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WoW Doug, those are some GREAT shots. You have outdone yourself this time!! Nice work! Thanks for sharing those with us. I think landscapes are some of the toughest things to shoot, but you sure pulled it off. My husband thinks I should try and get you to teach a landscape photography class to a bunch of CW.com'ers. Maybe do it as a fund raiser for some charity? Or maybe do it as a fund raiser for the RedRabbit hunting fund.... Amanda

Lightning is definitely not something to be messed with. My husband almost got struck in our backyard the other day!! Scared the crap out of me since I was watching when the bolt hit our neighbors place. The thunder clap was deafening and instantaneous. That is serious POWER! We had some close to us again last night at a party and moved into the porch out of the open. I have been guilty of taking cover under a juniper tree during intense hail storms like the guy that got killed. You have to do something or you just keep getting battered and bruised by the hail. Standing in the open never seems like the smart thing to do, so I just try and not choose the tallest tree or the one on the top of a ridge, etc. Amanda

This past weekend I was up helping on an elk hunt and saw one sticker on an ATV which I later learned was Greg Verlander's. Nice to finally meet you at camp Greg!! The other sticker was on the back window a white Ford truck pulled over on the main road near the Big Lake turnoff. You must have been out chasing elk, so likely you won't see this post for awhile, but if you do, let me know who you are. Amanda

Wow, that's great. Imagine having an 83 inch antelope under your belt at 14! Amanda

neat pics! I haven't seen a big group of coatis in awhile, but it's fun to watch them working a hillside. Amanda

Way to go Troy!! Those are some great looking birds! Nice to see CW.com members helping each other out! Thanks to Matthew and Ernesto for making this happen! Amanda

Wow, that is a pretty good pic considering. And wow, looks like a great buck! Amanda

Don't beat yourself up for passing that 53yd shot. I am sure it was the best decision. Afterall you don't want to spend days tracking a wounded bull. That would have made you feel even worse! Congrats on your nice bull!! Looks like the spacing on his tines is a little funky.....missing a 3rd tine on his left antler and perhaps missing the 2nd on his right? Amanda

Congrats! Neat little point off the main beam. Amanda

Looks like your boy made a perfect shot on a pretty small target! Congrats! Amanda

This past weekend, I was up in Unit 1 and 27 helping Scott Adams since his two boys have archery bull tags. Bulls not bugling great yet, but there were some spots that were definitely heating up. We camped with Duwane Adams and his clients had been on some big bulls but not gotten shots yet. Someone Scott knows that wasn't hunting with us, killed a 380-390 bull yesterday. It was a gorgeous bull! The bugling will only get stronger and in another week or two it should be awesome up there! Lots of rain during the hunt so far and in fact they had to set up camp in 4 inches of hail!! Amanda

Awesome, Alaska is a truly amazing place!! Glad you got to go!! Amanda

cool tall buck! Amanda

Good luck TAM!! Amanda

Thanks for the link Clay!! Amanda

God Bless the troops and those who lost so much on that fateful day. I pray for all those first responders who suffer still to this day with illnesses caused by exposure to so much toxic stuff after the attack. Amanda

Wow, how did I miss this post for so long? GREAT buck. Congratulations! Amanda

Some pics from Mike.....

I would leave the cam so you can learn more about how use of the site changes over time. Amanda

Hey All, Thought you might enjoy some pics and info about a recent camping trip I did with some friends. The first night we stayed at Joan's gorgeous cabin near Show Low. What a great place. Here are a few pics. this is the path up to the sauna room and outdoor shower. Nice! We had dinner that night at the nearby house of Karen and we enjoyed a great meal of elk (from Joan's elk I believe) and wild mushrooms (picked by Karen, she harvests lots every year). Enjoyed the company of Karen's husband and mother. Weather was perfect and we spent a fair amount of time on their patio enjoying the changing cloud shapes. The next morning Joan, Karen and I loaded up to go camp in a meadow near Green's Peak (not far from WMAT reservation). We were camped at about 9100 feet and it was predominantly aspen and spruce. We had GREAT weather, it was cool at night, but not cold, probably avg'd 55. Daytime temps never got too high and we enjoyed watching the afternoon storms build. The first night we got rained out, but the 2nd night we got to enjoy a wonderful campfire. We stayed in Karen's very comfortable trailer tucked into a patch of trees at the edge of a meadow. The view out the trailer windows was wonderful to wake up to!! Lunch the first day!! What a view for a table! Camping with Joan and Karen always means camping in style!! We took several dog walks with the four dogs on the trip. My dog Julie had a blast and loved trying to get the other dogs to play with her. She enjoyed swimming everyday with Joan's GIANT labs. They made my 60lb Julie look like a little dog. But they were gentlemen and would let her take the stick from them even though they usually beat her to it. Julie certainly wasn't intimidated by them, often times it looked like she would drown trying to get the stick from them!! One afternoon after our dog walk we enjoyed Pomegranate margaritas while sitting on a nice log overlooking the meadow. The pomegranate juice was picked and squeezed by my husband. And although he wasn't along on this trip, he let me take some juice and share it with the ladies....thanks Husband! We have decided that pomegranate margaritas (with fresh limes of course) are even better than prickly pear margaritas!! One afternoon on our hike we found a mushroom that Karen said was a Bolete and a good one to eat. So we picked it and cooked it up with our dinner that night. We had a fabulous dinner that night as we seemed to every night! (Unfortunately the mushroom didn't agree with me and I spent much of the night being sick. Not fun, but everyone else was fine, so I must just be sensitive to that mushroom.) "The" mushroom: Some veggies on the grill: Joan also shared some very special whiskey with us. Mmmmmm....that was some good stuff! I am not much of a whiskey drinker, but wow, this stuff was smooooooth. Thanks Joan. The meadow was FULL of many different kinds of wild flowers. Here are a few pics: On this trip Joan was trying out some new camping equipment including a hot shower system and a new stove. Here she is modelling her CW.com tshirt next to the new stove. If you were cooking there you had a great view of some old aspens and downed trees. Not far from there, Karen thinks she flushed a blue grouse out of a tree, I wished I had seen it! What a great weekend with some very fun and generous ladies! Hope you all enjoyed the pics. Amanda

Wow, that's outstanding!! Some great bucks for sure!! Congrats to all involved! I am sure those were some great days in the field! Amanda

Great stuff...thanks for your input too Bill! Amanda

Congratulations, that's just awesome! Amanda

Wow, that is a real bummer. How does someone open a gun safe without the combo? I am wondering if they will even be able to get into it to steal the contents. Amanda

Awesome!! What a great trip!! Amanda