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What about these poor kids ? http://youtu.be/nwUor9--4to

Sounds like if they do not gain control this is one fire that will throw a monkey wrench into some of the upcoming hunts (plan B and C may be needed) ... Hope they get control of the situation soon

It is not always about the size of the Bull but the size of the experience... Sounds like it will be hard to top the experience... And still an Awesome bull! p.s. my daughter would love that pink stock

It's my opinion that you traded a disguise for stolen cameras from the Cornbagger! Now that is some funny chit right there ... The disguise looks similar to the Road Warrior one you have in your pic ... CornBagger is that you ?

I hear the Corn Bagger has changed his look and now wears a disguise when taking trail cams to add to his collection... As to all those Master Baiters still out there ... it may not be lazy but what your doing is far from hunting ... your Baiting and shooting, but keep telling yourselves what ever it takes to make you happy. This of course is just my opinion, and though it may be shared my many others, I will refrain from trying to speak for anyone but myself.

As it was with everyone else..... the thought of the recent poaching of the 2 big horn sheep at canyon lake sickened me and pissed me off .... Over the last year and 5 overnight trips sleeping on the lake with my son there has not been a morning that we had awakened and not seen a couple of these Rams Standing and sky lining the early morning sunlight on the tops of the ridges .... This Saturday again we found ourselves out on the water of canyon lake over night, and every time I gazed to the tops of the jagged cliffs that so often stood as a throne for many of these Majestic animals I could not get this incident out of my mind and wonder to myself if the next sunlight would bring another sighting.... As the sun rose in the early AM on Sunday I found myself looking in the usual spots without any luck at seeing the local residents at top their cliffs .... The early morning bite was not taking off so it was time to move.... Boat motor problems found us making our way back to the next fishing hole and we decided to call it a trip and take it slow on the way back .... Moving at a snails crawl I catch movement over my shoulder and tell my Dad to stop ... There they were a herd of Big Horn sheep making their way up the rough cuts and a thankful sight for sore eyes as I counted the 8 sheep that browsed the trees on their way up the rocks .... One big Ram 3 Ewe's and 4 young ones hopped and played , browsed and sunned for everyone to see and be amazed at how they can so easily trek up this impossible looking hill side .... After 30 minutes of watching these guys and sharing this viewing with my Dad, Son, nephew , best friend and his son I said Now that made this trip all worth it ... and we continued back on our slow trip back to the Boat ramp..... All I can say is I still hope this guy gets the Max on every penalty that can be thrown at him, but I can say that seeing these guy's doing their morning ritual gives me hope that they will not be going anywhere and they will recover from the loss of the 2 Sheep taken by that poacher ...

Message sent on spotting scope

According to BP Illegal activity is down about 70 % in the 36b corridors... Now that does not mean that there is no activity ... We seen a few this past year, while I was helping the guys out on the early hunt... The closed portion( to all including law enforcement) is in 36b is south of Antelope Dr. traveling east out of Sasabe toward the Tres Balleros road, this road will connect to the tres bellatos road and run out to Ruby road ... This is a huge transition area for both Coues and Mule deer ( according to locals I have spoke with in the past) ... This corridor sees a little higher traffic according to BP .... We always go in a good size party and for the last 3 years have had no major incidents ( came close once though) I am sure the roads may be spelled a little wrong forgive me

+ 1 go to Checkers or Autozone ... get your supplies and then check out videos like this on youtube...

Pretty much all the Northern units are closed during the January hunt including the 3's. 4a, & B have a couple weeks open but your best bet if you are planning on going somewhat north is 22,23,& 27 ... It usually is not very hard to find good mule deer in any of the open units in January ... IMHO no need to waste a bunch of gas that time of year looking for big trees to put a stand in ... Just stay close and spot and stalk...

That mount absolutely SUCKS !!! Only because it is not hanging on my wall... Seriously that is a deer and a mount to be proud of ... Awesome Job!

No amount of work or expense gives anyone exclusive rights to any spot in OUR public forests. The notion that a person baiting and/ or just leaving a cam close to a tank feels his rights to pictures are greater than those of a hunters during an active hunt is ludicrous. I see no issue with the guy making your cam inoperable while he was actively hunting that spot. Lets face it they make enough sound and depending on the amount of overcast the flash could be an issue during the day ( low light day pics use flash not IR). He was wrong in leaving it that way once he was done with the spot, just as you were wrong with your actions of revenge. I feel that this rant is based on an Idea that your cams have exclusivity over the actual hunter in that spot (and that was not you) you talk of Sabotage when your actions are no different. You then Rant as your actions should be defended, in my opinion they should not. If you have an issue with a specific person or even six people, man up and work it out over a cold beer. No one should come into this kind of forum looking for validation for being a self centered jerk.

I have always been told and witness to the fact that the temperature will not move them much unless there is not enough exposed vegetation for those big bodies to keep fueled up. Once the snow gets deep and starts hard packing over the grass ... start looking for lower surrounding areas with good vegetation still exposed. Sometimes you don't have to go very far. What hunt and unit ?

I personally think that many hunters that use blinds and tree stands get their panties bunched up to easy. If your doing it right the whole point is to be hard to see. Often this means another hunter is not going to see you until he is right on top of you. Also with the practice of guys setting up multiple Blinds and stands and leaving them. It is becoming a more common practice for hunters to check out and make sure it is an occupied blind. Nothing like hiking into a spring and all the sudden hearing a pissed off quiet tone from 15 - 20 feet in the air questioning you why you did not see he was hunting this spot. Well Mr. tree stand man, The last time I looked I had not found any deer or elk up in them trees So my eyes are focused more on the ground. Again 150 yards in a forest is quiet a distance and sound does not travel upwind that well especially if it is over 20 MPH. From the way I read it was that this guy came in from another direction and did not go right to the water. Know if you tell me that he came in right on the water, seen you hunting your blind then moved to the right upwind 150 yards, I may feel you have a right to be upset. If the guy came in 150 yards to your right and never approached the water hole or immediate area then that is just something you have to deal with and in no way makes that hunter a disrespectful SOB. If you hunt close to water in Arizona you better be prepared to have some interruptions. That is just the way it is an. You made your Blind Now you have to sit in it !

Hidden water holes in our public forests. I guess if someone besides you set up a cam they are not all that hidden

If he knows your there then it is just a lack of respect. However, 150 yards depending on the density of cover and trees is it possible he did not see you. Not being in a blind and just sitting still I have had hunters come in almost right on top of me from a direction they did not see me until they were right there. If he was upwind at that distance it is very possible your whistle nor cow calls even caught his attention. If you were right on the water and he was in a pinch point or overlooking a trail into the hole then he may not have seen you there. I would Sit it out and try to meet up with him when leaving the spot at dusk to ask the questions and find away that tomorrow it does not happen again. A pissing match at 5:30 6:00 pm is not going to help you or him.

Definitely some differences Lark. If you look at lifetime's site (they make both) you can break each one down. http://www.buylifetime.com/Products/BLT/Tr....aspx?from=left

Well I just found out that lifetime builds the jumping jack ... Costco has that setup new for 2999.99

Amanda not jumping jack but have heard good of these that you can get through Costco... check it out for a couple thousand less than the JJ... they also have a video to watch http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?...p=C&topnav=

Has anyone actually come across any animal rights people during a hunt trying to mess it . I see the occasional weekend warrior or at worst a group of Storm troopers tearing up the trails with their quads. I find the fear of and all the blaming for missing cams on Antis pretty amusing. Maybe someday one will jump between me and my target and I can put the Law to good use but til then I don't see the worry. Post what you want to post .

I must say I had a great laugh this weekend at what I seen tacked on a National forest sign. It was up where I was assisting my bro on his archery hunt. I will not disclose the exact location, but... ... Four miles from a major state highway at the intersection of 3 very traveled Forest roads was tacked a flyer. On the top in Large print was CAMERA THIEF !!!! Not sure if it was posted by anyone here, but man seeing that made me laugh almost to tears. Sorry(but not really) to the guy that lost your bait (TROPHY ROCK) and your camera, but thanks for the entertainment this windy weekend. I snapped a picture of the flyer but will have to wait for my bro to put it up.

Most probably don't care as long as everybody involved isn't jackass about it. I am guessing it doesn't really crank your chain when you find somebody already in your favorite glassing spot or sneekin spot or whatever type of spot you prefer to hunt that is naturally laying there untouched by human scent or hand. You are making it sound like you are going to intentionally ruin somebody elses plan just because you don't agree with the way they have chosen to hunt. And if you did choose to slip into somebody's already exisiting blind that was sitting over bait and kill his monster he had been seeing on his cheating trail cams all year long then you would have lowered yourself to sub standard type of hunting which would diminish the trophy of the monster buck. I have never sat a blind, or hunted over bait or treestand. Mostly just glassing and busting brush hoping to bump into something with antlers. Reminds me of a elk hunt in 3A over at the tree farms, we had done some scouting and thought we had it all figured out until WHAM...opening morning, people crawling all over the place in ATV, 4X4 on foot...you name it. Was I mad, heck yeah.....did I have the right to be mad.......not really, they all had the same tag. So what did I do........went somewhere else............. If I see a tank I want to sit and it is unoccupied, I am gonna sit it. If I see a natural rock mineral area I want to sit and it is unoccupied I am gonna sit it. If I find a block of salt sitting out there and nobody is hovering over it and I want to sit and watch it grow moss, I am gonna sit it. If I wanna go tromping through your favorite glassing, sneeking area and I don't see anybody that I am going to be disrupting.....I am gonna go tromping.... Guess just depends on how jackass I wanna be about it...... What assumptions! My comment was stating, regardless of what a person is doing out in the middle of a public forest it is still public land. Was I a little upset on opening morning to see a guy perched on a ridge over looking the bed of 115" + coues I had watched use this spot for a few weeks including the day before the hunt. heck yeah I was pissed, but not at him. I was pissed at myself and moved on knowing plenty of other spots were around that would not be getting attention. A person using bait can have effects on every type of species within a couple of miles of the spot. If I find that this hunters actions are having an impact on the games behavior and where they are located then how is that messing with his hunt. My point is when I am scouting if I find that someone is baiting in the area I plan on finding out where and how it is effecting the movement of the game. That my friend is called hunting. So as I stated if some one is serving up snacks in the middle of the forest thinking they are creating a honey hole they still need to remember it is still public land. I am not going to steal his bait or mess with his cams. I just stated that I hope to drop a deer in his spot and leave him some entrails next to his Trophy rock. p.s. Lark, your posts are always good for a laugh... Thanks for keeping the humor alive here

Holy mother of Mary ... those are sick in the best way! Showing off the pics of these monsters from the res could be some great marketing if they ever decide to let White man hunt deer on the Res.

Yes stealing personal belongings regardless of where you find them is the action of worthless scum sucking individuals. However ... I find someones bait Just to make a statement I may just sneak in a steal the Honey hole a few hours early on opening day. This is public land and just placing cams and especially putting out bait does not entitle any individual to feel the spot is theirs. an empty blind 2 hours before sun up is an empty blind and the spot is open. An empty baited honey hole 2 hours before sun up is still first come first serve. Hope those of you that do bait realize this and respect this as still public land.

It amazes me all the assumptions that fly through the digital data stream of the internet. I think the guy was paid by Obama himself to steal the Trophy rock and camera .... It is an individual that is pretty worthless regardless if he is a tree huger, a guide,a weekend hiker, or just Joe hunter. While I do not approve of anyone taking something that does not belong to them, I still find it funny. I am sure it is my personal bias against guys who use bait. Something tells me the guy is putting out a trophy rock to try to get better horn not just a few pictures, so please do not try to defend it as the addiction to just using trail cameras.