UNIT 30b whiteys....????

[azcamohead]

Can anyone tell me anything AT ALL??? about unit 30b. Im new to this site, i have been hunting coues for about 20 years now AND NEVER EVEN NEW THIS AWESOME SITE EXISTED....Have a unit 30b NOV WT hunt(THATS IT NOTHING ELSE), and i dont know all that much about the unit...I am going to be spending every secon i have down there scouting..but would love and appriciate......EVERY tiny bit of help i might be able to get! Thanks again for having SUCH AN AWESOME SITE!!! hope to hear from ya all.

[BRYCE CANYON]

You have a terrible tag. If I were you I would stay home. The southern end of the unit is all locked up and lions have killed all of the deer in the Dragoons. Your best chance to find a deer is in the river bottom near St. David.

[wklman]

now don't candy coat it too much.flagstaff.

[azcamohead]

thats all i have been hearing? are there really dear in the river bottom by st. david??? it was a 4th choice!

[BRYCE CANYON]

Give Jade Goodman a call. He grew up in St. David and will confirm the Whitetail sightings down in the river.

[peloncillo]

I've hunted down there a lot in the past. There are some good bucks in there but require hiking. I like the Mule mountains. You can get into some canyons off of high lonesome road. Sandy Bob on the west side used to hold some coues also. The biggest bodied coues I ever seen was on the san pedro. Also some coues in the hills coming out of Bisbee towards Douglas on the south side of hwy 80 after the warren road cut off. Get out there and scout and 30B can be a good unit.

 

Keven

[drgonzales]

I would take peloncillo's advice.

 

I have hunted 30B quite a few times and have had some luck in those areas. Pretty sparse though! That is some pretty nasty country to try to pack out a deer in. Mules would be best. There is a trail that goes up that huge rocky hillside on the north side of the road that comes out near Winwood. Rough, Rough, Rough country. Have seen quite a few small bucks in there.

[BRYCE CANYON]

Thanks guys. Next time a newbie e-scouter wants to know about your favorite unit I'll be sure to give them all your favorite spots!

[drgonzales]

You telling me that 30B is your favorite Unit and those were your favorite spots

 

I was talking to you Flagstaff. That unit bites

[BRYCE CANYON]

Skinner

[drgonzales]

What!!

[azcamohead]

yea i hope this isnt anyones favt. unit! and i aint by any means escouting! just merely getting some advise! Thanks tho to ya all who have put down on the table so far!!!

[hunt4horns]

Skinner I have a hunter for 31 muleys, you keeping and eye out for me bro? Lte's get together with switchback and chase em with the sticks this year. Later Compa...........

[Snapshot]

Can anyone tell me anything AT ALL??? about unit 30b. Im new to this site, i have been hunting coues for about 20 years now AND NEVER EVEN NEW THIS AWESOME SITE EXISTED....Have a unit 30b NOV WT hunt(THATS IT NOTHING ELSE), and i dont know all that much about the unit...I am going to be spending every secon i have down there scouting..but would love and appriciate......EVERY tiny bit of help i might be able to get! Thanks again for having SUCH AN AWESOME SITE!!! hope to hear from ya all.

What hunt did you draw. I drew the Nov 10-19 whitetail hunt 5th choice. I have taken a mule deer in 30 b the last 2 years, 3 -4 choice I know the Dragoon area very well but not the mule mountains.

[kphunter]

I had a leftover tag in 30B a few years ago, and the unit was in very bad shape. I believe the numbers are starting to rebound a bit, but it will still be a tough hunt because of access issues.

 

From the feedback I received during my hunt, if you can make it into the Mule Mountains you'll have the best shot at taking a deer. There aren't as many access issues in the Dragoons since much of the mountain range is national forest, but the roads are rough and you'll have to do quite a bit of hiking to get to decent areas. Plus, the deer densities aren't that great because of drought and predation.

 

Good Luck!

 

KP