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I have three different sites with cameras on them right now and can't wait to go check the pictures out.......and I don't have a tag for anything, just enjoy getting out in the woods and seeing what I can't see when I ain't there......soon as Friday afternoon shift is over I am outta here to check cameras!!

Raghorn.......the reason you are struggling with the fishing report is you are up waaaaayyyy too early in the morning!!! Quit worrying about when they stock the fish, get your favorite jitterbug lure out and take those kids fishin!!! I will let you know how the fishing is at Nelson after this weekend.......probably won't be any parking spots but we will give it a try!!!

I gotta admit I know very little about the Pronghorn Antelope but sitting in church Sunday keeping my grandson quiet we were perusing a book titled Arizona Wildlife and we came across this.... I guess I have never heard them referred to specifically as "pronghorn".....without the term "antelope" included??? Just curious if one is more correct that the other or if they belong together both terms or are they interchangeable???

Have always wanted to check out the Pacific Coast Highway and seriously considering dragging the little camp trailer and checking it out this summer. I have never ventured into the camp trailer find a spot to park program and wondering if anyone has recommendations regarding that particular trip......maybe start at Ventura and end at Crecent City??? Is that too much, doable......Crazy yes but still want to try!!!

Hope you had a great day, looking forward to your hunting, fishing and trapping stories for another year!!

That is great news.....I didn't want to take a trip to Californicated anyway...thanks for the heads up.....

This is kinda what I was thinking of.....

Took a trip into Black River, second time for me but a different spot! I was amazed at how much water was running. Last time (maybe 15 years ago?) further up river there were just small pools, could walk across without having to wade. Two completely different experiences but both memorable as being just great tranquility and absolute fun! I can't remember the time of year last time but I am curious is it at a normal level right? Normal of course being relevant to time of year and all the other factors, but in general is it normal? Love fishing with this gal!!! Little cat that couldn't resist a night crawler!!! Also a question for those who frequent the area.....why don't people fish the White River?

We got there around 1:00 in the afternoon, it was more of a go check the place out and bring our fishing poles adventure. Most of the people we bumped into were using night crawlers. My wife caught a few on a little chartreuse shad. The real reason I caught a cat was because I was helping my wife get a mess fixed on her pole so I threw a worm out there and let it sit while we were working on her pole. We fished until it was too dark to see. Very relaxing afternoon not too concerned about catching or not catching. I was surprised at how many people were there but we never felt crowded! We were at Tick Flats I believe but not 100% sure about that.....according to my map reading skills that is where we were!

Mother moon.....gotta love it!!!!

Had this camera out for two weeks, set it up on a major trail and was just curios to see what kind of critters were using the trail which was always full of elk and deer sign. 1247 pictures the first night we put the camera up, then a couple of deer pictures the next day, but then three consecutive nights with no day pictures in between! Question is, why no day pictures, I always have day pictures of shadows moving and branches blowing or something but nothing at all during the day? Filled up the 2GB card in 7 days, bulls galore, of course repeat visitors but still lots of fun to see and dang.....I missed a week of growth!!!

T- Bag

Raghorn......remember those bulls we had patterned north of the highway up until opening morning!!! :D

You are welcome to land it at my shop but I am in Snowflake!!! Water, power.......quiet!

I am curious about the "resident" herds? Not in 3C but over at Alpine watching how those elk come and go! Having hunted early archery and late rifle! I was off in some of the steepest roughest country unit 27 has to offer not seeing one bull while my family sat by a warm fire at the cabin watching bulls in the meadow 😳 I am not very experienced in bull behavior but IMO the "resident" bulls won't go too far! Now that Rez line in 3c ain't that far and for sure some rough country and dang that fence line anyway!!!!

Thanks Ben......that doesn't sound fun.....course I fully expect "clogged" going California.......

ET....phone home!!!!

Sounds like lots of fun!!!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679711/Mormons-drop-Scout-programs-for-older-teens.html SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church, the oldest and largest charter organization of the Boy Scouts of America, will drop Scouting from its Young Men's program for boys ages 14 through 17. Today, about 1 in 6 American Scouts is Mormon. Effective Jan. 1, the move will carve as many 180,000 Mormon boys from the Varsity and Venturing Scout programs in the United States and Canada, replacing them with activities created for boys in those age groups by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church will continue to sponsor Cub Scouts for boys 8 to 10 and Boy Scout programs for those 11 through 13 in those two countries, but statements released by the church about the announcement signaled that it may drop those programs in the future, too. The overhaul is stunning, because Scouting has been an indelible, seemingly inseparable, part of the LDS Church's Young Men program for 104 years, but it isn't a major surprise. Church leaders quietly have considered dropping Scouting from its Young Men and Primary programs for many years for multiple reasons. Church leaders announced the change and the reasons for it via statements in a question-and-answer-style statement on mormonnewsroom.org early Thursday morning. Why? The church released a letter from the First Presidency that explained the decision is part of "the church's ongoing effort to evaluate and improve its service to families and young people worldwide." The mormonnewsroom.org statement shared more detail. "In most congregations in the United States and Canada, young men ages 14-18 are not being served well by the Varsity or Venturing programs, which have historically been difficult to implement within the church," the statement said. "This change will allow youth and leaders to implement a simplified program that meets local needs while providing activities that balance spiritual, social, physical and intellectual development goals for young men." The BSA released a statement on Thursday that said in part, "Although thousands of youth and leaders who participate in Venturing crews nationwide embrace and support the program, we recognize that not all programs are a perfect fit for all partners. We anticipate that many youth from the LDS Church will continue to participate in Scouting beyond the age of 14 as young men work to earn the Eagle Scout rank." BrandView It's easy being green: 5 watering tips for a healthy lawn and a thick wallet Sponsored by It's easy being green: 5 watering tips for a healthy lawn and a thick wallet Pampered grass is happier grass, and happier grass is greener, and greener grass means a greener wallet too. Church leaders long have wrestled with concerns about inequity within the church caused by Scouting. Hundreds of thousands of LDS boys in other countries did not have access to Scouting, and the church has spent more on American boys than girls because of its financial commitment to the Boy Scouts of America. Discussions about those issues began before highly publicized controversies over BSA decisions to accept gay Scout leaders and gay and transgender Scouts and long before last week's news that Scouting has considered admitting girls to more of its programs. The church said Thursday those issues weren't part of the decision because "BSA has always allowed the Church to operate its programs in ways that are consistent with our standards and beliefs." Four years ago, when BSA voted to admit openly gay scouts into troops, LDS leaders noted that the church always admitted gay scouts and would continue to do so. However, when BSA voted to allow openly gay scout leaders in July 2015, the church publicly said for the first time that it was re-considering the Scouting program. "The church has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation," the statement said. "However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America." That 2015 statement clearly stated that Scouting didn't meet the needs of most of the international church's young men. A month later, church leaders decided to continue with Scouting for American and Canadian boys and young men after BSA affirmed "the right of all religious chartered organizations to select their Scout leaders in accordance with their religious beliefs." Close partners The LDS Church has been a major part of the BSA since it became the first chartered BSA organization in 1913. "The church partnership with the BSA was a blessing to the relatively new Scouting organization," LDS-BSA relationships director Mark Francis said last month at the annual LDS-BSA Relationships Seminar in Salt Lake City. "In addition, the willingness of the BSA to accept the church as a chartered partner during a time when there was not a favorable view of the Mormons was also an act of goodwill. Collectively, we have the capacity to solve the toughest problems and find solutions to benefit everyone." Since 1931, an LDS apostle has served on the BSA's National Executive Board. LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, who holds Scouting's highest honor — the Silver Buffalo Award — has been a member of the BSA National Executive Board for 47 years. The BSA has honored his vast contributions to Scouting twice in the past year by naming buildings for him. In October, the Thomas S. Monson Lodge opened at the Hinckley Scout Ranch in Utah, and construction is underway on the BSA's Thomas S. Monson Leadership Excellence Complex at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is currently on the BSA's national board along with Brother Stephen W. Owen, the general Young Men president, and Sister Joy D. Jones, the general Primary president. The current national commissioner of the BSA is Charles Dahlquist, a former general Young Men president in the church and a former member of the General Church Scouting Committee. "As much as I hate to see these young men move out of Scouting," Dahlquist said, "I have the belief that this will be a wonderful, unifying opportunity for Latter-day Saint youth, to be able to reach their potential in ways that we have not seen possible." What's next? The LDS Church makes an annual lump sum payment to BSA to help cover the participation of its boys and young men. The church will make the exact same payment to BSA in 2018 that it did this year so that BSA will not experience any immediate financial hit. The First Presidency said young men who want to continue to work toward "the rank of Eagle Scout or Queen Scout should be encouraged and supported and should be properly registered as Scouts." A Queen's Venturer Scout is the Canadian equivalent to BSA's Eagle rank. The problem of creating a program for all of the church's boys and young men around the world remains. The church's Thursday statement alluded in multiple places to working toward programs that could replace Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. For example, it said the church is sticking with the Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs because they "currently meet the development program needs of boys from ages 8 through 13." The statement noted that "previous statements have indicated that the church wants a program that serves all young men around the world." It also noted that "the church continues to look for ways to meet the spiritual, physical, emotional and intellectual needs of young men around the world." While the church's Thursday statement said it hasn't completed "the global program" that will serve young men around the world, it does have activities prepared to replace the Varsity and Venturing programs. Those activities that can be seen at lds.org/youth/activities and ymactivities.lds.org. They have been in place since 2013 as a resource for youth and their leaders around the world. "When followed, these activities can provide better opportunities for spiritual, physical, emotional and intellectual growth," the church's statement said. Brother Owen, the general Young Men president, called leaders Monday at both the BSA and Scouts Canada, informing them of the church's decision. The changes address the disparity of funding and activities between the church’s Young Men and Young Women programs. "Church leaders have long been aware of this concern," the faith's statement said on Thursday morning. "This new program brings the spending into balance for youth ages 14 through 18. This will continue to be a factor in the ongoing exploration and creation of a worldwide youth program." 176 comments on this story Today, about 470,000 LDS boys and young men participate in Scouting programs in the United States and Canada. As of August 2015, that represented nearly 17 percent of Boy Scouts in America. More than 280,000 LDS boys and young men are between the ages of 8-13 will remain associated with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.

I posted in the Trail Cam section about the tree stand and I am curious.......after summer goes by and the fall hunts finish up......and my late bull elk hunt arrives.......is it OK to sit in the stand if it is still hanging on the tree???

Cool idea WyGuy if I had some I'd give them to you.....all that I have are too big for your project!!!

Looks like you had a great trip in the pines!!!!

Looks like alot of fun.....I think we are going to go out camping this weekend as well pretending we are looking for turkey!!! That is one ugly caterpillar!!!!

I am jealous.......no ladder necessary!!!

You guys are brave.....I would never use another persons stand but I would never be equipped to go up high on a tree like that either.......and heaven forbid if it made something tingle!!!