CouesWhitetail

here is a link to the CW.com tshirt page....you can order from there or call me (928-200-0544) if you don't want to order online. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/tshirts.htm

Best thing is to do is just edit the post to say SOLD. You can edit the title of the post or within the post body.

Stickers and CW.com tshirts definitely add to the luck factor!! thx for the support I am sure I will have that photo in the next sticker video....

Awesome!! Great that you and your dog were so successful!! and nice sticker pic!!!

The contest is still running....three days left to get your guess in!!

+1 I agree Rick and welcome.

Glad you engaged him Ringer. I too thought he had some serious guts coming to a hunting meeting and giving the speech he did. Glad he told you he doesn't want to eliminate hunting. I think people would be wise to realize that there is a large number of people that enjoy wildlife but do not hunt. Those are the people that potentially could be tapped into for funding wildlife projects AND to make sure we engage them in a way that at least maintains them as NOT being against hunting. Inviting those people to habitat projects might be a great way to show non-hunters that hunters spend a lot of time and money on wildlife habitat improvements. Another way is to just invite a nonhunter to go hunting with you so they can see what really goes on and how hunters appreciate nature in a way that many nonhunters do not realize.

This is kind of an unusual situation as we don't normally poll membership on each issue. The board is voted in by the membership and members are welcome at board meetings to present their ideas on issues they see as important. And since this issue has been so important to many people, the ADA created the survey that was mailed out to the membership. As to your question on whether the board can vote to overrule the majority of members opinions...I suppose they can. I don't think that has ever happened.

I have been watching the whole thing....I love being able to watch from home and still be able to submit comments. Thanks AGFD for setting this up for this meeting and the commission meetings. It's a real plus for me since I live hours away from the meetings.

Thanks Keith, glad you are back in town...we have missed you

Our annual meeting is usually in the summer. The last one was in July. So I suspect it will be in July this year. An invitation is mailed out to all members every year. So keep your eye out if you are a member.

Juan Huerta sent in this pic of his son Cameron's great buck! Said he took this 104 6/8 buck on the 2nd day of the jrs hunt. Congratulations Cameron...way to go! Check it out, his buck even has a drop tine!

for others, here is the link to a couple articles I posted about the recent bills signed into law re:predator control in Utah... http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31752

Just a reminder to all the members of the ADA to fill out and return the survey that was mailed to you. One of the questions on the survey is whether the ADA should continue supporting the AZSFW.

Thanks for sharing some of the facts Craig...I posted in another thread what Utah is doing to help reverse the mule deer trend now...focusing on predator control since all the habitat improvements haven't seemed to help enough

Targeted predator control would be the key of course. Hit the predators before fawn drop to give the fawns a better chance at survival. It has helped antelope quite a lot where I have seen it done.

Craig has posted that he does not support the bill.

The AZ Game Rangers are trying to raise money for a law enforcement conference they are hosting in July. This gun raffle and banquet on April 14 is a great way to have fun and support the AGFD law enforcement officers. see the PDFs for more info. Gunposter-Flyerrevised.pdf BANQUETORDERFORM.pdf

Thanks for the headsup Allen, keep us posted if you find out the sponsor

My concerns exactly. Personally I don't care if the tag allocation for fundraising means I won't get drawn for something, I am willing to sacrifice for the future good of the resource. But what really concerns me is the precedent set by selling a public resource to a private group (albeit a nonprofit) so they can resell at a higher price. And it bothers me that there are no concrete plans of action on how to use the money and no real oversight. Personally I think we should instead be pushing our AGFD to address the issues raised by AZSFW and find a way to best address things like reductions in mule deer populations. It seems we spend a lot on habitat projects and there are still problems with the herd. The ADA worked with AGFD to fund a study in the Three Bar area that showed that predators were dramatically reducing the mule deer population there. Why not use that information to see if targeted predator control might increase herds elsewhere?

Hey, that was an awesome video!! Great job! But it's very scary watching you use a havalon knife in fast motion!! LOL!

here is a link with info on how to contact your legislators....that is what is needed to stop the bill....make some time today to let them know how you feel about this bill and any like it. http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31148

Hope you have a great one young man!!

Yes, a couple of examples come to mind. 1- an employer that has collectively bargained a contract. A contract that was negotiated by both parties, not just crammed down the employers throat by a union. That means it was agreed upon by both parties. 2- a federal employer that provides health insurance for federal employees is my second example. Thanks. I was actually thinking more about how it originally came to be that employers are expected to pay for insurance. Was that largely because of unions? Amanda, According to this article, “Our employment-based system was not the product of a carefully designed health policy. It was a byproduct of evading wage controls during World War II.” http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/is-employer-based-health-insurance-worth-saving/ There are many who criticize the current employer-based system. For example, the following which states, in part that the employer-based system “happened through a weird combination of historical accidents, and it makes no sense. Why should an airplane manufacturer also be in the healthcare business? Why should you lose your health insurance if you get laid off?” http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/03/employer-based-health-insurance-going-way-dodo Conservatives decry our current system as reducing our competitiveness but the Left is none to pleased either, as this article shows. http://www.pensitoreview.com/2012/03/20/u-s-free-enterprise-employer-based-health-insurance-system-coming-apart-at-the-seams/ As stated previously, I do buy American where possible. But I don’t blame American workers for our lack of competitiveness by asking for a living wage. I don’t blame unions either. It takes two to agree to a contract. CEOs who can increase profits without increasing revenue by decreasing costs. So they find a foreign country with people willing to work for less than Americans then send the manufacturing jobs there. Increased earnings make the stock price go up and, as this article observes, “And ‘while we’re all uncomfortable with the amounts some companies pay,’ shareholders want companies to hire the right people who will make the stock prices go up, Johnson says. ‘It’s a competitive market,’” http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/story/CEO-pay-2010/45634384/1 While CEO bashing may be popular (or unpopular depending on who you hang out with), “the most recent study in the same series found the figure in 2009 was 263 times the average worker pay.” http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/dec/21/bumper-sticker/bumper-sticker-says-ceos-make-431-times-what-their/ You may have asked me what time it is and I told you how to build a watch but I hope this is helpful. -Jimmer Thx Jimmer! that's the kind of info I was looking for. I have never really thought about the issue of why employers should pay health care.

I agree....Let's find a solution that unites hunters to solve the problems at hand.