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Quick answer; Absolutely!!! S.

Whoa!!!! NICE first post!!! Welcome to the site, and thanks for sharing! Also congrats on a great bull!!! S.

+1!!!!! There's 17 other people reading this thread right now thinking the EXACT same thing!!! S.

Amazing bull!!!! Great!! Congrats to the hunter & guides!! S.

Happy birthday Hector!!! S.

I just received a new 3X9 Pentax scope from Doug yesterday evening! It was delivered quickly as promised, and after a little SNAFU with my rental office, I got my hands on it yesterday! My dad (who is too elderly to hunt much anymore...) gave me his old .7MM this fall. It's a Remington BDL, and I'm having the scope mounted on it this week! Should be a great combination! With all of the tags that my kids have this fall, it will also be great to add this new long range shooter to our gun safe!!! Folks should pay close attention to the close-outs & such that Cameraland posts here occasionally. Depending on what you need/want at the time, there are some very nice deals there! GREAT SERVICE DOUG! Thanks much!! S. BTW; I did get the coffee!! Brewed some of it up last night and it was yummy!!

Cool! Sounds like those New Mexico kids are having a good time!!! A couple of years ago my son had a Junior ES elk tag in NM. We had a great time! New Mexico has some great youth hunting opportunities! Good luck to all the kids! I would LOVE to see some pics!! S.

I'm still missing something, I guess. I don't see where it says illegals are eligible to 'buy into our health plan...'. It specifically says that they would not be eligible for the public thing. It states that they would only be eligible to purchase a 'private' plan. Isn't that a good thing if they have to get their own private insurance? S.

Hmm..... If I understand the above wording correctly, they're saying that illegal (undocumented) immigrants would be able to 'buy their own private plans....'. It doesn't say that they would be eligible for the government subsidized plan, I think.... Looks like the government plan(s) would be reserved for 'legal permanent residents...' only? Again, not sure if I understand it? S.

Cool!!!! Congrats to the hunter!! S.

Oh my!!! I definitely laughed out loud!!! S.

Not to play "cop" or anything, but you all DO know that road hunting (except for disabled hunters) is ILLEGAL in Arizona, right??? If you've spent time with many Wildlife Managers in the state, you will learn that enforcement is usually a judgement call though. Although some aspects of hunting from a vehicle are pretty black/white (like if your weapon is cased or not, etc...). S.

I have a boy who will be 15 in a couple of months. If I hadn't just shot my wad on a pair of binos, I'd jump on this truck and make him mow grass for everyone in the neighborhood to work it off! It would be a great 'first car' for a kid who loves to hunt/fish!! I had an 84 Toyota 4x4 truck through college and after..... 210K miles on it when I traded it, and it NEVER let me down!! EVER!!! I will definitely own another toyota truck someday (Once my kids are all gone and I can go back to a small hunting rig again! )!!! My $.02.... S.

Wow! Cool!! Thanks for the story and pics!!!! Congrats on a great hunt! S.

Welcome aboard!!!! I think you'll find a VERY loyal customer base here! Good luck! S.

Outstanding!! Great story, great pics, and a GREAT bull!!!! Thanks for sharing! S.

Yea, it's interesting. Some of the pictures I took are quite decieving..... The buildings in that particular picture were definitely beyond 1/4 mile. Also still on the private property, and un-occupied I believe. All safe for sure! Funny thing; when I posted the picture I thought the same thing. Also, the power lines are a bit decieving. In some of our pics, it actually looks like we're shooting birds off of the wires!! :lol: S.

I was invited to hunt doves on some local dairy land over the weekend so we took the kids out yesterday afternoon for some fun. The weather was hot, but we had a blast! A couple of buddies and I set-up under some shade and kept watch over the three boys lined-up just to the south of us. The set-up was basically a HUGE feed lot area (water & seed), with a VERY large tract of safe shooting land to the south. Large fields, ditches, and mesquite/scrub. PERFECT dove country! We got there in the early-mid afternoon, and the action was steady for the next two hours. The boys got plenty of shooting in! Finished-out the day with a little BBQ & swimming! S. Set-up with some shade to watch the action! Lined-up ready to go! Erik Shooting! Here's Nick pulling-up for a shot! Rosie fetching a bird! Little girls helping fetch downed birds! Resting & cooling down with ice water over the head! Swimming later that afternoon! Lots of energy! A well used grill! Some bacon wrapped, some not.... YUM!!

That is so awesome! What a great and unique hunting opportunity Troy! Unique for the desert southwest anyway.... Very cool that you were able to go, and great that you got to know some new friends! Continued great memories!! S.

I sure do love that country! Thanks for sharing Doug! I'm itching to get up there again soon, but I think my first real shot will be spring turkeys. Maybe youth OTC.... Thanks again! S.

Very cool!!! Congrats to your son on the coati!! Also very nice pics of the deer! S.

Great looking pronghorn!! Great for the kid!! S.

OUTSTANDING!!!!! Great bull!! S.

This past weekend while some of you were out archery deer hunting, I took my little girl on a Hunter Education Weekend up by Happy Jack! We brought several of her friends and their dads, and we all had a great time! The weekend was coordinated & managed by Bill Hill, Woody Farnsworth, De Wane Tabbot, and a host of helpers. The event was held on a private ranch that was generously loaned by the owner, and was the perfect facility for this. The object is to provide a two day Hunter Education course including range time, testing, etc. so when the kids (and adults) finish the weekend they are completely certified. Some of you may have seen my posts in past years. These guys do this every year (although previously have used a different ranch...). The dedication, professionalism, and all out attitude of this group is amazing. They do such a good job with the kids! My little daughter Greta turned 10 years old just this past May. She's been hunting plenty of times, and was by her next older brother's side when he shot his first deer last November. She LOVED being there on that deer hunt, and she can't wait to give it a go this fall. She has a junior tag in 36A, so hopefully we can find a buck for her. In the meantime it will be lots of trips to the range with the .243, plus a little quail & dove hunting in the interim! Here are a couple of pics from the weekend: First morning of instruction Woody cooking burgers & dogs for lunch! Bed time in the girls tent! Do they look sleepy to you???? This is my girl on the range. Nice form Greta!!! Now checking the targets! Group picture after graduation! Finally some sleep (and peace & quiet) on the ride home Sunday!

Cool! A buddy of mine & I saw a bunch in a group one time where we hunt down south. It was raining, and they were moving along in a group, over turning rocks, goofing-off, etc.... Pretty cool! S.