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Thanks for the generous offers and the suggestions and opinions everyone. I guess Double Bull is still king. I'll keep my eye on those and maybe take a closer look at Rhino Blinds too.

I took our family for an AZ road trip and stayed in the WM's a few days. We rented the "Braided Rug Cabin" from Molly Butler Rentals. It was a really nice house. There were others nearby that you could probably rent or maybe one big enough for everyone. The Molly Butler outfit was reasonably priced and the check in and out process was smooth and professional plus their staff was pleasant and effecient. Would recommend to anyone headed up there if you don't want to stay in a campground or hotel.

I don't know if anyone is watching online or not but I am at the Commission meeting in Yuma and the Department staff just reported to the Commission that a handshake deal is done with Navajo and Cholla LLC. Permits will be $80 for everything but antlerless elk which is $50 and $20 for prairie dog. We'll see if it becomes official but the Department seemed pretty confident this deal is done. No mention of any limits.

Hunters Ed or Military discharge papers is proof of training if you don't want to take the class.

Good Luck with the sales but more so Thank You for making such a huge commitment to spread the Good News! God Bless You!

IA Born, if you don't mind asking around that would be nice to hear what they recommend. Thanks!

Check out a Kifaru! Made in USA to order. They have multiple size waist belts and will adjust your pack to fit you. Best pack suspension you can buy IMO. I'm also pretty skinny and have great fit on both of my Kifaru packs. I have a Late Season and a Duplex Frame w/Cargo Panel set up. Both can carry more than I want to with as much comfort as you can ask for in a pack.

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I really like that blade! Looks great.

I understand the frustration, no doubt. I'm on your guys' side there, regardless if I would ever step foot on the Big Boquillas Ranch. It's not the fee, its not the cap, its the PRINCIPLE! Limiting hunters to such a degree is simply not right when a large portion of that land is State Trust Land that a hunting license grants you access to. Access for hunters should be reasonable. I think most of us can all agree that what they have proposed is not reasonable. If what I typed here is "liberal" or "PC" so be it! I certainly don't see it that way.

The problem with accessing the public portions is the Checkerboard nature of the land ownership. One section is State Trust Land, the one next to it is Private, so on and so forth so that a true checkerboard pattern is created. You can't corner hop and you can't simply have roads just going to the public and or private. In other words it's a mess! They should be willing to grant reasonable access to the hunters due to the nature of the land ownership. Its obvious that this particular audience does not believe that this new allocation and fee structure that the Ranch set up is reasonable at all, me included!

I was in 6th Grade at Ronald Reagan School in Yuma. I remember all of us going to the Library that day where they had a TV on with news broadcasts being shown of the tragedy that day. I remember what a big deal it was because there was a civilian teacher on board that flight. I also remember how big of an impact that event had on our Country and how the healing process brought us all together for a short time.

jnobleinaz, Newsflash....the guy who posts under the handle ".270" is named Lark. Anyone with a 3rd grade reading comprehension level probably could have picked that up by reading all the threads, especially the one where the guy put the name "Lark" under the rest of the stuff he wrote, indicating that is his name! If that wasn't enough the fact that he wrote "maroon" in his post too could have been a hint. Oh ya, by the way, another guy who probably thought he was smarter than everybody else on here called us morons before, except he called us "maroons" which is an inside joke now I guess. Wouldn't expect you to figure that one out on your own since you can't even figure out who I called Lark, when there is a guy named Lark, who addressed himself as Lark on this very thread. Now put all that aside and I agree with your points on this topic, however your tact sucks! How about an apology for the people on here who don't deserve to be called names?

That's correct Lark! LOL! We're maroons get it straight!

I put 4 people in for elk and pronghorn last night without a hitch. Bought licenses for 3 out of the 4 as well. Did the licenses first, then the tag apps, all on Firefox browser. Things must be hit or miss.

Right on man! Congratulations on your deer! Awesome!

I think the demand for 27 this year might be higher than in previous years based on the later date. Do you have a preference for the type of habitat you like to hunt? If it was me I would probably do 27 1st and 7W 2nd. Maybe 22 based on the lower tag numbers but I don't know that unit all that well.

Forwarding an email I got this morning. Hopefully this bow will find its way home. "Our local Yuma AZGFD office had a customer come in that found a bow yesterday Jan. 21st in the KOFAs. He would like to get it back to the rightful owner. Anyone missing a bow can call 760-473-0149 to identify it, his name is Jerry Galiley."

OK I'll be honest. I went back into my email and did a search for "Tag Surrender". I guess on July 22 of 2015 I received an email soliciting comments for this subject. I missed it. The email had a link to this document which provides more detail than anything I've seen yet. This document has all the nitty gritty detail. http://www.azgfd.gov/pdfs/fishing/article1NPRM.pdf

I drew a rifle tag in 2010 and an archery tag in 2012. Sometimes its way better to be lucky than good!

You can pray that you have enough bonus points or luck to draw your first choice!

Maybe I missed the memo or the email but I never got a chance to give any comment on this topic.

I see the benefits but I totally agree with you guys on limiting it. Something along the lines of one option per species per decade or something similar. This would be ripe for abuse without controls and I would not be supportive of something like that. If they can figure out a way for a one shot deal along some lines, I would be ok with it. The problem with the way it is worded there without any control is the idiots with more money than brains will do exactly what you guys are describing. What is an extra $135 bucks a year for a guy who buys a new $50,000 truck every year? I'm sure we all know lots of guys like that! If the Department can make money selling the same tag twice its a win/win for them! I can see why they would be OK with this, as much of an administrative nightmare this is going to be. Heck they can't even run a normal draw and issue tags outright without major screw-ups! What makes anyone believe they can pull off a refund scam too and still get it all right?

Congrats on your success! That is way cool with the bonus javi! Looks like you have some great pics and memories to share with your family and friends for a long time. Can't ask for much more than that.

I must suck compared to a lot of guys. I try to get under 50 yards for sure. Would never shoot any more than that at a live animal, but that's just me. Being close to the critters is half the fun.