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I appreciate the offer, Markleo21377! It's easy to tell from your postings that, like many others here on CWT, you really get pleasure from helping youth hunters. I certainly do too. I just got home from an overnight Boy Scout camp, and saw that my wife bought the stuff I added to our Amazon cart for my youngest son, including the Vortex Bantams. I do like Vortex, my hesitation was about the low price and magnification. But, I guess we'll give them a try. It's too bad squirrel hunting season is up. These are going to be good enough for that. By the time next year's big game season starts, he'll be ready for some that are a bit larger. My other son got 8x42s at age 10, although he is a bigger kid.

My youngest son is about to turn 9 and needs a pair of binos for big and small game hunting. He's a decent sized kid at 53" tall and weighs 75 pounds. Seems the Vortex Bantam HD 6.5x32 might be the best option for small hands and faces, but I'd really like to get him something in a 8 or 10x, if possible. Around $200 budget Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

That's absolutely doable. I've done it myself. You can transfer a tag anytime. BTW, that's my birthday too!

I get it now, you're just trolling. Carry on.

The thread I started was simply a link to the January commission meeting. The quotes listed above were all written by you, and taken from the 3 threads you are referring to. It would appear that you’re the one with the personal axe to grind, with the commission and courts. People use ad hominem attacks when they lack a strong argument, so they attempt to discredit someone’s character or motives, rather than addressing the substance of what they’ve said. You're free to critique any of my words, but the personal attacks on my character aren’t appreciated.

I wasn't aware of that case, but I did just read the thread on here. Seems that maybe the commission has learned their lesson after that preposterous decision.

That's disputable and it's also irrelevant to his charge. The law Mr. DeBaca broke is written clear as day. I've linked and listed it below. https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=17 17-309. Violations; classification 16. Possess or transport any wildlife or parts of the wildlife that was unlawfully taken.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but facts are facts. Posting frivolous arguments to diminish those facts are obvious attempts at damage control. There's nothing shady, messy, corrupt or nefarious about charging and convicting a hunting guide for having an illegally taken animal in his vehicle.

Both men received 5 year license suspensions. Here's a timestamped recording of the proceedings:

On the contrary, I guarantee it matters a whole lot in the grande scheme of Mr Adams' (whose reputation has taken an asteroid-sized hit since he was caught baiting animals) and Mr DeBaca's lives.

I'm actually quite fond of the quote "Mistakes are opportunities to learn". But, shooting from that road wasn't a mistake. Neither was transporting a deer in your truck that you knew was unlawfully taken. (Something Mr. DeBaca denies) See, at the commission meeting, the game warden was asked if the hunter could have stepped off the road and got a shot on that deer, and he said it would likely not have been possible because of the steep terrain and where the deer was positioned.

Then your comment had no validity, because you were conflating AZ laws regulating shooting from public roads, with shooting from private roads in NM. In addition: New Mexico and Texas State hunting regulations must be obeyed while hunting on Fort Bliss. These regulations are posted on the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department websites. (Which I linked above) and some roads on McGregor Range are public, like SR 506 and county roads. https://ftbliss.isportsman.net/Regulations.aspx I'm not trying to be argumentative, but details matter.

It is unlawful to: Shoot at game on, from or across any paved, graded or maintained public road https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/download/13-general-rules/?wpdmdl=48370&refresh=696ad32316e151768608547 https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/general-rules/#2e2e7f79ec5a026e2

Let me think, ...nope, not once. I actually enjoy the challenge of hunting. If I don't fill a tag, I consider it a win for the species and use the defeat as motivation to become a better hunter. Cheating would only hinder my progress. I'm fairly new to hunting. I only started back in 2020 when my oldest son was 9. We read the regulations front to back, several times before he and I took our Hunter Education classes/tests. I keep a current copy of each regulations book in my truck and my sons and I all carry copies in our backpacks too. The rules regarding hunting from, across or into a road/railway are easy to understand. There are so many things that can be learned and practiced while hunting. One of the most important to me personally is ethics, as I have become a youth hunting mentor to my sons and many of their friends. During youth hunts, I've been known to assist other parents who I've just met to fill their youth's tags, after my son's tags were filled. Some might say I'm a glutton for punishment. But as a homeschooling parent, I get a real sense of accomplishment from teaching our youth. And what would I be teaching them by doing something the unethical way? My 15-year-old son has shown an interest in guiding as a potential career opportunity, so these threads/cases are especially intriguing to me.