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Tucson looks like they're getting hit hard again tonight.

The drama queen is back.

About time that they banned trail cams. I see that you don't like talking about the first round of comments back in January that went in favor of a trail cam ban or regulations to cameras 1274 to 1200. Also in the second round of comments March 11th through April 11th, they didn't even ask people to comment on whether they wanted a ban or not. They said to comment on the two new proposals of a quarter mile from water, and trail cams from February 1st thru June 30th as long as they're not placed within a quarter mile of a water source. I remember you going out telling people to send comments for a non ban, but nothing was ever mentioned in the Arizona Game and Fish email that was sent out to comment on supporting a trail cam ban. So in the second round of comments people probably had no idea whether to comment in support of a ban because they weren't asked to.

It looks like Tucson and San Tan Valley got hit pretty hard.

Looking at radar yesterday it looked like the kaibab and 12b got some decent rain. I'm not sure how much rain that it's going to take to open the forests.

Bump

They have now updated the Rafael fire under incident command online. It looks like it's almost to Turkey butte in unit 6b and lonesome pocket in unit 8. Hopefully they get some rain up there the next couple of days.

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Actually 1274 people supported a ban or some type of regulation while only 1200 wanted no ban. So more people wanted something limiting trail cameras than people who didnt. 832+442=1274 in support of regulation.

This wont divide hunters anymore than they already were about trail cams. Just look at all of the previous posts debating it before they were banned.

I'm glad they banned them

It looks like there is a fire that started today at 3am on slate mountain 23 miles northwest of Flagstaff, and it's called the slate fire. They say that the fire is currently at 100 acres.

Great looking buck

I dont see anything about firearms not being allowed on the kaibab national forest after the 14th. So it sounds like you can still Turkey hunt which is good.

Awesome. Congrats

Awesome, congrats. I had a very similar hunt to this one a few years ago.

This is not an exaggeration, and some of them post how many they use.

Yeah but when the guides have 200 cameras per guide the DIY hunter cant compete with them. Just go to unit 9 or 13b and you'll see what I mean.

Did anyone happen to hunt 6b this weekend or were the roads closed like the forest service website says?

I saw a gobbler fanning out with two hens a couple days before the junior season started. In another unit I went to I called but didnt hear any. It was kind of windy when I called so that didn't help.

I usually get my first gobbles around 5am which is like 20 minutes before light, but it wouldn't surprise me if they gobbled earlier. The latest that I've gotten a gobble in the evening is like 10 minutes after dark, but most of the time I hear them 30 minutes or less before dark.

Pretty cool

I was wondering the same thing. It seems weird that it would still be closed.

Good on the Arizona Deer Association for doing that.

Sounds like a fun time