Chap2015 Report post Posted August 2, 2012 im a junior and drew the first hunt for unit 23 any antelered deer. previous years i have drawn unit 33 taking to nice bucks. Thought i would try for some mule deer with the option of coues. Congrats to all who drew tags. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azman Report post Posted August 3, 2012 My dad and my sister-in-law drew their second choice tags this year even with a number of their first choice tages left over. So we call game and fish and got the run around. First they said that they were put into the bonus pool and that is why they drew their second choice. One problem with that is that neither of them have any bonus points to even be put into a bonus pool. Second, if they were in the bonus pool why did they not get their first choice tag? We also asked why we could not turn in the tag they have and get one of the leftover tags that was their first choice. We did not get an answer and they have not returned our phone call. I know this has happend to other people and they were givern the same answer, sorry to bad next time put your first choice hunt number down twice. That is BS. Here is a question for all of you. If this happened to us and other people that I know how many times does it happen? How many of you drew your second choice tag when perhaps you should have got your first choice tag? You will never know unless there are leftover tags that was your first choice. The Mame and Squeeze knows that this happens and do nothing about it. It seems that they continue to mess up the draws year after year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted August 3, 2012 AZMAN, what were their first and second choices? Did they have any BP from hunter ed or 5-year loyalty? Absolutely zero BP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcdinaz Report post Posted August 3, 2012 Unit 34A, leftover! Anyone else down by Patagonia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azman Report post Posted August 3, 2012 I believe their first choice was for the early oct. hunt in 34a and their second choice was the late hunt in 34a. It really does not matter what their first and second choice hunts were. The point is that they did not get drawn for their first choice and there were left over tags. I know for a fact that my dad did not have any BPs as he has not put in for a couple of years. My sister-in-law may have 1 BP. She should not have been put into the bonus pool with just 1 point. Lets say you have enough points to be in the bonus pool why would you not get drawn for your first choice if there are left over tags. Does not make any sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azphil Report post Posted August 4, 2012 Drew 5th choice 24A - Oct 26. Never been there. Any suggestions on where to start? I have same hunt. I have never seen any deer there though. We're going to start with an archery hunt in Aug to get familiar with the area Anywhere from Globe to 7mile wash is good. So is the Pinals. Haven't hunted there in a few years but use to do real well in those places. Hope it helps Thanks. I appreciate the info. We're looking to take our first coues -we got a late start in life hunting the grey ghosts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
