Yeah, I saw that. Dropped the minimum size too! Open down to the bridge. The boats were stacked up right against the bridge the other day when my buddy left work in Saginaw.
Bob, this was my 5th year applying. On my portal it listed my 4 bonus points and my 1 ethics point so I thought I was going in with 5. But my results page (see screenshot above) listed 6 points as my average. Was that a AZGFD error? It doesn't change anything because I got the tag...
I thought that was interesting too as I thought we didn't get our loyalty point until AFTER the 5th year. But they put on the loyalty and the HS/Ethics course into the average.
Either way, I'm going to Arizona for the first time ever to hunt!!!
Going to give it another shot for a Merriam's this year. Tried last year in Nebraska and got snowed in 8 hours after we pulled in. Might go back to NE, might try a new state all together.
If you are going to come this far into the lower peninsula, I would recommend the tunnel of trees along M-119 (google it). Not sure if you will hit it during it's peak, but if you do it's a fairly cool visual experience.
I second the pictured rocks (doubly so if you get a kayak instead of...
I did. I ended up going about 6 miles in along one of the trails. It's some beautiful county. It's also some HUGE country. For the week before archery opener, I only ran into 1 other person scouting for 1st rifle and 1 outfitter. Both great people. It looks like it's going to be a great...
So quick update on the road & rental car process.
I ended up getting the "or similar" instead of the Wrangler I reserved. It just so happened that I found out I got the State Vehicle of Colorado, a white 4-Runner ;). It had 30,000 miles on it and the factory cheapo bridgstones had all 30k on...
It's not that I necessarily need a "Mega" size. Moreso the ability to only download the area I need relevant to a specific zone. I don't care if I get 100 square miles if it also includes sections of 4 other zones that I'm not going into. Does that make sense?
Hey Born, I've already got my plans wrapped up for this year (doing OTC archery in the Flattops 3rd and 4th week)) but if you would be interested in applying together during application season in any states just let me know which state and species you'd be interested in.
I think therein lies my shortcomings as a contributor to this forum. I'm all for posting about cooler recommendations or experiences driving cross country to hunt out west, or about thoughts on units I've been to. But I really drop the ball when it comes to the writeup after the hunt. I've...
Heck yeah!!! I guess it won't matter what car I get with this example setting the precedent 😃. It was an extra $13 to upgrade from the economy sedan to the SUV. Now I'm thinking I should have gone with the Ford fusion!!! 🤣
I'll be driving my 1/2 ton out there in September to do the actual hunt. This is the scouting trip with the airline rental that I don't want to strand.
Thanks everyone for the information! My Chase credit card also includes rental car insurance so I'm thinking that 'send it' is the correct answer!!! (I'll make sure to pack some JB weld)
For a specific road inquiry, has anyone driven Coffee Pot PAST Deep Lake this year after all the rain...