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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: Tbob on August 05, 2016, 08:18:49 PM

Title: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Tbob on August 05, 2016, 08:18:49 PM: First AZ archery mule deer hunt in 3 weeks and im almost ready. Can't come soon enough! Anyone else hittin the early archery deer?
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Kurt_S on August 07, 2016, 10:08:34 AM: I'm gonna try to run to Idaho for labor day weekend. Get a quick 3 day hunt in to kick off the season :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Tbob on August 07, 2016, 06:12:55 PM: Good luck out there man. I've got a Friday-monday off. Gonna drive down Thursday after work and get after it starting Friday am..
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Post by: Kit Carson on August 09, 2016, 09:24:51 PM: Good luck :tup:
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Post by: Jpmiller on August 11, 2016, 08:21:09 AM: Drive from Seattle to AZ Thursday night for an AM hunt Friday? That's quite the haul stay safe.
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Post by: quackkiller on August 11, 2016, 08:00:51 PM: Good luck to ya shoot a masher!! I'm either gonna head out with my bow on the first and go high (wilderness) or wait till early rifle for the high buck hunt, cannot decide! Got drawn for multi season for the 1st time so idk what to do haha!!
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Tbob on August 11, 2016, 09:42:09 PM: Quote from: Jpmiller on August 11, 2016, 08:21:09 AM
Drive from Seattle to AZ Thursday night for an AM hunt Friday? That's quite the haul stay safe.

I'm down in San Diego working another 7 months on my contract.. Only a 7 hour drive from my place.. Can't wait to get back up and be chasing Blacktails! Figured I might as well enjoy the mulie hunting while I'm down here..
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Post by: JColony on August 12, 2016, 12:06:05 PM: Bring your rain gear! Monsoons have been hitting real hard the past couple of weeks in the Phoenix area! That said, I'll probably be stepping out at least once or twice to see what this late summer hunting is all about down here. Good luck, hope whack a toad!
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Tbob on August 12, 2016, 12:59:52 PM: Yeah, thanks for the heads up man.. I'm praying the monsoons stay away. The place I'm planning on hunting is going to be next to impossible to get to if it's super wet and flooded.. Fingers crossed.. Good luck to you too!
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Jburke on August 12, 2016, 09:14:44 PM: Quote from: muleyhunter69 on August 07, 2016, 10:08:34 AM
I'm gonna try to run to Idaho for labor day weekend. Get a quick 3 day hunt in to kick off the season :IBCOOL:
I'm heading over the weekend after Labor day for a 3 day weekend. Good luck to you! :tup:
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Jpmiller on August 12, 2016, 10:01:39 PM: Quote from: Tbob on August 11, 2016, 09:42:09 PM
Quote from: Jpmiller on August 11, 2016, 08:21:09 AM
Drive from Seattle to AZ Thursday night for an AM hunt Friday? That's quite the haul stay safe.

I'm down in San Diego working another 7 months on my contract.. Only a 7 hour drive from my place.. Can't wait to get back up and be chasing Blacktails! Figured I might as well enjoy the mulie hunting while I'm down here..

Oh good. I saw your location as Seattle and got a little worried for how you were planning on accomplishing that. That sounds much more manageable lol good luck on the hunt, sounds like it should be a blast.
Title: Re: 3 weeks and counting
Post by: Jpmiller on September 15, 2016, 04:55:41 PM: What ever became of the hunt?
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Post by: Tbob on December 03, 2016, 11:43:35 AM: Hey man, sorry for the delay, just saw this.. So I had a great time on my solo hunt. Saw a few deer, no bucks, but the weather was crazy! Thanks to google earth I was able to find my camp spot in the dark as I got a late start and had to make a large detour to buy my actual tag at a Walmart!
I had thunder, lightning, flash flood rains, super hot weather and windy dusty as well!
My GPS wasn't working (I've since replaced) but I had a pretty good idea of the lay of the land from my couch scouting on google earth.. Never shot an arrow, but had a blast. I'm actually headed back out in a few weeks to hunt a little pre-rut action. It will be interesting to see how the same area looks in a different season. I did run into a few guys driving in a jeep that said they were seeing bucks all day long a few miles further up the canyon, so i think I'm going to hunt that area this next time. It's about 4 miles further up this horrible dirt road.. I've marked a few waypoints on my GPS from Google earth to hunt so I'm pretty stoked! Hopefully a little less rain this next time out!