Flatlander

Two licenses won’t stop you from getting drawn. As long as the license # on your app is valid that’s all that matters.

That’s a great deal.

I have to eat crow today. They were both random.

Are there any more non-resident OTC hunts left? Idaho is draw. CO is draw. Other than landowner tags I don’t think there is an OTC option. I guess maybe Rosie’s?

I just said nope because we got two charges today. 1 bonus, 1 random both charged at the same time.

Nope

Hoping we get the wife a tag this year! Wednesday can’t come soon enough.

The double entry and amount of potential error erodes my confidence in the whole system.

Yeah you got bad intel. The customer service people at AZGFD are not law enforcement or policy setters. They are cashiers. Most of them don’t have any idea what the rules are and word of mouth policy runs rampant without any fact checking. You can apply for hunts for which you will be 10 on the start date. For the OP, your son can apply twice a year for javelina. The next opportunity will be in May for youth only hunts that occur in the fall. The next opportunity to apply will be in October for hunts that occur in Jan-March. He can apply for any hunt, but the youth only hunts have a few advantages. If you are new to hunting there are many great organizations that help mentor young and new hunters. You might consider connecting with one of them at a camp. https://www.azgfd.com/hunting/hunter-education-events/

Yes, always worth applying. 80% of the tags are issued randomly to people with less than max. Five is enough to put you close to the bonus for some hunts. Here is my suggestion; pick a dream hunt for your first choice and apply because there is almost always a chance. For your second choice, pick a late hunt in a less popular unit that you are comfortable with OR look for a limited opp hunt with a higher success rate (some of those are actually pretty decent) in unit you would enjoy hunting.

Depending on what you are looking for there are some options out there.

It’s not a great hunt. Were you trying to apply for early or late 6A? I haven’t looked to see if there even is an early hunt this year. Comparing late to late, it’s probably not a drastic difference, but 6A is probably better because there are a lot less tags. 3B late is like a general hunt in other units. That being said, there are decent bulls there. I’d be hesitant to point guard.

Use the bonus point report to see how many pts it took to make the bonus pass for each hunt. How many pts do you have?

Congrats on a heck of an accomplishment.

You’re not in No Man’s land, you just don’t have the points for what you want. The kaibab is wildly unpredictable with tag numbers swinging with drought and winter conditions. You could end up chasing the late hunt for a LONG time as many dudes in the same boat as you figure out they don’t have enough for the strip and drop to the Kaibab. There are muzzleloader hunts that are just a week or so earlier than the late hunt. There is archery. December desert hunts. You could enjoy 10 days on the Bab in October. I’d say you have some great options.