Self-Guided Determination!

Mark Milam drew a late season rifle tag in Arizona's unit 27 for Coues deer. He and his brother spent over 14 days in the field looking for a trophy buck. Yesterday, Mark connected with a great one. Just goes to show you.... time in the field pays off for self-guided hunters. Congratulations Mark!

Video Review - Muley Crazy VII - "Breakin' 300"

Definitely one of the best videos that Muley Crazy has produced. Outstanding footage of monster bucks with great harvest sequences. Of course, the best part of the video is the footage from Alan Hamberlin's incredible buck that he harvested on the Arizona Strip. The buck gross scores over 300 and is the largest buck ever harvested from the Strip. This is a "must have" video for any avid hunter's DVD collection. You can purchase this DVD at: http://www.muleycrazy.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=M&Category_Code=V

AZ Regs for Elk & Pronghorn Are Now Available!

Arizona hunt regulations for Elk & Pronghorn are now available via the department website. http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/documents/ElkAntelope.pdf. Time to start thinking about hunts for next year. Draw deadline is February 9th, 2010 with the correction period deadline falling on January 21st, 2010. There is still no online application process and you must still front all application, license, and tag fees with your applications. I will be posting our hunt recommendations in a couple of weeks... Good luck on the draw!!!!

Gotta Love Big Antlers!!!!!

Got this picture via email from a friend. Wow, what a buck! Of course, it is a buck from the Jicarilla where hunts are guided and are extremely expensive, but you gotta love that big rack!!!! That is the kind of buck that dreams are made of...

ABA Fights for Arizona Bowhunters!

Arizona bowhunters can thank the Arizona Bowhunting Association for going to bat for them with the Arizona Game & Fish Department. The ABA has been lobbying the G&F Dept. for two years to drop the archery deer draw in all units except the Kaibab and the strip. When the Department implemented the draw in Units 1, 3a, 3c, 7, and 12a we lost 10% of the archery deer hunters in the state. That was 2,411 fewer Bowhunters and the harvest increased by 9 deer the first year the draw was implemented. It was very clear that the draw for archery deer did not achieve the goals of the department. Because of the ABA's lobbying effort, everything south of the Colorado River will again be over the counter for archery deer in 2010. The Kaibab and the strip is a special unit with need for closer management, therefore it will remain a draw. If you are a bowhunter in AZ, you should be a member of the ABA. Visit http://www.arizonabowhunters.org/ to join now...

NEWS FLASH!!!! Jed Larson just scored on a big ol' muley with his bow this morning in AZ! Way to go Jed!

Mondo muzzleloader ram. Just got this pict from Jed Larson. After helping Shon with his ram, Shane and Jed went to check on another tag holder in 44b north. Don`t know the hunters name yet, but check out this incredible 176 inch ram he harvested with a smokepole. WOW!!!

Shon's Ram Before The Shot...

Here is a picture of Shon's ram from the night before the hunt started. With visions like this in his head, I bet he had a hard time sleeping...

A One-in-a-Lifetime Dream!!!!

Ever since I have known Shon Vaughan, I have listened to the stories and dreams he has had of one day getting a sheep tag. This year was his lucky year and he drew tag #1 for 44B north in Arizona. It has been a long wait, but today was the day he was finally dreaming of. Luckily, a few of Shon's friends made it down to hunt with him and he harvested an incredible ram. Preliminary scores show the ram to score 170 B&C. Shon's friend, Shane Koury, with Koury's guide service (http://www.bullsbeyondbelief.net/), did a lot of legwork to find some incredible rams in Shon's unit. Jed Larson got the entire hunt on tape and we will be sharing that link with you when they get back. Congratulations Shon on fulfilling your one-in-a-lifetime dream.