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Looks like a nice one!! Congrats Roy! Amanda

Congratulations! And I think Doug from Cameraland, one of our sponsors just made a post about a sale on Zeiss Conquest scopes. http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...ic=9595&hl= Amanda

Hi All, I added three new videos to the store today. They are all by the AZ production company, Northstar Productions. you can watch the trailers on their website: http://www.northstarvideopro.com/ There is a special deal going on right now, actually it's kind of two special deals. First is that they are offering the videos at a low introductory price until Aug 1. So you can buy them individually for $15 each. Or the other deal is that you can buy all three videos for $40. To buy them, visit the bookstore: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/hunting_videos.htm Amanda

You should post that pic of your sheds in the "microsheds" thread in the shed hunting forum. It's a pinned thread there with some interesting pics of the smallest sheds people have found. Amanda

Way to go Danny!! Great to see you were able to get the kids out hunting. What an amazing experience and memories for them. Congratulations to them both. Tell Alex I am jealous of her kudu! I think those are some great looking animals. Amanda

There are three factors that strongly influence antler development: age, nutrition, and genetics. In a poor nutrition year I think you will see most yearlings be spikes, it doesn't mean they are inferior, just that there wasn't a lot of rainfall the year they were born. I don't think you can fairly say absolutely that a spike buck is an inferior buck that won't grow large antlers later in life. I emailed Jim H. to see what he can add to this. That link Red Rabbit provided gives a lot of info about this. Check it out. Amanda

Awesome! Congrats Stan and love the shirt!!! Coueswhitetail shirts seem to provide a lot of good luck to people! Amanda

Thanks Casey, I went and added that in. Amanda

It was indeed a good time with excellent food and company. Thanks to everyone who made the trip out there. And thanks to Brent and Angela for being great hosts. They have a very nice house with great views of the mountains. We had a raffle that collected $112 and then also Hector started a donation flury and brought in about $200! Wow, thank you for the generosity! here are some more photos, mostly from Linda (Mark Sipe's wife). Linda took some great portraits of people! our hosts: Hector (aka Chef) Mike (the AGFD intern who has posted about his adventures capturing bears) Mark Sipe and his son with some antlers: Some scenery around the house: Some of the kids there: Casey, Scottyboy, AZPackhorse, and AjoHunter: Here is as close to the ATV ride as I got.... the whole group: back row (left to right) firstcoueswas80, ajohunter, scottyboy, azpackhorse, aztrapper, snapshot middle row (left to right) chef, coueswhitetail, wklman, nrs, Ihunt2live, angela front row (left to right) mark, nedflanders

My husband and I were out in Aravaipa and Turkey Creek the other day. We hadn't ever spent much time out on that side (Klondyke side). Gorgeous country with lots of big trees and water and cliff formations. We camped in Turkey Creek and no one else was in there. Nice! Some Aravaipa scenery: On the way in you go by some houses and one of them has some great artwork out for people to enjoy. Anyone know the guy that makes these? We camped in Turkey creek which is a side canyon off Aravaipa at the edge of the wilderness boundary. Neat canyon! here is a giant grapevine and old corral where we camped: We did some hiking up Oak Grove Canyon as well and that is an impressive place. Surprising amount of water and trees in there. And the cliff scenery is spectacular. Hard to get the scale right here, but the boulders are car sized in this pic: We saw a fair amount of wildlife including a single coati, a group of javelina, some turkeys, a single tiny, baby skunk and a deer. Saw bear sign, but no bear. Can you find the deer??? Didn't get pics of much of the wildlife, but a few of the smaller creatures were the canyon treefrog, colorado river toad and this giant water beetle eating a hapless insect. The dogs of course loved the trip and the water. Found some very deep pools! And if anyone is looking for a business to run in the middle of nowhere, the old Klondyke store is for sale. Price reduced!! And here are some pics of an old adobe building we saw.

Have a good one Christian! Amanda

Thanks for the replies guys. Sounds like several of you need to make a trip in there! Hey Lark, Where does that crazy lady live that blocked off the road down there? I kept trying to figure out where exactly that was. I figured you would know. Amanda

I have used the milk soak overnight, seems to work great. Amanda

July 26 - 27 Arizona Antelope Foundation White Mountains Habitat Project Volunteers will be removing small juniper and pinyon trees near Sipe Wildlife Area, south of Springerville. This is primarily a one-day project, however, work will be conducted on Sunday if willing volunteers wish to. The AAF will provide a free steak dinner to all volunteers on Saturday night. To RSVP for dinner and for more information, please visit www.azantelope.org. Contact: Scott Anderson (480) 213-1611, info@azantelope.org. April 1 – October 31 Summer Host - Tonto Creek Hatchery, Payson Wildlife area hosts live on site, assist with facility maintenance and interact with visitors. Additional duties include providing change for feed machines, cleaning visitor restrooms, and other duties as needed. Hosts are on duty from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. on weekends and holidays, and on weekdays when there are large groups of visitors. Host should have good communication and interpersonal skills, enjoy talking with different types of people, be able to provide excellent customer service, and accept and follow supervision/instruction from hatchery employees. Accommodations along with fresh water, electrical, propane and septic are provided. To provide references and be interviewed via phone, contact Les Bell at (623) 236-7680 or lbell@azgfd.gov. Late May - Labor Day Weekend 2009 Sipe Wildlife Area Seasonal Host Open and close Visitors Center (VC), oversee security of VC facilities. Answer the public’s wildlife and recreational related questions. Greet, provide literature, give directions and provide information and assistance to visitors of the Wildlife Area. No experience necessary. Must be good with people. Must have own travel trailer or motor home. Water, electricity, sewer, parking pad provided. May hook up satellite TV at own cost. Absolutely beautiful hiking trails, great opportunity to see wildlife, especially birds and elk. Seven miles from small towns of Springerville, Eagar. Right in the heart of the White Mountains, close to fishing, hiking, camping and great outdoor recreational activities. Temperature in the 70- to 80-degree range during the day. Cool in the evenings. Contact: Brian Crawford, Sipe Wildlife Area Manager, at (928) 333-4518, sipecrawford@yahoo.com. Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Page Springs Wildlife Area Trail Maintenance Volunteers assist with trail maintenance, using hand tools such as rakes, shovels and clippers. This is a cooperative project with the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. Contact Les Bell at lbell@azgfd.gov or (623) 236-7680. First and third Thursday every month, 7-10 p.m. - Volunteer Shotgun Instructor or Range Officer for Women's Shooting Program Volunteers will instruct women of all ages in the shotgun shooting sports. Coaches will assist beginners in shotgun shooting form and skill. Range Safety Officers will watch over range and ensure safety among all participants. Applicants must be at least 21 years old. Shooting experience, basic knowledge of firearms and firearms safety, and some teaching/public speaking experience desired, but not required.Benefits to volunteers include free shooting at the main range and discounts at local sporting goods locations. Contact Ben Avery Shooting Facility at (623) 582-8313.

Welcome! Amanda

Hi All, As a biologist, I do a lot of fieldwork and I have been taking my dogs with me (Julie and Molly). Julie is the new, young dog that I got several months ago. Anyway, she has pleasantly surprised me with her skull/antler/bone finding abilities! This shed she didn't find, but she likes to play with at home: here is one of the first things she found on a walk with me. It's a gray fox skull. Looks like someone shot it in the top of the head and left it out there. here is a WT deer leg bone she found in the Pinals. She ran along with it in her mouth for quite some time. She was thrilled. We were up there recently and though it's a couple months later, she still goes and picks it up when we are there. And here is a WT skull she found during a night hike: And just the other day she ran up to us with this nice WT antler in the Catalinas. I was so proud of her!! I think this must be from one of the bucks that were on that video I made from all the trail cam pics up there. And here is an elk shed she found on the San Carlos. We tried to encourage her to carrying it along but she wouldn't carry it too far. But at least she found it! Those of you that went to the Marshall Lake campout saw Julie with her elk leg bone that she was so proud to show everyone. And she recently found a WT doe skull that I didn't get a pic of either. She also found a coyote carcass. anyway, you guys got any pics of your dogs and what they have found this summer? Julie has definitely showed more interest and ability in finding and retrieving interesting stuff than my other dogs have. We try to make a big fuss whenever she finds something so that hopefully she will continue to do so. Amanda

Very cool Amanda! That is neat that Julie finds so many things with you and is able to accompany you so often. I've lost track of how many actual bones my dog Ranger has found and brought over to me. He found this antler when we were out over fourth of July weekend. Please forgive him that it is from a mule deer... Ron Nice! I was hoping someone would have some similar stories/pics to share! Amanda

Well, as tempting as that offer is Lark, I think I will stick with Julie. But what are some of Bean's "wonder" characteristics? I bet that burro is quite the character. Amanda

She probably had a sister. I guess it was a local breeder that she came from. Believe it or not, I ended up with her because the guy that bought her said she flunked hunting school!!! The only problem with this dog is that she seems to have no fear of anything. The other day she leaped off a 15 foot cliff. Scared me to death, but she survived fine. She has also run full speed into barbed wire fences and suffered no damage. I was actually thinking the other day when she was up on some cliff wall that she and ol' Hap would be good hunting buddies if they spent time chasing lions together! She is fearless and loves cliffs for some reason. She seems to think in 3D more than any other dog I know. I was picturing that time when Hap had that lion cornered and he was way out on that ledge. For those of you that don't know Hap, it's a great lion dog (owned by Josh's dad I believe). here is the pic of him cornering that lion on the ledge. here is something she found yesterday. It's a rock squirrel that has been turned inside out and devoured by something. It's not as nice as an antler, but you just never know what she will find.

Good point GH!!!

Vapor Trails and Whitetails is now for sale in the store, along with a couple other new videos (Tricks of the Trade: trophy elk hunting and Muley Madness2). There is also a special deal going on now where you can buy all three for just $40. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/hunting_videos.htm Amanda

I will be there, but probably not in time for the quad ride. Amanda

Yes, she is doing good! But here is a mulie rack she walked within a couple feet of and didn't acknowledge. But this thing has been there for probably a decade, so little to no scent left on it. Same as some nearby bear bones. Amanda

Ok, I have ordered some videos and they should be here by the end of the week. Looks like a really good video! I ordered the Vapor Trails and whitetails, the mulie one and the tricks of the trade one. They are running a special deal now where you can get all three for $40 (normally they are about $20 a peice!). Amanda