Snapshot

That was awesome, lots of great pics. Thanks for sharing!

Nice pics, I love seeing bald eagles out in the wild.

I was thinking of buying the same pair. But after what I have heard and some of the problems with their original 15.x, I am very leary. B&H Photo out of New York has Zeiss 15 x 45 Conquests for $699.95

I am buying my first trail cam, and theft has always been a big concern, even though the places I will put it are secluded, you just never know if someone will stumble across your cam at some point. Maybe they will come out with units tha have lojack or GPS tracking devices, even though that would get pricey.

All joking aside, my biggest fear and concern is the whacko's. The southern units 29-36's are getting pretty bad in alot of ways as far as personal safety. I do not put in for these units except as 3-5 choices, my favorite is along way from here and very remote and the only thing I have to worry about up there is the occasional "slob hunter". But as far as I am away from the roads I very rarely ever even see anyone. I like solitude. But in the units and areas that are closer to civilization the worse things are going to be, especially in times of economic hardship, where some people who are already mentally or financially unstable (immigrant's and smugglers included) that will do crazy things.

The Tucson CWT get together was a great success. We had about 15 members that made it out, and it was a real pleasure to meet such a great bunch of people. Thanks to everyone for coming to the party. We had 5 members ( firstcoueswas80, Scottyboy, Scoutm, nedflanders, Snapshot) on the quad ride and did a 30 mile round trip ride into the northern portion of 34A. nedfalnders used his big "15's" to promptly glass up some deer at one of our stopping points. We did get wet on the first part of the ride, but it wasn't too bad. Lots of good stories, photos, sheds and racks were shared by everyone, I never realized how many dedicated and hardcore Coues hunters there are A special thanks to Amanda for making the trip down and generously supplying the raffle prizes. A special thanks to Hector (Chef) for coming down early and helping out with the food. Chef is truly talented in the Culinary Arts. A speical thanks to Marks wife Linda for her photography skills Thanks also for wklman for that great Minnesota fish!, and NRS for the whitetail bratwurst, it was delicious. Amanda has some good pictures that she and Linda took and will be posting them soon.

A blood sucking, crack smoking, antihunter riding on a bolt of lighning has always given me the heebie jeebies

I wanted to thank everyone for their input. Unfortunately the articles have been put on hold until a later date.

Coues whitetail Come on man, its time to fess up!

Any relation to Bob Reynolds down the street

But there are no whitetail on the Kaibab!

Happy birthday with many good returns.

Nothin wrong with shooting a meat buck. I do that myself on occasion cause I always get a hankerin for homemade venison jerky and summer sausage.

Yeah, I wish they would have left the hunt in November. I got the same tag, and have been waiting 5 long years for that first choice. I am going up and start scouting next month with the trail cam that I am buying. Even with warm weather I am going to find that toad of a buck.

Sorry you didn't get drawn bro .

Whoooo...hooooo, I finally drew my Unit 27 whitetail tag. I have not been drawn for my unit in 5 years, I am pumped up.

You guys got it bad

Nice gun and nice present from your wife!

O.K , now that all you trail cam guys have completely corrupted me with your great photos , I am going to buy my first trail cam with a built in viewer as I want simplicity of being able to view pictures on the spot and move the camera accordingly. The places I will set it up are more remote and unlikely to be found by anybody, so price is not as much of a concern as is a good cam. I also intend to buy the metal security housing so the bears can not damage it. What do you guys "in the know" reccommend?

I have never tried the gutless method, but I would like to learn. I have always carried a cheap 6'x6' tarp in my backpack to put on the ground.

After holding that gun at the party, I can tell it should be one sweet shooting rifle!

Thats incredible!

Thats the best article on the situationI have read yet!

Check out the story on Kirt Darner on the NMGF website. I used to idolize Darner back in the mid -1980's during his hey day, it stinks to find out your hunting hero is a schister.

Even though I have not seen many lions, I have good premonition. When the hair on the back of my neck starts to tingle, I start looking around carefully. The one encounter I had with a lion happened that way