Planning Your First Western Hunt The rangefinder read 202 yards. That was far longer than any shot this Kentucky boy had ever taken at an animal, but it was a shot that I had practiced routinely in the weeks leading up to this hunt. I slowly slipped into a sitting position and rested my Sako .308 across the shooting sticks. As I steadied the crosshairs of the Simmons scope just behind the front shoulder, I took a deep breath to settle my nerves. With the bark of the Sako, I watched as my first Wyoming antelope fell in his tracks.
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Archery Leagues at Arizona's Ben Avery Shooting Facility 01/05/09
Finding a safe and challenging place to shoot your bow and arrow is getting tougher each year. To help archers keep their skills sharp, the Ben Avery Shooting Facility is offering an eight-week long winter archery league starting January 7, 2009. [Comments?]
Arizona Apprentice Hunter Program Began Jan 1 01/02/09
Effective Jan. 1, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is offering a new "Apprentice Hunting License," at no charge, to encourage existing hunters to become mentors and introduce a friend, neighbor, relative, or co-worker to the traditions and importance of hunting. [Comments?]
2009 Arizona Pronghorn Antelope and Elk 12/20/08
The 2009 Arizona Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw Information regulations booklet is available online at the Arizona Game and Fish Department's Web site. Hunters interested in obtaining a hunt permit-tag via the draw process can start applying now. [Comments?]
Information Sought in Arizona Elk Poaching 12/02/08
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the illegal killing of a bull elk. [Comments?]
Endangered Jaguar Getting Help in Arizona 11/24/08
It's been a busy week for an endangered jaguar at the Phoenix Zoo. After arriving last Friday from Mexico, the animal underwent complex surgery to begin its recovery from injuries sustained while in captivity. [Comments?]
Arizona Reviewing 2009 Elk and Antelope Regulations 11/20/08
The proposed recommendations for the 2009 pronghorn antelope and elk hunting regulations will soon be available for review on the department's Web site and at a series of open houses at the Arizona Game and Fish Department's regional offices. [Comments?]
Mountain Lion Killed in Arizona 11/05/08
An unusual-acting mountain lion that had been stalking a hiker and his dog on Saturday in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains was located and killed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department on Sunday, Oct. 26. [Comments?]
Arizona GFD Seeks Help in Bighorn Poaching 10/16/08
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public's help in finding a poacher that killed a Rocky Mountain bighorn ram on Oct. 10 in the Three Forks area of Game Management Unit 1, west of Alpine, in eastern Arizona. [Comments?]
Arizona Deadline for Spring Hunts Tuesday, Oct 14th 10/13/08
Hunters getting ready to mail their spring hunt-permit application might want to save the stamp and deliver it themselves - the hunt application deadline day is Tuesday, October 14 at 7 p.m. Postmarks don't count. [Comments?]
Arizona Youth Hunts Available 10/01/08
Javelina, turkey and sandhill cranes - oh my! It may not be exactly like the famous Wizard of Oz quote, "lions and tigers and bears" – but to many it still invokes a sense of mystery and adventure. [Comments?]
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New York Turkey Hunt I harvested this gobbler on May 6, 2008 at 5:45 in the morning. My partner and I walked across an open field to get set up long before sunrise, but the bird started gobbling at 5:20. Go set up with B-mobile strutting tom decoy and she mobile hen decoy. We were literally set up in some brush just sitting on our knees (no big trees) when we heard the bird fly down and start triple gobbling to the light yelps and purrs I gave him.
