Red Sparky

???? Your going to be deer scouting during the archery deer season ???? Or are you going to be elk scouting during the archery deer season and wondering if you might come across a deer? Maybe I just need another beer to understand the question.

I have a busy fall as well as I have both archery elk (unit 16D) and coues deer (unit 23) in September and my older daughter has elk and mule deer (both unit 13) ML in October. The good thing is the coues tag is also good in Jan. if I can't get both Sept. hunts in. Next year my younger daughter will be in the draw as well but the kids should be hunting at the same time. If we get her pulling more poundage on her bow she might be hunting with me. The only reason I like to hunt separately is then the kids hunt is all about them.

June 25th at 10:00am any leftover tags will go on sale first come first serve online regardless of residency. June 24th it starts but the first 24 hours is resident only. Looks like deer are archery and ML only. Elk tags are mobility impaired ML in unit 9 and there are only 25 of them, about 330 javelina tags in the good units, and 4 military only Oryx tags. Check out the NMG&F webpage for all details.

Was the radar last calibrated or last certified Oct. 10th 2014? There is a difference as it has to be certified yearly and calibrated before use. Would hate for you to get to court and have the officer say certified and your whole defense goes down the drain.

Wonder if it has anything to do with lawsuits? Wasn't a Colt Bush Master used in the Co. movie theater? Not the guns fault, the one using it is responsible but getting money from the manufacturer is easier.

I hear you as I have deer and elk in Sept. and then my oldest daughter has deer and elk in October here in NM.

I don't know anything about motorcycle/atv repair so take this for what it is worth. I had a 83 S-10 Blazer that acted exactly how this sounds. It would run and then act like starving for fuel or vapor locking, backfiring and then dying. It would start again after 10-15 minutes but no telling how long it would run. I did all the same fixes to it including wires and plugs. It turned out to be a diode trio in the alternator. So check the electrical system as well as fuel.

Those "cow" elk have funny looking antlers on their heads.

Price range and year? Craigslist Albuquerque has on 04, 4x4, extended cab white for $3200 and 98 green for $5000. Many others to look at. I-40 is what a 6 hour drive? Check your local area. Sucks about the other one.

Yes. Come to NM and anyone hunting under the age of 18 has to have hunter ed # to hunt with a firearm or ML. To pass our class you have to do the online class as homework and then spend one or two days in a class. Here there are classes year round and the ones that get full and have the most complaints are before the draw deadline. I took my Hunters Ed class in 1978, our law was passed in 1976. So with proper planning you can find a class "in the off season" pretty easily here. I also took a Hunters Ed class about a month ago. The reason I did was my hunter ed class was not in the last five years and I wanted to give back. I am now a volunteer instructor for Hunters Ed. and am waiting to teach my first class in July.

The purpose of Arizona’s Hunter Education Program is to promote safe, knowledgeable and responsible hunter conduct, to emphasize the importance of wildlife management, laws and regulations, and to encourage the safe handling of firearms and bowhunting equipment. Any individual nine years of age or older may complete a hunter education course offered through the Department. To hunt big game youth under the age of 14 must complete hunter education. While you must be 10 years of age to hunt big game you may complete Hunter Education at the age of 9 however, the hunter education completion card and certificate does not become valid until the child’s 10th birthday. The Arizona hunter education program is not just for children or hunters. This educational program is a valuable experience for anyone who enjoys the outdoors and has an interest in conservation. Parents are encouraged to participate in the course with their child. For veteran hunters, the course serves as an excellent refresher. So I guess as long as they are over 14 they do not have to have a hunter ed class and only between 10-14 to hunt big game. They can buy a hunting license without passing a class. Here in NM it is anybody under the age of 18 has to have it to purchase or hunt with a firearm.

Goat heads, tumble weeds, and grass burrs I usually pull in August after the rain starts I am now pulling in June. At least the ground is soft and wet.

Look up your state hunter ed laws. Usually target shooting under the supervision of an adult is not a problem. However hunting any species, even coyotes, they usually have to have passed a hunter ed course.

Wait to see what happens with all those boy scouts heading up to Philmont. I ran into about 40 of them today up in Albuquerque heading that way.

I have had kidney stones and I drink a gallon a day minimum. Never want to have them suckers again as it was the worst pain I ever experienced. Even worse than when I broke my wrist in five places.

Every day until season. 50 yards in a 20MPH wind, with practice arrows. From July on it will be broad heads and hunting arrows.

This was today with about a 20MPH wind from about my 4:30 position. Three different arrows. R/W vanes 350 Carbon Express Mayhem Hunter, O/W vanes Warrior 340, W/W vanes Warrior 340 with a NAP Twister to replace original vanes. Distance was 50 yards on my poor worn out Black Hole target. About mid July will only shoot broad heads for Sept. Archery hunt.

Sorry I got 16D second hunt. Will be archery Coues hunting in unit 23 this year as well.

Will look for it. I haven't found a good forensic anthropology or biology book in a while. Like I said I have weird reading interest.

Exactly how I felt during the O.J. case. He carried a pig skin, nothing like our military or first responders go through but he was called a "hero". Keep the term hero for those that deserve it.

I didn't even have to turn my laptop vertically to see it

I tried to explain it the best I can with the information given in the original post. There are a lot of variables that go into a populations dynamic so it is just more than winter range/feed. If you have a link to the scientific study by the biologist I would love to read it. I have weird reading interest and I love biology.

Then you should understand it is not based on winter feed but rather spring and summer feed. Why else would they be worried about the yearlings only being 90 pounds. It is about the whole habitat health, winter included. It is a government agency so why try to figure it out. Like it or not they are going to do what they want, hopefully with good science behind it.

The thing you have to remember is the three years is leading up to the peak of the sine wave. So if you see the trend you increase doe tags to prevent the herd from hitting the peak and having mass die offs. The same is true on the other side of the spectrum. If you have mass die offs from EHD or CWD, as examples, the herd may fall way below the baseline and take years to recover. We as hunters are to help maintain a healthy herd the habitat can sustain, the baseline. Wildlife is a renewable resource and is managed as such. The amount of tags issued are based on harvesting excess animals without taking too much. It is all based on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Here is a direct quote from the Hunter-ed.com Today's Hunter book pg. 82 Lessons in Wildlife Management " In the early 1900's for example, wildlife managers attempted to preserve a mule deer herd in the remote Kaibab Plateau of Arizona. Hunting was banned, and predators were destroyed. The result was severe overpopulation, habitat destruction, and mass starvation. The Kaibab Plateau was opened to hunting in 1929, which brought the population into balance with the habitat. Today a large, healthy herd of mule deer inhabits the area." So it may not make sense but is the best way to maintain a healthy herd of animals.

It all goes to management and carrying capacity of the range. If the deer are struggling going into the winter then you increase doe tags. The remaining animals are not struggling and survive the winter better due to less competition for food sources. So if the animals are entering the winter in the conditions stated that means the herd is getting too big for the habitat to sustain it. Once the deer are passed the conditions stated that means the habitat can support more animals. You decrease doe tags to increase the herd. By increasing/decreasing doe tags it is easier to bring the herds back as one buck can breed many does. The nice thing is it is a three year study rather than yearly. That time frame gives enough time to effectively manage the herds. Not knee jerk reactions and not too long to have a major die off. Edit to add: Think of it as a sine wave. You have a baseline and when the herd is at the top, low yearling weights, poor animal condition,etc., the habitat will not support it. You increase doe tags to come closer to the baseline. Now when the herd is at the bottom below the baseline, great yearling weight, good animal health,etc., you decrease doe tags to allow the herd to grow back to the baseline or above.