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We’re coming up with new things to outrage over every day. Cut him some slack, tomorrow something else will bother him and he will have forgotten all about this.

Stay away. Just think about today’s culture. We are in a culture of passing blame, everyone does it now. I would bet just about everyone here feel the same way. If something happened to one of our kids, we start to look at someone else being responsible and less about the kids decision making process. It applies to adults too. If you fell off of a ladder at work, it’s the employers fault, not yours. It’s always someone else’s fault. Stay away. Don’t be insensitive, but choose your words wisely if you choose to say anything to her.

Exactly! I’m not married, but I would never wear a ring if I was. It’s just a personal thing for me. No jewelry like watches, rings, necklaces etc. for me. likewise I couldn’t expect the lady to wear hers if I don’t.

In the late 80sand early 90s, we probably found 5 of the balloons like Edge has shown. One was plastic and the others had a styrofoam package with sensors and instruments inside. All were in Prairie Dog country in Navajo and Apache counties.

About 18 years ago I was scouting for an upcoming Deer hunt. I was driving down a two track that was paralleling a fence. The road came up to another fence intersection and stopped. I got out to skirt the edge of this big Mesa to see if there was anything interesting like a road or tank or cliff rose. I expected to only take maybe 20 minutes so I left all of my gear and water at the truck. Didn’t even lock the doors. That’s how quick I expected the trip to take. About 10 minutes into it, I find a decent 4 point shed. That usually means the other side is nearby. I decided to look for it for a little while. Maybe an hour into looking for the other side, I decided to go back to the truck. I then started to see a lot of fresh sign and beds. I then decided to follow those and check them out. I started to spook deer here and there and decided to make it to the other end of the Mesa. I saw all kinds of good stuff that day and was feeling good. I knew I had to go back, so i headed back. The truck was about 2 miles away I figured. I started getting sick after a bit and had to stop about every 100 yards or so. I still had my mind together and really thought I was going to cause real damage to myself like a stroke or heat exhaustion. I made myself focus on playing it safe and stopping to rest periodically. I finally made it to the truck and all of my water was real hot which may have been a good thing because I would have drink it real fast and it was so hot I had to drink it very slowly. On the way out, I came up to a vehicle heading the opposite way and we got to talking. He offered me a beer and it was the best one I ever had. We talked for another 20 minutes and he gave me another one. It was the second best beer I ever had.

Probably right. He couldn’t control himself. I still think it would be interesting to see him defending his decision making process.

Maybe he can explain himself. I’m sure he follows these posts. I would like to know why he did it.

I drive the Bush Highway often and it’s usually early in the day. I see people parked on the side of the road filming or taking pictures of these Horses. Sometimes they’re only 20’ away. You can tell they’re thrilled to be there. I laugh to myself almost every time because the wild animals I know won’t let you get 20’ away talking and making all kinds of movement and the passing vehicles spook the animals I consider wild. I try to figure out what can make a person so stupid as to consider these wild animals and the only thing I can come up with is that these people are city people and can’t think like we do. To them, they’re called wild horses on the tv, well damit, they’re wild.

It’s junk science. I don’t believe they studied a lion that killed and fed on a human and followed it to find out if it prefers humans after that. Besides, when a killer dumps a body in the desert or wherever, the animals feed on it until the bones are discovered. They would have to kill every predator to make sure they got the one(s) that fed on it.

I heard the same type of story and it involved a guy that had one stowed in a pack. It was a 300 RUM and did all kinds of damage to him. To me, it’s a bad idea to have one chambered in a pack or otherwise stowed. Stowed is not the same as carrying, all kinds of mistakes or accidents could happen.

Some people will say there are no accidents with guns. If something happened, it’s because they did something they shouldn’t have, it was caused by negligence. The same argument is there when defending guns as tools or instruments to the anti crowd that guns won’t kill people unless there is something willful or negligent. Doesn’t minimize the incident, people are only human and make mistakes.

Chambered for me. Good topic. There is no wrong answer. My explanation is that I’ve done it since I was a kid and if you follow the rule that every gun is loaded, you will treat it as such and have good muzzle discipline. I’ve had old timers tell me I’m safe to hunt next to. It’s not hard for me to mentally stamp my brain that my weapon is hot. It boils down to confidence. Where I lack confidence with chambered guns is in striker fire pistols without safety’s like Glocks. I can’t get my brain to agree with that. Now a double action/single action, my brain thinks that’s fine.

Nothing remarkable for Christmas that I can remember. I would usually get clothes and toys that I forgot about when I got bored with them. My dad would surprise me with a gun or a knife on regular calendar days and to me that made them more meaningful. They weren’t for any special occasion. I have plenty of those stories. a cool Christmas we had was when I was about 5 years old and started hearing that Santa Claus was really your parents. We would usually go to Farmington, NM to see my moms parents for Christmas and one time we left a few days before and me and my sisters remember leaving the house and nothing was under the tree. When we got back and walked inside, Santa had been there. We were shocked. Mom and Dad were with us the whole time and all of our friends were gone, so it had to be Santa. Who else could have done it? We definitely had that Christmas joy. Years later, my mom told us that she and Dad got everything ready in their room and when we all loaded up in the car, my dad told her to run inside and get something he had forgot and it was during that 2 minutes she spread everything out.

Good Job!

I don’t think it’s too dumb. I love seeing the older vehicles still running. You will need to be very careful going forward. Any problems after this will nickel and dime you to death. It’s likely it won’t be the power train, but you will probably start noticing door hinges wearing out, steering and suspension issues, miscellaneous interior annoyances and just overall slop in the fit and finish of everything. Take notice of older vehicles door/hood/tailgate gaps. It’s almost like a restoration would be the best thing.

Did you find anything for him?

Probably a piece of a jet engine turbine blade.

That’s quite the machine. I can totally see how it would lend confidence in a crossing. Heavy, All wheel drive, snorkel, with tractor type tires. Plus I bet they crossed many times in it before. I remember seeing it up there before so I know it gets driven enough to understand capabilities. Hindsight tells us it’s a bad idea, that crossing probably changed it’s output to greater flow every minute and the group got caught up in the fun. I don’t hold it against the parents or anybody.

This is the reason I don’t put in for late hunts. Too many times I’ve heard friends talk about 2’+ of snow in unit 27 or 8 and the hunt is pretty much done. It’s a matter of getting back after that. Some have even had to leave their vehicles and campers and come back hoping the snowmobilers didn’t loot them. Add to that the frustration of closed roads getting home or even to hunting country, it’s almost hopeless. My cutoff is the first week in November up high.

I 17 is always bad. It took me three times traveling to Flagstaff to figure out I’m better off going through Payson. Usually on fridays it takes an hour and a half to get from Higley and the 202 to I17 and Happy Valley. Then it’s at least two hours to get to Camp Verde. Don’t forget driving back. Usually it’s Sunday for me and almost 100% of the time there’s an accident somewhere near new river. I’ve had it where I’m stuck in park for almost an hour before I crawl forward at 5mph for 45 minutes. Never again. I’ll always go through Payson.

Me too. In 1992, my dad had me drive this road at night when I was 13. We just finished up building my grandmothers porch in Eloy, AZ and took the trail to Roosevelt and then to Young and on into Holbrook. He took over when we got to the 260. The Globe/Young road had snow and ice as well and I was sliding around and banging into bar ditches. He always liked to take different routes to get places. Driving the highways is boring and everyone does that.

It’s not offered in a left hand model. Kind of surprising since the patent is expired and it’s one of the most common 22lr out there. Someone should make it. The only semi auto that could be called left handed is the browning SA 22.

I agree they’re built to last. At work, a guy has a 1995 that he bought new and still drives it. Too many of us spend our fortunes on vehicles. Even though they are good, I can bring myself to own a Foreign vehicle.

No, I’m an amateur compared to the Hatch’s. I try real hard, but the Deer always see me and run.