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Always a sad day when you cook up the last of the backstraps, but I bet you enjoyed them! And now you have to go get more

While I fully resepect your vision and you know I have been supporter of this site for a few years. I just have to say, the people that gave you reports that they dont visit as often because of the political section??? I have to call BS on that. They are NOT being honest with you or themsleves. There are 70 sub-forums on CWT.com, they are free to click on whatever sections they want. I dont think I have ever checked-out the Buffalo hunting forum or the outfitter section in all the years I have been a member... This is my choice... Bottom line is this is YOUR web-site Amanda and YOU make the rules. It is The MEMBERS who, for better or worse, make it the way it is. Go to most any other outdoor web-site, view the comments and you will find CWT.com stands way above the pack in terms of respect given to all, from the newest members to the old timers. This is a function of your work Amanda, and the Admins you have. But a higher result is also due to the Members and their willingness to share their thoughts and experences, in a respectfull manner( for the most part, there have been personal attacks that get shut-down quickly) You can't please everyone and nor should you try. You have given us a site and frame-work where not only the members can share their outdoor adventures, but also ask questions to folks that share a common passion, questions about everything from unit info to whats for diner. They may not like the answer, or they may disagree with it, but again, that is Life... In my opinion, CWT.com is by far the BEST outdoor site out there, so many sub-forums covering all types of wildlife, core members with 1000's of years of experence, in the field and in Life.... Thank You again Amanda, Admins and Members for making CWT.com what it is... The BEST site on the Web... Thank you for your kind comments, I appreciate them and I appreciate your contributions to the site. As to calling BS on other people, you might understand their point of view better if you knew they used the "View New Content" button. That displays a list of all topics that are active (meaning new posts have been added). And so in order to see which active threads they want to read, they have to review all the topic titles. And with many of the political topics, there are lots of replies to them, which means they are continually brought to the top of the View New Content list. So when people see threads related to politics over and over in the View New Content, they get tired of it. So yes, while people can choose not to open them, they can't really ignore the titles and often those titles are very inflammatory and designed to get attention, so they are very hard to ignore.

Unless you don't want to bake a gay wedding cake. LOL!! That whole issue with the cake gets me whipped up!! I can't believe they don't have the right to refuse them! But I guess that has nothing to do with hunting, so I will just keep quiet....

Thanks to everyone for your feedback. I appreciate where you all are coming from, both pro and con. And just for clarification, my intent was not to "ban" non-hunting politics, but just remind people what the original intent of that subforum was and try to refocus our efforts in that regard. There will always be non-hunting related politics that are going to be discussed here. I am not really planning to start removing non-hunting political talk unless it just seems to get overwhelming. I assumed a gentle reminder about the original intent of that subforum would suffice. Lately it seems that the political section has gotten so far removed from the purpose of this website, which is to provide a positive place where hunters can gather and discuss hunting and related issues. I also want this website to be a place that unites hunters rather than dividing them and it seems many political discussions can be divisive. I get many reports of people who don't enjoy visiting the forum anymore because of the almost constant political discussions that have nothing to do with hunting. And personally I find that even I don't want to visit as often because of all the non-stop politics. So I can sympathize with the people who have told me the same thing. I have been thinking about this for quite some time now, probably more than a year. It's never been part of my vision for CouesWhitetail.com to become a place for non-stop politics unrelated to hunting. It just doesn't seem to fit with my core goals for the site. I find it hard to believe that there are not better websites where hot button political issues are discussed more in depth. I appreciate that many people are passionate about all politics, but it's just not my passion and it's never been a goal for this forum to have so much world politics. Most people come here to discuss hunting. And no, I didn't delete anyone's content in this subforum. I see that Snapshot went through and removed his content, apparently in protest, although he hasn't spoken to me about it (even though I invited him to call me to discuss this before going public with my request). Of course now that Snapshot removed his content, I will likely have to go through and clean up the subforum so it doesn't contain a bunch of threads with no content. I find it disappointing that he did that since he is a long-time member of this site, but it's his choice. I imagine he is equally disappointed in my request to refocus the political section on hunting related discussions. I can't be all things to all people and in the end I have to go with my vision for the site. Snapshot, you are still welcome to call me, even if you just want to tell me how wrong I am. You have my number.

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Ok, I will watch for it to start peeling and let you know. I tried to clean the boot well in the hopes it would stay stuck on there. I searched online and didn't see where anyone had used this product to repair a boot, but it sure seems like it's going to work great.

I completely agree that this was most likely not a predation attempt by the snake, but instead the snake was just trying to defend itself after the hawk grabbed it. Both the snake and hawk benefited from Scotts efforts!

Nice pics, thanks for posting them! Your dad should be happy with any of those bulls! One has the extra point to make him a 7x6 and the other has those ridiculously long brow tines....cool finds.

So I was outside filling my hummingbird feeder when I hear an elk bugle across the street from me! I turned around but quickly realized it was the ringtone on a guys phone! He was up on his roof working on his cooler and his phone kept ringing, which meant the elk kept bugling!! Thought you all would get a kick out of it!

I used to have that ringtone on my phone too....it's a good one to get you pumped up for hunting season!

Wow, that's a great pic to get on camera....thanks for sharing it!

Thanks for the update! I am glad it went so well and CWT member won a gun!

Great idea Jim! Thanks for doing this!

This is such a great story! That photo through your spotting scope of the bull on the brushy hillside makes my heart skip a beat! Unbelieveable bull! Congratulations to Mady for making the shot count! She must be one amazing teenager!

McCain is pushing legislation to allow hunters to take buffalo in the Grand Canyon National Park (which is currently closed to hunting like all national parks are). CW member Lance Crowther is quoted in the article....go Lance! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/14/sen-mccain-pushes-plan-to-manage-grand-canyon-bison/

WOW! Congratulations on a great hunt and amazing bull! I love the funky fourths on that bull! Thanks for sharing the story and pics with us! Those main beams look taller than her in that last photo of her with it on her back! this part was too funny! I can just picture the excitement! holy smokes! "Justin yells, "he's down!" I raise my hands up and scream! Knocking my brand new binoculars and tripod down the mountain!"

Congratulations and thanks for sharing the video and success photo! And yes, that does look like an elk antler at 1:17....good eye!

Excellent! Nice work! that was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing it!

Lance helps a lot of people, glad you are one of them!

Ok, I think this thread has more than run it's course. I really don't want this forum used to incite or promote violence against anyone.

Please keep us updated hoghntr, you know we are all praying for you and hoping for the best for your health and your court case.

Awesome! Go kidso! I hope it's well attended.

Hope you have a great one Clay!

Wow, great article Jay, thank you!!

I specifically asked AGFD this question and they assured me that there was no secret legal action being planned as there was no illegal activity on the part of the trail cam owner. They told me the USFS considers this abandoned property and the AGFD considers it more like stolen property and they want to see it returned to the owner.