Adicted Report post Posted November 18, 2021 Anyone have it? How it go without giving up spots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuma Outdoorsman Report post Posted November 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Adicted said: Anyone have it? How it go without giving up spots. I know a guy that hunted 42. He said he didn't realize he had bumped his scope and missed a nice buck opening weekend. He went to the range after work during the week and he was shooting 3ft high at 100 yards so he go dialed back in. He was able to hunt the next weekend but never saw another buck. He had a hard time finding deer moving and so did some of his friends. Overall in Arizona, I do not think the mule deer success rate was very good. We have a processor in Yuma that is usually overrun with deer after the first weekend and I took my buck to them last Saturday (2nd weekend of the hunt) and they were going to skin it within the hour. Usually we have to stack our deer in a freezer on top of other deer but they said the deer harvest was down drastically. Part of that is because the alfalfa deer didn't leave the desert this year because it was green. Gotta love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
creed Report post Posted November 19, 2021 I didn't have a tag but had several family members I helped that did. They all had opportunity but only took one 4x4. Overall it was as tough a desert hunt as I have seen in several years. Going out with a youth hunter tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, creed said: I didn't have a tag but had several family members I helped that did. They all had opportunity but only took one 4x4. Overall it was as tough a desert hunt as I have seen in several years. Going out with a youth hunter tomorrow. Is 42 junior open this weekend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original born to hunt Report post Posted November 19, 2021 I was able to take one in 42 opening morning I only had 3 days to hunt so I ended up filling my freezer with a little guy. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original born to hunt Report post Posted November 19, 2021 My son and daughter have the tag that starts this morning but we won't be able to make it out till this afternoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuma Outdoorsman Report post Posted November 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Original born to hunt said: I was able to take one in 42 opening morning I only had 3 days to hunt so I ended up filling my freezer with a little guy. Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
206 Report post Posted November 20, 2021 Definitely tough year for desert mules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob D Report post Posted November 23, 2021 Out in 42 trying to fill my daughter’s youth tag. It’s been brutal. Plenty of does and fawns. Just can’t locate the bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original born to hunt Report post Posted November 23, 2021 My son took a long shot at 1 on Sunday other than that he's past on some smaller deer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob D Report post Posted November 23, 2021 “Original born to hunt”. Nice buck. First time in the unit for me. Scouted around a couple weeks ago. I’m up in the triangle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
