Jazz Report post Posted October 25, 2022 Got 21 mule in a few days. Leaving Thursday with a new approach. Taking the ranger as far east as I can drive from Dugas, taking the pack loaded up and waking out. I need to get away from the roads this trip- found some really good areas I’m hoping will be good for me this time. it’s pretty interesting trying to pack for this- usually I have a base camp with everything I need. Now I find myself going over the gear - do I really wanna carry this for a few days? Usually the answer is no… not so much. Going lite and fast. We’ll see how it turns out. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted October 25, 2022 Good luck man! Take a bear tag if it's open. Good country back in there 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzRaised08 Report post Posted October 25, 2022 Good luck out there! Sounds like it’ll be a great hunt. Keep us posted how you do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted October 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Jazz said: Got 21 mule in a few days. Leaving Thursday with a new approach. Taking the ranger as far east as I can drive from Dugas, taking the pack loaded up and waking out. I need to get away from the roads this trip- found some really good areas I’m hoping will be good for me this time. it’s pretty interesting trying to pack for this- usually I have a base camp with everything I need. Now I find myself going over the gear - do I really wanna carry this for a few days? Usually the answer is no… not so much. Going lite and fast. We’ll see how it turns out. With those directions , you’ll be in coues deer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazz Report post Posted October 25, 2022 2 hours ago, oz31p said: With those directions , you’ll be in coues deer Tons. Found some good pockets of Mule though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuma Outdoorsman Report post Posted October 26, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 8:04 AM, Jazz said: Got 21 mule in a few days. Leaving Thursday with a new approach. Taking the ranger as far east as I can drive from Dugas, taking the pack loaded up and waking out. I need to get away from the roads this trip- found some really good areas I’m hoping will be good for me this time. it’s pretty interesting trying to pack for this- usually I have a base camp with everything I need. Now I find myself going over the gear - do I really wanna carry this for a few days? Usually the answer is no… not so much. Going lite and fast. We’ll see how it turns out. Good luck! Hope you find a giant! Post up your results! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briant_az Report post Posted October 26, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 8:04 AM, Jazz said: Got 21 mule in a few days. Leaving Thursday with a new approach. Taking the ranger as far east as I can drive from Dugas, taking the pack loaded up and waking out. I need to get away from the roads this trip- found some really good areas I’m hoping will be good for me this time. it’s pretty interesting trying to pack for this- usually I have a base camp with everything I need. Now I find myself going over the gear - do I really wanna carry this for a few days? Usually the answer is no… not so much. Going lite and fast. We’ll see how it turns out. Good luck and be safe! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazz Report post Posted November 8, 2022 So it was a fantastic hunt. Never tagged out. Hunted 6 of 7 days.. saw some nasty storms I didn’t think would be that bad. Saw Muley doe at all locations. (About 50 for the hunt) Never saw a buck or a coues. (or Bear for that matter, apparently I was camping on the troubled bear release site for a few nights and that was a heck of a conversation with a passerby) A lot of alone time. Glorious nights and views. Even had a guy at one point get off his quad and say “you look just like your picture” and handed me my drivers license and credit card. (The nicest guy in the world) I walked alot deep into the Pine Wilderness, moved to Grapevine Mesa and then New River Mesa- and deer were in abundance once you left the roads, just nothing with horns. I think I need to upgrade to some Vortex Kaibabs- some deer at 400 yards were hard to glass. Great hunt. Wish I had more time. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneaker Report post Posted December 16, 2022 Man 50 does and 0 bucks in 6 days. That is brutal! Better start apply for a different hunt next year. I thought finding a buck around Kingman was a challenge, but unit 21 sounds like the buck void of the state. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6AYoteHunter Report post Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 11:28 AM, Sneaker said: Man 50 does and 0 bucks in 6 days. That is brutal! Better start apply for a different hunt next year. I thought finding a buck around Kingman was a challenge, but unit 21 sounds like the buck void of the state. Not uncommon in 21 nowadays. Antelope population is even worse off in the unit and they stopped the hunts there. 10 years ago both species were easy in 21. Coyotes kill most of the fawns. Saw 4 coyotes in Jan bite up a calf elk. Lucky it kicked the alpha hard enough to fling it 20+ feet and the mature cow chased two of the others about a half mile. When they started going after her 8 other cows kicked the tar out of the 4th coyote. The other 30 elk just watched like a bunch of loosers. All I had was a bow or the coyotes would have lost at least a couple that day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Pintail Report post Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 11:28 AM, Sneaker said: Man 50 does and 0 bucks in 6 days. That is brutal! Better start apply for a different hunt next year. I thought finding a buck around Kingman was a challenge, but unit 21 sounds like the buck void of the state. Those numbers suck but when he says he could barely see a deer at 400 yards that seems to be a bigger issue to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
