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Happened to notice this as I was paging down through the regulations (page 26). The light color is the supposed distribution of whitetail in the state. Something tells me they need to update their map!

I picked-up a new rifle so my boys and I could get on the 'suppressor' wagon. (Ranch buddy let one of my sons use his silenced rifle on our NM pronghorn hunt last year, and we're sold on them! lol) Anyway, against my better judgement, I stopped by Bass Pro on a whim late last week and rushed into buying a low-end Vortex scope. VERY limited hours for scope mounting services, so I went to Healy Arms yesterday to have them mount it. After talking to Mark's staff there, I ended-up buying a scope from them that is perfect for us! (Gonna go return the other one to BP.) Mark was super cool, as always, and he had the scope mounted and ready to go in short order. Knowledgeable and helpful! Good guys! Side note: I've always used scopes with the 'hash marks' built-in for holdover. We aren't super long-range shooters, so never went with the fancy and relatively complicated turret systems. In talking to Mark's guys, they said they didn't have any rifle scopes with hash marks, but they showed me Leupold scope with the 'CDS' system. It's awesome. It's basically turret management for dummies like me! No more holdovers for 300/400/500 yard shots. GO SHOP HEALY ARMS!!

Went with the good old trusty 30-06. Mark actually made a complimentary comment when he saw the caliber. He said that in the day and age of 6.5's and 300WSM's , you don't see many guys buying 06's, but the ballistics are almost on par with 6.5/7MM...... Old school. For me, it's a move mostly made out of practicality: a) We already own 3 rifles of that caliber. b) The ammo is much cheaper than the fancier calibers. LOL

You gotta know Trophy. Witty sarcastic humor is sort of his paint brush around here. Keeps it colorful....

The first new vehicle I ever purchased was a 1984 Toyota 4x4. I didn't spring for the SR5. Just the lowest stock model they had. No radio, no A/C, no nothing! Just the standard little 4 cylinder and 5 speed manual. Brand new for $8600. LOL Put 260K miles on that little truck and it never let me down once. This post makes me remember and miss that thing! Good luck on selling!!!! 👊

Mine is a pretty simple Tabasco copy. Just three ingredients: peppers, salt, vinegar. Ferment the peppers, then grind, cook/simmer, strain and test pH carefully for shelf life. I am VERY interested in what Hector has going on with the smoked habanero sauce/salsa!! I want that!!!

Born and raised in Kearny. I didn't even know I was white until I moved to Salt Lake City for school and saw all the white people walking around!

Bumper crop of peppers and tomatoes this year for me, starting in January. WTF do you do with a HUGE bowl of Habaneros, when just one is hotter than any normal person would eat?? LOL Ended-up making Tabasco style hot sauce with the Habaneros and Serranos. Also made some pretty darn good Habanero-honey sauce that went great on wings.

I did a search here prior to posting and found several references. Thought I would start a new thread, though.... Anyone out there that has taken-on (or is currently taking-on) the AZT?? I've got several friends who have either finished it or are at some stage of progress. I've been intrigued for years and now have a buddy that has committed, so I'm going to go for it! Now that the decision has been made, I find myself a little obsessed. A couple of guys I know that just finished last Fall insisted on doing it from South to North, taking each passage in order (1-43). I'm thinking we'll do each passage hiking north bound but will flex around on dates and locations for completion. Likely will kick-off with an initial expedition in the next couple of weeks, and then maybe try to do a couple of weekends per month after that, depending on availability. Haven't set a goal for completion yet... (I'm an empty-nester with lots of time/freedom, but he's still got a life to tend to... lol) So? Anyone doing it??? S. Explore the Arizona Trail – The Arizona Trail (aztrail.org)

Not really any unusual wildlife, unless you count 'hardcore through-hiking hippies'. Saw several of those along the way. LOL Saw some of the usual wildlife, but honestly not too much. Mainly because we were either yapping out loud, plus I had my Vizsla with a bell around her neck for lots of the trail. Wildlife generally heard us coming!

Interesting question, @CatfishKev. Had to think about that..... If memory serves me, I think we saw a total of just three. I recall two Diamondbacks and one cool looking Black Tail. Saw a few Garter snakes, as well.

Welp, 800 miles - FINALLY DONE! Due to super busy schedules across 4 hikers PLUS mother nature (The fires up on the north Kiabab torpedoed our planned finish last summer....), it took us much longer than anticipated, but last weekend my partners and I finally finished the AZT. Like many of you, I'm a native and love AZ. Doing this hike gave me an opportunity to see (and walk through) parts of the state that I had never seen. Many of them I am sure I will never see again! The real ball busters were Miller Peak, Superstition Wilderness (We did Roger's Trough to Roosevelt in one day. Ugh!), Rincons - Mica Mountain, the Mazatals, and of course the Rim to Rim. Many of the other sections were hard, but those 5 stood out. We of course hiked lots of easy stuff, too. Mexico Utah

Those are AWESOME!! @deserttacoma84, there are your cots!

I've got this shotgun's grandson (A500G circa 1990....), and love it. This one is a beauty!!

Someone got a great deal on a good tent! I've had this same set-up for 15+ years and have gotten LOTS of use out of it over the years. A great tent!

No bird died, but I had a freaking awesome weekend with a first-time turkey hunter buddy of mine. Good vocal gobbling action and plenty of birds. Didn't close the deal, mainly because I'm mostly a wanna be turkey calling hack but it was a blast.

My old man used to just pour a gallon of diesel fuel on old stumps or anywhere he didn't want anything to grow. lol

What WAS his point other than rambling a bit to say that Scheels doesn't want to collab anymore? I've been in Scheels just once to buy a jersey my son wanted for Christmas. Looked around just a bit but wasn't too impressed (or unimpressed). Seemed like any other big ol' sporting goods store. I prefer smaller shops for most of the stuff I buy these days. Bought a suppressor from Healy, just this morning. 👍

What about that grove that they chopped down on the north side of I-10 west of Picacho Peak? Wondering if that is pecan? If so, there's a gold mine of it there (acres and acres), if they are willing to let folks grab it. Noticed it the last couple of times I drove to Tucson..... Good luck in your search!

Try it now. Should be good to go. S.

Yep, the usual argument regarding what the previous Dem idiot did. Got it. Makes it OK for Trump to break his promises. Comparing Trump to Biden is a weak, old and meaningless argument, IMO. He is a Democrat, and you're simply pointing out all of the crappy things that happened under him. Doing that makes it sound like you are excusing Trump for breaking his promises. I see you FINALLY acknowledged the deficit. But only in comparison to a Dem, which again, is weak. Try comparing Trump's fiscal policy to a standard conservative Republican, and tell me what you get? I doubt you'll do the research to do that, but it would be a much more logical comparison. Tell me what "orange guy" is willing to do rather than fall off bikes? No more wars? Build a wall? Balance a budget? Focus on American First? I get it that you are super focused on illegal immigrants and terrorists (I not a fan of either of those things, either....), but can you tell me your thoughts on these things I just mentioned? Are you satisfied with his progress on those promises, or do you really not care at all as long as he's going after illegals here and terrorists in the Middle East? I'm not asking rhetorically. I am really curious about your take on these things.

Not my rules. I just work here. Amanda is the boss. What she says, goes!

A balanced budget via a REAL reduction in spending would be nice, too. Fiscal conservatism 101.

Sure thing. Deport them just like he said he would. I would love that if he would do what he said he was going to do. Along with no more wars, right? America First is a freaking joke. Isreal and his billionaire buddies, first. No other country has the balls to end Iran's terrorist mentality.... Please don't tell me you think this freaking mess will end their terrorist mentality? You and I both know there is NO ending terrorist mentality! Focus on protecting the homeland and America First. Not cozying-up to Bibi and spending billions more to fight help them fight their mess of a war. The ONLY reason we are in the middle east is oil, plain and simple. (That, and likely to distract from exposing all of his pedo buddies that are in the Epstein files from both sides of the isle.....) As for the debt, obviously it has grown with every president. And Trump is running it up at a faster rate than anyone in recent history. Do you care about that?? He is a Rino like no other!

Sort of explained why the "huh?".... I said I barely remember and don't much care. Didn't say it was crazy for people to wonder if Bibi was dead. Just said I don't think he's dead (firmly believe that), and gotta watch out for AI fakes, whether to prove he's alive or insinuate he's dead. Mostly, I don't really give a crap one way or the other. I mainly want Trump to stop what he's doing and focus on HOME! Seems all anyone cares about is his dumb_ss war, and nobody cares about our country diving headlong in the oblivion of DEBT.