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A few years back i was with my buddy derick and we were hunting the august archery deer hunt. Glassed all morning only to see some does . Returned back to same spot that evening and glassed up two bucks working down the side of a hill into a creek bottom. Only had maybe about thirty minutes of light left so we knew we had to hall balls. We watched the bucks for just a few more minutes and i knew were they were headed. Put my backpack on with my bladder for a litle hydration cuz i knew i was going to be tired and thirsty. Got 3/4 of the way there an we busted threw a heard of javalina and i thought i had blew the stock because the pigs were right where i thought the bucks would be. Decided to go right to the edge of creek were there was an elevated spot and looked around for the bucks. after about five minutes Cought movement just below me and it was the spike at 45 yards right in open below me and just behind him at 55 yards was a big 3x3 coues. The spike had saw me but didnt no what i was and alerted the big boy in the back decided i was goin to try an shoot the spike so i drew my bow back put my fourty yard pin a little hi and my arrow went knowhere near the deer. Turns out my hose from bladder got in way of string and cause me to miss . Just my luck had it going for me even got to take a shot from a spot and stalk coues and i blew it oh well i am sure i will have many more of those

I hunted the otc hunt last year and the turkey were still gobbling but couldnt seal the deal with a bow. The toms still had some hens as well they were working so there is def some action to get into during the late hunt

Good luck tomgobbler with your clients.let me know how the are acting the first weekend of the hunt. Hopefully they are in full swing by then an they are just running in. Was it pretty dry up there? I hope not. Wish i could get up there but got work and i am down in gilbert,az so that trip for just some scouting just wont cut it for me. But got five days off to figure it out

So i have never hunted bear before and and ihjave read the rules and regs about it but correct me i i am wrong so if i call on a wednesday and they say that a unit is still open and i go to an area that same day and am out of cell phone range and stay there thru weekend to hunt bear the unit is open tell the following wednesday? Just curious not sure if i am planning on hunting bear just a question i felt like asking

I agree with most on the early hunts u will see lots of bucks together and have your pick at one. I like to try and draw the first hunt if possible because they havnt had high hunter pressure except from the junior hunts. It make for a fun hunt and will see lots of deer. Any hunts after the deer seem to wise up and not as many to be seen except for does. I always seem to see big numbers of deer in early hunts and when it comes to later hunt the deer change up there routine.

I have tried a few different attractants with no effect. Always wanted to give the cmeer deer attractant powder a try but didnt want to pay the price for such a small amount of attractant. Finally broke down and bought some and it actually worked out really well got some good pics of deer feeding on it. Still i havnt bought some sense but it did work. Got a few natural salt licks that i Watch And dont got to pay money to get them to stop which is nice

Was wondering if there is any way to get into4a/4b from the 260?have a place in heber and want to do some scouting before the turkey season hunt. main roads are usually closed. I think u can from the north end but not sure and i dont really want to have to drive to north side with the gas prices so high

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Does anybody know if there Is any way to get back to chevlon canyon or lake to do some scouting before april? I know they have the main roads close right now but was wondering if u can get back there at all?

Hey was just wondering how many points you guys have for goulds turkey or how many did it take before u got drawn for a az unit? I got five i hope it only takes a few more years

So after a long five days of waiting i am heading out with my wife and buddy derick and shawn to go do some pig and deer hunting. Got some deer hitting up a few scrapes in area. First thing though i will be checking cameras and trying to get my wife a pig.. She shot her first deer last august with bow ad now she is ready to wack a pig with her bow so that will be my main focus. After that deer here i come better watch out lol. This is a short trip but i will be out every chance i get to shoot me a rutting buck sittin a scrape or spot and stalk whatever it takes. Good luck to everyone hunting this weeken be safe

Congrats on first bow kill. What a good feeling it is cant wait to see pics

Has anyone been out these past few days of january in unit 33 got a pig tag for that unit and was just wondering what the bucks were doing as well

When have u guys had the best luck hunting rub and scrape lines. During december or january. Have an area were i always see some scrapes and rubs but never hunted a scrape or rub line always spot and stock or sit on water.

Would love to shoot some coyotes at night when they are out and about hopefully it happens soon

When is the best time of year to sit rub lines early december archery or during january archery

I have read on herr from previous posts that it does work but i have not had any success with it as well

Put down another buck but this time with my rifle and not my bow. Missed the season opener due to work and had to wait for my buddies to get off. We got into camp friday evening and set everything up and cracked open a beer and enjoyed some talk around the fire. After we had a few and the fire was going out we decided to call it a night. Little did we know it was going to be a long night. Woke up to the wind blowing like crazy and there was a few inches of snow on the tent which made it colapse on to me. Had to get up and shake the tent off and man was it cold with that wind blowing. It continued to snow and was very windy all night. Woke up to the wind still blowing in the morning and very cold so we decided to stay at camp a little longer. At around 0630 the wind died down and we decided to head out. After our long quad ride to are area thru some snow we finally are to our spot were we need to hike in. We hiked in to our glassing spot and the fun began. Right away we started seeing deer which stood out due to all the snow on the ground. About twenty minutes later my cousin spots a good buck and I decided to put a stock on him. hour later and a good hike to him i found him at 250yards and I decide to take the shot . Bam deer down double lung and he gave me one bIg kick and rolled down the hill. Then the fun began took us the rest of the day to gut and cape him and get it ready to pack out. Have to thank my cousin Shawn for spotting deer and my buddy Crosby for all his help getting the deer out

Going to be cold and raining for me for at least Friday. What a huge difference from the first hunt. Was Helping a few buddies and it was really hot and not pleasant its going to be a nice change of weather though. Will make it nice to sit around camp fire at night

What's up with the increase of tags in unit thirty three and other units. Was in there last year for the opening of the first rifle hunt and it was a mad house camps and trucks everywhere. And its only going to be worse this year hope they don't keep increasing. Is it a money thing or thru there field servers they have seen an increase in deer? Just wondering how and why they increase deer tags?

Well if the funds do not come let me know if u want to trade or I am in the process of trying to sell it so maybe I will sell soon cuz I would love your spotting scope

I will trade you a 2002 Honda 400ex for your spoting scope it is worth about the same.just thought I would give it a shot it is in great shape

I am always there helping my cousin or friends hunt during the opener .it is a great unit with good deer and I feel I have a good chance in taking out a decent deer and It is we're I spend most of my time during archery season. A lot less hunters . Just seven hundred tags is getting up there in my eyes and ya if u increase the tags the success rate will give you a lower percentage with mOre people in the field but there is still more deer taken out of the unit it just looks lower on paper.

Ya I guess I need to work on shooting at some moving targets lol. I think maybe they should give a antler restriction a try and see what happen I bet they would do alot better and blow up in population because there is no doe hunts

And I feel if you have a deer management like that for one will be more bucks and a better hunt over time with better deer management. With more opportunities over time for bigger bucks and more deer.