AZ hunting

Well after 3 years of waiting I finally drew a late rifle coues tag!! Check your cards!!

 

Congrats!! I'm still waiting.....

 

I drew early dec tag.
I had late coues tag last year.
Hunted 16 days and took a buck on 12/28.
Enjoy every moment ! congrats

 

sigh....6 years and no deer draw...

 

5 round mags for shotguns ok yes, except for migratory birds 3 shells correct??

 

yes.. That is how I understand it.

 

Well Year #7 and I'm getting jack and shit for draws.... Congrats to the rest of you guys who drew tags!

If anyone is interested in badlands gear, they are offing another friends and family discount. 40% off MSRP, good through 7/18. Use Coupon code - BLFF2021BLFF

 

In the same boat but only year 6. Archery season should be interesting this year.

 

Need to check what unit and hunt I got for deer. Thanks @azgunrunner for the Badlands code. I always manage to find something to buy.

 

Welp looks like archery for me too boys. Not as long of a wait as some of you. This is third year coming up empty.

 

Only hit I got is from the Kuiu website for their founders day sale.

 

One great thing about Az , never know what you might find when looking for deer.

 

I used to find those guys all the time in northern Scottsdale/Desert Mountain area.

I haven’t hunted big game in AZ in almost 20 years, I don’t miss that lotto. I did however put in for that Buffalo hunt from the forest service but didn’t get drawn…bummer. Really wanted to get a Buffalo with a 30-30.

 

Any of you experienced hunters have any input on taking a black bear with a 300 blackout (supersonic)? Would you feel comfortable using that caliber?

 

I think it's all shot placement... I shot my bear with a 300WM from about 350 yards, one shot, ran downhill for about 25 yards and then dropped. I wiped out half the lung and the bottom part of the heart. I've seen a bear take 3 shots from a magnum before it fell. When we got to the bear, two shots were in the "vital area".

I'm a firm believer of using more gun than needed...

 

I am not a rifle hunter at all. I've bow hunted all my life, but I would imagine that you would want to stick to the common hunting calibers. 30-06, .270 Win, 7mm, 6.5 Creedmore, and .300 Win Mag... Again, I fling arrows at my game so take it with a grain of salt.

 

Thanks, I get what you're saying. In this circumstance it's either 5.56 or 300 BO for me to chose from.

 

Shot placement and follow up. Bigger is better, .300blk for sure

 

Went and explored a new area today courtesy of my dad. Found a water hole with 3 different sets of bear tracks on it so I placed a camera seeing as how this is the last year we can use them (thank you jackasses on the AZ strip...). I would gladly not kill a deer this year if I got a bear.

Plus I saw a coatimundi, my first ever coati I should say. Pretty cool.

 

I had the same thing happen afew months back, I haven’t been back for the cam since we started getting rain. Here’s some photos, I might go pull the card this weekend