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    This was the last week in Apr
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    I’ve got the cabelas instict rebranded Meopta S2 I’d probably sell. Probably the best spotter for for the money. The 70x super zoom is great. Definitely better than the 3 you listed
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    I sold my Swarovski 80HD for the Meopta S2. You can buy one for under $2000. Trust me, you will love it!!!! You are welcome to take mine out if you want to try one out.
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    Thanks bro. Seems a lot of fire depts have public water fills.
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    Finally figured out where Edge has been hunting his big coues over the years. Spotted his rig where he hikes in. I know it's a jerk move but I need cash for summer gas prices Selling gps coordinates for 250 bucks to the first caller at 555-1234
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    Thanks for letting us know and dang what a fun read going back through this old thread! Steve was one of the good ones!!!!
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    And get your money lined up for the bet that tournament fishing will be on the chopping block! Wonder what G&F is going to do as they continue to allow these folks to come in and strip all the privileges away......G$F will be out of a job!!!
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    I think you should revisit your elementary English teacher before you start talking trash to me, buddy. And I'll gladly use my garden hose on you...I mean you're welcome to fill up your fresh tank. I think. Maybe I mean the former...
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    I thought I'd head that the Conoco at Butler/I-40 stopped that. There is a KOA on 89A heading north out of town, Kit Karson RV Park, and Black Bart's RV Park that may be able to help you. I've never inquired there because I make the family use a shovel and we fill fresh water here at the house. Tim, if you get in a bind and need fresh water, give me a shout. Can't help you with the black water dump, but I can get you fresh water under the "I consider you a friend" special!
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    That’s just what we all need for a hunting rig, ought to 4 wheel great with those 4.10 gears in the rear! Great second post by the way?
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    Been having to moonlight as a mall cop since a case of Schlitz topped $20.
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    Well, I don't remember which radio station it was/is, but he used to do a commentary in the afternoons.
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    With the help of maps provided by BowHuntAz I was able to locate the site I believe to have been "Sybil" at one time in AZ history. This past weekend I was able to find remnants of foundations, concrete slabs and what I believe to have been pillars for a water tower/tank. There are several railroad ties planted as posts in the same area and there is evidence of plumbing etc! According to the date stamp on one of the pillars 1923 is when some of that got built! My interest lies in the fact that my father in law lived in Sybil in 1954. While his family lived there his dad worked for Union Pacific and their house burned to the ground. We have one single picture that we collected from a relative that shows her dad and his brother standing in front of a couple of railroad tie posts with a trellis on top! I have been in touch with Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Arizona Historical Society, Arizona Archives with nobody even acknowledging that such a place existed! Still waiting to hear from the California Union Pacific Museum to respond as well as Cochise County and no luck so far from the Benson Museum! Anybody that has kinfolk, relatives or just somebody you know who might have a picture of any of those buildings etc, I would love to get my hands on one! I gotta believe that somebody out there has a picture of that little railroad town! Any help appreciated!!!
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    The Topper. Johnny 7 O.M.A (One Man Army) My how times have changed...
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    As I approached an area marked "No Trespassing" I realized that as a law abiding citizen I would get into more trouble for breaking a trespassing law than an illegal would for coming into the USA.....lots of upside down out there!!!!
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    First read the story in the Independent, then saw it on 3TV news and honestly the story got better from the newspaper to the interview! I dare say the person telling the story had no idea which direction bullets were flying!!!! Woman believes horses were targeted by shooter in Heber https://www.azfamily.com/news/woman-believes-horses-were-targeted-by-shooter-in-heber/article_d85250be-7399-11e9-a2b8-e390bc57b5ca.html
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    How do you guys like that encampment out on the B line where all the New Jersey cat ladies take care of, Doctor, feed, and water all those "wild mustangs" ??? very soon we will be in crisis mode on the wild burro issue, the lake pleasant herd is almost doubling every year.
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    Already put the coaster to good use! 20190513_184144.mp4
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    I don't want the coordinates, I want the car!
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    All we have are feral horses, no such thing as a wild horse.
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    And here we were telling all of these warm n' fuzzy stories about how pretty these things are UNTIL you had to chime in....
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    You were correct, Bill. It was Gambel's and scaled quail. Here's the column I did with Steve for Arizona Hunter & Angler. THE LAST SHOT RAIN, RAIN Copyright by Tony Mandile No doubt, most readers remember the little ditty, "Rain, rain go away, please come back another day." My parents taught it to me when I was a youngster, and I recall reciting it often when the rain kept me indoors during my childhood days in New Jersey. In the last few months, however, I have thought about the poem a lot --- especially after I had spent five or six hours afield in search of seemingly nonexistent quail. In case anyone failed to notice, this year's Gambels' quail season was a bummer. A few isolated areas held some decent numbers, but for the most part the little feathered devils were as scarce as hairs on Kojak's head. Don't ask me why, but I made one last trip during the last week of the season to the Mayer area. Perhaps my fantasies of finding a few 50-bird coveys made me do it. Then again, I think my being a glutton for punishment might have been the reason. Surprisingly, I stumbled onto one bunch of about 20 quail near a stock tank within 15 minutes of leaving the truck. On previous trips, finding birds in that short of time never happened, so my German shorthair no doubt thought she had died and went to heaven. Ginger pointed six birds over the next hour, but only two of them went into my game vest. When I missed, the dog usually turned and stared at me as if to say, "Hey, Deadeye, you point and let me handle the gun." The fun ended quickly, however. Ginger and I spent the next five hours driving from one stock tank to another. At each stop, we walked our tails off but never saw another feather. Since the season began, I have talked with other quail hunters. Most of them experienced the same kind of shooting. They located a few birds on one trip but none on the next. Places that had consistently produced good hunting in past years, such as the areas around Florence, Oracle, Globe and Wickenburg, turned into duds this season. Many of the hunters also said the birds seems wilder than they were during past seasons. Instead of running like they often do, the coveys flushed wildly far out of gun range. Consequently, relocating them presented somewhat of a problem at times. Without a dog this type of hunting quickly gets real tiresome and sometimes fruitless. Unless my memory is faulty, the last time the quail population dropped so dramatically was in the early 1970s. The reason was the same: the lack of rain, or more properly, the lack of rain at the right time. A few decades ago, Steve Gallizioli, who was then a biologist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, conducted an extensive study on quail. The program lasted many years and consumed hundreds of man-hours. When it finally ended Gallizioli came up with two interesting results. His research showed hunting has little or no effect on quail numbers. What does have a drastic effect, however, is rain. Without sufficient moisture, quail reproduction is minimal. A lot of folks think the rains help best in the spring months, but Gallizioli debunks the misguided belief. "In order for it to benefit the birds, the rains must come between October and March. It's much better if they are dispersed over a longer time. This saturates the soil, which in turn prompts good plant growth." The actual reason for the importance of plants in the reproductive scheme was an unknown factor for a long time. Biologists knew green vegetation was necessary, but they weren't quite sure why. Recent research by the University of Arizona unraveled part of the mystery when it was determined that Vitamin A was a key to the quail's sexual development for mating. The university's study found higher concentrations of the vitamin in the bird's livers when they were mating. Once the eggs hatch, the chicks also derive benefits from increased vegetation. The young birds need a large amount of protein to survive, and the copious vegetation provides that protein in the form of increased insect populations. When the plants eventually go to seed, both the juvenile and adult birds have a generous and nutritional food supply. According to Gallizioli, late rains --- in March or April --- do little good because most plants are geared to sprouting from winter rains. "The best indicator of how good the fall season will be is the preponderance of spring flowers. If the desert blooms as it had been doing a few years back, you can expect to have lots of birds to hunt. We have had some decent rains this past December and January, but we still need a bit more," Gallizioli said. Mearns quail hunters had it a little better. This species is dependent on summer rains, and the "monsoons," which normally hit the state in August, help immensely. I made three trips south of Tucson this winter and busted five to eight coveys each time. Most of them contained less than 10 birds, but that's often the case with Mearns. My shorthair located four coveys on one trip. Each one, within a 1/4-mile of the others, had some younger birds in it. With next year in mind, my hunting buddy and I each killed six birds, then quit. Leaving enough birds to replenish the stock should provide good hunting again for 1989. Now that the season has ended finally, I'm hoping the many times I said, "Please come back another day," during the past few months will have some effect. If not, next year's hunts will be much like the past one. So cross your fingers and wish for lots of colorful flowers this spring. ----- 30 -----
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