Sneaker

Animals notice them many times when they are first put out, even if you brush them in, so from a game standpoint, it is good to leave them out at least a few days before you plan to hunt it. Get chairs that are comfy, easy to move in, and quiet ideally.

It sounds like this thread is talking about what the regs call "Nonpermit-tag required" hunts. Theres OTC hunts are very different from the actual "Limited Opportunity" hunts that are all draw hunts that can be very good hunting if you find where the elk are hanging that year.

I suspect its over, except for very very few problems tags getting passed on due to bad credit cards. Let the mourning begin.

Who has verification of the time their hit occurred after 8:30? Hoping they are still doing batches.

Congrats again Blake. Have you or will you have him aged? Would be curious to know the age of basically what has to be the MAX size deer in the area. 5, 7, 9 years old? Would be awesome to know.

Just looked up the online payment cutoff date(March 16th). Does anyone know the purpose of having over a month between the draw application cutoff (Feb 14th) and the update online payments date? Is it required based on some statute or process they have to perform?

You got some special treatment! I think the year that my wife drew but had a credit card issue, when they called us to get a good card, they lady did tell us what hunt it was.

You have to have proof that you have taken an approved course. I called about it last year, I brought a copy of my AZ course completion certificate into the sticks with me.

Is there an Arizona salt company I can hurry up and buy stock in?

Yeah what if you want to sit a random water one night, and somebody you don't know left a camera on it 8 months ago and is never coming back for it? You OK as long as none of them are yours haha?

I use trailcams, and love using them. Its alot of fun for me and the kids to see what wildlife is around locally, and it assists in scouting and no doubt increases odds of success to some degree, depending on the hunt and area this can really increase odds of success a large amount. The only big problems I see are the very very popular water sources for certain elk and mule deer areas that we all are familiar with and hear about that have many trailcams on them. This begins to affect the animals natural behavior, people checking cams every day all day, and because there is so much traffic at the water source, they begin to change their habits, people start fighting over who can sit the water etc. I don't have a solution for it, but it seems like a huge over-reaction if they were to say no trailcam on water in the whole state. If they do consider or pass a rule, it would be interesting to see if they say only during hunting season that you cannot, or if it is any time ever.

Looks like helicopters is the method of choice to kill off the hogs in the refuge:

I've been wanting to get up there for it but never have. Maybe next year.

Yeah I could not help but wonder why they can see and react to Pig problems so simply but have a different reaction to the Burro problems just up the hill... Burros are more cuddly I suppose, and have some federal protections of some sort.

To answer the original question, it looks like either it was not a normal McKenzie form, or it was altered, as the head is tipped upward more than normal, almost like the bull is looking up the hill type of thing. That makes sense for that room since the mount is so low on the wall. Normal semi-sneaks have the head angled down slightly with eyes pretty straight... my unprofessional opinion!

Federal ownership has always been upheld in the supreme court, which is our designated constitution interpreter, whether you like it or not. Administering federal lands is one of the better things the federal government does. They aren't perfect at it(insert Burros issue on BLM in western Arizona...) but overall historically they have done very well for us sportsmen with that important stewardship.

Bob, this is what you get when the minimum wage gets too high = price increases, sales decrease, business suffers, layoffs follow and/more automation. http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/29/thanks-to-fight-for-15-minimum-wage-mcdonalds-unveils-job-replacing-self-service-kiosks-nationwide/#67631d99762e

I was so shocked that it passed, and have instantly suffered as a business owner. Many of my subcontractors have had to increase prices, eventually forcing me to do the same last week. It has been painful. Just think about it, the WORST, do-10%-of-the-work-of-a-good-worker, least motivated employees in the state are being paid $10/hour! Giving them an instant 24% raise? 50% over three years? Who comes up with this? Of course that effects tons of other hourly guys up the chain. And it keeps going for YEARS.

Well I wasn't sure I would be able to do even a full day's hunt in January, but yesterday afternoon decided I would try anyway and grabbed a tag while getting groceries. At about 3 I told the wife a couple of the kids and I were going to take a little drive to look for deer. When she got the text of my buck a couple hours later, she said she didn't realize I was even hunting haha. I left the kids watching a movie in the truck while I walked to a glassing spot. I ended up spotting some deer, hurrying over there, one thing led to another and this guy popped up between a couple groups of does and only 25 yards away from me! He cleared a tree, I grunted and sent the projectile. I grabbed a few pictures and left my stuff and sprinted back a mile to the truck to find the kids still watching their video in peace. The three year olds first words when seeing me were "did you shoot a deer dad?" Taxi said that based on the game and fish teeth chart, he is probably 9-11 year old!

Thanks guys. They really wanted to go see him, but it would be dark soon and was too far for them to walk anyway, so I took them back home first.

It seems extremely unlikely that no residents drew a unit 9 archery bull tag with 10, 11, or 12 bonus points last year in the random passes. Anyone have a good explanation for this? I assume maybe most of these point pool were non-resident, but even then...

Wow, awesome buck. Right place and time luck always helps, but you still had to be out there hunting, find him, get close enough, and make the shot= you earned it!

Sweet. Kids are the best!

how long till fish and game votes against paper applications? I think you are on to something here... many other states don't allow it... only a matter of time.

What they are really saying is that we no longer want to call for rejected cards, so if your card is rejected you will lose the tag automatically. My wife got a call-back tag a few years ago around the Target ccard fiasco time. It was a nice service while it lasted.