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I've used them quite a bit for years. performed very well. drawback was finding inserts for them locally. If I was splitting hairs, they seemed a little more fragile than other offerings. With fixed blades I got mainly pass throughs, With rage mechanical's both two blade and three blade they seem to use all of the KE and pass through less. I think I have taken 6 or 7 AZ species with them.

that guys name is Dan Agnew and the other is Casey Brooks. The hunt there nearly every year and kill 400+ bulls. Some of the stories I heard,if true, about these guys are incredible. I don't think a 400" bull would get them to arizona.

he picked up 52 antlers over spring break. he is a little sore.

its their story, they can tell it how they want. I once called BS on one of their stories about big bulls. The guy flips through his phone, slides it across the table to me and says this is my sons first bull 392". I have not called BS since. It could be hyperbole, but from my experience I believe he was telling the truth.

I think they started

I believe trail cams, but it may have been video of the animal. From the story they told me, they had one of their hunters on it, but he was out of shape and could not get into range. Yes 470" typical. This was after some very well timed rains during growing season.

I use to do sales calls to SC game and fish. Not to sell them anything, but to see what has been taken and seen. In 2015 they had photos of a 470" typical that they were trying to track down.

2nd vehicle(wood cutting truck) he has a cummins as well.

I would guess dozens if not hundred of miles. if he 'settles' for 15's than he is there. (2k). If he wants the jumbo's then he is at halfway.

Half way to his goal

Saw these guys last week. Some strutting, but still together

I was more than a 45 minute walk from the nearest legal road and close to a half mile from the roads that have been posted closed. In Woolhouse wildlife habitat area(no motorized vehicles). I thought I got a better picture of their faces and license plate or I would have sent this to the proper authorities with the GPS coordinates. From the tracks I have seen he has been in there before.

I know the rancher, I use to sell him the conduit (2" schedule 80) he would use for the elk crossings. This was a guy and a wife looking for antlers.

Nephew picked up a couple more today

I think I now, including this years, have had 5 tags in that time. All archery.

They are rutting, they go where the girls are.

A little like my elementary school kick ball career, I was the last person picked; for November Archery unit 1 bull (30 permits) and early august 3b south archery antelope(4 permits). I am either going to do something epic or fail miserable.

My brother had the hunt a few years ago. No real access issues. The north end, sierra montosa area, was the best area for stalking. big lake and springerville areas were hit hard by other hunters. It looked like a costume party on one particular buck, a guy in antelope suit, followed by a guy with a decoy, followed by a guy in a painters suit all went after one buck in thirty minutes.

While we wait to find out the results, I did some scouting this morning. I know the unit I am hunting, I do not know the method yet. This buck, according to Eastman's, is in stage one of horn growth. His tops are developed but he still has to put on his mass and length.

IMO, its not as much the amount of rain, its the timing. Rains from now until the monsoons, compounded with a moderated winter, would make this an epic year.

IMO, its not as much the amount of rain, its the timing. Rains from now until the monsoons, compounded with a moderated winter, would make this an epic year.

By the numbers, I am pretty sure the 3 year wait would NOT move the percentages one way or the other. The People that get 2 or 3 bull tags in a three year span are the exception not the rule. Excluding TJ of course, he is an anomaly.

I know I am in the minority on this, although not perfect, I think AZ's system is the best around. it combines dedication with luck to get its results. If you want a unit 9 early bull tag and never put in, you have a chance. If you have 25 points and you want that same tag you have more of a chance. Nothing is guaranteed, but it is weighted to the ones waiting the longest. If your are lucky you put in for what ever you want and get drawn, if you are like the rest of us you play the percentages and combine that with luck to get the occasional tag. Remember G&F and hunters are dealing with the supply and demand issues of limited supply and high demand. If thereare 50 tags and 2000 people want them, somebody is waiting and no system will change that.

Anybody know what point 80% complete is?

Kid is an animal. I am sure he walked dozens upon dozens of miles to collect. Nothing super big, he is saving up for some swaro big eyes.