Two tags, two states, nine days

[A-con]

I hit the road in about 48 hours, pick up my brother at 2am, Friday morning, and head for unit 16A, New Mexico. We will stay until Thursday morning, if necessary, then pack up camp and backtrack to northern Arizona, unit 7W and hunt Friday & Saturday.
Sunday, unfortunately, I have to head home and be back to work Monday.
If I can’t fill my Az. tag in two days, I can be back the following Friday, till noon Sunday .
I wish I could put more time into the Arizona tag, but with the way vacation time lines up with the seasons, my only choices were this way, or burn the New Mexico tag and put in 8 days in Az. With the extra three day weekend, I should have a total of 5 ½ days hunting in New Mexico and 4 ½ in Arizona.

 

[pa mt man]

Good luck to you A-con. Sounds like you will have to get back to work to get some rest.

 

[IdahoBugler]

Good luck A-con. Hopefully you can tag out early in NM so you can hunt longer in Az. Hopefully you get what you are looking for.

 

[BigHornRam]

Good luck A-con!

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

Stock up on the steak sauce before you leave!!! Best of Luck! John

 

[Elkhunter]

Good luck A-Con.

 

[JB Florida]

Go get-em ACON!

Dont forget to pack the camera

 

[Roadtrip]

Rock and Roll. Elvis is getting ready to leave the building....


Cheers
Roadtrip

 

[Tom]

Wow, 16A in New Mexico is a good one, eh. Good luck, go find them! Is that other one any good?

 

[Moosie]

I remmber the Phone call when you drew.. It seemed like just yesterday.. Glad the time is here !! 48 hours and counting !!!! Good luck Friend !!!

 

[Calif. Hunter]

Two primo tags in one year - that is a beotch that you can't devote more time to hunting them!

Good luck, Dan! Stick TWO great bulls!

 

[A-con]

Thanks everybody,
I'm trying to not get TOO excited. I keep reminding myself that I've never killed a bull with a bow, and even one small bull would be great.
Another great thing about this hunt is going with my brother. Twenty years ago, he used to go with me and my friends camping, hunting & fishing. Then he moved to Southern Ca. and I only see him 2 or 3 times a year for a day or two. Before I drew these tags, he called me and said " hey, we havn't been camping togather in 20 years, lets plan a trip and get away from the city for a week".

 

[Nut]

I am rooting for ya A-Con. Knock em dead.

 

[noharleyyet]

Best of luck to you and your brother.

 

[wyomingtim]

Good luck A-Con - I am sure you can do better in AZ that you did that first hunt soooooo long ago. Remember, shoot till he's down, don't get stomped into the dirt after your shot

 

[Washington Hunter]

That's a problem I wish I had! I only drew 1 awesome elk tag this year.

So what are ya gonna do with all the meat? I have trouble using up a half an elk in a year's time.

 

[csutton7]

good luck....chris

 

[TheTone]

Good luck. Hopefully there is alot of packing in your near future, could be alot of fun packing out two big bulls in one week.

 

[A-con]

I'm hitting the road.

 

[HuntnFool]

Be safe and stick a couple big ones. And take lots of pictures.