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Nice tshirt pics too!! thanks for that!

Awesome! Congratulations Jackson and crew! Glad you guys went up and had a great time. For those that don't know, this hunter ed weekend was put on by Youth Outdoors Unlimited. This is a great group that supports outdoor activities for everyone (youth hunting camps mostly, but they will cook for any outdoor event). The main leaders of the group are also hunter ed instructors and so they do alot to support hunting. Visit Youth Outdoors Unlimited on facebook. They could use some donations and volunteers for those that are interested. This is the same group that did all the cooking at my women's javelina hunting camp.

what kind of call did you use, how long were you calling before he came in? And were down in that canyon when you were calling? Or up on top and he ended up down there?

I bet Eric at Santana Outdoors can help you out. visit their website for contact info and then give them a call to explain what you are looking for. http://www.santanaoutdoors.com/servlet/StoreFront?affiliate_no=1

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Congratulations Bill!!! that's great!

Nice looking trout!! Did you keep it or put it back?

I love it! Thanks!

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AWESOME! I can see why you are excited...hope to see your wife smiling with that buck soon.

LOL!! good one!

Also, make sure you format the SD card before you take pictures. That helps make sure the card is ready to accept pics. You format it using the remote that came with the cam.

It's probably the card. Can you try another card in the camera? That would be the easiest way to test it. The other way to test it, is to directly connect your trail camera to your computer and see if you can view the images that way. Use the USB cable that came with the camera and hook it to the computer than turn on camera. then find that trail camera drive in your computer list and click on it to find and view pics. Testing it this way will let you know if it's perhaps the SD card slot on your computer that is having trouble showing the pics. If you see the pics when the trail camera is hooked up to computer, but not when you insert just the SD card into the SD slot on computer, then it's the SD slot on computer that is at fault. That is the problem I have.

Man, you are getting "out funnied" by Brian all over the place.....you losing your edge Lark??

As part of my work as a wildlife biologist this summer I have been doing owl surveys in the Pinalenos and Chiricahuas. We use live mice to find the nests and young. Basically you offer a live mouse to an adult (usually the male) and he will take it and go feed his mate or young. The nests can be very hard to find other wise. Anyway, it's been a great year for the owls up on Mt Graham and here is a selection of some video and pics from there. Hope you enjoy it!! It might take awhile to buffer or download, so please be patient. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/Hollywood_Webb_3.wmv

LOL!! that's hysterical! They do indeed love to eat Red Squirrels

thx for posting this!

Please help me welcome Miller's Southwestern Processing as a sponsor of CouesWhitetail.com. Many of you may know the owner, Mike Miller, is a great guy and dedicated hunter. Miller's SW Processing has been in business for 20 years and they provide outstanding customer service and tastey treats! Want some summer sausage made from your elk or deer? They make all kinds, varying from mild to a spicey Jalapeno and Cheese. Get snack sticks, italian sausage, chorizo, or whatever you want. Miller's has drop off locations in some of the elk units, so that you can easily get the animal to them. And they even offer delivery service in PHX and Tucson. You can also get domestic livestock processed there. Miller's is offering $10.00 off of processing orders of $75.00 or more & $15.00 off processing orders $125.00 or more to all CouesWhitetail.com members. Valid August 1-31st 2011 I have personally used their service and was really happy with the sausage I got back from them. They just redesigned their website, so check it out and keep them in mind when you get an elk or deer this year. http://www.southwesternprocessing.com/ Miller's Southwestern Processing 2689 E. Combs Road Queen Creek, AZ 85140 480-987-8700

I believe Mike will be speaking about game care again at the AZ Deer Association Hunter's Clinic Aug. 13. He is always very informative (and usually he brings some game sausage samples!!). for more info on the clinic: http://www.azdeer.org/hunter%20clinic%202011/hunt_clinic_2011.html

Awesome mounts and thanks for the tips!!

I had a USFS employee tell me last week that it's illegal to use trail cameras....I said "what do you mean illegal?" and he said you can't leave anything in the forest for more than 24 hrs! Hmmmmm....it seems we all get different answers from different USFS employees. Seems to depend on the region/district. Some seem more tolerant of trail cams than others.

It's not a problem, that particular owl takes the mouse so fast that there is no time for the mouse to really go anywhere. You could see in the video where the owl almost takes the mouse off my hand before I even put it out there. This owl had a baby to feed and was very eager to take mice. and just an fyi, the hand feeding isn't normally something we do...we just gave it a try this last visit. it was pretty cool to interact with a raptor that way! My friend got a couple tiny punctures (like pin pricks) in her hand from the talons. It's an exercise in trust...one miscalculation by the owl and you lose some skin or muscle. They have very serious talons.

thanks for the kind comments everyone

Awesome!!

Looks Grea!!