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Anyone been out to the Agua Fria since the rain let up? I'm looking to get some horses across it if there aint too much flow or mud.

In case anyone cares, me and Mike the MulePackHuntere guy are good buds, but I wish he'd stop smiling whenever my horse goes to buckin' Was reminded of a cool resource in the event your plans include any river crossings... http://waterdata.usgs.gov/az/nwis

I earned my stripes as a USAF Meteorologist but in my private time, I did climatology studies for private companies including what is now Morton's Salt, searching for practical brine evaporation locales in the southwest like we have here in Glendale. We have such little empirical data to go by, the suggestion of Man Made Global Warming evidence makes me throw up in my mouth. We have been keeping weather data for only a couple hundred years. We can look at tree rings and take polar ice core samples, but it will only produce a smidgen of data from this planets long, long history and it only serves to prove the earth's climate cycles with or without us. This being said, we need to conserve what water we have here in the DESERT, and keep finding new ways to reserve water for the future. Look at your water bill sometime and ask yourself why you need tens of thousands of gallons per month?

They were about to try this protected area thing in western WA with the lynx. Then the wildlife biologist was caught planting lynx hair where there were no lynx.

After seeing all that, did ya wake up with your pants down around your boots and have an overwhelming sense of certain foreboding? Besides I want to get horses across the river safely, wouldn't even attempt it on a muuuule.

Well done.

So how did the trigger job turn out, shoot the AR yet?

Well done.

Correct me if I'm wrong, you CAN lion hunt in the area, just can't pursue with hounds.

Ha, they were so common in UT where I lived, I saw 5 in one day, two of which were kittens in my yard.. Had tons of red fox, too. On a blacktail hunt in north central WA in 1997, watched a lynx go after shrews in the snow. Don't recall if they were protected at the time. Passed on them all.

I'm not a prolific reader at all, so was very surprised to find I had read over half the books on the list, and most of the books chimed in by our members. Although many of the contemporary classics I was forced to digest at the point of a public school principal's paddle. I ask you Lennie, George, Curley, what list of great 'man book's doesn't include Steinbeck's, 'Of Mice and Men'? It even has MEN in the title! And if you thought you had problems packing for your next hunt, read about Napoleon's logistical nightmares invading Russia in William Seymour's, ' Decisive Factors In Twenty Great Battles of the World' Feeding Napoleon's war machine ponies alone meant hauling and feeding 3,000,000 pounds of fodder per day along the route. Hey, now that's a lot of hay! Now try to feed 3/4 of a million men.....? One of the best books I have ever read was 'Marine Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills' by Charles Henderson. It's the story of the legendary SSgt Carlos Hathcock's exploits in Viet Nam. Every person I've ever loaned the book to (including my dear ol' mum), has read it non-stop, unable to put it down.

Scavenging bones and sheds is how a lot of critters get their sodium and potassium.

I have one of the first M88's built. $500 is cheap, seen them go for $1500 in very good condition.

MULEPACKHUNTER, you are so going to regret mentioning that you won a Ladmo Bag... LOL

Lucky buggers. Growin up in Tucson, we had The Uncle Bob Show on a Nogales station, afternoons. My sister was on it, looked funny in black and white.

Thanks to everyone whom entered photos or videos. They were really great and I enjoyed them a lot. Though the entry deadline is over, keep them coming. They are the next best thing to being out there in person.

Most excellent, a change for the better........

Yup, chupacabra, recognize him anywhere.

Great work, nice pics.

That's a coatimundi or maybe Richard Gere misplaced a gerbil. . I had a ringtail cat living near my house in UT, Kept wondering what was making those tracks outside his rock den, saw him only a couple times. Much different eye shape and ears, a little smaller too.

coatimundi A ring tailed cat has......a ringed tail.

Look long and hard enough, you can grow horns on a jack-rabbit.

My dad grew up the oldest of seven siblings in W. PA during the Depression and Prohibition. Deer, raccoon, squirrels and corn mash were staples. The willingness and ability to poach and brew, meant going to bed hungry or not or letting down your family. They didn't talk much about that illegal stuff, but I do recall my dad talking about a bear that his buddy shot at a distance with a .375 H/H up in unit 27. They tracked the blood trail where as they probably should have been more patient and let the bear bleed out. But they kept the pressure on it and the bear would get up and move on as they approached. Eventually, they tracked the bear to where it crossed a muddy patch of creek bottom. When they arrived there, they could make out where the bear had stopped and scrapped up mud and packed his wound with it, minimizing it's bleeding and eliminating the blood trail.

Welcome to AZ , Since you're fond of firearms and hunting, how did you ever get along in CA? This is a great forum and friendly, too. On one of my other shooting forums, a fellow mentioned he was moving here from CA recently and was skinned alive by the members. I have a son moving here from CA soon. He was stationed at Camp Bruno, USMC so he had little choice and can't wait to breath some free air again. PM me, I'll show you the closest hunting and shooting spots to Glendale..

measure the inside hole, too. Even Chevy wheels wont fit over the Ford hub