DesertBull

Did you guys see any good bulls? I have had a couple people tell that the late elk hunt there is under rated.

Cool! Too bad you could not have waited around for that deer killing furball to come back for breakfast.

" We probably saw the same one.

Nice! I have been putting in for that unit too, but no luck yet. Was this the last hunt in 2B or the 2nd to last hunt? I think they have 2 hunts in November. Side note: I saw a nice buck, similar to the ones in your pics, in unit 9 (AZ) last week and he was rutting like a college boy on spring break.

My only real beef was with the cow tags at $100. Is an archery cow tag in unit 19 really worth the same as an early season rifle bull tag in unit 1? CHEERS~!

No hard feelings here. I was just talking out my ***. I just like the Gov out of my checkbook as much as possible.

You gonna put a Copper sticker on that Horse?

Saddle up? What, your sheep?

Not quite, Nancy, but good try.

Yes, Mulehumper, I think riding my quad on PUBLIC roads and trails should be free. I already paid a fee to register it, it is licensed and I paid taxes when I bought it. When I see the Jeeps and F150's with the stupid sticker, I'll put one on my Polaris. WAaaaa Waaa waaaa

I am talking about people wanting to put exorbitant fees on groups of people that they don't like.

Amazing how everyone is so eager to give their hard earned money away. It's like there are a bunch friggin liberals here that think taxes, fees and the almighty government are the answer to all their problems. I don't like this group of people, so let's price them out of existence so that I can have everything my way.

They can take that sticker and stick it.

The guys doing the road hunting and drinking are not the ones that will be effected. They are not taking their kids. It will be the young guy with a new family or the 28-35 year old with 3 kids who want to hunt and fish. Those kids will one day be of voting age. How do you ask them to support hunting and fishing at the ballot box when they cannot even afford a license? The Dept isn't raising the fees to weed out the riff-raff. They could do that by writing some tickets and taking away hunting priviledges of the law breakers. They are raising prices to generate more money. Those new 4x4 Dodge trucks don't get good milage and they are not cheap. Either is the brand new G&F office complex they are building. It just seems a little funny when last year the Dept was on a rant about hunter retainment and recruitment, so they had to come up with a way to issue hundreds more tags, yet at the same time they jack up the prices so fewer people can justify a hunting license and tag. Yes, I know prices on everything go up over time. Just don't try and tell me that you are trying to recruit more hunters while you are reaching deeper into their pocket. I just had a great idea! Let's raise gas prices to $8 / gallon. Maybe that will weed out the riff raff drivers and I can get to work on time!

Southwestern Processors in Queen Creek. Either have it all made into sausage by them, or have them grind the whole thing into burger and make your own sausage at home. We also mix the ground 50/50 with cheap hamburger (more fat the better) and use it in chili. Tastes fine. I took one to 4 Peaks processing one time. The sausage they made sucked big time. I thought, ok, it's a javelina, maybe it was just rank. I then took an Antelope to them and the sausage they made out of it was even WORSE. They didn't even use a sausage casing, just a log of meat and spices baked into a freakin railroad spike. It's still in the freezer, 4 years later. I am saving it incase I need a new axle for me quad trailer!

Nothing p*sses me off more than that attitude.

Damaged jewels cause racks to get freaky and stay in velvet.

Nice! I love unit 33!

I agree, but I don't think resident archery cow tag should be priced at $100. Just my opinion. I thought their big push was for hunter recruitment and retainment?

Uhhh HELLO! You cannot make a post like that without pictures to back it up! My friend and I just made our final decision, we are going to Prince of Wales next September for Blacktail and Black bear bowhunting.

That's the exact kind of stuff I like to hunt, except I like to get up high and glass down into that mesquite thicket. That's where the big'ens hang out. I also like the oaks, though the high, tan colored grass in those areas really conceal a Coues deer well.

Aren't you glad they took all those December tags and moved them to October/November?

If they are crossing to the northside too early for you, skip glassing the south side and set up in the morning near a saddle where you have seen them cross. Split up to cover cover more crossings.

Hey, that is AWESOME! First buck or not, that is a good deer. Congrats!

LOL! That's what I was thinking. Either the pigs are huge or Ernesto is a one of those Ompas from Willy Wonka. Congrats on the pigs!