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The Dog That Caught the Car - AKA Lazy Arizona Elk Hunt
Careful, HuntGamblers. Some bets don't have an over. This could be more of a "how low can you go" scenario, a falling knife, a lose-lose, or as every Top Gun fan would recognize, a flat spin. "Mayday, mayday, Mav's in trouble. He's in a flat spin, he's heading out to sea"- Bullshot
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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The Dog That Caught the Car - AKA Lazy Arizona Elk Hunt
Almost had to quit the trip when I viewed the rat's nest of tie-down straps I had left in a milk crate since my last hunt. I buckled down and detangled them all but consider this just the latest of many other near insurmountable hurdles included adding windshield washer fluid to the truck...- Bullshot
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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The Dog That Caught the Car - AKA Lazy Arizona Elk Hunt
I am one of those guys who is very good at geo-locating pictures from the thinnest of clues. Yes, I have stalked you all and know exactly where you shot your bulls using a picture of a rock and a bloody track. Barely kidding. And by barely, I mean not. I know EXACTLY where to start this hunt...- Bullshot
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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The Dog That Caught the Car - AKA Lazy Arizona Elk Hunt
I had meant to practice my calling all summer. But reeds make me gag. Hoochie Mama to the rescue? I've fooled em before with that dumb thing. And all the hoochie haters out there have probably retrained the elk anyway. Now it's the more perfect and realistic calls bulls have learned to avoid...- Bullshot
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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The Dog That Caught the Car - AKA Lazy Arizona Elk Hunt
I am that dog. Now what? Since shortly after drawing my tag - (unexpectedly) - I have completely checked out of any and all prep or excitement. Mid-life crisis? Feeling my age (50) more? Whatever the cause, I am two weeks out from departure and figured it might be interesting to post a...- Bullshot
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- Forum: Live Hunts
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Hunting in Colorado's Drought
The last couple times I was out by you it was pretty dang dry. But some elk were still able to be found in areas accessible to me (though I left empty-handed). So for you to be posting this, it must be really really dry. Hopefully you have a few tricks up your sleeve or the weather turns around... -
Anyone else getting antsy?
Probable OIL AZ archery tag, leaving in under 6 weeks. Haven't researched anything or looked over maps in 2 months, havn't touched my bow since last Sept. Havn't worked out. Havn't packed gear. Havn't worked on truck or trailer or ATV. I don't know WHAT is up. I'll get my act together somehow...- Bullshot
- Post #65
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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How old is too old to apply for physical hunts?
@ 50 now. I probably struggle more mentally than physically. Not having a consistent hunting partner for western hunts is a problem. Solo is tough. And getting tougher. I have many great hunts left to draw, and I'm getting jealous of those with family or hunting friends to help out. I plan...- Bullshot
- Post #64
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Summer orchid distraction
A couple years ago I found an area under some pines, hemlocks and oaks with hundreds of these in simultaneous bloom. It was impressive. Other beautiful and often overlooked native orchids are the rattlesnake plantains. I found this one on a walk a couple weeks ago.- Bullshot
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Summer orchid distraction
Yes your humidity would be very tough on most. I am struggling with 40% indoor air and trying to keep my air conditioner off as much as possible to my wife's discontent. Give Eulophia petersii or Oeceoclades spathulifera a try. They are terrestrial and adapted to dry soils and low humidity.- Bullshot
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Summer orchid distraction
I have an AZ bow tag on my nightstand. But I have barely thought about hunting in a month or two. My ADD has taken over, and summer 2026 has found me obsessed with growing several dozen species of orchids. I am partly a field botanist at my job and have always loved plants, gardening, and...- Bullshot
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Arizona Draw Results 2026
It happens. I just realized I missed two draw/point deadlines this year in different states. I did get my AZ deer app in, but in a panic after waking up well "after" the clock deadline and then realizing I still had a few minutes since I'm on the east coast. I recently just got another state...- Bullshot
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- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Dandelion Neighbors
The young greens make a great salad or salad addition, and more than once I threw on cheeseburgers when I ran out of lettuce. Great food for animals and herbivore pets, you can make wine from the flowers, and the bees make honey.- Bullshot
- Post #53
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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My First Elk Story to my Next Elk Story (Fly In?)
Great story. If I could relive my first bull I would take that over most other hunting experiences. I was 22. 50 now. It was my 2nd elk hunt, having missed a bull the year before on an archery hunt. Walking up to an elk on the ground for the first time is a memory that's hard to top. Got mine...
