Arizona Hunting Club & Outdoor Adventure Group

Arizona Hunting Workbook for Deer and Elk in Arizona

The Arizona Hunting Club & Outdoor Adventure Group has created this Arizona Hunting Workbook to help new hunters learn to how to hunt as well as help existing hunters learn new tips and tricks that will help them have better luck when it comes to locating deer, elk, turkey or whatever big game species they are hunting.

The Arizona Hunting Workbook contains a great deal of hunting information that discusses many different hunting tactics, hunting techniques and hunting strategies designed to improve the average person's ability to find animals and successfully fill their hunting tag.

Arizona Hunting Workbook Table of Contents:

1. Profiling Deer and Elk Based on Watering, Feeding and Bedding Habitats
2. Learn to Locate the Wildlife Energy Food Sources in the Forest
3. Arizona Coues Deer's Feeding, Watering, Bedding and Traveling Habits
4. Arizona Mule Deer's Feeding, Watering, Bedding and Traveling Habits
5. Arizona Elk's Feeding, Watering, Bedding and Traveling Habits
6. Learn How Animals Profile Hunters and Their Predictable Hunting Patterns
7. Learn How to Research Deer/Elk Hunting Units with a Topographic Map
8. Learn How to Research Deer/Elk Hunt Units with Satellite Photo Images
9. Learn How to Research Deer/Elk Hunt Units with 3D Terrain Mapping Tools
10. Learn How to Scout with a Global Positioning System (GPS) Unit
11. Planning a Scouting Trip Complete with Predefined GPS Routes
12. Improve Your Memory, Scout with a Digital Camera
13. Building a Hunting Journal for Future Generations of Hunters
14. Database of Topo Maps and Satellite Photos for Every Stock Tank in Arizona
15. Learn How to Select the Right Stock Tanks to Scout
16. Learn What to Scout for Around Watering Holes, Stock Tanks and Springs
17. Learn What Arizona Elk Like to Eat for Dinner
18. Learn What to Scout for Around Feeding Areas
19. Learn What to Scout for Around Bedding Areas
20. Learn What to Scout for Around Game Trails
21. Learn the Best Times to Hunt According to a Lunar Hunting Calendar
22. Learn How to Use Hunting Binoculars to Locate Deer and Elk
23. Learn How to Build a Wildlife Buffet for Deer and Elk
24. Learn How to Use a Game Camera to Scout Deer and Elk 24x7
25. Learn How to Build a Deer / Elk Ground Blind to Hunt Deer and Elk
26. Learn How to Install a Deer / Elk Hunting Tree Stand to Hunt Deer and Elk
27. Learn How to Use Prevailing Winds and Heat Thermals to Hide Your Position
28. Hunting Arizona's Wilderness Areas and Designated Quite Zones
29. Learn How to Use Cover Scents to Mask Human Odor
30. Learn How to Build a Deer / Elk Funnel/Choke Point
31. Learn to Call in a Deer with a Game Call
32. Learn to Call in an Elk with a Game Call
33. Selecting the Perfect Weapon for Deer and Elk Hunting
34. Learn Your Weapon's Safety Features
35. Practice Shooting at the Gun Range or the Archery Video Range
36. Setting Up a Comfortable and Safe Hunting Camp
37. Setting Up a Hunting Backpack with Every Thing You Need to Hunt
38. Processing the Meat and Preparing for a Trophy Mount
39. Improving Your Odds of Getting Drawn to Hunt in Arizona
40. Arizona Deer Hunting Research - The Top 10 Deer Hunting Spots in Arizona
41. Arizona Elk Hunting Research - The Top 10 Elk Hunting Spots in Arizona
42. Talk to Arizona Game & Fish Wildlife Hunt Unit Managers
43. Arizona Game & Fish Game Unit Scouting Reports

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Recommended Reading Materials:

If you are serious about hunting and you really want to kill a big game animal in Arizona, we highly recommend that you read the following books:

Wildlife Management Book:

• Wildlife Habitat Relationships in Forested Ecosystems by David Patton - This book is written a by a professor at Northern Arizona University (NAU). It won't teach you how to hunt, but it gives you great insight on why finding the energy in the forest is important to locating the animals. It some great information about how a deer or elk looks at the forest to find its food and water. And it covers what type of tree canopies like to use during the summer and winter to conserve energy and stay out of the wind. Since the book was written at NAU, the book's examples, charts and graphs are based on Arizona hunting units.

Deer Hunting Books:

• Mapping Trophy Bucks by Brad Herndon - This book is is by far the best resource that I have ever read on how to hunt with topographic maps. If you can only afford one book, buy this one. While it is written about white-tailed deer, all the principles can be applied to elk hunting as well.
• Whitetail Addict's Manual, by T.R. Michels - To learn how deer think, talk and communicate with body language and scents, buy this excellent resource. It also has a great chapter on hunting the moon phases, which explains why deer are most active at sun up and sun down while the moon is overhead.

Elk Hunting Books:

• The Complete Book of Elk Hunting by Sam Curtis - This book was written by Sam Curtis and blessed by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. It has a lot of great information on how to find elk at different times of the season and how to estimate the elevations where hunters should start looking before their hunt. It also has some great chapters the favorite hiding spots that elk like to use.
• Elk Addict's Manual, by T.R. Michels - To learn how elk think, talk and communicate with body language and scents, buy this excellent resource. It also has a great chapter on hunting the moon phases, which explains why elk are most active at sun up and sun down while the moon is overhead.