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AES Sawyers
The 2016 goals of the AES Sawyer crew is to more than double their numbers and create a program of volunteers to work with and support the sawyers as swampers.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Junior Elk Hunt Camp
October 6-9, 2016 - Happy Jack Lodge & RV Park, 53878 Lake Mary Rd, Happy Jack , AZ 86024 - Presented by the Arizona Elk Society and sponsored by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The Arizona Elk Society hunting camps with mentors are a great place to get young hunters introduced to hunting. They learn all about hunting from seasoned hunters and our mentors take the kids out with their guardians to give the first hand lessons that will help them become successful hunters and instill ethics and much more.
Wild in the City
November 5, 2016 - Ben Avery Indoor Range, 4044 W. Black Canyon Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85086. - Wild in the City is for all youths 6-16, including scouts and troops to teach some of the outdoor skills and help them earn badges for things they might not have a chance to otherwise earn. Wild in the City is a daylong event. Registration starts at 8:30 am at Ben Avery Indoor Range, 4044 W. Black Canyon Blvd., Phoenix, Arizona 85086. Activities begin at 9am and end at 4pm with a break for Lunch.
HUNTS FOR HEROES
Arizona Elk Society started a new program "Hunts for Heroes" to help disabled veterans here in Arizona heal through hunting. Our first hunt is in the books. Kevin Widner was our first hunter and harvested a great antelope in Northern AZ. Program Director Dave Holbrook set up the hunt with our great friends at High Point Outfitters from Flagstaff. John from HPO and his guides did a great job.
Thank You to all that had a hand in this hunt and
Thank You to Kevin for his service to the United States.
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From our Water for Wildlife Program, Habitat Partners of Arizona Program and our Youth Outdoor Skills Programs, check out what Arizona Elk Society has accomplished in 2015.
LATEST NEWS
Hunters, please save that tracking collar
August 17, 2016
Wildlife management relies on valuable data
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is encouraging hunters who harvest a big game animal affixed with a GPS or VHF tracking collar to return that collar undamaged to any department office statewide.
While harvesting a collared animal is legal, Game and Fish asks hunters to refrain from cutting, damaging or otherwise destroying any portion of a collar. A collar easily can be removed from a harvested animal’s neck by loosening two nuts on the black “drop-off” box on one side of the collar. A crescent wrench, socket wrench or multi-use tool can be used to loosen only those two nuts.
2016 fall hunt draw results now available
July 21, 2016
List of leftover permit-tags posted online
PHOENIX – The waiting game is over for hopeful hunters who applied for a 2016 Arizona fall hunt permit-tag.
To view draw results for the deer, fall turkey, fall javelina, bighorn sheep, fall bear, fall bison and pheasant seasons, hunters can either 1) sign in to their AZGFD Customer Portal account, 2) visit https://draw.azgfd.gov/ and click on “View Results and Bonus Points,” or 3) call (602) 942-3000.
A record 88 percent of all applicants applied online (122,353), compared to 12 percent who filled out a paper application (17,056).
For those who were unsuccessful in the draw process, a list of about 2,670 leftover permit-tags is posted at http://www.azgfd.gov/draw. The department will accept applications for leftover permit-tags -- by mail only -- beginning Monday, July 25. Leftover permit-tags will be available for purchase on a “first come, first served” basis at Arizona Game and Fish Department offices beginning Monday, Aug. 1.
For those who qualify, military hunts may be available at Fort Huachuca. Call (520) 533-5529 for more information.
All permit-tags are scheduled to be mailed by Aug. 5; all refund warrants by Aug. 15.
Proposed Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument
From the Arizona Elk Society and the Arizona Alliance of Responsible Land Users:
The Arizona Elk Society has been working on this issue since 2010. Our Letter to Legislators and decision makers is on our website under the issue tabs.
For the past few months many of our followers and supporters have asked if we can provide talking points and information other than our letter. The big question that always comes up is “What can I do?” The Department has compiled a list of issues and concerns relative to Monument designation. For your consideration you can use this information should you choose to contact the decision makers of this action.
Here is what you can do. The elected officials that are the decision makers for this issue are listed below. You need to individually write and call these people and let them know how you feel about the Grand Canyon National Monument designation.
Please take the time to “GET INVOLVED”, these issues will determine the future of land use and access in Arizona. Use the points in this document to draft your comments then send it. If you do this please take a minute and let us know that you did this so we can keep track of the numbers and use those numbers when we are speaking with others.
