OpticNerd

I ask myself this same question all the time. AZAV8ER what exactly do you think needs to be dialed back? Is it just the distance or is it the equipment as well?

Nice! You feel the Swaros are roughly 3-5% better than the GPO. How so exactly?

What's going to stop a guy from posting a pic of a giant buck/bull with some bogus GPS coordinates to said animal. There's no way to guarantee the animal is where it's said to be. I don't think this will work out or I'm at least hoping it won't work out.

Check this out! I'm getting one now just for this reason alone.

+1 on more pics! That thing is insane! Love to a top view pic if you guys got one. Huge congrats!

I don't have any dogs but if you shot him some what close to Sierra Vista I can help track and glass for a few hours late morning if you need it. I've been in your situation a time or two and it sucks a big one. Good luck hope you find him.

Wow! Congrats!

I'm also a sucker for big 2s but my favs are pic 2 and the 2nd to last pic buck on the right. Are these 2 deer one and the same? They look very similar. Good luck!

If your currently in the military you should really consider hunting Ft. Huachuca. Don't know if you have to be Army but it's worth looking into.

They could always treat it like the poaching hotline where the public can call in the GPS cord to any camera found violating the new law after which the G&F would issue the snitch a reward of some kind. There are more than enough T.C. haters out there to police this new law for the G&F if done this way.

Looks like I'll be using the blue envelopes next year. I bet that blue envelope stands out like a sore thumb in a pile of normal white envelopes just laying there saying "pick me pick me." Anybody else get drawn using one of these blue envelopes? I would hope that the G&F would go through all the apps received Monday before taking any apps received after Monday. Otherwise they'd need to change the name of this whole process from "first come" to something a bit more fitting. First come my big old fat harry A double S!!! :lol:

I'd rather have a great rut over great antler growth every time.

I'm interested in this as well. . Agree with Mt Man from the pics I've seen so far it looks like the bottom ends did better then the tops this year.

I'll take it if its still available.

Me too.

Sent you a PM .

No idea. I've been wondering the same thing. Planning on fishing it tonight. If I catch anything I'll let you know how big they were. I wish it was 600lbs of flatheads or even 600lbs of crappie would be nice. I've never understood why there isn't any crappie in that lake.

Saw the same thing on the AZGF website a week or two ago.

How do you tell when the meat has spoiled?

I went twice this year to the pump station area once in April and again in May and I pretty much had the same results as you. I've been going to this area for years and I've never caught as many trout there as I did this year. The craws were few and far between as well this year in that area.

What the heck? Never seen anything like that before. How much does it weigh?

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Great pics Shawn. That buck is Sweet! I'd love to see what he looks like this year that is if he's still alive.

Let me know if you need someone to break it in for ya.