Non-Typical Solutions

I don't know really very much about cams, I have gone the cheapest route and I bought 2 of these Coverts from a friend that didn't use them. I fight with the programming every time as it is hard for me to know if I really have the right date and time. Here is a picture of the Covert that I have, it must be an older model as I know there is a Covert II. It actually has video capability and one of the cameras I had set at this spot somehow I set to video. I don't know how to post those or I would have, it was fun to see the clips of critters walking through. If you look close in the tree you can see my 2nd Covert it is the one that was set on video and my angle down was not the best so I caught a lot of bear ears, backs and my single buck that came in just barely his ears and the little forks.

Little background on the pictures. Exactly one month ago we went and set some cams up in a draw we thought might have some coues deer. Half a mile in we hit our first water seep in the bottom of the wash. The further we went in the more water holes we bumped into. When we finally found some deer sign we decided to set up cameras. On our way in we bumped into several bear tracks in the different sandy areas in the bottom and at one point we bumped into a water pool that had been recently "stirred up". We were pretty sure we had pushed a bear up the draw we were in. Now one month later, water is running pretty good down this same draw but 5 minutes up the draw we found this. Here we go again, looks like we have another bear sharing the afternoon walk with us. Then we bump into this interesting scrape. Here is a shot that shows the water going down this draw, as said earlier this was dry at the end of August except for spotty small pools here and there. Cole tried to set his cam up down low over one of those pools, hid it really good on the bank and had it strapped to a big rock. I told him the bears would make a wreck of it pretty fast but he is a teenager so you know how that discussion went. The Moultrie cam is way wrong on date and not really sure about time. The Covert is pretty accurate. So this is what his trail cam looked like when we got in there. Camera had a few bite marks in it but the camera still worked and we had a couple of pictures off his camera, this is the last picture we had on his camera so this guy is the criminal. I had two cameras set up just above the wash on what I thought looked like a game trail. One of my cameras actually is in view of the other camera. After reviewing pictures I have decided I kinda like that set up. Her are some pictures from one of them, the other camera shot video clips and that was fun to watch as well. Here is my favorite. Then there is this little guy. Then there is the fat one. And this little bugger. Nice looking cat. And finally the only deer that came through our cameras.....what a monster......at least it was a buck. Cole said he would be happy to take this little two point. Great day trip in and out the water definitely changed the traffic. I love the bear pictures we had tons of bear pictures but I was really hoping for more deer.

Healy.......well said.....it only takes a week it seems for it all to go down the drain......sounds like a fun time though you gotta keep that in mind.

This is clearly a hijack situation....and I do apologize Coach........but Edge started it with that picture of packing in and well................... Top picture is Zions Nat. Park up in Utah. Maybe 1979 or somewhere around there. My brother was working rodeo's and guiding trail rides there in the park and he let me come along for the ride one day. There are spots on that particular trail where your stirrups are hanging over the edge on one side and scraping the rock on the other......OK that was a small exaggeration. We had a lady start to bail off her horse cause it scared her so much.....she didn't realize the safest spot on that trail was right in the middle of that horse. Her bailing off scared the piss out of me.......fun times..... Can honestly say I have never had the pleasure of eating any big horn steak.....

Edge, That picture makes me just want to quit my day job and get way out there. Thanks for a great shot. How about this one?? Or this one??? Fun times packing in......

Still pounding the treadmill......too many trips to the valley this week chasing football and grandkids, those late night drives home kill my eating disorder still hanging in there. That insanity will open your eyes....it certainly did mine can't wait to get back to insanity.....

Coach, You guys beat Show Low.......things are looking up.....forgive and forget......I always fall into the category that I shoulda got up 20 minutes earlier and so the other guy beat me there, but I will choose to move on to another spot. Couple of the areas we hunt the end of the road is a trail head and there are always rigs parked there. It is depressing at first but usually people have different ideas about where the deer are from that point on. Sometimes we bump into people and just have to make adjustments. One elk hunt we were out at the tree farms and we knew there was going to be alot of hunters there. We get out of our truck after glassing up some small bulls and we are getting ready to leave the dirt 2 tracker to work a no cover wide open ridge to get ourselves into position for these bulls to maybe come across us. A truck pulls up as we are getting ready to walk away and they stop, we tell them exactly where we are headed thinking that we could avoid conflict. They pull off and drive cross country exactly where we told them we were headed. I was ready to put a .270 round in his tailgate but figured that would not be the best. About 30 minutes later we saw G$F pull the guy over, I hoped at that time he was getting a citation for off road travel. Fishing is where I really get riled up.......have somebody come and cast right over my bobber sitting out there....it is like dude there is the whole rest of the lake for you to cast and you cast over my bobber....... I have decided that there are just some people who have not been taught that ethics word and just don't really give a rip whether they intrude on others or not.

Why would we think they are being up front about this........they haven't been up front with us about a whole heal of a lot and this is just one more thing to not really trust them on.

Always fun to stumble across a nice find like that.......funny how something that big spent that long out there getting all white and sun baked.

That is pretty awesome in this day and age.....and what a fun thing to spend your time doing......practical and useful in life for many years......cool beans..

Now you got us on a line....keep it coming.......

Healy.....that is awesome....you gotta feel 45 lbs better. I did something to my right elbow it is all inflamed, probably doing those dang push ups....so I worked out on the tread mill this morning and will do so until I get this elbow straightened out. I really don't care for the treadmill but for now it will have to do. No reportable weight loss for me but today we start Jr. High wrestling season so it will start to come off

And now we know why Grong can find all those antlers....he knows where all the bulls are hanging out. Interesting vegetation. That is some awesome footage cooler than heck that you involve your son like that.

Anybody have directions on how to get to Grand Falls? I know I asked this a few years back but can't remember where I put them. I am thinking Red Rabbit is the one that told me before......anybody willing to share that info with me. Thanks, Jeff

Let the packing begin...nice looking bull congrats.....

All is good as gump said it happens!

I was in a big hurry......didn't double check my facts.......live and learn..

ya it was the Scottsdale school, as much as I can't stand you guys down south :)I hope Ms. Novak and her school do not catch any flack over this. 100% May the man up above look upon you and bless you with the ability to never fall under the dumba$$ category Lord knows I have not been able to evade it but thanks to you it is the first time anyone on here has called me one. Thanks for bringing that to the forefront.

Come on DB just a picture with no story......cool looking country and a nice buck.

If we all could just helicopter in If any of us were generational land owners who used to make a living running cows, and then you found a more profitable way to use that land.........maybe the gates would be locked as well except for big money people. If you were sick of your windmills getting shot up, fences getting cut, things being stolen the gates might get locked up as well. Many of the land owners have tried to get help just to handle the illegal traffic coming across their land. My uncle has worked a ranch just north of Douglas and he has some pretty wild stories. So, yes those who live down in that area have a lot that drives them to take the measures that they choose. Bootheel of New Mexico has some awesome hunting country in it but much of that has been closed up to hunting all together by conservationist. Ben Brown on this site is the expert on what has happened down there. I think there are many issues that are involved with what is going on south of I-10.

We get a mix depending on what format, football is usually the anthem either sung by a choir group or when that isn't available a recorded version. If both of those are not available we say the pledge. Basketball same... Wrestling we never get the fanfare so we just do the pledge with the audience....

Yep....my bad I will try again sorry for the bad info Principal tblaker@susd.org AD blarue@susd.org That is worse than not saying the pledge......I apologize.....

That is an up to date report......good luck over there, if you have success please email your results to jwmortensen1960@gmail.com

Hang in there Bill you are another year older and hopefully had some great times in Greer this past summer and many more to come. Always good to hear your comments on CWT.

Nice big bull with hot pink arrows.....heck of a job there.