Happy New Years!

There is change in the New Year’s wind. Great change—a monumental change that will mark the beginning of something epic and lasting in the outfitting industry in Arizona! Two companies that have firmly established themselves as the highest performing guides for Arizona’s big game is Chad Rhoton and Jay Lopeman’s “Mossback Arizona” and Matt Schimberg and Bryon Goswicks’s “Arizona Strip Bucks”. These two very successful companies have been the top producing outfitters for mule deer, elk and coues deer for most of the last decade. While AZSB has focused primarily on mule deer, MBAZ has focused mainly on elk and coues.  No other competing outfits have been able to match the number of trophy- caliber animals taken by these two top quality hunting companies  . . . year after year after year.

Born from friendship and deep professional respect for one another, Arizona Strip Bucks and Mossback Arizona are stoked to announce a full partnership and full merger of the two companies. No longer will we compete against one another but will mesh together and move forward as the greatest hunting company in Arizona! The combined knowledge of species and years of hunting and guiding experience will be unmatched in Arizona. The highly qualified and experienced seasoned guides that come from joining our companies will be unlike any other team ever assembled. Both outfitters owe their success to the dedicated quality guides that have been the beating heart of each organization. This philosophy will carry forward as we have both learned the key to finding success lies in the quality of our guides, and we are darn proud and thankful to have each and every one of them as part of our new organization.

This new company, starting January 1, 2014, will be known as A3 Trophy Hunts. We will be offering a full array of options in all of Arizona’s units for all species. Both companies bring private land elk hunting to the table and our control of even more private land for huge bucks and bulls continues to grow annually. The harvest records of the two combined companies are, simply put, untouchable by any other outfitters available in Arizona. If you look at sheer numbers of game taken by A3’s clientele,  you will find it to be vastly superior to even our closest competitor:  44 bulls over 375” with 15 of those over 400”, 25 mule deer over 200” with 14 of those over 220” and 3 over 240” and 52 Coues bucks grossing over 110” with 17 over 120” and 6 over 130”! In 2013 alone, we were able to harvest 4 bulls scoring over 400”, our top 6 coues deer averaged 132”,  and 2 bucks over 225” including one that gross scored an amazing 246”.  This record is a testament to our passion and dedication to preseason preparation and the quality of our guides. A short time period spent looking through our photo galleries will back up these numbers as fact, not just boasts recklessly thrown out via Face book or text message that seems to be the fad these days.

We are not becoming a booking network that clings desperately to the success of several different struggling outfitters operating under one umbrella. No sir, we are one company, with exclusive guides, that consult, book, outfit and guide your hunt under one roof with your personal success and satisfaction as our number one priority. Not just any success, but a preplanned, prescouted and precisely executed plan to put your tag on a trophy worthy of it. A3 will continue to treat each tag as if it was their own.  We understand that there is never a guarantee of harvesting an animal, but rest assured there is an understanding by our team of the value and importance of each and every hunt.  These are special times that don’t come around often and deserve to be treated as such.

The founding members of A3, both owners and guides, have made Arizona trophy hunting a way of life. “We live this job we love and love this job we live.”  We are not part timers that like to hunt. We are a fulltime professional hunting company hell bent on becoming the best that this state has ever, or will ever see. We take being number #1 very seriously and keep this goal in focus at all times. We know reputation is what makes or breaks outfitters in Arizona and we guard ours very closely. Any amount of research into either of our original operations will reveal a history of impeccable work ethic, professional guides and happy clients. Both of our reputations are rock solid gold and we intend to keep it that way. Our guides are men with integrity and are committed to your success. Arizona is a highly competitive place for outfitters and several of the very best in the world operate here. We are dedicated to forever etching out our place in history at the top of this rock pile. Call it pride, call it obsession, call it whatever you like. We call it life...Welcome to A3 Trophy Hunts, please buckle up…

To contact A3 Trophy Hunts, please email us at a3trophyhunts@gmail.com. Head over and like our new awesome Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/A3-Trophy-Hunts/665394283503735?fref=ts We look forward to hearing from you!  Our website will be up soon at www.A3trophyhunts.com.

 

 

Employment Opportunity

We are always looking for new talent to join our ranks. We are eager to talk with hunters and outdoorsmen that have an interest in pursuing the guiding/outfitting profession. If you have integrity, loyalty and grit in your DNA, then we want to talk to you. If you describe yourself as hardcore, honest and hardworking, then we really want to talk to you! Foremost you must have a solid work ethic. We achieve success by outworking our competition everyday. We go HARD! We strive to be the best at what we do and are always seeking new ways to improve our operation. We never settle for good enough and push ourselves to the limit in everything we do. We are not interested in weekend warrior egomaniacs that are seeking a reason to brag. We are looking for the guys that want to perform at the highest level and achieve goals that require no bragging. If you have significant time available between August and February and want to join the finest trophy hunting operation around, please send an email to azmattman2000@yahoo.com and we can discuss every option that may be available to you. Thank you, Matt

Consistent Success?

Why do some guys always kill a big buck or big bull on every hunt they go on? Why do some guys, even though giving it their personal best, always come up less than they hoped? Why is this? I guess it boils down to who tries the hardest while being the smartest. Hunting is an odds game and when you title yourself a trophy hunter your odds get a whole lot slimmer. I am deeply jealous of hunters that truly just want to have good time and a good experience no matter the outcome. Not me! No, I am always saddled with intense pressure and huge self imposed expectations for success. It is who I am. I have been a full blown trophy hunting maniac for as long as I can remember. This post will focus on trophy hunting.We will not talk about the importance of preseason preparation in this post. Preseason scouting is detrimental to the success of any trophy hunt. Without it you are just hoping to get lucky. I am not lucky and I have never been lucky. Let's assume we have already scouted.

I have learned that for me to be consistently successful, I have to work as hard as I can and do it as smart as I can. I guess it all begins with getting an early morning start with a good plan. Every serious hunter starts early. We start extra early. Game animals are always more at ease in the dark. They know they can't be seen and hence will tolerate alot more in the dark. Even if our morning plan starts at the truck we will still arrive and park at least an hour early. This just allows time for things to settle down and get quiet before daylight. Arriving and parking right at daylight puts everything on alert right at prime time. We start early, ridiculously early most mornings. If other hunters arrive right at daylight and bugger things up than we deal with it, but it wasn't us that did it. I can't stand being beat to a spot. We remedy this by making sure we are first to our areas every time, no matter what. Also, our daily plans are precise and coordinated, not just a random walk in the woods. Obviously all hunting is a show of flexibility, but you have to start out with a plan and a good one.

Secondly, we do what ever is necessary to up the odds. We select our vantage points based on which location will maximize the chance of seeing the target animal. If there is a nice glassing knob right next to a huge nasty mountain, we will choose the huge nasty mountain everytime. Even if we have to get up at 2:00am to start climbing it. We will position ourselves where we will be the most advantageous no matter what. This is one of the most common things we see other hunters do that hurts their odds. They glass from the easy spot instead of the best spot. I guarantee you that climbing to the highest spot around, every time, will increase your sightings and hence your odds of success. Always climb the best hill let the other guys glass from the easy hill.

We stay active and productive all day. Even on early season hunts like archery elk or deer. We are always out all day. If you break off and go back to camp to cook and eat and take naps everyday you are hurting your odds. Even when its hot and everything is bedded down it will pay to remain in the field and keep trying to do something productive.  Even if it is laying under a tree a few hundred yards from the game you are hunting. Animals are more active midday than most people think. They will often stand up and feed a bit, or rut around a little. Smart tactics can make things happen at a time when most are at camp. This will keep you engaged and keep you in the know of what is going on. If something blows the game out of their midday bed at 1:00pm you will know this if you are still in the field. If you are at camp sleeping with a plan to come back and hunt them that evening, you may arrive and waste a whole evening looking for something that is no longer there. You can sleep when you get home. Don't sleep during the daylight hours on a short trophy hunt. You are wasting your time if you do. Check trail cameras, hike or glass new country, take a new road, do something. Do anything! Hunting is a game of odds. Sleeping in camp is a zero odds plan. Just the act of leaving camp increases your odds of success. Why would you voluntarily do something that will reduce your odds to zero?

We are always hunting for a specific animal. We do not just go hunt a spot because it a good spot. Good spots change every year. Find a bull or buck you like and then hunt him like your life depends on it. This focus is the most important thing we do that put critters on the ground for us. We are simply too hard headed to quit. We scheme, adapt, flex and switch but keep hunting specific animals until we kill them, someone else kills them or the season closes. There are very few other instances that will cause us to change animals. If we have scouted and found the animals we want, we will hunt them relentlessly day in day out. I have always thought that everyday that goes by that we don't kill the one we are after, is one day closer to the day we will. It is often a matter of fitting puzzle pieces together each day until you line things up and get a shot. You learn something everyday about him and use it against him the next day. Another aspect is that the average hunter doesn't stick to the game plan for long. They will get discouraged easily when the game is not cooperating, other hunters are in the area or one of the million other obstacles arise that make trophy hunting hard. Everyday you stay hooked is usually a day that someone else gave up, making your job easier.

Do not let your effort or intensity wane if the hunt goes long. This is one of the hardest things we deal with guiding clients. Hunters tend to lose hope when a hunt goes into the latter stages. Everyone is gung-ho on opening day. They have been waiting and dreaming for months and it culminates on opening morning. Trophy hunting is an extreme sport. It is much harder than just going hunting. When you limit yourself to all but the biggest of animals you will learn to eat tags as painful as that is. We are successful just as often in the second half of the hunt as we are in the first half. In fact, if I counted it up, I would bet we have killed most of our animals in the second half of all of our hunts. Common is the guy that mentally gives in after the third tough day of hunting and the rest of the hunt is just a weakening progression until they get to go home. Not with us, we start hard and finish harder. On the few hunts that do end unsuccessfully for us, it is not for lack of effort. In fact, I can deal with not harvesting an animal if I know with 100% confidence that we did everything possible to sway the odds in our favor. I have never forgiven myself for the few times in my youth that I weakened during a hunt. We never weaken anymore. We are relentless in our efforts. Trophy hunting is dirty tough, you need to be tougher or you will not win.

Be aggressive in your hunting tactics. There is no telling the number of unsuccessful hunts that could have been successful if the hunter would have seized the moment and made success happen. How many times have you heard someone say "I backed out so I didn't spook him and will come back tomorrow." One of the best hunters I know once told me "Hunt every big buck like it is the last time you will ever see him." Think about that. Treat every scenario like it is the last night of the last day of season and you have nothing to lose. If you adhere to this methodology it will lead you to success more often than it will lead to disaster. I am not advocating for doing stupid things that have no odds of working, but if you sit by waiting for the "perfect" situation you will let many viable chances pass you by. Exceptions to this rule might happen on private land or in a remote units with low hunter pressure. But, in the public land units we hunt in Arizona, the hunts are usually very competitive. If you are not aggressive someone else will kill the buck or bull you are after. Even on our private land hunts we press hard to make shot opportunities happen. Antlers get broken and big animals just have a way of vanishing sometimes. Every hunter makes mistakes. I would rather make a mistake while trying to make a shot op happen than make the mistake of sitting by waiting for the perfect scenario. Press hard...

Make the shot. This is self explanatory. All the prep work and hunting effort is all for naught if you can't make the shot. Practice like your life depends on it. Getting the shot should be the hard part not making it. This is one of the few things in trophy hunting you have complete control over. Shoot until you are sick of it in every imaginable position and range you can think of. Don't be the guy that blew it at the moment of glory. Be the guy that made it happen when it counted...

Most people don't understand what it means to be a trophy hunter. I talk to people every year that want to kill a giant with their tag, yet have no idea what it will entail to do so. You have to pass great animals to kill big ones. You have to hunt harder, smarter and longer than the rest of the hunters. You have to be different than the average guy.

2013 Antelope Hunts

 

Just a quick post regarding our Arizona Antelope hunts. We have been guiding Antelope hunts for well over 10 years here in Arizona. We have harvested several B & C caliber bucks from all of the trophy producing units available. This includes units 5, 7, 8, 9 10, 13, 18 and 19. We start scouting Antelope in May and continue to find and follow bucks until the archery seasons open in August. We follow several different bucks from year to year and start each new scouting season looking for big live bucks we already know to be alive. We strive to find the biggest bucks available in the units we hunt and devote many weeks each year to nothing but finding big bucks for our clients. Please call 928-713-9575 or email azmattman2000@yahoo.com for more information on our Antelope hunts

 

 

 

 

 

Persistence...

So, here is a question I get asked often. "Do you think 7 days is long enough to kill a big buck?" There is no right answer. When hunters show up in camp, usually the day before the start of their hunt, we are always as prepared as we can possibly ever be. If it is the eve before the start of the rifle hunt, then we have been working on that hunt since late June! That's almost 4 1/2 months! We have scouted, found, patterned, and done our level best to learn about and form a plan to kill the very biggest bucks in the unit. That said we are still chasing a free ranging, smart, educated critter that has beaten EVERY predator that it has come in contact with for most of a decade. It is not easy and no amount of preparation will guarantee squat! So when hunters ask the above question I answer something like this. "If we come prepared, hunt smart, and stay persistent, odds are we will get a chance at this buck." I am certain that every last accomplished deer hunter or guide would agree that persistence is the greatest weapon one can posses.

I know of a buck right now that should easily pass the 230" gross mark in 2013. He lives in horribly thick and flat country. I have seen this buck three times working the edge of the only clearing in his area. In fact, I saw him multiple times over several months in the exact same spot! I know for a fact that if a hunter simply sat on a rock and waited for that buck to pop out of the trees he would kill him within 7 days. I would put the odds at 90%+ of killing him. But....rare is the hunter that would be willing to sit in the exact same spot each day, for days on end, with a Strip tag smoldering in his pocket getting hotter by the day. Rare indeed...even if  his odds of killing a 230" incher where higher doing that than anything else he could be doing! Everyone is game for it...for two days...after which their brain will get the best of them and they will abandon ship for greener buck pastures, which most of the time don't exist. Persistence is the keenest weapon a Strip hunter can bring with them..

The season of 2011, John Holbrook drew his 13B tag. He booked with us. We crossed canyons, climbed mountains, had two windy snow storms as the week withered away around us. Assistants Bob Dykeman, Ben Wells, hunter John and myself hunted as hard as we could for 7 straight days before we finally laid eyes on the buck we were after. In a 40 mph ripping cold wind on the last morning of the hunt, John made good on a 360 yard shot and claimed his gigantic 239" incher. Persistence baby.



John H and his last day 239" buck.

 



Last year on the 13B archery hunt we got a 2 inch flood two days before the hunt started. This is a terrible event to a trophy Mule Deer hunter so close to the hunt. Lots of water equals lots of places for deer to go and live. Which can, in turn, lead to broken buck patterns and broken hunter dreams. AZSB guide Bob Dykeman, and hunter Gary from Pennsylvania, never broke stride. They had a giant buck picked out that we had watched all year, considered all the options and simply went and killed a huge velvet monster that grossed over 220" on opening morning. Persistence in planning...

Gary's 220+ opening morning buck!

Last year on the 13B rifle hunt, I was hunting with Rick from California. Rick was a high strung, tight wound type, not unlike myself. We started a tough hunt and it got tougher by the day. 2012 was a terrible drought year and big deer were few and far between. We nearly killed ourselves looking for "Curly". Curly was a huge framed buck that was estimated at 220" and was one of the biggest bucks in the whole unit that year. Unfortunately, he lived in a popular area. Hunter pressure and thick country put Curly in hiding. We stayed with it, didn't lose focus, and on day 6 Curly walked out of the trees into Rick's waiting crosshairs. The day before our scheduled time together was to end. Persistence pays.

Ricks and Curly. 220+ buck killed toward the hunts end.

In 2011, Mike M. came from Colorado to hunt with us. Mike was an accomplished trophy hunter and was laser focused on holding out for a huge buck we had found and called "OneEye". This buck lived in what we call "low odds country" or terrain that is incredibly advantageous to the deer and not us. Flat, thick tree's and and a shortage of useful vantage points were a few of the words I used to describe the country to Mike before his arrival. I wanted him to show up ready for a long, grueling and low odds hunt for a giant deer. Shortly after daylight on day two we were gleefully taking kill pictures of One Eye as he lay before us. Persistence in scouting paid off...

Mike and his second day 230+ Giant!

Also in 2011, Mark and Jeff from California came to archery hunt with us. These two guys were DIY to the bone, but realized the importance of the Strip tag they held. They researched and hired us and a plan was in place when opening day arrived. Both hunters were game for whatever it took to be successful. The hunt was a hot and bug infested experience for all of us. On day 3 Mark arrowed an absolute freak giant that grossed 226" and change. Jeff was not as fortunate right off. We hunted and hunted and had some narrow escapes on a couple of bucks that were flat huge, including a mega wide 36" clean typical. Jeff never weakened an ounce. He got up everyday at 3:00 am, hunted his guts out and killed a smokin big 5x5 on day 16!! Persistence in it's purest form....

Jeff H. and his awesome 16th day buck!

Mark W. and his 3rd day freak of nature!

In 2010, a lady named Leisa drew the 13A rifle tag. This was Leisa's first big game hunt and first deer tag ever! She was accompanied by her husband Todd. Todd is an energetic sort that is down for anything and Leisa seemed to be the same way. We had just finished the 13B hunt and believed that a huge buck had crossed the unit line and escaped into 13A. We formed a plan around this belief, got up extra early opening morning and started the hunt. 6 hours later we all stood around Leisa's first Mule Deer buck. He was a pretty nice one but was a little bit smaller than we expected. But all that mattered was that Leisa was happy with him and she was! The buck grossed a bit over 230" and had 15 scorable points! Ha! Persistence that carried over from the week prior put this buck on the ground...

Leisa and her first big game animal ever! 230"+

Hunter Larry and AZSB guide Bryon Goswick had endured a long week of frustrating deer hunting in 13B. The giant that they chose to hunt lived in one of the most popular areas on the whole unit. 25% of the 60 total hunters would venture into this country based solely on it's reputation. A few even knew of the same buck and were looking specifically for him. Bryon has seen it all, done it all and is as a solid a deer hunter as walks the earth in my opinion. They made a plan, stuck to it, and kept Larry interested as his spirits waned. Several hunters and no buck was the diet, day in day out. But Bryon knew the country. He knew from killing huge bucks in this same location that you can go days without seeing the buck all the while he is right there the whole time. Finally, late in the hunt, the extremely massive 4x6 stepped to the edge of the thick and Larry hammered him. Persistence against, and outlasting the other hunters, paid off again.

Larry Foutz and his ultra heavy buck killed late in the hunt. 210"+

Back in 2006, a very good friend drew his own rifle tag in 13B. I opted out of guiding commitments to help him kill his whopper Arizona buck. AZSB Guide Bryon Goswick had found a awesome buck just a few days before. Big frame and some long extras. Three of us started looking for him at daylight opening morning. An hour and a half later we were celebrating over the dead buck! He lived in super tough country too! Things just came together, a long distance spot was made, a hasty stalk through thick trees and a quick shot threw a small lane and the 227" incher was ours. 7 days was plenty long enough for this one.



I could go on and on with story after story of how persistence has payed off huge for us in the past, but there is plenty of evidence above. So when a prospective client asks "Do you think 7 days is enough to get it done?" I truly don't know the answer. When you decide to "go big or go home" it becomes a totally unpredicatable experience. If you show up with only one thing in your warbag make sure it is persistence. Almost all things can be overcome with enough persistence.

Sonoran Pro Hunts LLC.

Well, after a long December and January spent scouting a lot of ranches, and hunting a few, I am proud to announce our newest venture in the outfitting industry, Sonoran Pro Hunts LLC. This Mexico trophy hunting company is a full partnership between Arizona Strip Bucks www.arizonastripbucks.com  and Sonoran Ultimate Hunting www.sonoranultimatehunting.net   The combination of our efforts will result in nothing but the very best option available for big Mexico Coues, Mule Deer and Desert Sheep! We will do it better than any, past or present, guaranteed. We are excited to take all we have learned about this business in the last decade and combine it with Brian Bundrick and his team. Brian brings 15 years experience in Sonoran outfitting with him, and him and his guys have an unmatched record of putting huge animals on the ground South of the border. We are honored to be partnered with him as we know he shares the same work ethic and passion for excellence that AZSB has built their reputation on.

               2 Coues that both score 116" taken in Jan 2013!

We have a very busy Spring planned with many more ranches to scout. We are spending an enormous amount of man power developing untapped opportunities as well securing several proven producing ranches. Simply put, if you book a hunt with us you can be sure that you will be placed on a ranch that holds the type of animals you are sold. We will not put you on a ranch as a Guinea Pig and hope to get lucky. Every ranch will be thoroughly prescouted before we lease it, again before you arrive, and will have our full confidence that it capable of producing what you expect.

               Here is a 2013 buck that grosses a whopping 210"!

A few important things to note about how our service will be superior to our competitors.
We have searched long, far and wide for landowners that share our deer management goals. We are in Sonora long term. We will only harvest as many bucks, per ranch, as we think it will sustain and stay productive. We want to be hunting with the same clients in ten years, not drumming up new ones every year because the previous were disgusted with their experience with us. We strongly discourage the harvest of young deer and strive to cultivate our ranches to produce fully mature and older age class bucks. Management bucks are also removed to refine the genetics.

Here is another from 2013! 201" gross w/6" broken off!  

 

 

Our guides in Mexico are the same guides that we have used for years in Arizona. They are the loyal members of our outfits that have helped us build our flawless reputations for over a decade. There will be no language barrier that needs to be handled hunting with us. While we will employ many hard workers from Mexico for other jobs, the guides will all be highly experienced deer hunters, many of which guide hunts fulltime in the states.  

Another thing that sets our hunts apart is the food. We have a handful of Mexican cooks that only work at supplying our camps with home cooked traditional Mexican meals. From fresh made chips, quesadilla's and guacamole with cold beer for an appetizer, followed by soup, salad and the main course always accompanied by the endless stack of warm fresh tortillas. You will gain weight while hunting incredibly hard. It happens to me every year.

Accommodations are ranch houses that are on or nearby our hunting ranches. Each has power, lights, hot shower, toilet and a kitchen. Some are immaculate and some are older models, but each is as comfortable as we can make it. We have chosen these ranches because of deer quality not because of house quality. We have also decided to not turn down any great ranch due to house condition or lack there of. We will bring down our wall tent camp and set it up if necessary, but this would be fully disclosed beforehand and priced accordingly.

Another perfect typical giant that is over 190" from 2013!

 

 

The process for hunting Mexico is very straight forward. Once booked, we gather your personal and gun information and handle all the paperwork. You simply fly into Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico where you will be met promptly by us. We will guide you personally through the short customs process and then you are immediately off to the ranch.

One heck of a management buck 183" gross!

 

 

We will have a fully functional website up and running as soon as possible. Until then, for more information, please call Brian Bundrick at 928-848-1606 or email at brian.bundrick@yahoo.com or Matt Schimberg at 928-713-9575 or email at azmattman2000@yahoo.com

How May We Help You?

Now that the 2013 Elk and Antelope application period is open, we have been talking with lots of prospective clients. I am excited about the coming season and all the experiences and big animals that will come with it. With Arizona outfitters numbering in the hundreds, hunters seeking assistance with their hunts face an unlimited number of options to choose from. I speak to numerous hunters each year that have had horrible past experiences with outfitters, almost all of them warranted, and painful to hear. As with any business, there are operators in the outfitting business that are snake oil salesmen and charlatans. They have a fantastic line of salesmanship and will even produce pictures of big animals. If you take any outfitter at face value of what they tell you and don't completely research them, don't be surprised when the hunt turns out less than expected. With the rarity and value of Arizona tags, you owe it to yourself to thoroughly research your outfitter before you make a deposit on a hunt. With adequate research you will discover a small number of elite outfitters and guides that are at the pinnacle in Arizona outfitting. Once you narrow down this pool, it is just a matter of talking to each one and making a decision that seems to fit you the best. We are very proud to call most of these top notch outfits close friends of ours. If you draw a tag and intend to book an outfitted hunt, DO YOUR RESEARCH! Because there are plenty of sharks drooling at the thought of your hard earned cash...

A top quality outfitter should be efficient, clean and effective in every area of operation. They should be upfront and honest and easy to talk too. They should welcome every question you have. They are in the business of service. If they don't seem to want to serve your interests, look elsewhere, because there are some out there that are eager to please. They should have an aggressive plan of attack for your hunt. They should scout long, hard and often and have the proof that they do so. Arizona trophy hunting has become so unbelievably competitive, that if your scouting is not complete and effective, you will be way behind on opening morning and that can often be too late. Your outfitter should be personable, responsible and always keep your best interests in focus. Their equipment should be well kept, clean and always functional. Vehicles should be adequate for the terrain and dependable. Above all, they should be eager to give you references. Not a random name and number from somewhere in the past, but recent clients from last years hunts as well as others. Remember, these references are the very best insight into the true quality of an outfitters operation. Ask for them!

Ok, time to get shameless for a minute. What sets our company, AZSB, apart from our competitors and secures our place in the top tier of AZ outfitters? Many things do. First, with over a decade of building our reputation, we have learned exactly what we need to do to give our valuable clients the hunt of a lifetime.

This starts with a complete and thorough preseason scouting program that locates numerous options for your hunt and provides Plan A, Plan B, C, D..etc. Scouting is so incredibly important, that if your prospective outfitters scouting time isn't measured in months, look elsewhere because there is more than one available that scout like possessed maniacs, and locate so many quality animals that the biggest problem is deciding which ones to pursue. Our scouting never really ends, but the cycle starts over each year for us in late June. We then relentlessly hammer and pound all the units we hunt  with many different methods and resources, until the hunts begin. This is the single most important factor that has provided our tremendous success.

 

Another aspect that serves our clients well is our camps and food. Wherever we might be, we always strive to make our camps as clean and comfortable as we possibly can. This includes camp trailers, hot showers, clean, warm and weather proof wall tents with carpeted floors, appetizers, drinks, crackling stoves if it is cold, and a professional camp chef that is only there to provide us with top notch meals. You will have private heated sleeping quarters. No bunking with strangers. We will ask, and ask again regularly if there is anything you need or want. Remember, we are a service. We are there to serve your interests.

Our gear and equipment. We have learned how effective and necessary it is to acquire, use and maintain only the finest equipment possible. From our binos to our vehicles, our equipment is clean, functional, and dependable and each member owns and uses the finest gear available.

The final ingredient to our operation is our team of professional hunters. The group of men that make up AZSB is what truly sets us apart. Our greatest attribute is our integrity. We will always be upfront, honest and open in every area. This has served us very well and will never change. We have been so careful while assembling this team that is has taken us over 10 years to get where we are today. Every guide is as talented as the next.

Each member has a deep rooted sense of morals, ethics and values. This is never compromised. In a society with declining morals, we are proud to say we do not lie, cheat or steal. We stand by our word and expect the same of others. We feel out working our competition and providing a superior service is what perpetuates our business and allows us to do it. We can never guarantee that you will harvest an animal on any hunt. What we can guarantee is this. If you hire us you will get a service that will treat your hunt with the individual attention you want and need. We will construct a detailed plan for the entire course of your hunt that starts with a hard charging scouting plan that will lead to the quality of animal that you are after. We will handle every detail you expect and design a complete experience that will exceed your greatest expectations. True and complete quality is what we are about. From our first meeting until we harvest a world class animal, we strive to serve and please our clients in every way. We would be honored to assist you with your trophy hunting goals. Please call and ask for our references and find out for yourself just how serious we are about quality and professionalism. Thank you for your time, Matt