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vintage first string photos-2005. yellows are chewing at the coronado's and buzz brizendine takes the tuna spotter plane up may 1st. lee

hoghntr after a big lake trip and a guayos on the deuce feast we'll have to do a tuna day and miguels seafood slug. but. i have always favored santana's across from the docks on rosecrans or point loma seafoods. i'm flexible though... lee

on a scouting trip stop in for wings and a beer at the show low native new yorker. that biggest bull-clay hewitt's 442" with the double kickers-was taken within 5 miles of were you are having your wings and looking at those replica horns........ you have to look at all of the unit-i can't tell you how many 400" bulls or 400 gonna' be's i've glassed when i could see homes in 3c at the same time. luck, lee ps forum member kouryguideservice has taken how many 400's out of 3c?

the fellow on the left looks like a young Steve Gallizioli. bet its brothers left and right. i'll send the photo to a Gallizioli family member for confirmation-might take a few days. Steve was a huge part of wildlife conservation and management in Arizona from the 1950's onward. could the photo be a photocopy of a pic in an Arizona Wildlife Views article? lee

april. day 1 ? lee

usgs quads its called 'Mesa Redonda 7.5' southeast corner of section 17-the triple tanks in the bottom of martinez draw between black mesa and mesa redonda. area of serious muley bucks and heavy medicine. lee

the zuni's and the navajo's have bought huge ranch acreages in northern 2B in recent years. the navajo tribe offers a $30K trophy bull hunt in the Witch Wells area every year. as in 400 inch trophy. there are even bulls on the private pasture across from the Witch Wells' bar most years. stop in at the bar and look at the albums over a dos equis sometime. Mr. Hicks is a published author and a gentleman- if you ask nice he'll brew you a pot of coffee for the road. lee

i have been chasing tuna and yellowtail out of 'dego for 35 years and a lot has changed. always try to find a trip that works for you-1/2 day to 3 days-at Seaforth Sportfishing on mission bay. during the summer parking(and parking fees) are a nightmare at the big three landings on shelter island but it's free and easy at seaforth. call mark larsen at seaforth 619-224-3383 for the hot rides. http://www.seaforthlanding.com/ now that being typed-my all-time favorite boat hands down to fish out of 'dego during the summer is the f/v first string at H&M landing. http://firststringfishing.com/index.htm also info at 976tuna.com and bloodydecks.com just a note-the Malihini is a converted WWII PT Boat just like McHale's Navy! good luck, lee the pic below is a great memory. With many, many tons of yellowfin stacked up under the boat trying to bite-but all 30 fishermen-well all but one!-don't want to pull on another 40 lb tuna after a 6 hour bite.

Predator drone helps convict North Dakota farmer in first case of its kind Published January 28, 2014FoxNews.com FILE 2013: A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. (REUTERS) What began as a wild west-style cattle-stealing case may have ushered in a brave new world of law enforcement officials using drones to gather evidence to put Americans behind bars. In the first-ever case of a U.S. citizen being convicted and sentenced to prison based in part on evidence gathered by a drone, Lakota, N.D., farmer Rodney Brossart got a three-year sentence for his role in an armed standoff with police that began after he was accused of stealing his neighbors' stray cattle in 2011. Brossart was arrested on June 23, 2011, but his family refused at gunpoint to let authorities armed with a search warrant onto their 3,600-acre property to investigate the neighbors' complaint. Brossart was later released on bail, and warrants issued for his three sons, but the family refused for months to respond to orders to appear in court, prompting Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke to have the U.S. Border Patrol deploy a Predator drone conduct live video surveillance of the farm. The drone monitored the family's movements on the farm following the armed standoff. It was not clear how long the drone was deployed or whether it gathered evidence of the alleged cattle theft. But the eye in the sky gathered enough evidence to prompt Janke's men to finally move in in November 2011, arresting five family members on terrorizing charges. “We put a tactical operational plan together this afternoon and we implemented it and everything went as planned for us, so we're very pleased that we did end with a peaceful resolution this evening," Janke told WDAZ at the time. A jury found Brossart not guilty of stealing the cows, valued at $6,000, but he did get three years - all but six months of which was suspended - for his part in the armed police standoff based in part on video supplied by the drone to court officials, according to the Grand Forks Herald. The case could prove significant, because Brossart's attorney tried unsuccessfully to have the terrorizing charges related to his standoff with police dropped because evidence was gathered by the drone without a search warrant specifically allowing for it. Prosecutors had previously dropped charges against Brossart’s wife and daughter, for their alleged roles in keeping police at bay. Charges against his three sons related to terrorizing are still pending. "This case should have never happened," state District Judge Joel Medd said in court. "Chalk it up to stubbornness, to stupidity, to being at odds with your neighbors or any combination of those. We should never have been here if the cows would have just been returned." Forbes magazine predicted it won't be the last time drones are used to put Americans in prison, and reported the use of drones for police missions is on the rise. Between 2010 and 2012, law enforcement agencies used CBP Predator drones for 700 missions, the media outlet reported.

somebody beat me to it. ebay cancelled my order last month..... lee RENDING Neighborhood watch sign is a guided missile launcher, sure to give robbers pause But mostly the unit is part of San Diego-area man's tribute to WWII veterans March 26, 2014 by Pete Thomas Terry Ulmer shows off imposing neighborhood watch sign; screen grab from video Burglars often prowl rural neighborhoods, hoping to find unwatched homes. But chances are good that any robber who happens to drive by Terry Ulmer’s home is going to seek another town in which to carry out his dirty work. Ulmer lives in Alpine, in east San Diego County, and it’s impossible to drive along his street without noticing his neighborhood-watch sign: a World War II–era surface-to-air guided missile launcher. “You go into [most] neighborhoods and see a little sign that says ‘Neighborhood Watch.’ Well, this is how we roll out here in Alpine,” Ulmer told Fox 5 San Diego.

http://www.amanresorts.com/amangiri/resort.aspx 10 minutes from wahweap marina and an hour to lee's ferry. i have heard this is where brad and angelina go when they want to get away from the kids... congrats, lee

Deaths of bighorn sheep in Arizona spark controversy over conservation effort By Cristina Corbin Published March 18, 2014FoxNews.com This photo, obtained by FoxNews.com, shows part of the bighorn sheep herd relocated from Yuma to the Catalina mountains, just north of Tuscon. (GEORGE ANDREJKO/ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT) The first phase of a three-year plan by Arizona wildlife officials to bolster herds of bighorn sheep has resulted in the death of half the population, after the 31 sheep were transplanted at a cost of $150,000 into the Catalina Mountains where mountain lions killed 15 of the protected species within a few months. Some animal welfare groups are pushing for an end to the project, but wildlife officials say the conservation effort is not a failure and expect the projected $600,000, three-year plan to result in greater numbers of bighorns in an area where they once co-existed with mountain lions for centuries. The issue, say Arizona wildlife officials and biologists, is a complex one. Bighorn sheep, a gregarious, herd-forming species, once thrived in large numbers across the western U.S. until their population dropped dramatically over the past 100 years -- for reasons biologists continue to study, such as disease, fires or loss of water source. Wildlife officials in Arizona estimate the current count to be around 6,000 in the state, and they are working with conservationists to rebuild a herd that disappeared from the Tucson range in the 1990s. Last November, the Arizona Game and Fish Department implemented the first phase of a three-year plan to transplant the creatures from the Yuma area into the Catalinas, where they once lived. Wildlife officials in the state said they spent $150,000 -- none of which was taxpayer money -- to catch 31 bighorns by helicopter, place satellite transmitter collars on them and transport the herd to the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson. Four months later, 15 of the bighorns had been killed by mountain lions that thrive in the area -- leaving some animal welfare advocates to question whether such a plan was prudent on the part of an independent panel formed by state wildlife officials. The Catalina Bighorn Advisory Committee -- comprised of groups such as the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, the Wilderness Society and the Center for Biological Diversity — had recommended that officials not kill any mountain lions prior to the transplant of bighorns. After nearly half the bighorn herd was killed, state wildlife officials in turn killed two mountain lions -- leading to protests by individuals who claimed the big cats should not be targeted for acting as natural predators in the wild. An editorial published last December in the Arizona Republic posed a question at the heart of the controversy: "Re-creating a bighorn population in the Catalina Mountains is a good goal that may result in the loss of some individual animals. How many are too many? When does the project cross the line from ambitious and worthy to sacrificial and cruel?" The Arizona Game and Fish Department and its supporters stand by the transplant decision, although Jim Paxon, special assistant to director Larry Voyles, said "in hindsight, we should have taken out some mountain lions." "Conservation of wildlife is never easy, never quick and is often what biology professors call messy," Paxon told FoxNews.com. He said the plan moving forward is toassess areas in the Catalinas where the bighorns have the greatest chance of survival and place additional sheep there in the fall. He said the hope is that the remaining bighorn transplants and their lambs will move toward the new herd. Paxon also said some mountain lions near the determined location will be killed, but stressed that officials are not planning a "wholesale removal of mountain lions across the Catalinas." "All we’re doing is removing mountain lions that prey on bighorn sheep in the best habitat area for those sheep," he said, adding that the mountain lion population is "not only healthy, it's thriving and expanding." Critics, however, say the current plan should be stopped immediately. "I don’t think that they really thought this out," said Ricardo Small, of the group Friends of Wild Animals, adding that, "this decision was pushed by hunters." "The response to mountain lion killings of bighorn sheep has been to kill the mountain lions. That's a mistake," Small said. "When competition among mountain lions is removed, the litter sizes of the females increase and the result is more mountain lions than were there to begin with." "I think that the Arizona Game and Fish Department should stop this program completely. It's a waste of bighorn sheep and a waste of mountain lion." But supporters of the group claim it's premature to abandon efforts to rebuild a population that once thrived in the Catalinas. Kevin Murphy, conservation director of the Wild Sheep Foundation, called the bighorn deaths "frustrating," but said he was fully supportive of the plan in place. He also noted that the transplanted herd successfully birthed lambs and said more are expected in the coming months. "Wildlife management is not a perfect exact science," Murphy told FoxNews.com. "You can't measure the success yet. It’s designed to be a three-phase release."

uh-OH...pilgrim don't know how folks-mostly wimmen-folk-here in AZ swoon over that hero fire guy jim paxon. 520 don't take offence please-paxon goes back to a little rodeo we had in 2002 and then 2003 when he moved to show low. can't stop grinnen' ever time i read or hear his tall tales......... lee

by now the survivors will probably jump into the relocation trailer without any urging... yuma never looked so good..... lee

Thank You All ! lee

fool hollow lake state park and campground is open and the bass and channel cats are full speed. and you can check on this-azgfd usually dump a bunch of huge 'incentive' trout over 16" in fool hollow during the first two weeks of march.... forest is open and so is the peninsula road at willow springs. you can camp on larsen ridge or off the young rd. lee

MORE by Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press azfamily.com Posted on March 4, 2014 at 6:00 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Federal wildlife officials Tuesday set aside nearly 1,200 square miles along the U.S.-Mexico border as habitat essential for the conservation of the jaguar, a species that hasn't been spotted in New Mexico in eight years and one that has made only fleeting appearances on wildlife cameras in Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains. Jaguars have been on the federal endangered species list for nearly two decades, but it took a series of lawsuits filed by environmentalists to prompt the critical habitat designation. Despite only a handful of male jaguars being spotted in the Southwest over the years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the region's desert scrub, mesquite grasslands and oak woodlands make for important habitat. "Critical habitat in the United States contributes to the jaguar's persistence and recovery across the species' entire range by providing areas to support individuals that disperse into the United States from the nearest core population in Mexico," the agency said in a statement. The Arizona Game and Fish Department and other critics wanted the habitat proposal withdrawn when it was first introduced in 2012. They argued the Southwest isn't essential to the jaguar's survival because nearly all of the cat's historic range is in Central and South America. "The proposal's assertion that habitat in Arizona and New Mexico is essential to jaguar recovery ignores basic biological principles of conservation," the Arizona agency said in a five-page letter to federal officials. "To be effective, jaguar conservation must occur in areas of their range where consistent breeding occurs," the agency stated. The Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledges that no female jaguars or breeding have been documented in the U.S. in more than 50 years. Jaguars were placed on the federal endangered species list in 1997. Environmentalists praised Tuesday decision, saying partial measures over the years have not gone far enough to protect those jaguars that are returning to the U.S. "This was a widespread animal and the fact that it has been reduced to very rare sightings in the U.S. today is a testament to how much ground it has lost and has to recover, including in Mexico, where it's still losing ground," said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. Biologists rely on an extensive network of remote cameras across southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico for gauging how often the big cats roam between Mexico and the U.S. The images captured so far reveal a lone male has been hanging out in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson. Always under the cover of darkness, the cat - with its massive jaw, spotted coat and long black-tipped tail - can been seen walking through tall grass or darting across the camera's field of view, leaving behind only a blur. Marit Alanen, a biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service in Tucson, acknowledged that many people don't realize the exotic cats are returning."When you think about typical jaguar habitat being in the jungle and being tropical, it is pretty exciting that we actually have them in Arizona right now," she said. The habitat designation includes parts of Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties in Arizona and Hidalgo County in New Mexico. Federal officials say they considered the availability of native prey, water sources, vegetation, topography and other factors in determining the boundaries. The Fish and Wildlife Service also said the designation will not affect border security, including routine patrols by law enforcement.

don't forget silver creek just out of show low until the end of march. many incentive fish 20-30 inches. you might not want to be there for the april 1 slaughter when the rules change. or maybe you might.... i don't fish it anymore-i just do 'trout-spotting'. looking for the 10 lbers. possibly the second best flyfishing in Arizona is pacheta lake on the fort apache. only second to lee's ferry. lee

50 miles from my driveway to pole knoll or greens peak. saw one in 1993 on lake mountain which is half that. one in 20 years. lee

i've been carrying a nice 20ga rem 870 special field with english stock since 1994. about 1998 i decided i wanted an english stocked red label 20 and have had the hankerin' ever since. but being over 50 miles from quail or grouse i'm not losing any sleep nowadays. but if the boat sells you may get a call........................ gorgeous! good luck, lee ps forwarding this thread to my son...thinking early fathers day!

friday march 14 4pm Arizona time on the dot. my insider is a calender. a 2014 Women of the Navajo calender. lee

Arizona is jaguar country-fed or no feds. like it, hate it, get used to it. it works for me. lee

uh-oh sounds like emil mccain is back at it.........thats the dufous that got macho B killed with zoo scat.

i asked about predictions but didn't make mine. 1) units within the habitat area having coues permits will be for one hunt per year only. 2 or more separate hunts r out. 1a) no otc archery hunts for coues deer-participation cannot be controlled. will have to use archery during general. 1b) vastly reduced permits lee

i've got it bad. baaad. watching 2 or 3 games a day on mlb.com archives. got two spring training games going right now lol! any interest in a private yahoo fantasy baseball league with members here? i could commish but i am not very good. at fantasy baseball that is. any guess how trumbo will do as a diamondback? my guess is goldy will be protecting trumbo not trumbo protecting goldy... as long as it does not interfere with horn season or show low senior softball i'm in. i dibs the team name Horn Hunters III. lee biglakejake@hotmail.com