We live in the unit where we're hunting. 8000' in eastern AZ. I'm not in the best shape, but have lots of time to get therewhat the elevation diff between you and where your hunting?
Start exercising with the correct gear weight.
I looked at elk in the bottom and said "you win this time elk" I tell people the best tasting animals are by the road. The farther from a road the worst they taste.Shoot em up hill of the truck is also an important thing to remember. Everybody always kills shit in the bottom of a canyon, an I never understood why
Around here. $1k in sitka PJ's, Rifles buttstock down, camo can of keylite in every cup holder, windows all rolled down with luke brian wailing at full blast, 5mph max no matter how many people are behind you, 9 light bars plus ditch lights turned on at all times for safety. Dont forget to park at an angle on a blind corner and get out to take a selfie for the 'gram. Gotta doccument all the hardcoreness goin on up in here
If you hit em in the rear shoulders it will slow em down enough to get off a good shot on the front shoulders.
Anymore questions on how not to do it should be forwarded to captincall
It's almost like you've lived in the PNW for a while....
This brings back memories from 20+ years ago. We road hunted most of the time. No beer though, and no music, and LED lights weren't even a thing.
Just got my elk tag today. Wife got one too. Unit 1 in eastern AZ. November hunt I think. Neither of us have ever hunted anything in our lives. Total newbies.
Looking for any advice.
I'm fully expecting it to be a shit show. I'm pretty fuckin clueless.All jokes aside, your first time hunting everything is goona be a shit show.
If theres no animals in the area, go the fuck somewhere else! Hunting country just cuz its pretty dont work most of the time
Slow down. I'm not sayin belly crawl everywhere, but slow up enough that you can see and hear shit.
I can hunt a lot more country sitting on my ass looking through some binoculars than I can on foot. Tripod is a gamechanger for glassing.
Gutting and dragging animals makes zero sense.
What do you have for gear now? The real work starts after you kill something. Elk is a big animal to start with. Goona be moving it quarter at a time. I'll hunt with a cheap rifle an a good pack before I go cheap on a pack.
I really dont know the answer to that. There's already a few butthurt people that dont like that I got a tag on my first try, in one of the most desired units in AZ. It's not a bull tag though, which everyone seems to want. I'm not in it for the trophy. I'm in it for the experience and the meat.How many tags are they giving out for that hunt?
Rusty's in Springerville is supposed to be good.If you want I can put you in touch with a guy I shoot PRS with. His family owns a taxidermy shop in Scale, and he's an avid hunter. Cody would know who the good butcher's are.
They are around at least a day or two a week. Sometimes it's 2 or 3 of em, sometimes more.You just fucked up Glad you took a pic, cuz its the last time you will see that herd
Til August. They'll show back up in 2025.They are around at least a day or two a week. Sometimes it's 2 or 3 of em, sometimes more.