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My usual is the Ranch Market at Scottsdale & McKellips. They have had a great supply every year. This year, not yet. Gonna do a little road trip search tomorrow. 👍🏻

I’m heading over for our annual pronghorn hunt next week. Will maybe do a little search while going through Albuquerque. It’s a bit of a detour all the way down south on 25 from there, but I might be tempted to head through Hatch. 😉 Exactly!!! Still holding out hope as the season progresses, though.

Crazy to me that anyone would not look at the regulations (either hard copy or online…). https://azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/26132813/2023-24-Arizona-Hunting-Regulations_230726.pdf

One of my hunting buddies and I went on our first ever bear hunt this past weekend. We didn't target pears or acorns, or anything. We simply went to a place that we elk hunt and have seen bears and regular sign over the years. Luck shined down, and my buddy killed a nice sow on Saturday morning. S.

Lots of info here. Nothing about e-tag only in the future, but who knows..... 220819 - Tag Modernization FAQ and App instructions Combined (amazonaws.com)

A buddy used it on our bear hunt last weekend. Easy-peasy.... (I bought my OTC tag at Walmart, so it was old school for me. He bought his OTC bear and lion tags at G&F office, and they came through as etags....) S.

I did this. Worked great! Also several years ago I found foam at a fabric store. Maybe Google fabric stores in your area and make some calls. 👍🏻

TJ!!!!!!!

Yep, the pooch and I sat out on the patio to enjoy the big-time wind and sideways rain just after 10 in south Scottsdale. Finally!

CRAZY, Hector!! I remember Allen posting over on mm.com saying something about a great site/forum for AZ locals. Been here ever since…. 😉

“Traeger” & “Blackstone”….. That is some seriously modern smoking/cooking hardware, there!! 👊🏼 Looks delish!!!

Yup, e-tag in hand. Same for my lion tag.

Yep, for Onx (plus the FarOut app that I'm using for the AZ Trail hiking that I'm doing), it's pretty awesome that satellite capability is there. I would sell my stock in Garmin, if I owned any....

I never dropped the big money on a deluxe set-up (too cheap and no interest), but I did own a pop-up about 20 years ago. Had it for a few years and it was nice. Ended-up realizing that when we were out camping we mainly spent vast majority of our time outside anyway, though. One day about 15+ years ago I sold it for a little money, then went strait to Cabela's and bought an Alaknak, good cots, sleeping bags, Camp Chef, etc. for the kids and I. That set-up served me well for a VERY long time. Kids grown and on their own, so the Alaknak usually stays home now (Slumberjack cot under the stars is my preferred sleeping set-up, now... ). Anyway, I guess everyone enjoys the outdoors however they want. To each their own. 👍

Hmmm….. Interesting. Guess I haven’t been around any of the ‘high use’ areas. My crew and I have some places we like to go hide away in (usually down a two-track). Seen a FS rep on occasion over the years, but never had a problem. Seems they are usually just checking for fire rule adherence. Im not familiar with the motor vehicle use map. Suppose I better check it out sometime. 😉

Is that how it is now in Cali?? Even on National Forest land??

Hector and I teamed-up on it. He also reached-out to Amanda, and she was going to add an additional authentication layer that seems to have stopped the latest bot/spam attack. S.

Thanks for sharing the report! S.

I've been happy with ordering through luckygunner.com. S.

WAY back in the mid-80s, my dad took us on a float trip through the Grand Canyon. Was awesome because our outfitter used relatively small boats (I think 17 footers), as opposed to those monstrous motorized pontoon things.... I remember the experience being about 95% chill floating the days away, with the occasional WILD ride through the various rapids on those little boats! Anyway, I distinctly remember that all beer/soda was kept in gunny sacks over the side of the boats to stay nice and cold. Water was a steady 46 degrees (I think it warmed a degree or two below the confluence of the Little Colorado.). Crazy that the river temp is so high now. Great to see the lake continue to rise.

+1 on BOHNTR's post. That is the definition of 'developed' for this topic. S.

Hated them as a kid (I think it was a texture thing...). Freaking love them now.

More pico and avocados here. With salmon this time. I’m hungry for tacos now. Edit: Lest anyone think I’m some sorta keto nerd, I followed dinner up with a big cannoli from DeFalco’s. 😉

Well, the smoked brisket turned out OK. Paired nice tonight with pico and avocado.

Not for dinner tonight, but a little light food prep for the week. Habaneros are getting ripe. Will likely match them with some mangos as soon as I can get to the Asian store for some good ones. Made some pico today with store bought produce (jalapeños not ripe yet…). Fry’s has whole brisket on sale, for anyone interested. Just put this on to smoke over night Downside of sticking with my old garage sale smoker is that it won’t fit a whole brisket! 😭 Had to cut off the short end. (Will smoke it separately tomorrow night…) Bon appétit, all!