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I'm a nonresident hunting public land. My last three hunts were the best since my hunt started October 27th. And nobody in any public parking lots. Woods barren of hunters and full of bonker bucks. Saw 7 total this morning, including one cruising through a ridge saddle at 11:30 am...

I'm driving over from Illinois Thursday to be there for the cold front Friday morning. Bringing 4 weeks of backlogged data entry computer work so I can hunt the whole month of November, and do computer entry bad weather days. Really disgusted our politicians brought crossguns to our entire rut...

The radar looked pretty active tonight. Hope zone 5 got some rain.

Wow that was fast. Got an email response in one day, with a tag in the mail already. Seems the first one got misplaced or something. No way my home state of Illinois would have responded so quickly. Maybe in a week.

15 points for AZ unit 1 archery elk. The others I'll PM you.

Ya also got a pretty good Wyoming pronghorn unit sandwiched in there. Really hit the mother load this year. Burned a total of 22 bonus points. Great timing for the AZ hunts as they have been getting record precipitation the last 6 months. I sent an email to Iowa DNR inquiring about my deer...

Zone 5 archery. How long ago did you receive yours? The website says we should get them by 8/15.

Any nonresidents still not received your tags yet? I'm leaving for my AZ deer & elk hunts in a week, and need to take my Iowa tag. I will likely be on my return drive ~October 1st. Want to be prepared in case of a cold front.

Burned my 3 points for a decent WY tag this year, but also pulled great elk & deer tags in AZ, so the lope tag will only get 3rd priority. Likely won't have time to hunt the archery portion. I'll be on edge of Red Desert by Rawlins. In the last 20 years, I've drawn some great tags, but never...

Successful in zone 5 with 3 points. Full plate for me this year: AZ archery elk unit 1, Wyoming pronghorn archery/rifle unit 108, Iowa archery deer unit 5, Illinois archery deer JECP, Illinois firearm deer JEPC.

No, Montana Rockies kicked my a$$ last year when I tried to backpack. However, that is because I'd suffered my third full year with chronic plantar fasciitis in left foot, totally restricting me from running. I'm more like a beat down micro bus with a flat tire trying to get by. But I won't...

No big secret on the legs & lung knowledge. I've been hunting the Rockies for 20 years, taken 4 DIY bulls from 320-350 in 4 different states, the last one coming in 2011 in New Mexico at 11,000' elevation solo backpack (see avatar). I've worked out hard for all these ~20 hunts, and it was my...

OP, You can put all those weights in the closet They won't do you any good. The only things you need to work out are your legs and lungs. I been biking 10 miles daily and running 20 miles/week. I'll be bow hunting very near to you in Arizona unit 1.

Got it. As mentioned I didn't watch much of it. Sadly I have bowhunted at least one of those areas they scoured on Rathbun. I didn't see any they harvested that I would have even lifted my bow off it's hook for. Surfed up another video from this crew of another year 2005? and same results...

I don't think any of their "harvest" was impressive. Did they even gun down one over 125"? Not sure I couldn't watch much, it made me want to hurl. I'll have to go back and check the buck tree. "Who said bucks don't grow on trees?"

OP, If you don't get some private to gun hunt, this is what you get to look forward to on zone 5 public. Good strategy might be to follow this bunch around and sit on escape trails. Can't believe this crap is still actually allowed. Some DNR's need to grow some stones and do the right...

Thanks, Dad - Philippines Army Air Corp & Uncle Freddie - B-17 navigator 25 bombing missions over Germany. And to all who served. We are all very thankful every day not just this one.

Actually yes we dialed back our application last year hoping to draw this year due to the late dates. The moisture is an unexpected bonus. Still shocked we drew due to the NR draw system change. I expected a lot of the unit 9 dreamers to bail since their waits just doubled. 30 Years for an...

Hunted the same unit back in 2002. Got this joker.

Thanks hans that's a good analysis. It won't be all bad if I don't draw because I had a horrible last 6 months at work thanks to some total idiots in Washington who are force feeding us their government funded unicorn amateur prematurely released software program waste of 22m dollars, which had...