM I'm all ears. I've looked up amount of licenses, success rates, public land, past trophy quality, etc... but I have no boots on the ground experience so it's going to be tough to just go for it. But I'm going to! Thanks guys. -Trent

Thank you guys!

Hey jacob, thank you. Im actually just getting a really early start on this, as coming down to Arizona this year (or early 2019) is out for me. I had all my wyoming tags (still looking for an elk) as well as Montana elk and deer tags. I then head to Nebraska in December for white tail. So I'm already trying to get my 2019 hunting season planned out. I love adventure hunts and doing new stuff!

I'm en route!

Thanks for all the info flatlander. After making the trip tonsrizona twice last year, I'll probably be flying out for my scouting trip. Maybe for the hunt too. Just depends on what kind of gear I want to take and if I feel a four wheeler is a necessity. Rental truck could be used for one just the same! Hahahaha! I understand your frustration towards the highly popular units that give out too many tags. Even in the early stages of this research it's made me bank my head against the wall. 33 is world renowned but they give out 600 tags per hunt! Crazy!

Hahahahahahaha!

Between Colorado and Montana (hoping that gets me points with the sarcastic crowd hahaha) southwestern corner.

Sorry guys. I am a nonresident. I see that I mentioned Wyoming but I didn't say that I actually lived here! My bad! So most of the late seasons are out of reach realistically. Idk how the point creep is, but unless I can find a unit that I think is a real dark horse just by online stats, then I won't be waiting that long! I have no problem walking, backpacking in, etc. I do it all the time and it actually sounds kind of enjoyable to tote a tiny little whitetail out of the hills instead of an elk! Hahaha. I would like to see a decent number of deer and have a chance at a mature buck. Maybe that's too vague but I'm a pretty simple man!