brian390 Report post Posted August 25, 2015 So far I've seen on here three great opening weekend archery stories under the mule deer section. I'll tell you a little bit about my hunt this weekend. I had a group of bucks scouted out and I hunted them all weekend but had no luck. Two in the group were pretty decent bucks and I was hunting in unit 7 east. My brother passed on a 40 yard shot at a two point and a 20 yard shot at a spike over the weekend and they weren't in the group that we were hunting. On opening day my brother ran into the group of bigger bucks in a draw while they were looking for somewhere to bed. He got a 40 yard shot but the buck took a step while he was shooting and he missed him. On Sunday I ran into the same group of bucks right next to the same draw as my brother did. The group hadn't seen me when I saw them. Instead of feeding my direction they fed to my left, and went in the draw. I didn't see them again after they went into the draw. Other than that quite a few hunters out there hunting and campers. Good luck to all of you the rest of the season. If any of you got some stories or more success photos of opening weekend I'm sure that everyone would like to see and hear them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted August 25, 2015 All we saw was elk, antelope, turkeys, and a sh#$ can full of people in priasis oh and 1 doe. Hunt during the week here on out 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted August 25, 2015 I think too many people in AZ. anymore for open archery tags. Ruins it for guys antelope hunting ,and elk scouters. You wait along time to get those tags and to have a archer who is gonna shoot a spike or forkhorn would suck. Needs to be a limit or only tags where no other hunts are going on. Just an opinion, I know archers won't like it, but to dang many people in Az. any more.................BOB! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian390 Report post Posted August 25, 2015 It was a zoo out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
218buck Report post Posted August 25, 2015 Definitely more people out than I can ever remember people every where in 6a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bnnes Report post Posted August 25, 2015 A couple buck I saw during my hunt but ouldn't get close enough to take a shot. Had a small fork at 30 yards but the thick brush didn't allow me to take a shot :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
111 Report post Posted August 25, 2015 More people out there then I can remember in 15 years of archery deer hunting. Even with all the people I had a great time and saw a few nice bucks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted August 25, 2015 I don't know this guy but it's a nice buck https://instagram.com/p/6zqJktq6eS/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian390 Report post Posted August 26, 2015 Bnnes, thanks for posting some great pictures. It almost looks like you're hunting in the southern half of the state. Keep at it and good luck on your hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted August 26, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/620vGYtNjO/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
