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Yes very frustrating and yes I do go to areas were there are lots of hunters and I do try and get away but what's frustrating is u scout out an area before a hunt and u think u are getting away from everyone but come the hunt it is very hard to get away from a hunter when the hunt starts. If I had horses or mules would be a different story but when it come to hiking on your own someone else can hoof it just as far as you can and no matter how far you go u have to start from a road and it will always lead you to someone and with 700 hundred tags plus the people helping hunt you are bound to run into someone, just wish they would let the deer population grow and maybe ev en give the deer a chance by making an antler rule like they have to be a two point or bigger what do you guys think about that

So was wondering if anybody seems to see the same thing I do.I got drawn for the early november hunt and I am kinda bummed. Seems like all the deer either get shot at or pushed around by the time this hunt starts and the deer are hard to find. I know they are there but seems like they start to key on the hunters in the area and the pressure and start changing things up. I want to start scouting but the last time I did this I saw hunters all over during october hunt shooting deer and come noverber the deer are hard to find. Just wondering what anyone else has seen or what they think.

Thanks oneshot I will def be puting my time in. Got seven days to get it don't. Not to worried about getting a shot and a buck just the quality of deer is what I am after already got a freezer with some meat in it from my girlfriends deer that she shot with her bow this past august so I am looking to shoot something nice but those bucks are smart and isee them all the time then come the first few rifle hunts and the big ones seem to disappear. Got a great spot wear there wont be as many hunters but it seems like u just can't get away from them with 700 tags are offered for one hunt plus two other hunts with over 700 tags offered

This is my fiancèe's first Coues deer with a bow. Shot at 6am. Sat for a total of thirty minutes and this young fella came strolling in and she couldn't pass it up. I hope to share many more of these memories for years to come. Congrats to my girl. And a pic is comming can't figure out why its not letting me right now. I have posted before but it doesn't to want to let me

Thanks Mal and jake and Randi says hi as well and thank you.

So we were sitting water and she had a twenty three yard shot and nailed him. All the practice paid off.

Ok I think I got the pic up lol so here it is

Holy cow I want to live were u do by any chance is there a home for sale in your neighborhood and a hospital near by? If so I am there would love to be watching tv with my door open and wing an arrow thru a deer lol.

And I can remember just a little while ago they took a lion out of the kofa mountains because why???? They new they lion was eating the sheep and by the end of the year there would be no sheep left do to small herd of like fourty sheep or so. And no wasn't with the guide on all his hunts so u are right just a bs session . And by your name and posts u must be a guide with dogs so I don't no why u are coming at me I could be bringing you business. Or u might feel I am taking it away? I don't no but u got to know there are a lot of lions out there. And reading books? Why who reads a book? I get my info from the internet and forums like this

Sorry azlongears ya they do eat everything else. But u can't tell me they don't hurt the deer population. Especially Coues deer! And I wouldnt say they are a very large animal.

Art a lion can take out a deer a week so that's fifty two deer a year from just one lion. And u must not spend to much time in the wild cuz there are lions all over the place. seen my share and get pics of them all the time. I know a guide that takes out clients to only a few units and in one year he guided forty successful hunters. And that's from one guide and one unit. I hunt the same unit he guided that in and I still see and get pics of lions every year. So do the math on what fourth lions would do to a deer herd. I have watch a few places and seen the deer population drop by huge numbers and only from one lion. Just this week I found three lion kills. So yes that lion does got to go. It will take out a lot of deer if it doesn't go. And for Coues deer they get eatin up like candy.

Sweet video but man if u are looking to hunt deer in that area with three cats in it u better try and take one out cuz one cat will take out a deer a week and with three cats that's three deer a week and plus and lion is a really nice trophy

So I was just wondering if there is a limit on how early u can set up a ground blind. Went to one of my spot in santa catalinas and there was a ground blind already set up in one of my spots and I went there the morning it opened up so it had to be already set up in may because it closed in june due to fire danger so that would be over three months in advanced to archery deer. And its not like u can hunt bear in that area or anything else that is in season at that time. Just wondering cuz if that is the case I might never get to hunt that spot again if u can place them up that early. Don't got the money to replace blinds if they get stolen or weather beaten. Thought there was a rule on something like that.

All the deer I have got pics of have been around the same growth but it was the same as last year and the growth seems to explode around first of august and the buck I shot last year still had very rounded tips and was not finished growing.

Was thinking of just maybe taking it down and keep it right next to my blind or on top of blind so they can see I took it down nice and didn't mess with it if by some chance they come back for it? What u guys think

Thanks for the info guys and I actually just got back and again the blind was in same condition so I am pretty sure as well that the blind was just left there because no has been there for over a month now so I think it is a safe bet to think they forgot it. I have one more question. Were the person has set the blind up is right were I had cleared an area and is the only spot were u can set up a ground blind to cover all the area. I don't want to sit in his blind cuz its a piece of crap and it is very small and has holes in it now from the weather. I want to set my double bull blind up. What should I do? I don't want to cause any problems by taking his down and setting mine up. And I def do not want him to mess with my blind. Cost to much money.

Derrick what up glad u joined and I did have a blast . And ya it does suck to see three lions in your hunting grounds wish I could get them out of there without having to use dogs and pay someone. Maybe we can get lucky and see the in the early morning hours and take one out

I would have to agree on a few things but not all.one they do water more frequently. And I have seen mule deer get all the water they need from barrel cactus. And they do travel a lot farther the the whitetail. But as for which deer is smarter and which deer uses there senses better I would have to give it to coues deer. And baiting with corn for coues in my opinion does not work that well. Maybe for other species of whitetail but not coues.I have actually used corn and molasses mix and it has work very well for mule deer. Yes they do move alot but not all the time. I have taken pictures of same mule deer that came in everynight for the week and a half on camera I had up on the feed. Coues to me seem to key more on mineral licks than anything. But as for carp deer never heard of them. Mule deer and coues are both equally difficult to hunt but i would still have to give it to Coues deer because they get eaten by Everything and mountains lions eat them like candy and that makes them very sketchy deer that are hard to hunt.

So I went up again yesterday and still the blind is there but in the same condition as it was before. Still collapsed in on itself and not upright so I decided to leave a note asking if he could contact me so we can work it out so that when he is hunting it I am not so we both could possibly have a successful hunt without either of us interrupting each other. Hopefully he calls but if I go there a few days before and blind is still in same condition and the note is still there and no call then I am def going to be sitting there opening day

It really does suck though out of the past three years first sign of a person I have seen back there def put a damper on my august hunt. Had tons of pics of deer in area and was hoping to maybe put down a 100 inched that I have seen in area. Oh well maybe next year if I don't get to sit there

Ya the blind is definitely sun faded and has holes in it but there has been strong winds up there so I think the holes are from recent storms. And it wasn't even standing correctly it was collapsed in on itsself. No cameras up in the area either. I was thinking someone put this cheap blind just to claim the spot and maybe is going to put something up at a later date. I don't want any problems with anyone. But u guys say it is first come first serve to the spot not who put up blind first?I hope they feel the same. I might just keep my eye on it and hunt it later in the season just to avoid conflict that is if someone is going to be sitting on it. If I go back and the blind is put back up and not collapsed in on itself I will assume someone will be sitting there

Hey bonecollector do u happen to know how long it has to sit there before being considered abandoned? The looks like it has been sitting there a while maybe sense january cuz the wind knocked it down and it had someholes in it and is sun faded but it wasn't the best of blinds it was one of those pop up blinds that fold together like a sunshade for a car. Just wondering cuz I would love to sit there this august but can't at the moment. Guess I will wait tell later season to hunt it hopefully it isn't there by then

In safford for a softball tourney and am looking at the north side of mt graham and lighting started a fire watched it spread pretty quick. Called It in and it had already been reported hope the get it contained soon cuz its heading up hill

We took 4th was plain on wtf team. Glad the fire didn't explode and get out of hand.

This was my buddies and his dads 2010 rifle clues deer. One on the left scored103.thought I would post the pic to get everyone excited for the 2011 draw and hunt. Good luck to everyone who gets drawn.