Hi All,Well I'm back from playing the great white hunter. Went after some Turkey for the first time and I guess you need to see some turkey's in order to hunt them :) Never even seen any fresh turkey sign. We went high, low and inbetween. Gee's it was dry. Hunted the small running creeks and seeps. We put on 700 miles in the back country in a weeks time. Still no birds or "fresh" sign. Deer population was also extremely low. Seen 12 deer in a weeks time. No bucks! What I did see was a 8 point bull elk (that's 16points for you Texas boys that count both sides) standing in the middle of the road in the deep back country. WOW what a sight! I came around a uphill right hand cornner and asked the wife: "what kind of horse is that" as he was standing with his head down eating and his rump facing us, just then he raised his head to look at us with that beautiful 8 point rack. I got to count both sides "twice" as it must of been the first diesel truck he's ever seen as he was confused at what to do next. I followed him about 100yds on the road before he took off on the 60� down slope. In over 40yrs of hunting, I've never seen a 8 point bull elk. I never expected that I would see that in Arizona!!! If anyone wants me to comment on a specific past topic, please post the topic number or topic title and I'll get to it when I can. Did I tell you about the bull elk I saw....lol T_Bone
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