Red Sparky

I would not use a poncho but only because it would get in the way of drawing my bow. If I was carrying a rifle or ML I would use one. I watched Apex Predator last night where they used a gillie suit to get within 8 ft. of an antelope doe in an open pasture. Interesting show to watch and would give you a lot more information.

I almost always forget something and it is usually different from year to year. Last year I forgot the dang lip balm and they dried out. You guys forget Lance said "it is my wife's and daughters use list" and we won't need much of it.

That is why I have caller ID and don't answer the phone. "I left early for my time off and was out of cell range" seems to work pretty good. Hope you have good luck on the hunt.

When I did animal control I had ranchers I took the mean ones to. They would lose feral cats to owls and coyotes so always wanted some mean feral cats around for the mice. If you get a real mean one that is hissing and spitting in the trap take them out with a coyote gun as they will call in a ton of coyotes when they are like that. The most feral cats I took off one property was 32 cats in 30 days.

Steve Erkel style!

Because if it is like NM the private landowners won't go for it because they would lose all the free access for their hunters to use "public lands" others can't. edit: Their reasoning is their land extends up in the air to 1000 ft., (the height a LE airplane would need a search warrant if they were lower) and you would have to be in their "air space" therefore technically trespassing.

See I am not patient and careful. I can solder and put the components on PC boards but that is because I WANT to not because I HAVE to.

you killed your wife? Thats messed up Never said killed, said bagged. Catch and release and I sure wish the second part would come soon.

My daughter dropped her replacement iPhone 6 about 4 weeks after she got it. We only can make so many claims per year so I just paid $109 +tax to the Apple Store up here in Albuquerque. Twice what I would have to pay on the insurance but worth it in the long run.

Been on the ultimate hunt already. 28 years ago I bagged my wife. Was the best ultimate hunt I have ever been on.

See if you can find a T/C Encore or Contender. Yes they are single shots and can be pricy but you can change the butt to fit as they grow and always add different barrels for different cartridges. I think CVA might have a similar platform. Best thing I did for my girls who couldn't make up their mind lefty or righty. It also helps with accuracy as they learned they only have one shot so they needed to make it count. Check out gun broker and pawn shops.

No it will take a while for the swelling and bruising to go away.

Holly is a bad a$$. We will see what Ronda has to say about the fight when they unwire her jaw.

Awesome bull. Love those whale tails.

Got an idea with the trail camera nylon belts that come with the camera. I have some areas that I can get away with just the belt strapped to a tree. The problem I had was the strap was visible from a ways off. So here is what I did if anybody is interested. I got matte acrylic paint from the craft section of Wal Mart for .50/bottle and a package of cheap brushes for 1.00. So for under $3 I can probably do 100 belts. One Pattern. Different pattern. The same belt with the two different patterns. Get creative if interested and match the terrain you are hanging your camera in. I am sure you can do this with cables or anything that goes around a tree to break up the solid line outline.

Great job!

I wonder if dogs with parvo virus got loose in the area, it was passed to the wolves, it wiped them out, could you be charged?

Congrats. Meat bucks are the best. That unit gets a lot of pressure due to the leftover tags that people get to buy when they don't draw. Not much of an elk herd but I know what you mean about the parade of vehicles when I was on my Coues archery hunt. About 15 vehicles a day filled with elk hunters down the dead end FS road I was camped on. I will go back in Jan. to see what I can find for one of those little deer.

Thank you to all the Veterans. A bad knee kept me out of the service. Have missed my FIL for 20 years.

My bet is you caught the violator on camera so they destroy camera. Poachers are the worst. Hope they catch them.

34A might be flat but 36C sure ain't flat.

I have read on here quite a bit about using snake gaiters or chaps. Seems like chaps would be the way to go busting through spiky type bushes.

Sorry about the loss creed. The last hunt my dad went on me with was in 2007. He hadn't been hunting with me for about 10 years before that. Now he is not able to go anymore but I am trying to pass the tradition on to my girls.

I found .22 ammo yesterday in Albuquerque so I stocked up on about 1000 rounds. None of the Wally World or other retail stores limit of only so much per customer. Now I can take the girls shooting.

What I am trying to point out is NM let's you process your own deer. They let you clean the skull cap. As long as no spinal tissue or brain matter is taken out of the unit. You could kill a monster deer, clean the skull cap and take the hide to your taxidermist of choice. You can take the quarters home and process them yourself. The exceptions allow you to take the hide,meat, and cleaned skull cap out of the unit, just no brain tissue/matter or any part of the spinal cord. As I stated maybe AZ needs to rewrite their law closer to NM's. Maybe I didn't state that? No I just checked and that is exactly what I said.