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Saw my first white-winged dove of the year in the PHX are on Monday... Cool way to mark the seasons in the Sonoran Desert.

Colt 1849 pocket Brevette with engraved gold inlay. Real gold and silver. 1850s era with Elephant ivory one piece grips. 36 cal. $2000 text 480-406-0474 Shawn in Scottsdale

16B Deer & Elk for myself

Did it sing a song?

In April 2024, I was fortunate to draw an off-range oryx tag for March 2025. I’ve had a whirlwind year since drawing and timing couldn’t have been better for the hunt. With that said, we encountered severe winds with no sign of letting up, which made things challenging. With the wind gusts, everything was bedded. Due to the flat terrain, glassing for extended periods was unproductive. We would glass and go, glass and go, constantly moving. The wind gusts were so brutal that any tracks on the ground were erased, making it easier to gauge a fresh track. So we changed plans and drove roads looking to cut tracks which we eventually did. We found a group of three at about 400 yards and they had us pegged. This happened twice more with the ranges increasing each time. They eventually had enough of us and bolted. Fast-forward to the late evening, and we were able to find the same group again at 1000 yards. They had picked up another oryx, and they were now four, with only one being unbroken. A long stalk later and I had my oryx. Five minutes later, it was pitch dark. Good luck to everyone on the upcoming NM draw!

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Im not familiar with their shotgun, I’ll have to do some reading on it, sounds like it could be a good option though

then they over stayed their VISA, they need to be deported!

23 non burro youth rifle

Most of us knew what you were talking about.

Congrats Fred. All red for me.

My buddy in Sun City had them at his house on April 5th. When I lived in AZ, I would usually start seeing them the first week of April. The houses in our old neighborhood were in a former Orange orchard.

I got a courtesy tag

I noticed a couple too on Friday in Tempe.

Yes he is. Do you guys know why that was built? I do, Google it. Good az history. Back to the classifieds please.

Wait, there's a spillway above Roosevelt or are you talking about the diversion dam?

Every spring I start looking by running fence lines. Usually pull a couple decent singles that way, then end up hiking all over looking for the matches. Lucked into these after a short walk this morning. Pictures really don’t do justice. Quick tape totaled up to 180 5/8.

I just take the cash, totally legal.

How do you do this?

The boy decided he wanted smoked trout this weekend so we went to the lake. Friday was pretty slow with no keepers but Sunday they turned on good. It was his first time throwing spinners and now he is hooked. My wife did a brown sugar and honey brine that turned out amazing!

I constantly had people tell me how amazing oryx was as table fare. I enjoyed the tenderloins and backstrap trim for lunch the other day. This is the best wild game meat I've ever had. Fresh rosemary, garlic, Dijon, sea salt and black pepper then grilled over pecan.

Dall Sheep in Alaska has been at the top of my list since I was a kid growing up in NY reading Outdoor Life and Peterson's Hunting mags. #2 has always been Kudu on a South Africa safari.

Hey y’all sorry it’s taken me forever to finally get to this, but it has been archery season for the last month and I’ve been playing catch up from my rifle tag… I ended up scouting and hunting what felt like most of the country between the 17 and the river, and all the way from Bartlett to a little bit south of camp verde. I was planning to finally have a hunt of a lifetime with the opportunity to pass on multiple mature bucks. That didn’t pan out. This hunt was grueling. I was able to hunt with some friends a lot though which was a lot of fun. Being able to have friends along because it was close to Phoenix was one of the reasons I stuck with the tag. Another reason I put in for the tag was because I’ve hunted 21 in October a bit in the past. Granted it had been a few years but I didn’t think it could be that different. It should only be better in December. I couldn’t believe the drastic change from back then to now. Places where I used to see tons of muleys now held 1 or 2 does. We put in a lot of miles hunting hard to access places, easy to access places, and places I thought would be overlooked by the masses. We glassed up coati, javis, lots of white tails, and more mountain lions than 4 point mule deer. About a week into the hunt I passed on the first 4x that I saw. He was pushing a doe so I felt confident I had nothing but time, with the rut kicking off, so why end it now? I regretted that decision a few days later when it was clear that he was the only mature mule deer chasing anything that I could find. I had glassed up a good sized 3x at one spot a few times and I was ready to throw in the towel and go shoot that deer. I hadn’t seen the family much for Christmas and had the kids home from college. The hunt was 10 times harder than I thought it would be. The morning I decided to go look for that 3x, my buddy and his daughter convinced me to try a different spot one more time. We’d hardly even seen does there yet, but decided to give it one more try and found this guy hiding in a thicket with some does and smaller bucks. Couldn’t hardly believe it! Literally ran 3/4 of a mile to cover ground and get closer. Had to top a little finger 130 yards from him to actually get eyes on them. They must have sensed something because as I went up the back side of the hill they blew out. Caught back up to them a few hours and a few miles later. The events of that morning honestly seemed too easy, and it’s crazy to think if someone was watching me that morning it would have looked so quick and simple. But all told, I hunted 10 solid days before finally tagging out (actual hunting days in the field and not counting scouting). It was hard fought and hard won, and I’m glad I got to earn this deer. There’s no way I would have gotten this deer without the help of my buddies who were amazing to hunt with. The steaks have been great! Took the hide to Weller’s in Tucson and can’t wait to get it back!

There are so many cool and interesting things here. Tell me something else from this is available? I have just started to be interested in electronics and so it is important for me to have a few examples of boards, because I am interested in not quite finished products and I am interested in the question of how to build a circuit board at home and preferably with improvised materials, because now it is difficult to find parts and necessary tools in the mute quarantine. Fortunately, I was able to find such a place, so I can't really complain