stanley

Moderating this sort of thing can be extremely burdensome, and putting in technical rules/parameters may or may not be an option depending on the hosting software, etc. Buyers beware!!!! Best defense against scammers is a little common sense and judgement by the users. S.

Excellent!!!!! Cool that you got your first gobbler! Also looks like you guys know how to camp! Good stuff! S.

That scammer account has now been banned. Everybody BEWARE!!!!

Most of you have likely noticed more threads regarding scammers and account hacking, lately. T here have been multiple occurrences of folks getting private messages from new members offering to connect with someone selling stuff. Obviously, everyone needs to keep their scammer-radar on high alert and use your judgement on these. If you get contacted by a brand new member and the vibe feels 'scammy', then send myself or another admin a note about it. There has also been a couple of instances recently where a user account is hacked, and suspicious (or just plain lame) content and malicious activity occurs. As/when this happens, our only choice is to shut that account down. If you find that your account is suddenly inaccessible to you, hopefully you have a friend or contact that can message one of the admins, else open a new account. There are 1000s of user accounts, and thus far the occurrence of account take-overs has been super rare, but it might not be a bad idea for folks to go in and change your password just to be safe (Honestly, 'internet site 101' would say all of us should do that on a regular basis anyway...). Stan

I don't have them all right here at my fingertips. Tried to get in touch with the user name owners offline. Had you been impacted or involved in it, you definitely would have known.

Yes, it is happening. Lame!!

Either son or I. Of course hoping it’s him! He’s a much better shot that I am, anyway... 😉

I wouldn't get too worked-up over it. Happens all the time. (You must not have noticed the posts above mentioning it.) Usually a product of various bank's system processing as they move charges from 'pending' status....

Jnb-scammer is now gone. Yep, more and more of this. Interesting MO, in that lately the thing is primarily private messaging. The process to sign-up was enhanced in the last couple of years to include e-mail validation, etc. (Standard stuff for most websites today.....) Not fool proof though, especially with the sophistication of bots and such. Scammers constantly working to stay a step or two ahead of website validation/security.

MidFirst (relatively small bank....)

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Welcome to the site!

The scammer account was deleted.

Isn’t that one of the ONLY topics here, lately? 🙄🤣

Good point, that was pretty low..... LOL

And rock bottom would be VERY low around here lately, wouldn't it....

What??? 🙄 Crap, never mind.... I think I just took the bait.🤣

Nope, not him either. I've seen it like 5-6 times in the past several months. It's funny, because it seems like it's just some 'normal' (if that exists...) dudes. Not the controversial ones. I would feel weird outing them, though. So I suppose will let them have their fun. Seems the controversial ones are comfortable enough in their own skins to post anything they want anyhow, so no need for an alter ego.

No, but that's not a bad guess. 😂

The latter, it looks like. Seems that some folks just want some sort of an alter-ego that they can comment with. IP addresses tell the story. For the record, with VERY little exception the only profiles that actually get 'banned' are the spammers. Plenty of content gets deleted on a post by post basis, but banning the average user has been super rare.

Ding, ding, ding.... We have a winner!!! More of that going on lately....

Yep, still pretty good fishing. At least it was two summers ago.... Was VERY good in the old days, and seemed to be starting to come back in the past couple of years. Agreed with wish2hunt regarding lures, though my primary the last few trips has been a fly rod with streamers for the smallies and nymphs for the browns/rainbows (generally fish up-river far enough to get into plenty of trout). Have also had great luck with black rooster tails if using spinning gear. As to whether it is open or not, you should call the San Carlos tribe to confirm. Also be aware that if you are going to fish or access the north side, you need a White Mountain permit. Regarding location, do a Google search for the 'pump station' on the Black river (Point of Pines is a reference point to get you in the rough area on a map). Look for the 2000 road NE from Point of Pines, and then take the 1560 road to the river from there. Pump station is well known, so not giving away anybody's secret spot there. Good place for an initial trip to get to know the rough area, and then you can explore from there to find your own honey holes.

My guess is that the impact will be relatively benign, mainly because I feel like the vast majority of 'average' hunters really don't consider hunting out of state too much anyway. Sure, there are plenty of folks that do it, but I feel like interstate hunting is generally the rarity compared to the general population. IMO, only....

As already pointed out, this is fake news. They absolutely did NOT pass an "assault weapon ban". (Did you actually read that some where???) The bills have to do with expanding background checks for private/internet sales and giving more time for background checks. Not saying I support either one. I'm just a fan of real and accurate information, as opposed to fear-mongering.

You have way too much faith! NOTHING will stop all of the crying!!! Haters will always hate, and crybabies will always cry. 🤣