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My wife, daughter and I have been pretty bummed out lately because we not drawn for anything, deer or elk, for two years in a row. My wife has gone 4 years without a tag! Hunting for us is a BIG deal. The only time we go to Disneyland is when we don’t draw hunting tags. My kids, 3 and 9 years old, would rather go hunting! No joke. I feel blessed that my family loves to do exactly as I do, hunt! Ever since the last draw results came out I have heard my wife say some pretty scary things…..like “I don’t even like to hunt anymore anyways!” I wanted to die when I heard her say that. I guess four years without a tag can make you crazy…… SO he I am trying to keep the family hunting flame alive but no dang tags. She even wants to sell our beloved travel trailer. This is scary to me because this is the same woman who refuses to come back home when the hunt is over! This morning I took my kids down to the AZGFD offices to try and pick up a left over WT and/or Javi tag and the line was long to say the least. The very nice WM said the wait was about an hour. The look on my daughters face when I said we had to wait was so sad; it looked like some had just killed her puppy. We got up to the line and there were only 15 30A WT tags left…that’s it! My daughter asked for our unit javi hunt number and the receptionist said “yes, there are still a few left”. My daughter started jumping up and down, hooting and hollering…..for just a few seconds. The receptionist said “wait, I am sorry….they are all out. My daughter looked like someone had killed two of her puppies in just over an hour. If I was frustrated before you can only imagine now. The receptionist gave me list of what was left and I just picked 5511 because they were available. They printed the tag out and she got the last tag for that hunt. She was so EXCITED! She called her Grandpa, Nana, Tata, Etc…. I was happy too, for so many reasons. But most importantly the flame is still alive. We now have something to look forward to! Only problem is I have NEVER set foot in 37A or 37B. I would greatly appreciate for someone to head me in the right direction so my hunting partner can get her first big game animal! We can find the game if just pointed in the right direction. If you look in my past posts you can see us back in February with our Javi. If so inclined feel free to PM or email. Sorry for the long read…I needed to vent a bit..