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Monday July 30th I'll be expecting a call that somebody couldn't get their money in for a strip tag and the tag is now mine...

Wow, those are awesome sheds!!!!!!!

WOW, UNBELIEVABLE BUCK!!

Those are some Awesome bucks, good luck trying to top those this Fall!!

Yeah I was confident...

12A turkey, and the statewide archery deer tag for entertainment this Fall! Doug, good luck on that 34A December tag!!!

It got me for a few seconds...The results will be out today sometime. Good Luck!

Once I get my Sheep and Deer tag, I guess I'll settle for the Turkey tag too... If G&F need our money order by the 27th we'll have to know the results next week sometime in order to get the money to them on time...at least this time we don't have to wait 2-3 days of charging credit cards, we should know the results the day after the draw. Good luck...

I've been using the 3 Blade Nap Spitfire also and have great luck with them on elk and deer. Out of 4 elk and 1 deer I've seen taken with them nothing made it over 80 yards either. The deer went 15 yards, a liver shot on a bull elk went 45 yards, a elk double lunged went 80 yds, elk behind shoulder shot went 50 yds and the fourth around 50 also. Here's a link where a guy did a test of various popular broadheads on tires, plywood, accuracy, how fast they open and strength through a steel drum. The Nap Spitfire performed with a score of 18 which was rather low, but the main issue was it's strength. The accuracy was excellent on them and and that's the main reason I will continue to use them. http://www.american-hunter.com/broadheads/broadhead_test.htm

I shoot Spitfire XP mechanical broadheads and have excellent results. If the muzzy's are flying good I'd probably stick with them. I would give the Shuttle T Locks a try also, they seem to be one of the top broadheads out right now...

I bet the one's with tags are lovin it...Those bulls are Huge. Thanks for sharing them Jim!

I just read through some New Mexico forums on 5B NM elk and it looks like a pretty bad unit. Go for the 16B tag...

Jim, that's a great question. I know the surrounding units are known to have a few more big bulls than 16B, but probably not enough to matter. I've never hunted the Gila, but when comparing this NM tag to AZ bulls it might be like having a unit 8 bull tag instead of unit 10. Both great tags but one unit is preferred more than another. I also think 16B has more wilderness than the other Gila units making it more of a backpack hunt. Being that it's an early rifle tag for 16B that seems like a reasonable price. Will this hunt be for the Oct 6th hunt, or the Oct 20th hunt? I'm curious how the 5B tag compares to other units in the State? Does that unit even come close to the quality of the Gila? Hopefully some people who have hunted 16B or other Gila units can give more info...

No elk or deer tag this year. Good luck to those that drew. To get the results try refresh, then minimize it for around 20 minutes. Come back and it should be loaded. Log in your personal info, and after a couple minutes scroll down and check. If you don't scroll down you will still think the page is loading when it's already done. Good Luck!

June 20th 1:16 a.m. and no activity yet. Hopefully they post in the morning...Good Luck!

That top bull looks like he has potential. I can't wait to see how they turn out in a couple months! Good Luck scouting!!

Great story...Very rewarding and quite an accomplishment for you and your friends! Good luck on the rest of your upcoming climbs!

If your wanting coues pics I would find a trail leading to a tank in the area. You should get quite a few pics with it being dry.

Doug, I didn't make the meeting, but I'm glad to hear that you are introducing archery to the young generation! Did they go into great detail about the proposed hunt structures? I also thought the Nov elk and split seasons would never be brought up again, but I assume when the department wants something they will find a way to get it. For the November coues hunt considering moving to the end of the month, IMO I think that would be a better hunt. I wonder why they want to seperate the coues from muley hunt, it seems the hunters are well seperated by elevation. It will be interesting to see how all these plans turn out in the future months.

I believe G&F will get any plan they want passed whether the public wants it or not. Last year they asked the public if we should have November archery elk hunts, while cutting tags in September. I've never seen so many dissapprove of this proposal, yet G&F still are determined to get what they want. The split season idea for elk will increase opporunity but reduces draw odds for a decent hunt, and makes it harder to draw a quality tag overall. More hunters than not did not want December whitetail tags slashed in December, so the department goes ahead and slashes them. Kaibab archery deer and the rest of the State will be a draw, it's just a matter of when. They don't need to send out any more surveys, they should save their time. It looks as though they will resort to a management tactic to get what they want instead of surveys for archery deer, and the 20% rule will fit that bill. Still this rule doesn't state whether that after a archery hunt reaches 20% and goes to draw, will it be a draw for now on or does it go back to a no draw the next year until it hits 20% again. G&F know the majority of the public will reject a draw for archery deer, so they found a different way to go about it. If these proposals don't pass this year we will continue to see them pop up year to year until they do pass. Overall I think G&F has the hunter opportunity proposals backwards in how they are going about it. Hunter opportunity can be achieved with archery hunters much easier than rifle hunters. The part that confuses me is why rifle tags aren't slightly being reduced to coincide with a slightly higher archery deer harvest. Also allowing archery November elk hunts is not the way to go about hunter opportunity, that relates to opening up a December coues hunt in unit 42. Before the G&F takes their ideas too far I hope they realize that currently Arizona has quality, opportunity, and reasonable season dates. Our quality comes from being willing to wait for a hard to draw tag. Our opportunity is provided by OTC tags to keep hunter interest and entertainment while still taking few animals. The season dates are about as good as they get right now. What G&F wants will change all three of those in the wrong direction and make hunting Arizona less enjoyable in the future...

Great pics! That water looks pretty secluded, were you hiking when you found it? Good luck with them this Fall!

Has anybody heard how we will be able to update credit cards, or review applications if needed?

Great video! Thanks for sharing all those awesome bucks!!

Great day at the lake, and a lot of happy smiles! Thanks for sharing Lance!

I tried reviewing my applications around 4:00 p.m. today and it would only show one being successful, and the others as not being found. A week ago it showed all of them being successful...At least I have my confirmation page printed in case something didn't work out with this company...