Arizona Strip?

[mattobertin]

Has anyone here ever tried bowhunting the AZ strip, or is it more of a rifle hunt?

 

[Delw]

great for bowhunting and rifle hunting alike.



Delw

 

[BOHNTR]

When I refer to the "strip" I personally think of 13B......which of course is not open to archery hunting during the September hunt. I know of only a handful of bowhunters who have tried to arrow a bruiser on the 13B hunt in the late fall. None have been successful that I know.

When and if I ever draw (I have max points), I'll be one of those "misled diehards" that try it also.

 

[mattobertin]

Yes I was talking about 13B and I was'nt sure if there was an archery season there apparently not. i have hunted 12A west about 5-6 times archery and rifle once but have only taken one deer(rifle). Anyway my point is the last couple of years during archery season there has been a mob of hunters in the area I hunt and was looking for another spot somewhere in that region. I was thinking that it would be awesome to try and hunt the strip but looks like i will have to keep putting in and see what happens.

 

[Craig S.]

Not many deer of course. I know Randy Ulmer has killed deer with a bow in 13A along with a few others but that was not during the rifle season. Take the bow & have the rifle in the truck but becareful because you might only see a monster buck once in that country!

 

[mattobertin]

Oh yeah with my luck i would have some 300 inch nontypical at 80 yards and not see anything else the whole time.

 

[AZ402]

Like Craig said you are lucky to see one monster while up there. This year there were a bunch of 170-180 bucks hitting the dirt up there. Many people think it's a slam dunk for a 200". I know of several outstanding hunters who have came back from hunts in AZ; North of the Colorado River empty handed. Archery on that hunt would test you mentally for sure.

 

[justdada]

Die hard bowhunting types be damned, someone lucky enough to have a tag like that in their pocket would be foolish to lower their chances with a bow.
I enjoy bowhunting too, but intentionally reducing your chance of harvest on the world's most coveted deer tag??? that just doesn't make sense...
IMO

 

[AZ402]

I know that Roy (BOHNTR) is more than capable with his bow on a hunt like that. I've hunted and guided on the "Strip". I'm always wondering why it's the most coveted muley tag in the world? It isn't easy and I bet the average score on bucks taken is smaller than many think. With that being said, hopefully this is my year for it again...........

 

[The Hedgehog]

From what I saw, the challenge won't be killing the deer. They seemed to be pretty damn stupid while I was there. It was November though. Finding a nice buck is the hard part, but I don't think the archery part will make it that much harder. There's a reason the success rate is 50% on a rut rifle hunt. Keep in mind probably half the hunters there hire a guide.

 

[AZ402]

Kurt is pretty much right on. The deer, for the most part, are pretty docile. Finding the ones the “Strip” is famous for, is the hard part.

 

[beardown]

well you will want to bring alot of cheap broadheads for the turkeys,plenty of those to shoot at! If your not picky theres plenty of mormans to shoot to!

 

[mattobertin]

Mormons! You need a tag for those?