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2013 AZ Elk and Pronghorn Hunting

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AZHunter

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After my elk hunt and journal this past summer and fall, I had several inquiries about hunting elk in Arizona. I know there are several of you who do, but for those who don't I just saw that the 2013 Pronghorn and Elk regs booklet is now available online. The online draw system is not available yet, but you can submit everything through the paper application if you don't want to wait.

The 2013 Pronghorn and Elk hunt regs book can be downloaded at:

http://www.azgfd.gov/regs/elkregs.pdf

A real brief rundown: If you want to apply, you have to buy a NR license ($151.25) and then you have to pay the tag fee ($485 for Pronghorn and $595 for elk). If you don't get drawn, you will get all but $7.50 of the tag fee back and you will have a bonus point. You will still have a $151.25 NR hunting license though. If all you want to do is buy a bonus point, you still have to buy a NR license and then pay the $7.50 fee for the bonus point.

The application deadline is 1900 (MST-Arizona time) Tuesday, February 12, 2013. If you are interested and have questions about units or hunts, don't hesitate to PM me. I'll do everything I can to help out. And if you don't get drawn and are sitting on a NR hunting license, there are OTC archery deer tags, left over tags, a few OTC elk tags (low population areas), and javelina tags are easy to get. There are also some very under drawn deer units. If I don't fill my archery tag this January, I will be getting a left-over tag in a Coue's whitetail unit in SE Arizona for next October or November and could use some company down on the border! :way:
 
Bringing up an old thread...

I'm in Arizona right now visiting family

Did the tourist thing

Grand Canyon, Sedona, Tortilla Flats

Saw some elk, quail, javelina, a few deer.

Question I have... NR muley archery tag, is it a draw, how long of a wait?
Great state!!
 
You can get OTC archery tags every year (no wait) and they are good three different times of the year, depending on the unit. Our prices just went up starting today and I don't have the new prices handy. The muley rut is just getting started in the low elevations and the whitetail rut should be starting soon, too. I'm leaving tomorrow morning for a few days of archery javelina and muley hunting. Stay tuned and PM me with any questions!
 
You shoulda seen the old, mature 4x4 desert muley I stalked to within 35-40 yards of yesterday morning!
 
letemgrow said:
158.75 for a point don't sound too bad. Then stock those up to draw a good unit in a few years.
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Prices have gone up quite a bit. I'll have to post the 2014 regs with prices this week. NR Bonus Points are now $50 plus a $160-ish NR combo license (fishing included now). Elk tags are up to somewhere around $650 I think...if you're drawn.

Hardwood11 said:
What part of Arizona do you hunt?
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I archery javelina/deer hunt over by Wikieup every January. There are several units open in January and I'm sure I'll get out again to try and fill my tag before the end of the month. August/September, I deer hunt close to home (Flagstaff) in and around my elk unit (if I get drawn). I keep trying in December to get back over to the area I deer hunt in January to catch the early part of the muley rut, but I want to make the journey south to a Coue's whitetail unit one of these times.
 
We saw elk up near the canyon, and Javelina by Sedona. Nice area! Javelina, tell me more about them, and how are they eating (?)
 
Javelina are a blast to hunt archery. Unless I get a H.A.M (Handgun-Archery-Muzzleloader) tag, that's the only way I will hunt them. Actually, I would like to get a general rifle tag so I can shoot one with either my M1 Garand or my Springfield 1903, but I digress. They are an absolute blast to hunt. Mostly spot and stalk. Their eyesight is horrible, but their sense of smell is phenomenal. If you can get down-wind, shots under 20 yards aren't uncommon if you can get one singled out of the herd. If you bust the herd, use a javelina call (youtube it) and bring them right back in to you.

As for taste, they aren't bad at all. Contrary to how people refer to them, they are not pigs (nor are they rodents; another one I hear frequently). They smell horrible because of the big scent gland, but if you skin them right, being very careful not to get the scent gland stuff on the meat, they are good eating. They make good sausage and chorizo and the back straps and tenderloins are great marinated.
 
Sounds fun, and you sure have a lot of doves and quail in your state, I might have to make that trip again with bow and shotgun
 
Hardwood11 said:
Sounds fun, and you sure have a lot of doves and quail in your state, I might have to make that trip again with bow and shotgun
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If you do and you're in Sedona or at the Canyon, let me know. Flagstaff is about 35 minutes from Sedona and we're about 1.5 hours from the Canyon. Always need an excuse to go to those places. Of course you're always welcome in Flag.

As for our quail and doves, they can be locally abundant like this year or all over the place after good rain seasons in the summer and winter. We had a decent summer rain, but Gambel's quail aren't as dependent on summer rain (like Mearn's/Montezuma quail) as they are on winter rain. Our winter sucked last year and, overall, numbers are down across the board.
 
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