G6- If you want to hunt AZ then don't let another year pass without putting in for a tag. $113.50 a year for bonus points and it will take you an average of 10 years to pull a tag however you can get lucky and beat the odds and pull one before that. Tag will cost about $515 the year you draw. There is not a bad unit in AZ however south of Flagstaff gets alot of pressure and is not as good of quality as they don't reach a ripe old age. I pulled a tag this year with 4 points but the NR cap will now only allow 10% to go to us. I did the trip for $2000. $815 tag, $330 gas, $400 for food/lodging, and $500 for equiptment upgrades. Result? 2 hours into the hunt I vented a 330" 6 point that went 75 yards and piled up. 725# dressed. My buddy hunted the rest of the week but couldn't connect however he had his chances. I saw 7 bulls bigger then the one I got. Saw very few people that were out hunting, most were hiking. I happened to be in the Taxidermist shop when Shawn Patterson brought that elk in. I was probably one of the first 10 people to put my hands on it. It is unreal to say the least. 60 and 62 inch beams, 58 inch spread, and the 4ths and 5ths are all over 20 inches. I know one of the guys that was in camp with him and he killed a 365" and the third guy killed a 385" all by the third day of the hunt. You guys all live in whitetail heaven and I can only visit every 3 years. If it takes me 20 years to pull a tag again in AZ I will still think every day about shooting one of those big bruisers in Elk Heaven-it's that good.
Nonres- Chuck adams second big bull scored 399" and I think is #7 or #8.
WI Shedhead
One last thought. Any of you guys dream of killing a big bull someday at a reasonable rate need to put in NOW for limited draw tags. WY deadline is 1/31. Utah 2/16. MT 3/15. AZ in March this year. CO early april. NM early may. I have 30 good years left on these legs and I will draw each of these states primo units in that time. By starting now and being dilligent you will too!!!!!!!!! Good luck !!!!!!!!!!evryone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
