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This is good info. When I see it though, I get less optimistic about a windfall of Colorado river water rushing into Lake Powell, Havasu & Mead. Though basically the entire Colorado River water shed is above normal, it seems that the most important area (Rockies western slope) is not completely 'off the charts' above normal. The expected flow from AZ's own Little Colorado River looks like it will help, though! Proof will be in the pudding when the snow really starts to melt up north in May/June.

As a heads-up regarding 4 people in a 4x4 tent: I've had the 12x12 Alaknak for a LONG time, and love it! That being said, 4 people gets very tight in the 12x12. Especially with the stove, it would be tough. I've had 4 people in my tent several times over the years, and the primary way I was able to make it work was by using the Camo bunk cots that Cabelas sells (or at least sold...). The bunk cots allowed 4 people to sleep in the same floor space as 3, which made it doable. Good luck! S.

Yep, good info there. Let’s see: Powell is 22% full. Snowpack is 146% of average. Hoping for continued storm pounding through the spring! 🙏🏼

There have been some unbelievable powder days. (No snorkel , though… lol) Lived there for five years during college mid-80s and never saw anything like it. Back country guys aren’t having to hike 5 miles to cut fresh tracks this season, but they dang sure gotta make sure they have good batteries in their beacons. Nope! They can have that game!

Snow in Utah is WAY off the charts this year. Crazy!! (Been skiing twice, and gonna take another week up there in late April. ⛷️😉) The snow at Alta won’t get to the Colorado. It will run off to the west, along with all the other snow on the west side of the Wasatch range. That’s a good thing though, because the Great Salt Lake is hurting for it. That being said, all of the snow that fell just east of Alta on the east side of the range and beyond will absolutely get into the Colorado basin! Good stuff for Powell & Mead! 👍🏻

To me, it doesn't feel like a money grab simply because it's voluntary. Give some dough to take a chance or not..... Good that there is accountability and proof of the direct positive impact that the money has on wildlife projects. No big deal, IMO.

I remember back in the 90s when Lower Lake Mary was filled-up the same way, a buddy and I went up there an had a blast catching small-mid Northern Pike. Can be fun stuff when the lakes come back to life!!!

That's pretty gnarly. For anyone who has never been there, the magnitude can be hard to gage. If there was a person down there, they would be a small speck. (Those cottonwood trees help with scale...) S.

Big Alaknak fan, here. Great deal on a great tent! 👊🏼

Colorado’s healthy snowpack promises to offer some relief for strained water supplies – The Chronicle-News Winter taking heavy wildlife toll in northwest Colorado | News | gjsentinel.com Depends on region. Looks like the Western Slope is getting impacted..... S.

I would bet against it with those odds. Thinking sometime next week.....

Matter of opinion.... As someone who has worked in the money/cards business (tech side) for a LONG time, I would say Venmo, PayPal, Apple Cash, or Google Pay.... (Or cash... lol) Can be various fees for speed, transferability, etc.. Gotta pay to play, I suppose.

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Noticed a post regarding an antelope hit on another site.

BTW, I'm betting the 'over' on Gambels next fall!!!!

Awesome! Hunters helping hunters. Good stuff!

No new news scoop or anything, but a little more info on the overall winter precipitation picture for this year. Good stuff! 'Weather chaos' brings enough snow to fill Verde River reservoirs, ease drought conditions (yahoo.com)

YES!!! So awesome!!!!!

VERY cool, as always, Tyler! Video worked, and it's awesome! (Short and sweet! ) S.

This article just caught my eye. Glad to see it. Of course our own feral horse population here in AZ came to mind. Thinking the Forest Service managers all over the west (and country) might be watching this closely to maybe help with solution(s) in other forests and/or wilderness areas. S. Kill order for New Mexico feral cows issued by US officials (yahoo.com)

Yawn...... Just another great outing with family posted by Tyler. 😂 Freaking good stuff! +1 on that gray stuff, Big Tub! LOL I'm thinking if you did a search on key words 'javelina killed' on this site going back to beginning, that elkhunter's handle would pop-up WAY more than anyone else in cw.com history!

True story: LONG time ago my older bro was waiting tables at the Westward Look while in college, and some customer from back east asked him what a chimichanga was. Brother responded that it was a "fried burro". Customer asks with a surprised look; 'You guys eat those things out here???'! S. #burronotburrito

Any unit open to public hunting has fairly decent opportunity for success. The “decent draw odds…” is where you’re going to have a very big challenge. Prior to doing some digging to get connected into a ranch to hunt, I did quite a lot of research on the public draw. VERY long odds no matter where you apply. As with most states (AZ included), there are quotas that limit non-residents to a very small percentage of overall tags. Have you dug deep into the New Mexico regulations? The odds are listed there. Good luck!!!! Edit - Here is the summary 2022 report: https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/download/hunting/license-information/application-draw/odds/2022-Odds-Summary.pdf

Cream puff.

Yep, they've been pretty persistent lately. Most are long time members here so you might not know or remember but when signing up for an account here, Amand has put a couple of things in place that are specifically designed to try to keep bots/spam to a minimum. Firstly, when the new user initially tries to sign-up there is challenge-response authentication step in place that is primarily designed to curb bot attacks. Secondly, the user then can't post or sign-in until they reply to the initial e-mail that is sent (This is a standard internet account authentication step that is designed as much to protect the user as it is the site....). Even with those standard protocols in place, of course scammers/fakers are still persisting and getting through. Best advice I have is to try to ignore them as 'white noise' and know that the moderators are doing our best to delete the erroneous accounts as quickly as possible. S.