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Draw results now available for 2013 fall big game hunts

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For more than 121,600 applicants, the wait is over. Draw results for Arizona’s 2013 fall big game hunts are now available.

Draw results are available at https://az.gov/app/huntdraw/home.xhtml (click on “View results and bonus points”) or by calling (602) 942-3000 and selecting option two. Callers may get a busy signal due to the heavy call volume expected, and are encouraged to try again later.

The department issued 49,471 hunt permit tags for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo and pheasant.

Tags for successful applicants are expected to be mailed by Aug. 9, 2013. Refunds will be mailed no later than Aug. 19, 2013.

Any leftover hunt permit tags will be made available for purchase. The list of leftover tags will be posted at www.azgfd.gov/draw when it is available, along with the 2013-14 Arizona Hunting Regulations and other draw-related information.

For those who qualify, military hunts will also be available for Fort Huachuca. Interested sportsmen and sportswomen should call (520) 533-7083 or (520) 533-8763 for additional information.

Predator Protection: The Anti’s Endgame

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by Broadfoot Media Group on June 7, 2012

Talk to a fellow hunter about wolves, cougars or bears and their first reaction will most likely be that their populations are out of control and must be scientifically managed. Ask an anti-hunter and you will hear that they are the most majestic, critical, endangered and necessary animal to ever set foot in the woods.

The truth is predators are a critical tool in the endgame of the anti-hunting movement far more than they are critical to “balancing our ecosystem”, as they would have the general public believe. The portrayal of the wolf, cougar, bear, coyote and other predators as harmless creatures that only kill the weak and diseased is nothing more than a marketing scheme aimed at making the prey the perpetrator. It has been very successful for the anti-hunting movement as they have made predators the star player in their endgame to ban all hunting.

Read more at Outdoorhub.