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You should. I would pick 5bn over any unit south of the ditch.

I think everyone is looking at this with doom and gloom and failing to look at some of the new hunting opportunities that have opened up. I live in east Flagstaff and have been shafted as far as December and January deer. I have at least an hour drive to 6a, 8, or 10. Now all of a sudden 7 and 5bn have late hunts. Something I have never seen in my lifetime. I'm sure some years the quota will be reached early but even if 1 out of 5 years they don't there will be some awesome hunting in units that have never been available before.

If you are coming to northern Arizona, I would suggest the Williams area for fishing. We have had decent luck at Dogtown, Whitehorse and kaibab lake. Around Flagstaff you have upper lake Mary and Ashurst. Mary is decent but you will mostly catch pike and I don't know why I keep going to Ashurst. I have caught fish probably 2% of the times I have fished it and I have lived here my whole life and fished it a lot. It's also a good time to take some small hikes around these areas as you might find an elk shed!

Will do!

The fire missed me by about 1000 yards. If the wind shifts I might still be f'ed, but so far I'm good. I'm under evacuation orders but won't leave untill I absolutely have too. The fire swept through 200-500 homes. How many are still standing, no one knows at this point. I've heard sheriff's and summit fire were working on someone trapped in a burning home. Absolute worst case scenario.

Finally!

I was on parental duty this weekend and took the kids out fishing. Second cast I hooked this big walleye. 24". My biggest walleye and only the third I have ever caught out of here. 300 casts later we decided to call it a day!

Part 2. Went back out today. Yesterday we were planning on fishing ashurst but found the gate closed and we had to change plans for mary. I had all light tackle set up for trout. Today we went back to upper, this time set up with bigger poles, heavier test and steel leaders. We were able to get a couple pike and failed to close the deal on about 4 more fish.

I will cook it tomorrow or monday and let you know. This is the first walleye that I have kept. I have had pike out of lake mary and they were great. I grew up on trout in Arizona and Montana and am absolutely burnt out on them. Any fish is better than a trout in my opinion.

Haha probably. So interesting story, I had a G&f person come out and ask me a lot of questions about my fishing experience on upper lake mary one time. He asked me if I was keeping the fish and I told him now because of the mercury. He told me that for wild animals the epa set regulations and asked me when have I ever been concerned about what the epa says I should eat. The fda is what you typically defer too for food. Fda and epa have widely varying definitions of what is safe and that the fish in this lake are far better than any canned Tuna you can buy as far as mercury levels are concerned, his words. I don't know what to believe but I do know that mercury consumption is an issue over an individuals lifetime and us arizona land lovers get far less seafood than a lot of other individuals. Too be safe this will be the only high mercury fish we will eat for a while!

No worries. Most animals are safe in front of me when I have a bow in my hand.

It's nice to hear sig is getting their act together. I work for a firearm manufacturer and we also sell retail and one of our biggest deciding factors in what guns we carry is customer service. Sig for a long time has been horrible, often accusing the customers of wrongdoing and flat out refusing to accept blame for faulty workmanship. A lot of companies have been upping their warranty game and that has put the pressure on some of the older companies to follow suit.

Awesome bull! 5bn archery is my first choice. I have a nice spot on my wall just for him!

I love pig pedestal mounts!

Says the guy who hasn't shared one thing with this site.

Had a quick hunt this year. Found a pair of feeding in some tall grass. 50 yard shot with my new 375 caliber wildcat.

All the damage was low in the chest so there actually wasn't any meat loss

It was with a 260 gr accubond. He stumbled and went about 5 feet. It's a round that has taken elephant so I knew it was way overkill for javelina but I still wanted to give it a try. And a plus was the bullet skinned half the javi for me.

Vortex viper 20-60 85mm angled for sale. I purchased this about 3 years ago and it has seen little use. $500 Located in flagstaff

One of my favorite fields to coyote hunt in 5bn. I shot one under the big lone juniper on the left last weekend

How about watering times? When do you all seem to find them hitting water?

Mini 14 rifle for sale. Got it as part of a trade and just have no interest in it. Good condition with some handling marks on the stock. Located in flagstaff. $700 Nate 928 607-9588 I will respond quickest to texts