Posted: 9/25/2009 8:19:33 PM EDT
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Have you been up to the Williams Area ? how do the tree rats look this year ? me and the kid are going up to get out of the heat before we start to scout for deer on the south side of Alamo around lincon ranch
I mostly go around Modesti (sp) tank and try to stay in the big timber leaving Yuma the day before the season starts any tips would be great as We don't get up that way as much as We used to. aint so much about the hunt for me anymore just the relaxation  getting to old to be chasing them dam things around LOL
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I was actually up there this weekend. I spent more time in the cedars towards Ashfork, but when I was in the pines I saw a number of squirrels. The place I have seen the most squirrels this year is around the Pine area, up the 87 and into the Happy Jack area.
Are you looking for tips on a good squirrel area? Or are you looking for help hunting deer in 44A? And are you just gonna have the one day before the season to scout? |
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Thanks for the reply
just looking for tree rat population and acorn drop in the Williams area for the kid ( 14 years old ) he loves to hunt for them hell it keeps him off the streets so it's all good 
the deer hunt we have covered, We mostly hunt Area 41 but drew a tag for Cibola this year  We pulled a few out of Cibola over the years but more towards the Kofa strip area. gonna try the northern section if we can beat back the donkeys LOL
I owe you one... if your ever down this way for a Hunt look me up I am a life time (47yrs) yuman I may be able to save you some gas and shoe leather Have a great week |
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If you stay away from the town proper and head towards Bill Williams Mountain on Perksinville Road you'll run into some good tree rat areas. Also if you hunt around Dog Town Lake there are quite a few. Let me know if you have anymore questions.
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If you stay away from the town proper and head towards Bill Williams Mountain on Perksinville Road you'll run into some good tree rat areas. Also if you hunt around Dog Town Lake there are quite a few. Let me know if you have anymore questions. How's the coyote population down in your part of the desert right now? Yep that is the area I go to, just a tad south west of coleman lake around modesti tank. Took a couple of turkeys and one nice bull 5x5 on the north side of dogtown back by the tank on the old fire road ( I should say trail ) nice saddle up there but it's a hell of of walk.
Coyote's yep We have a few  dam things are every where, we call them targets.
right now they are more towards the foothills area due to lack of rain and the water holes are dam near dry, I can hear them at night when I go out for a smoke. The nights are starting to cool off a tad so I would expect them to start running rabbits soon, The Gila river ( stream )bottom
should be 9+ on a scale of ten right about now from dome valley ( north on 95 about 16 miles from Yuma to Texas hill ) Or I can tie my beagle up outside and let him call them into the front porch While we have a cold one
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If you stay away from the town proper and head towards Bill Williams Mountain on Perksinville Road you'll run into some good tree rat areas. Also if you hunt around Dog Town Lake there are quite a few. Let me know if you have anymore questions. How's the coyote population down in your part of the desert right now? Yep that is the area I go to, just a tad south west of coleman lake around modesti tank. Took a couple of turkeys and one nice bull 5x5 on the north side of dogtown back by the tank on the old fire road ( I should say trail ) nice saddle up there but it's a hell of of walk.
Coyote's yep We have a few dam things are every where, we call them targets.
right now they are more towards the foothills area due to lack of rain and the water holes are dam near dry, I can hear them at night when I go out for a smoke. The nights are starting to cool off a tad so I would expect them to start running rabbits soon, The Gila river ( stream )bottom
should be 9+ on a scale of ten right about now from dome valley ( north on 95 about 16 miles from Yuma to Texas hill ) Or I can tie my beagle up outside and let him call them into the front porch While we have a cold one
We were there this past weekend scouting for our Nov. Bull hunt, Rizzo is right, that area is dirty with them. From Dogtown all the way down to White Horse. Anyone else get drawn for Unit 8 Bull? |
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Just a cow, is it me or did the rut get a slow start this year? Are you familiar with the old Poquette homestead? That's the wifes family. Can't say I'm familiar with that homestead. Where's it at? What I'm hearing from the archery hunters is that yes, the rut got a late start. I think it has to do with the weather; hasn't turned cold enough yet. But this week temps are gonna start dropping, and so is the barometric pressure, so you're likely to hear more bugling in the coming weeks. |
| The homestead is just outside of Dogtown. That first meadow you come to headed east on FR 140 you will see a trail leading south and a sign that reads Poquette Tank the trail leads to the old corral and a shack built in the early 1900's. I'll have to post pics one of these days. A portion of the 300+ acres is posted but vandals have knocked down parts of the corral recently. |
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I'll let you know next time we go up. My work has a use it or lose it policy on vacation. So I'm trying to plan a few more scouting trips but money is tight.
Maybe one can coincide with http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=8&f=13&t=372574 |
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Wow Small world We live in I have been going to that area since I was 12Yo 30+ years LOL
got my first ever Mallard jump shooting in that tank on the left of the corral when I was 14. use to be a tank just south of the fork in the road that was full of water dogs. them were some good times. If you dont have much snow on your Elk hunt spend some time walking the ridge between jack ass flats and DT tank heading north to coleman for some reason the bulls love the west side of turkey ridge, Might be the North wind and the shade
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A prescribed fire got out of control yesterday, Lee, a cousin of my wifes who works for the forest service has told us that it looks like Bill Williams mountain will be burned, houses near the high school have been evacuated already. Denise Poquette Informed us in an e-mail @ 3:21 Escalante subdivision (Keethlers) has burned. 
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