I will try here to break down the way in which the AZ Draw System operates. Hopefully it will help you to better understand which hunts you should, or could be applying for based on your current bonus point levels. All of the information on the draw and hunt statistics can be found through the AZGFD website, GoHunt, or Hunters Trailhead. There are other great resources out there, use them to your advantage. Bonus Points are accrued (1) per unsuccessful draw cycle, (1) permane

Check out the film from the hunt here. For the 2016 archery bull elk hunt I had the pleasure of guiding Russ Johnson. Russ had drawn his first archery bull elk tag and we would be hunting a challenging unit. Anyone familiar with Arizona knows there are huge variations in the quality of hunts between elk units. Some areas take decades to draw tags for while others may only take a handful of years. With several hundred other hunters in a very well known unit our work would be c

Check out the hunt film here. Phone rattling across the night stand I woke up to the blackness of the early morning, quickly grabbing my camos and what remained of the gear. Tanner had driven up the night before and we headed out from the house on our early morning drive. The morning was clear and cold; December elk hunting in the rim country is a stark contrast to the heat of the September rut. We had about an hour drive ahead of us to get into my unit. Fresh off the first u