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Doug, you did it! Great tag, guess this means I may be packing a bull out of Sycamore, I told you I would.

Don't forget Dogtown and bottom of BW mt, some nice bulls there.

Congrats buddy.

Kent

Sycamore is good country for a stress test....

I had a feeling and still do that those mid october hunts are going to produce some great bulls. I hope you get a monster!

With 9 points, I was tempted to try for a 5A Oct tag, but backed out when I remembered my wife's bday is the 22nd.

Good luck Doug!

Kent I'd like to hear more about those raghorn or cow tags.

0 for 13...maybe next year!!

Nada

Kent,
I suspect that those bulls will still be cavorting with the cows up top rather than hiding deep down in the canyon since some rut should still be occurring. After the early October turkey season, there will be 2 weeks without hunts for the elk to calm down. Should be a fun summer and start the serious scouting once the rut starts in late September to actually find the herds and bulls. Some of those bulls in U9 move 10-20 miles from summer grounds to their rutting grounds once the rut nears.

Kique,
You could have treated your wife to a dutch oven birthday cake after some elk tenderloin

Doug~RR

I drew a non-resident archery bull tag for 6A West in my first year applying for AZ! I never thought I'd draw with zero points so I did not do a lot of research ahead of time. There's lots to do now!

Are any of you familiar with the west part of 6A (west of I-17?). Any general tips or observations on the conditions there to help me as I start buying maps and researching?

Glacial21,
Sending you a PM.

RR

bull 3 years in a row

Is it ok if I call you a bastid... congrats buddy...

kent

looks like I'll be shooting a rifle match that weekend afterall

but a buddy of mine got his first elk TAG, 5BS cow, so I might go help him!

Poole

early cow tag, Tusayan (unit 9) 3rd week in October.

Sycamore

We drew bull tags in unit 27 starting the day after thanksgiving. Yahoo!!!

That will be a fun hunt. When I had it a few years ago, the elk were still bugling.

A good friend and his son both drew that hunt this year. It is the first time they have had the same tag together, so he is looking forward to it.

Doug~RR

I've been doing the late cow hunt recently, pretty cold, and 17 weeks of different seasons have left everything spooked bad!

Had to leave before the snowstorm last year, those who didn't got snowed in!

Looking forward to some warm afternoons and college ball games on the radio! Little bit longer days are nice, too!

Sycamore

Doug,
Congrats on your permit. I put my dad & daughter in for that hunt and they were unsuccessful. I like unit 8 very much. You will have a grand hunt.

I, on the other hand, drew 6A South archery bull elk and a surprise Unit 10 rifle pronghorn permit. That was a shock after having an antelope tag last year in Unit 8. It will be a busy September with doves, antelope & elk!

Jim