I can let you know what I find. The best time to hunt lions is on fresh snow, but hunters with good dogs can work lions on dry ground as well. We will continue to add and update individual hunts there. What are their preferred food? Thanks. Good exercise for them, plus I want his boy to see what we are getting into. Bring your own water and haul out all of your garbage. The Arizona Game and Fish Department has created a Game Management Unit 10 map to help hunters navigate the unit. Sheep do use the entire canyon area and have been observed all the way south to the Box K area. Treat all land entered as if it were your own. There are a few whitetails scattered across the unit and they are legal game during the general season as well as during archery hunts. The map can be purchased at any Arizona Game and Fish Department Office. Montana Bear Hunts. In many cases seasoned hunters have far more specific considerations to evaluate. Areas: Sheep are most commonly observed in the northern portion of the hunt area along Cataract Canyon. Brief Description of Terrain, Elevation, and Vegetation. If I decide on the trophy squirrel hunt instead, I will trade tags with you since you asked first. Come join the discussion about safety, gear, tips, tricks, optics, gunsmithing, reviews, reports, accessories, classifieds, and more! Was hoping there were dudes on here that actually get off the road that could simply tell me otherwise for a tiny bit of reassurance haha. Is it possible that bugling is running late due to the hit, so it may run longer into October, or is that just wishful thinking? The next rung up the ladder and a drastic increase in quality are late season "general" rifle bull elk hunts. BIG GAME HUNTING Elk Arizona unit 27 late rifle 11pts streamer Jan 6, 2021 1 2 3 Next Jan 6, 2021 #1 S streamer Member Joined Oct 12, 2010 Messages 642 Location Harris MN Well like last year trying to draw a late rifle hunt with 11pts. The unit is a mix of flat to rolling grassland prairie and rolling to mountainous pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine-Gambel oak habitat types. Our number 3 choice: Arizona Hunt Unit 23. Our Arizona elk hunts are no exception. Good boots and good optics. Glassing is important in this area. Pay attention to where you are and where development is occurring. Campfire Regular. Early season should be great. The terrain is well suited for glassing. Hike up the next hill and glass. The tricky part with this unit is the relationship with Navajo Nation who own the Boquillas Ranch, which holds most of the elk within that unit. We will ensure that you make the most of your long-awaited Unit 10 elk tag and provide you with a successful and enjoyable professional trophy elk hunting experience. A3 has exclusive access to a private elk ranch covering 65,000 acres that is equally divided between Units 9 and 10 with each side over 30,000 acres. Arizona is a state you must intend to apply for multiple years in order to draw a tag. I just got a map sent to me of the property. They are conducted in September and November/December. The late-season archery elk hunts and late season rifle elk hunts in Arizona unit 10 also offer the non-resident elk hunter much better tag drawing odds. Care to join me for an hour and call one in for me on day 1? What state has the cheapest elk tags? I saw elk there also, but would be tough to pack one out. A forum community dedicated to hunting and fishing enthusiasts in the Arizona area. The bigger bulls have gone back onto the reservation after the rut making it really tough. The late-season rifle elk hunt in Unit 23 is also one of our top picks for the best late-season rifle elk hunts in the state of Arizona. Overview: Unit 10 is not a white-tailed deer hotspot. Arizona Unit 10 Unit 10 is our #1 pick for the best unit for elk hunting in Arizona. I have not hunted elk in this unit during the late hunt. Elevations run near 5,500 to 7,000 across most of the unit. The Arizona Elk Outfitters LLC Team of Arizona elk hunting professionals has produced several giant Arizona bull elk that score over 400 inches out of Arizonas Unit 10 including the 451 inch Boone and Crockett beast that is featured in the picture at the top of this post. Up early and into a good location to glass. These trophy elk hunts in the rut are the best time to focus on trying to harvest a world-class Arizona bull elk in Unit 10. The further off the roads you are willing to go the better you will be. There are a lot of elk in this unit. (AZ Hwy 66, Exit 139); westerly on AZ Hwy 66 to the Hualapai Indian Reservation boundary; northeasterly along the reservation boundary to Grand Canyon National Park; east along the park boundary to the Havasupai Indian Reservation; easterly and southerly along the reservation boundary to where Cataract Creek enters the reservation; southeasterly along Cataract Creek in Cataract Canyon to Island Tank; easterly on the Cataract Creek-Valle Rd. Make sure proper care is taken with meat. No single area in Unit 10 should be overlooked. Don't let it get to you. Species Information. I thought we might start hearing some bugling, but didn't hear a peep at all. This is flat to rolling country with a lot of roads and a lot of roadless areas. The late-season rifle and archery elk hunts in unit 10 do not have a nearly as high potential for trophy elk as the early hunts but, you still have the chance of harvesting a great bull elk on these late hunts with plenty of hard work being done before your hunt and a little bit of luck on your side. An archery-only hunt in the fall is available with an over-the-counter permit tag. These hunts can be a nonstop adrenaline rush with screaming bulls and encounters with giants. The time of year these hunts occur is post-rut in mid November. Because all the units, from 5A to 10 are. These are almost all resident deer. The Grand Canyon and Cataract Canyon form the units truly spectacular northern and northeastern boundaries. Areas: The Coconino Plateau, the north end of Unit 10, is a favorite location for big-buck hunters. It is my opinion that first-timers to elk hunting should be looking at tags with a balance of higher draw odds and moderate success rates. There is only one hill in the area to spot from, so I would spend some time learning where the bulls are by picking areas and looking for elk. DaveR covered it well. Since AZGFD manages their elk herd aggressively, meaning that if a unit has over 35% harvest on the late firearm hunt and has over a 35:100 bull to cow ratio, they dont hesitate to increase tags. Arizona has two separate archery and rifle seasons in most units. There are several herds that use the Aubrey Cliffs, mostly around Chino Point and Rhodes Canyon. Powered by UBB.threads PHP Forum Software 7.7.5. Just keep looking and dont pull the trigger too soon. Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Arizona Unit 10 late rifle: Forums Member List Calendar Active Threads: Previous Thread: Next Thread : Print Thread: Hop To : Page 1 of 2 : 1: 2: Arizona Unit 10 late rifle #8811472 04/26/14. 6 were here. The Arizona Big Game Application Deadline for Elk is 11:59 P.M. (Arizona Time) Feb 14, 2023. M. Great unit but can be really tough hunt. Vary your use of different calls and calling sounds to keep the elk on edge. The best thing you can do is get on OnX and Google Earth and start finding likely areas to hold elk- which are places as far off the beaten track as possible. If you are at the upper end of these point ranges always consider changing your draw strategy to a higher quality hunt choice, such as early archery. micky. I would recommend spending a lot of time from high points glassing for elk. For a resident, most early Arizona archery hunts can be guaranteed to be drawn from 7 to 15 bonus points. Posted By: Anaconda Re: Arizona Unit 10 late rifle - 04/26/14 I don't much about unit 10, but I have hunted late season elk near by. What is a "sanctuary" area when there are nodeep canyons? Good luck and happy hunting. If you are looking for ultra-high draw opportunity then a late season archery tag can provide 100% draw odds in many units. Quality in general if you look at the last five years is up and looking good, although for those who are still looking back to 10+ years ago and comparing, quality is still down from then. Negotiations are ongoing, and if they reach an agreement, permits numbers will go back to the same for elk. The ability to crawl for long distances helps. Thanks! Cataract Lake and Kaibab Lake campgrounds, near Williams, managed by the U.S. Forest Service (928-635-2633). Good luck!!! Don't miss out on your opportunity to chase giants, visit the Arizona Game & Fish Department website and select ". The state offers a variety of terrain and climates that make it a perfect place to pursue these majestic animals. FORLOH AllClima Softshell and AllClima Stretch Woven Pant Review. Arizona elk hunting in Unit 27 \u0026 23 and also unit 1 \u0026 10 offer some of the best rifle elk hunting in Arizona.Arizona hunter, guide, and outfitter Tim Winslow breaks down the top rifle elk units for the upcoming draw in 2022. Find tanks and look for tracks. Watch that first step. Many bulls have broken racks following the frenzy of the rut. Unit 10 is a very huntable elk unit due to the fact that this unit is interspersed with a lot of hills rolling hills, broken ridge country, and lots of knobs that make excellent glassing points from which to scout and hunt trophy Arizona elk from. Drawing a late season archery bull elk tag can typically be done with 0 to 3 bonus points for a resident hunter. Unit Boundaries varnco, September 11, 2018 in Elk Hunting, My buddy and I went up scouting Unit 10 (Bo Ranch) this past weekend, as we have the first Cow Elk Rifle in Mid October. Areas: Javelina are not easy to locate in Unit 10. it is a big unit and the elk are scattered by the late season. Our elk hunt stories can be found in our "Elk" category on the blog as well. Many late season Arizona bull elk hunts for residents can be drawn with 6 to 11 bonus points. That said, bulls bugle all year long so you may want to send out a "location bugle" to see what happens. Early season should be great. Even as a resident of the state of Arizona it can take anywhere from 11 to 24 bonus points to get a tag. If the hunter makes a mistake, please report it to the Department. At 10 points, 1/10 were drawn. Much of the Unit is part of a ranch (Boquillias) that limits off road use. I have gone 3/3 the last 3 years in 10 for elk, 2 early rifle cow tags and last year an archery bull, so I haven't chased elk during your hunt but have been out there during the archery deer. Many late season Arizona bull elk hunts for residents can be drawn with 6 to 11 bonus points. . Apr 7, 2021. Looks like you and I will be sharing the same trails this December. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Arizona Elk Outfitters LLC has a tremendous amount of resources at our disposal to help you harvest your very own world-class bull elk in Arizonas world-famous Unit 10 this elk season.