Those roads do get hit hard but it may be because thats where the vast majority of the roads are. The burn has made it easier to see the elk but, you also need to be a division 1 hurdler to negotiate the blow downs in order to get to said elk.
Get a flatline map of the north half of the unit...
You drew a helluva tag POk3s. Its one of my favorite units...
Had the same hunt last season and dumbed into this little guy:
Its easily in the top two most physically demanding units in the AZ so be prepared.
The elk in 27 are A-holes
There are some big ol' suckers if you can find them
But...
we had ourselves a good time for sure!
from the blizzard to witnessing a 125lb woman go sherpa mode, packing her own deer. things happened in between that, when spoken out loud, still sound like a B.S. story
Brassen got a fantastic coues buck! it is sneaky big..... and tough- holy hell. There...
Between the way mother nature acted and the army of delta bravo's roaming the hills, that is a stellar bull amigo- Congratulation on a well earned trophy. Hate I wasn't able to be there when you sealed the deal.
Some quick knowledge that was bestowed on me during my short stint on this hunt:
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Congrats again brah- Sorry I missed it. First antlered critter or not, Brett's buck is awesome. Dude is gonna think coues hunting is easy....... Got a few hunts planned in January, gonna have to try to get a weekend to take the bows for a walk.
Thanks for the reply's fellas. I haven't been on in awhile so I'm glad everyone enjoys the pictures.
He is a cool buck for sure but not as old as he looks. He just recently shed his velvet, in fact there were still strips in around his pedicles, so his antlers were extremely white. Teeth had...
Its been kind of a strange year and I was very much looking forward to the annual coues hunt with my dad and uncle. Because of the way the year went we weren't able to get much scouting in and this was a new unit for us to hunt the general seasons and we were a little unsure as to what to...
Been waiting for the photo post! what a cool bull, congratulations again Pat. That's as about as impressive of a trophy as you can get right there. Well done boys, well done indeed.
Dave
Can't forget my kiddo's first ever big game hunt...by far my most memorable....
Adrianna's first buck (and first scope eye)
I had more fun on this short lived hunt than any other I can remember