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Anybody know of someone with horses for elk services in unit 1? My last two day resort is to hunt a dependable water source in the Mount Baldy Wilderness, but I'd need help with that as it's 3 miles in. Mild terrain open pastures/old forest service road. I got a card from an AJ's Big Game Retrieval but he won't quote me a price. What up with that? Route is on a known distance paved road, then 2.6 miles in. Not rocket science. Just want a price in advance. Thanks.

Not sure if it's for everyone, but my deer result has posted this morning in my portal site. Kaibab archery. So you might want to check your portal. I can finally place a map order for all my hunts.

Confirmed I drew NR Kaibab archery 2nd year in a row. Very excited had a fun hunt last year. Learned a lot! This will make a great combo with my unit 1 archery elk hunt which opens the day after the Kaibab deer hunt ends. Hoping for some good summer monsoon rains this year for sure. Likely spending the whole month of September in AZ.

Just added a Kaibab deer archery tag to my Unit 1 elk. Pretty good haul for a NR. But I already had a full plate this year. Only had my 2 permanent NR points.

I just got married last year and negotiated a totally different arrangement. She is Chinese and actually still lives there until she retires in December. There really is no hunting in China. They have no concept of it. But my wife accepted my hobby. She wanted to retain her condo there and live there 3 months/year. So I asked how Sept/Oct/Nov works for her and she loved those months as the climate is best there then. So I'll have a 3 month hunting hall pass every year. I prefer this as Im pretty serious about my hunting time, and I have 336 total points in many states so I never know when I'll draw what. I would not want to wait 24 years for a tag then be influenced by my wife in some way during the hunt. During that three month period, when I don't have a tag I will go to China to visit there. I enjoy it there very much. She does not want to big game hunt with me, but will try turkey when she arrives. In Sichuan they don't have chickens at grocery stores. You buy live ones at the street market, and keep them tied up on your patio until you are ready to cook. So this is why she is curious and wants to go with me. She wants to cook the turkey fresh immediately, no freezing. That is what she is familiar with. We have been together for four years and are both VERY happy. Certainly unconventional but works for us!

Unit 1 early archery for us. Last time we drew was 2002. My body is not what it was back then. But this was by far the most mild terrain I've ever elk hunted. Should be just the ticket, but I'll still bring a climbing tree stand to maybe sit a few water holes we found back then.

I likely drew this tag as well. Broke a three year tag drought for me. So glad to have something to look forward to this fall. My wife may accompany me for some ground blind hunts over water.

Last ditch application effort hit paydirt with likely a Kaibab archery tag. Needed it bad. Ended a three year tag drought. I read results will post Wednesday. Jeez that would leave only 30 days advance notice to archery opener.

This is the first thing I thought of when I read this proposal. I have no problem with a tag surrender policy, as long as it is available to everyone, and any surrendered tags went to the next guy in line ONLY. Allowing someone to turn it over to a so called "nonprofit" org, while retaining their points, is outrageous, and should be TOTALLY out of the question. All points should be lost. Anything less would be a way for corruption to work it's way in. Such a policy would grossly cheapen everyone else's points, and cheat those next in line.

Finally picked up my 2012 DIY New Hampshire moose from the taxidermist. He kind of looks funny with virtually no bell, but that's the way he was. I was told some bulls break them off in winter due to snow/ice? Looking forward to my first return hunting trip to AZ since 2002. Just booked flight into Vegas for my Kaibab deer hunt.

Check this out. NH still issues the old school metal check station tags. I saved mine. It's stamped 2012 NH Moose #073. I thought this was really cool. Anybody know of any other states that still issue these?

I am a nonresident who drew a deer tag for 12AW late this year. I noticed deer tag holders have the option of buying a bison tag in the unit for reductions. I know bison numbers are low there, but just want to poke around and get confirmation if it's worth looking into further. Thanks.

Will be returning to hunt Arizona for the first time in 10 years. My buddy and I just got our CC's hit for 12AW late deer tags. Now just waiting on my hit for sheep.

I live in the Chicago suburbs and our Papadeaux's is my favorite seafood place here too!

My buddy and I are one point below max for AZ deer and seriously considering burning points this year, as we have drawn only one other tag for a Sept elk hunt. Dates seem a little later than typical? Curious to get some thoughts. We are thinking of maybe 12B. Anyone been on any of the 12 late hunts lately? We are nonresidents. Thanks.

Thanks I thought about that the last few years. If I lived nearby and could put in some serious scouting, I would go that route. If I had the money to hire an outfitter I would also consider that. However, I do not. The archery success rate is not very high there. Also I prefer to hunt with my buddy who did not want to do the archery hunt. So we opted to apply for the 12AW late hunt. Should draw.

Finally cashed in my max points for a red desert tag. Drew unit 64. Good year for me to draw since I got a unit 38 archery elk hunt which overlaps for a combo.

I drew a red desert pronghorn tag in unit 64. It's 4 hours south of my elk unit 38. So I will drive down and lope hunt following my bowhunt.

We decided to just do points in Arizona this year. Reason is we found out my buddy missed a year applying in Wyoming so it knocked us out of the max point pool. Another buddy has a son playing college baseball but freshman year so he won't play as much, so he wants to draw somewhere this year. So we picked a WY archery unit that we should draw 100% with 6 2/3rds points. This strategy also should make the next couple years more predictable. Should be a lock for AZ unit 1 with 12 points next year. And then year after should be a lock to burn my 16 Oregon points. These two are important for me to plan around because neither can be returned with points reinstated should I draw conflicting hunts.. Although I am not wild about the quality drop that will occur in unit 1 by the time we draw.

Wanted to get a current opinion of this hunt given the tag increase and fire recovery. We have 11 NR points and should have maybe ~30% chance this year due to the quota increaase. I am fit and used to putting in miles, but during our last hunt there in 2002 with 150 archers there was no need to venture far. Elk were hardly pressured. Easy terrain & access. Are there even any areas to hike away far? We had 1 as our goal to return for many years, but now wondering if it's a good use of points given these 2 recent major changes. We do not want to wait for units 9 nor 23. My partner does not want to backpack into 27. The only option seems to be unit 10. HF claims it took only 10 points last year, but TH says 13.

I've read a lot of posts how much the quality has dropped off there.

Just noticed I should be able to get the one 20% pass tag for unit 9 if I want this year. Any opinions of the archery hunt there?

Welcome Umpqua, It's a great site for anything to do with AZ hunting. After studying things I may have to hold off on AZ lope this year because I have max points in WY and should have a good chance of drawing both lope & elk there. Neither state allows tags to be returned, so I hesitate to apply for lope in both.

maximus, Ya last year I got a free trial issue of Elk Hunter magazine and commented in another thread on OYOA about Denham. I did not criticize the magazine, just that I could not bring myself to open it due to the Denham name showing up as a contributor. Well the editor or someone got all pissed off about it and sent me PM's, but what am I supposed to say? I think you will find several of the AZSFW names popping up as associated with anti-SFW orgs, but they coexist due to business. Still have not opened my trial issue. Not speaking negatively about it. Just the way I feel.

That sounds very good. The only bad thing I see is Arizona's quality tags are still a sitting dunk to attract other unscrupulous groups. I hope what happened to HB2072 sends a message that it won't be so easy. They sure wormed their way into Utah long term.