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I must speak chicken too, cuz I thought it was strange one morning none were in the coop laying, not even the brooders... Walked into the coop to collect eggs and there was a rattler coiled up in a nesting box.

Good luck. Going thru the notes gave me a migraine. I thought sometime back I read where any night time shooting of yotes was shotgun only, but now I can't find that so sorry, I can't help.

I was speaking of blending in while hunting in general, although it is a coyote thread. I believe the most important aspect though, is stillness. Desperation over caution is a big factor. How hungry is the critter verses their wisdom? Once at night, called in a young coyote to within 5' of my idling pickup. That pup's behavior defies description. Shooting from a ladder sounds like fun though, tell me more. Did you get them in close? Other species? Would like to have seen the settings your ladder was in.

2nd Lt.'s in the military, fresh out of college were the worst.

You won't be alone. Every bear, lion, rabid varmit, psychopath and pot grower in the unit will be watching you; especially while you sleep.

Know how I know you're gay? Saw you standing in line for the 'Jaguar Play.'

Welcome abroad.

Worden sounds like a spelling app. Correct conjunction for elk is an, not a. Please let us know howe dis hole sparro ting works oot.

Looks like the hunter in the top photo hasn't begun calling yet. Stand with your legs together, not apart. When was the last time you saw the shape of an inverted Y occurring in nature?

Yeeee Haaaaw!

good job, well done. few horses will stand quiet for a large, dead, bloody carcass thrown across their back if they have not been desensitized to that ahead of time.

great pics

When walking to and from your stands, you really can't look behind you often enough.

I saw this at the seminar, pre-spots. Looks good Jim.

Dude, you rock!

I have an ear missing on my antelope. I suspect mice.

Found, thanks

Interesting, Jim and thanks. Was required by my dad if you wanted to hunt when I was a kid. (Then again, maybe it was mom's rule.)

I refuse to soil my hands by touching one.

Speaking of changes......... I've been living out of state. When did hunter orange go away and what was the reasons given by AZGFD?

Couldn't get into my happy hunting grounds yesterday due to road damage, so I did some exploring farther out west in GMU 44b. Got on the Harquahala Mine Rd and took some pics. By the looks of this ocotillo, I missed one heck of a party. Couldn't contribute to this succulent monument to human debauchery, I roll commando.

Might give the chickens some cover they can get under quickly. Hawks have to be able to swiftly land on their prey. My chickens know when there's a hawk over head and they go under cover till the hawk leaves. On the ground the chicken is swift and lite of foot leaving a grounded hawk in its dust. I've never lost a chicken to a hawk.

Wow, some of those big elk racks would be a nightmare to try and hide or tarp. Times have changed. I got a nice big 4 point muley in unit 27 when I was 16 (1977). Dad let me drive over to my high school (Go Cougars) enroute to the taxidermist and show off the cape to my crew. Had a rifle in the gun rack, too. Drove from Seattle to Tucson in 2000 with an enormous caribou rack tied on to the vans luggage rack. The whole way I had fellow motorists giving me the thumbs up (even in CA) and whenever I stopped people wanted to know what they were. Had I known dad was going to cut them up for art work, would've just kept them.

I've never heard of rape memorials but the concept doesn't surprise me. Could be, certainly an easy spot to pull off the hiway onto. This 'memorial' is just out of sight of I-10 but certainly in the middle of nowhere between the Salome and Harquahala Valley Exit. I hope it's more of a "Hey, let's get naked next to the interstate and party like it's 1999!" kind of spot.

Kidso That's a bear in the last photo. We missed a rendezvous with him by 6 hours.