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im in for the recovery Only if you have your medical marijuana card. I've packed in a few miles at the end of summit road to the east along the border. Lots of deer I would do it again. I probably wouldn't go to the west off of summit the traffic was higher.East of Summit is worse than west as far as smuggling goes...It seemed to me that west was worse. With the more organized traffickers. The standard border crossers do not bother me at all. It's the ones that are dealing with other peoples money that I watch. Anyone ever hear of a hunter being hurt/threatened by a border crosser?

im in for the recovery Only if you have your medical marijuana card. I've packed in a few miles at the end of summit road to the east along the border. Lots of deer I would do it again. I probably wouldn't go to the west off of summit the traffic was higher.

Economy is turning. There will be more illegals. Most people that hunt south of i10 have seen dead bodies and kilos of cocaine. I would not put in and only hunt 21 and 22

When I see the guys in the trendy fashion forward camp, I know for the most part animals they hunt are safe. In a playful nature when I see them I call them gear qu---- and make fun of them for a moment.

Set up within a 100 yards of a tree gobbler. Waiting for him to fly down. Come on daylaight

EBay

As of a few years ago. There were desert tags that were at 2-3% percent chance to draw. So by microfractions desert tags are easier to draw

Good, I thought it was the jerks that drive off road and in restricted areas.

Mid season recap. first off big thanks to IABORN and OH THAT GUY for the help. IABORN got me in contact the GF unit manager and you can tell his passion for his job and he is good at it. He practically gave me coordinates to the roosts trees. I had to come back Sunday this work stuff gets in the way of more important things. I will be back in a week or so to finish. Thursday, after spending the night at my moms house in Vegas and eating a Sushi Burrito and grabbing some groceries I head out to the unit estimating on the map that I would be at camp by noon. wrong, after several wrong turns I decide to cut my loses go to St George UT and head around making it camp about 445 and step into the unit for the first time. I set up my makeshift camp in 15 minutes and head out to scout. I travel 300 yards and find this guy. HE was taunting me. I go a little farther down the road and stop and listen. I hear some angry gobbles. I work close and find his roost tree and in the immediate distance I hear a few more gobbles. Excited I head to camp and am anxious for the AM to get here. I step in it on my way out Friday Opening morning 300 AM gets there fast and I am prepared and parked several hundred yards from the roost tree by 400 AM and I on my way. I pack heavy w/ three decoys and a bunch of calls and even a thermos of hot water. I get to my spot by 430 and then I hear "GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE" Thinking wait I am not ready I put my spread out withing a 100 yards of the bird. I am below him set and waiting for a bit and getting bored. Let me preface this with saying I am not a good turkey hunter, I can not sit still long enough to let things develop. So I start going through my phone and reading topics on CWT. I get a little more anxious and start this thread waiting in anticipation. Gobbles are blowing up the silence of the early morning dawn. "My bird" well the closest one leaves his roost the wrong way. I am set up 75 yards below his tree and he takes off to right at 90 degrees. It may be because he saw the light of my phone or I over called or I was set up incorrectly, or maybe I was just on the wrong side of the tree. I continue calling and birds are coming in from three directions and closing. I hear four different gobbles. They are circling me like a pack of sharks at feeding time. They are close four different gobbles within a 100 yards. Then nothing everything starts fading a way. I walk about 20 yards to the edge of finger I am on and see these guys strutting there stuff at 45 yards They walk out of my life w/out getting closer The winds pick up and all I see is deer and this lonely girl for the rest of the day. The winds pick up to the point my dinner consist of doritos and a pop tart because it was to roaring so bad I am picking up my camp 100 yards from my camp. Saturday I have nothing roosted, the wind was so bad I was expecting to see spinning house and a lady on a bike flying around it. I climb to the top of the mountain and then some to hear a gobble by the truck. I hall butt to get back and call w/ lackadaisical response. I sneak in more and spook a hen i sneak farther and see a large gobbler going back and forth. I try to play whack a mole w/ him and try to thread the needle and head shoot him. Miss to the left with my second pin and he flushes. After a few minutes of just standing there, I start heading back. after about twenty minutes of walking back I hear some frantic clucks close. I sneak closer and see a red headed jake and and small hen . i am close and decide I can shoot him. i get closer within 25 yards of the little guy and back down. then they flush ( I Think Rios are part Quail) and the hen taunts me. Wind kills me for the rest of the day. Nothing but deer for the rest of the day. Not one gobble in the evening. I am freaking a bit. Only animal posing for pics is this guy Sunday (no wind) I go to my goto spot not knowing what to expect. I hear a gobble then another. Packing light (no decoys no back pack) Just me and my bow and my slate call. Leaving the box at the truck. Gobble and then another, I haul butt to when they are. sneak in sneak in more set up within 75 yards. (no decoys) I soft cluck. heck breaks loose. ten minutes pass soft yelp. then heck breaks loose again. twenty minutes pass and they break roost. wrong way again. i yelp. Few minutes later I see two two year old gobblers at 41 yards. they freeze next to a tree. They do not move I decide to take the shot. This is where I SUCK. I missed. I was solid and I miss. 900 am rolls around and I have a meeting the next day. As I am driving out I see butterball showing off for hen where next to the park bench I was camped by. I stop take a step towards it and they run. I am hoping to be back next week. Some of the cool stuff I seen on the way

In two words. I suck

Kept it mobile this morning. No birds roosted last night and only one hen seen after the winds started. Climbed to the top of the mountain, to here the only gobble the opposite way. Hauled butt, snuck in spooked the hen kept going and missed a 30 yard head shot at the biggest gobbler I've seen. Still early hopefully the wind dies down

Also, the deer at this place are pretty big. It should be easy to get a tag

Picked the wrong fly down spot. Had three or four gobblers circling me like jaws, but I screwed it up. Got some photos on my camera of a couple of live ones. Off to plan b

I'm in 13b. Just roosted a couple of Rios and had a third that was severally taunting me.

06-07 auction tag guided by John McClendonNo money exchanged hands so technically he wasn't guidedi see. I meant it as a compliment anyway. Ballsy to try and shoot it near homes Ballsy or arrogant? The level of hubris with some of these guys exceeds boundaries.

06-07 auction tag guided by John McClendon No money exchanged hands so technically he wasn't guided

Headed to black rock mountain now, if I see one it will become dinner

This bull now resides in the main office of game and fish. My taxidermist did the work and I got drool over it.

Volcano bowls on the north half of the unit

It's been my experience that it happens when it happens and not a moment sooner. If/when you guys come up with a method to predict rut activity you need to write a book. Usually the most activity I have seen, generally speaking, is the seven days from September 17-24.

I second that ! 2016-04-04-09-23-59--1816686689.jpeg I never forget a walk. Here is the answer to the trivia question http://www.laurafrancese.com/

Unfortunately, its the basic laws of supply and demand. When you have a few thousand tags and a 100000 want them you either need to be lucky or patient. Congrats on the tag, I hope you kill a bull that's worth the wait

Last year I knew of a group of 12 that put in for the archery hunt (cow,calf, or spike) and two were drawn. My understanding is the later the season the better the draw odds.

Also if you pm somebody for help/guidance/directions and they give them to you. Please use common courtesy and message back "thanks"

I got a tag