AZ 5a Late Bull Hunt Struggles

[Nickp3d]

Has anybody hunted the 5a Late Rifle bull hunt? Scouted it last year but did not turn up anything good up north. Was thinking about hunting/ camping in the 4a side and glassing the canyons into 5b. I did not get the permit to hunt the Hopi Land but have heard mixed reviews, not sure if I should start looking over there or not? Not used to hunting such thick country down south but willing to give it a try. Any help would be appreciated. Heres a few of the glassing spots I found.

[wish2hunt]

That’s what I would do

[HyNoon]

5a or b ? 

[Nickp3d]

2 minutes ago, HyNoon said:

5a or b ? 

Edited. 5a

[Markleo21377]

On 9/1/2024 at 3:39 PM, Nickp3d said:

Has anybody hunted the 5a Late Rifle bull hunt? Scouted it last year but did not turn up anything good up north. Was thinking about hunting/ camping in the 4a side and glassing the canyons into 5b. I did not get the permit to hunt the Hopi Land but have heard mixed reviews, not sure if I should start looking over there or not? Not used to hunting such thick country down south but willing to give it a try. Any help would be appreciated. Heres a few of the glassing spots I found.

Hey Nick,

I have a cabin in 5a and know it really well. I will be up there most of November hunting late archery bulls and helping on a bunch of hunts including late rifle 5a and 5bs. 5a is loaded with bulls and you’ll be just fine. Shoot me a PM and I will offer a bit of advise I think will pay dividends. 
Mark

[bigbuckfever]

That's a pretty solid offer right there.  Newbie strikes gold!

[Nickp3d]

13 hours ago, Markleo21377 said:

Hey Nick,

I have a cabin in 5a and know it really well. I will be up there most of November hunting late archery bulls and helping on a bunch of hunts including late rifle 5a and 5bs. 5a is loaded with bulls and you’ll be just fine. Shoot me a PM and I will offer a bit of advise I think will pay dividends. 
Mark

Message Sent!

[bonecollector]

I have the early archery hunt up there next week. Cant wait, hopefully its a good rut this yr.

[Nickp3d]

1 hour ago, bonecollector said:

I have the early archery hunt up there next week. Cant wait, hopefully its a good rut this yr.

Good Luck! I was up in unit 10 all last week and didnt hear any bugles yet. Hopefully it cools down and that gets them fired up

[Markleo21377]

1 hour ago, bonecollector said:

I have the early archery hunt up there next week. Cant wait, hopefully its a good rut this yr.

This solid 5a bull was pretty fired up this weekend! Good luck! The bulls look incredible this year up there 👊

 

 

[Lucafu1]

My daughter and wife have a 5b late rifle tag. I hope to try and get out there before the hunt. Had my cabin get cancelled at Mormon lake last month. It seems they were taken over by a company and closing for the winter season. It really screwed up my plans.

[idgaf]

2 hours ago, bonecollector said:

I have the early archery hunt up there next week. Cant wait, hopefully its a good rut this yr.

They are bugling in 3b and unit 1

[Smglucky480]

3 hours ago, Markleo21377 said:

This solid 5a bull was pretty fired up this weekend! Good luck! The bulls look incredible this year up there 👊

 

 

Seeing this is getting me very excited for my archery tag in a couple of weeks. 

[Curtis Reed]

4 hours ago, idgaf said:

They are bugling in 3b and unit 1

and 5bs

[idgaf]

2 minutes ago, Curtis Reed said:

and 5bs

Not my realm.  I'm just saying the elk are starting their September thing.