Arizona elk

DLS · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 02:26 PM

Well, the deadline for applications to be in AZGFD's office is only a few hours away. What did you all put in for?

I applied for points only, and will have 13 elk points next year, and 18 antelope points. Might draw a tag next year.

ltdann · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 02:41 PM

3108, 3019, 3016, 3018 and 3048. Thought i'd try muzzleloader for that last one.

Glass eye · #3 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 04:58 PM

27 archery bull and 4A archery bull in that order.
Points only for antelope.

weekender21 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 07:55 PM

Points only for me too. I'll have 4 elk points this year. I could draw an archery tag but I think I'll hold out for a few decades then apply for a unit with 400" potential. Just kidding.....but seriously, that's pretty much my plan.

Glass eye · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by weekender21

Points only for me too. I'll have 4 elk points this year. I could draw an archery tag but I think I'll hold out for a few decades then apply for a unit with 400" potential. Just kidding.....but seriously, that's pretty much my plan.

If you're planning on drawing unit 9 archery then it will take you a few decades to draw, seriously. As a non-res, if you don't have maximum points, you don't have a chance at that hunt. Best to apply for other units on the rim.

weekender21 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 04:51 PM

I plan on waiting as long as it takes. I can hunt elk in several states every year while I wait for my tag. I'm not cashing in my points in UT or AZ until I get the unit I want to hunt. I'm in no hurry...

elmacho · #7 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 06:11 PM

Unit XXX with 13 points, archery......one in a million chance, BUT there is a chance.

weekender21 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 07:12 PM

With 13 points I'd say your odds are much better than 1 in a million in any AZ unit, well, at least a little better!

hank4elk · #9 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 10:43 AM

NM.....right near the border....I already am waiting for UT hunt points to add up without waiting for a dream that will not come true in my life in AZ...besides I've seen bigger bulls here in NM...

weekender21 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 11:07 AM

I was honestly kidding about waiting for a chance to shoot a 400" bull. I hunted a non managed part of NM in 2008 and saw a few bulls over 300" I shot a small 6x6 that I was very excited about.

There are quite a few units in NM, AZ, UT, and NV with real trophy potential but I've always wanted to go on one of those hunts where you don't feel bad passing on a few 320" bulls every day to shoot a "big" one.

As hard as public land elk hunting is, I can't ever imagine passing up a shot at a 340ish bull. That seems BIG enough to me!

While 340" bulls might be a possibility throughout the west, you have to be in a really great unit to set that as a realistic DIY archery goal.......at least that's my opinion.