DesertBull

I'm not sure. Maybe it's in store only. I bought two from this guy over the summer and the transaction was smooth and I received the cameras very fast. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Moultrie-Game-Spy-...1QQcmdZViewItem

I see they have an OPEN BAR! Some of you would SAVE MONEY by going down there for a week!

So, they want to take the units 21,22,24 whitetails hunts (December), which are some of the only December hunts left that offer decent odds at drawing a tag, and split them up into Oct/Dec hunts, thereby throwing the odds of the December hunt into the toilet? NICE!

I think their new fee structures are going to kill the drawing odds, especially for elk, for the average guy/gal. There will always be the people applying for the premium elk hunts, no matter what the price, but now a lot of the hunters of average means, will be priced into the non-premium units only. http://www.azgfd.gov/temp/documents/AGFDPr...creases_000.pdf $250~ for a premium elk tag. That is the RESIDENT PRICE! $85~ for a premium deer tag. That is the RESIDENT PRICE! (Will that include the top December Coues deer hunts, or just North of the Colorado Mule Deer hunts?) Hunting license prices go up too. ($32.00) Why does a hunting license cost more than a fishing license? One new thing that is kind of interesting is the Class M License. Includes your hunting license and Arch Deer tag, Arch Turkey tag, Lion tag, bear tag, waterfowl stamps, and the hunter pool application. $118.00 Saves you a little $$ if you normally buy all of those.

A man in Montana drew a highly sought after buffalo tag. The problem is, he is a convicted felon and cannot posses a weapon. That sounds fair, but get this; his crime was bouncing a check! Can you imagine having to give up your guns and hunting because your math skills are a little, shall we say, under developed? http://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/2...11/2221101.html

Ernesto, I think your buck could eat Casey's buck! LOL! Great story and congrats on the deer! You deserve it!

IMO, the scoring systems are the worst thing to ever happen to hunting. Can you imagine shooting a 95" inch buck and actually being disppointed because your "buddy" shot a 98"? I've seen it ruin friendships and turn what should have been a great week in the outdoors; hunting, camping, swaping lies around the campfire, etc. , into a near brawl. Can't we just go hunting and be thankful for the hunt, the meat, the fellowship, the solitude, the clean air, and the absence of the everyday grind anymore without making it an ego trip? I think some of these people actually have more stress on their hunts than they do at work.

Hey now, there are laws against frenching a deer. Oh wait, you said Oklahoma style, .....never mind. Nice buck!

http://www.azgfd.gov/temp/documents/AGFDPr...creases_000.pdf We are talking about the proposed fees, not the fee caps. Two different things. And we are not even close to being the cheapest resident fees in the country.

I heard on the news today that a Lion was seen in Queen Creek carrying away a farmers EMU. LOL! Seems the kitty came in and killed all 20 of the guys birds. I thought they only killed what they could eat? Does he prefer white meat or dark? G&F says they won't kill it unless it threatens humans. I'll bet the owner of the birds would let you sit on his fence and wait for Felix to show up again though.

points shmoints, that's a great bull no matter what the final score. Don't be disappointed, it takes the fun out of a great hunt and a great accomplishment. If all the record books went away tomorrow, they would not be missed by me. CONGRATS! BTW, doesn't P&Y have a scoring system for non-typicals?

I bought a Tikka 7/08, SS / SYN, for my 17 year old son. It is a sweet shooter amd kicks very little. I can't wiat to hear Lark's comments! LOL!

No, they didn't say. Just drive around and look for a trail of large feathers!

Maybe he was trying to buy weed and his check bounced?

Does anyone know how G&F determines the success rates they publish each year? I know they send out the survey cards after the hunts, but is that how they determine the success ratio? I don't understand why they do not require a hunter to return those cards. If they are going to spend the money to print and mail them, make them mandatory to return or set up a website for each hunter to report their hunt. It's bad enough that their methods of counting animals are suspect, to say the least, but their method of determining how many animals are being killed is just as bad. They use those success rates in their formulas for issuing tags the next year. If it were me, I would make the survey mandatory and if you don't turn it in, you don't get a tag next year.

It's been proven that their counting methods on the Kaibab were very inaccurate.

The color looks wierd because of the flash. My cams do the same thing when the deer is standing close. Great buck. Those eye guards are sick!

That's all nice and dandy, but G&F is not in charge of clean crappers and showers. That is the state parks department and it is already tax payer funded.

I got an email from G&F yesterday asking if I would support a sales tax increase to help support them. Right now, they are not receiveing any money from the general fund or any state tax money, as far as I know. They are totally self supporting. Now, if they take this tax money, they are letting the wolves in the front door. In their survey they sent me, I told them I would not support any tax increase and in their comment section I told them their fee proposal was way out of line.

Rifle hunt - 36B

12A turkey 37B HAM No bear, which is the one tag I REALLY wanted.

If you are married, go hunting. If you are single, go to the race (and take your camera)

Next year you will see the tag numbers go up. I GUARENTEE IT!

Well, I don't see how raising the prices of tags and licenses is going to give us all more opportunity to hunt.

Won't banning all NR put a lot of hard working, honest AZ outfitters in the unemployment line?