Decided to call it for Arizona. It was a very hard hunt with a few does and fawn spotted but no bucks. Headed back home for a week then it’s off to Oregon for a spike elk hunt.
Decided to give Arizona 2 days worth of hunt. I’m pulling out of New Mexico in the Am. Got the skull all cleaned. Can see the nice hole I put in the antler.
Saturday found me hiking in to a glassing spot in the dark. It was quite a hike and longer that I planned. I made it with 9 minutes to killed before legal shooting light. I was set up for about 20 minutes when I picked up movement. I spotted the first buck then quickly picked out 4 more bucks...
I still had 2 more days of scouting. I scouted some more spots on Thursday but didn’t turn up any deer. On Friday I took it easy on the camper and got ready for the opener on Saturday.
The next day I drove around the unit. The unit only is only 22% public land with lots of small sections. I arrived at one section and there was a rancher driving around. I stopped and talked with him awhile and ended up with permission to cross his property to get to the public land. I went in...
I woke up early on the 22nd to hit the road to New Mexico. I wasn’t on the interstate very long when I was involved in a hit and run with a semi. That delayed my progress and I arrived at the campground in my unit late on Tuesday night.