Non-Typical Solutions

I have the first amazing "how did you come up with this" for the new school year! The competency assignment instructs the student: Using a square, draw a 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" square on your 2" X 4"! Using a wood chisel and a mallet, chisel out the square to 1/8" depth! Of course all competencies are demonstrated by the instructor prior to the student having to perform the competency! The block on the left is a sample that was performed by one of my students! It is as close to perfect as you can get from a 7th/8th grade student and it is well done! The block on the right is one of my students as well that obviously is confused as to what 1 1/2" X 1 1/2 inch is as well as 1/8th of an inch! The middle square that is obviously not the correct measurement was the students first attempt and the other two, second and third attempt! Moments like this always makes me feel like I must really suck as an instructor!!!!

My prayer every day and honestly what matters the most!!!

Is this guy recovering game or do they get to four wheel wherever they want?

Pretty sure my arrow would have flown right over his back!!!!! Congrats on a jaw dropper!!!

That pretty much sums it up for me as well........

We get in a pretty heated discussion about this every time we are miles from anywhere hiking........good topic and good info! One thing that for all outdoor ventures is always let somebody know where you are headed.....just in case!!!!

Or leave at 10:00 pm..........

Gotta weigh the odds...is it easier for you to get to the BeeLine HWY or trek on the 202 over to the 60??? My wife hates Salt River Canyon, my son who lives in Gilbert prefers to go through the Salt River Canyon......Payson route always gets the vote in our family!!!(wife)

On our trip to the Catwalk in New Mexico, my wife bless her heart found the only one we encountered, she quickly decided to stay behind me instead out front!!! Better not show her those pictures!!!!

If you haven't spent much time in the unit you will get frustrated with locked land, houses etc. in places you wouldn't think! At least take the time to make sure the spot you are trying to get to or wanting to hunt doesn't fall into that category! I have not hunted antelope in 10 but have been disappointed many times through the years to find places that were accessible are not as accessible as they once were! It has been ten years since I hunted 10 so maybe that isn't the case, but history tells me there is a chance it has gotten worse! Good luck with your hunt!!!

Here is the whole article, I probably wasn't fair to the wolf program making fun of him being off road, he could be on a ranch somewhere. It is interesting though they are trying to find ways for quote: Instead, the Range Rider program focuses on the practical and thorny problem of how to successfully raise cattle in wolf country. The intentional reintroduction of wolves into a wild landscape shared with people has created a practical need for a new kind of relationship with the animal. Instead of killing wolves, how do we live with them? http://www.wmicentral.com/news/apache_county/ranchers-find-unlikely-partner-in-defenders-of-wildlife-group/article_2b1f1113-ab2b-5daf-835e-ebc155184f3e.html

As we head into the stretch here scouting and all I am reminded of a time when RagHorns old man had the same tag! RagHorn was supposed to be up high keeping an eye out while his old man was down in the cedars below! The only thing RagHorn was keeping his eyes on was the backside of his eyelids!!!! Looking forward to return the same help here in a couple of months!!!

Great group of people trying to do this and I guess because I have never been on any kind of a guided hunt or paid anybody cept G$F for the privilege of hunting anywhere! I guess I was just puzzled by the amount of room being allocated to hunt something thinking that it would be like shooting something at a large zoo. I do hope they can pull their dream together and it works out for them, interesting concept!

Kinda like what PineDonkey said about Big Lake Road........for those of us who really enjoyed that area, it ruined that stretch through there....way more traffic.....fast traffic.....

That will eventually happen in my mind......could be way off base, it just seems to be one of those little chink holes that is just another step away from no more hunting.......I know...hysteria setting in......

That eco-system is not the same as it was back whenever you are talking about! For me personally it is about money being spent to "re-introduce" a specie that is questionably not the "specie" that supposedly inhabited this area at some time! How many of us portion off a section of green grass in our yard to allow prairie dogs and gophers to live happily? They used to live there happily! Hunters(this hunter, me) see their opportunities diminishing as the map gets sectioned off for a wolf that as the program evolves will eventually go where it wants to no matter what the wolf people say, that has already been proven!

Somebody deleted about 10 days of pics off one of our cards but Rag Horn recovered the reason and lets just say that is a nice bull!!!

Does Mayweather step in the Octagon for another $100 million?

More than welcome to park it out at my shop just on the edge of Snowflake towards Heber.....but I don't have ability to get it inside, I could get it under the overhang....I'll post a picture tomorrow.......

I think the clouds and blue sky provided a perfect setting for final resting place!

There is a certain amount of gratification for helping out in situations like this but dang I am tired of the people I love leaving before their time! Worked with Jean for many years, home teacher for 20, she babysat my dog Daisy every time I was out of town.......great gal and will be missed!!! If it had been my choice I woulda stopped right there but as per requested by family put a few add ons!!!

How do two highly sophisticated naval vessels collide??? Fitzgerald and now USS McCain???? Anybody out there with experience that can explain how that happens in this day and age?

On a serious note, the way we have processed them is pressure cooker to cook out the juices. Throw them in prickly and all and then just collect the juice! Can't remember the exact ingredients we us but if LCC is making peach prickly pear jelly he probably has a more scientific method. It is great to have in the cupboard.......good stuff!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43Quhw0yfw

It is that time of year....Cole's birthday is August 26 and that is our marker for pear picking time!!! Great you got the kids out there picking pears.....always a good time!!! We have one pantry shelf completely dedicated to prickly pear jelly....have never tried the combo's and wouldn't mind trying the peach prickly pear......how much and how can I catch up with you???