As is tradition, wearing out a pair of boots and digging ticks off my ass during spring turkey. Then most likely not drawing anything to continue defying statistics. This will be year 14 of applying and have not drawn anything with less than basically coin toss odds.
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If I wasn’t trying to get a az hunt with my dad I would be trying to get one of the rut archery hunts. Plenty of “good” lower point hunts in other states to do in the interim years.
Do a sport pilot license first. Flying has become increasingly expensive. Make sure you learn about risk assessments and make objective go/no go calls for flying. Too many people burn in.
That’s been my position for about a decade. The antler obsession and hunting popularity has made access unlikely for those without luck or deep pockets.
Stop voting for those that want to sell public land. Stop supporting influencers and wildlife pimps. Make it illegal to make any money from hunting to include videos. Make any landowner tags, depredation tags, and crop damage handouts contingent on allowing access. That would be a good start.
Helicopters are insanely expensive. You are probably looking at $2500+ per flight hour to break even if it’s a turbine Bell 206. Bush flights are not in the same universe using light fixed wing.