Duckhunter14
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The odds were finally in my favor and I accumulated enough points to draw a late rifle tag in Arizona. My first Arizona tag! I’m pretty excited for the opportunity and have been doing as much research as possible for the last few years trying to determine which tag I was going to go after with my points. I landed on unit 8 and drew with 9 points this year.
The tag gave me an opportunity to head to AZ this spring with the family to visit the Grand Canyon and spend a couple days exploring the road systems and identifying glassing spots and jump off points that look good on the map. I plan to spend the entire season in the unit and a lot of time behind the glass to find a bull.
Weather seems to be the biggest obstacle and I’m trying to decide if a hotel/VRBO or tent camping is the best approach. As well as whether to bring my Jeep or a side by side. I guess I’ll have a better idea once I do some exploring and check out the country in a couple months.
To those of you that have hunted northern Arizona on the late hunts, was the strategy to get to a glassing spot before daylight and attempt to turn bulls up then make a play? Spot and stalk is my favorite type of hunting and that is typically how I hunt, I’m looking forward to exploring some new country.
I’d love some feedback on the unit if you have first hand knowledge. How accessible the roads are in rain/snow. What type of terrain you typically focus on for elk in late Nov/Dec? What caliber of bull would you hold out for? How far do you anticipate shooting?
My biggest bull elk to date is an archery bull In MT that went like 260”. So my goal will be to do better than that and hopefully break 300”. But I’m most excited to hunt a new unit in a new state with a good buddy of mine. Feel free to PM me if you’d prefer to keep the info between us.
Appreciate any feedback and support!
Clint
The tag gave me an opportunity to head to AZ this spring with the family to visit the Grand Canyon and spend a couple days exploring the road systems and identifying glassing spots and jump off points that look good on the map. I plan to spend the entire season in the unit and a lot of time behind the glass to find a bull.
Weather seems to be the biggest obstacle and I’m trying to decide if a hotel/VRBO or tent camping is the best approach. As well as whether to bring my Jeep or a side by side. I guess I’ll have a better idea once I do some exploring and check out the country in a couple months.
To those of you that have hunted northern Arizona on the late hunts, was the strategy to get to a glassing spot before daylight and attempt to turn bulls up then make a play? Spot and stalk is my favorite type of hunting and that is typically how I hunt, I’m looking forward to exploring some new country.
I’d love some feedback on the unit if you have first hand knowledge. How accessible the roads are in rain/snow. What type of terrain you typically focus on for elk in late Nov/Dec? What caliber of bull would you hold out for? How far do you anticipate shooting?
My biggest bull elk to date is an archery bull In MT that went like 260”. So my goal will be to do better than that and hopefully break 300”. But I’m most excited to hunt a new unit in a new state with a good buddy of mine. Feel free to PM me if you’d prefer to keep the info between us.
Appreciate any feedback and support!
Clint