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maybe the best fish story this old man has ever heard or read....i fished with this youngster and don't believe it...can't be true. anybody wanna guess what a 'grinner' is? http://www.bdoutdoor...rom-over-under/

http://en.wikipedia..../Tarantula_hawk if they can't find a tarantula they lay eggs on any furbearing animal-rabbit, deer, cow, etc. the larvae become parasites and look like something out of star trek.... eat the venison it's fine. if you can't i'm in show low donations accepted.... lee

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Looks like the Jack O'Connor Non-profit could use some help-maybe a link? http://www.jack-oconnor.org/ Amanda has permission to post a link over my little poem at least... lee

Another giant. Scuttlebutt has it this tapes out as the biggest YFT ever caught rod-n-reel. Over 450! Hits the scales on Point Loma about daylight Sunday morning. http://www.excelspor...ts.php?id=50545

Principal photography began on June 9, 1959 with location filming taking place at Arizona locations. The set for the Chinese village was erected on the Horse Mesa Dam Road, 40 miles east of Phoenix; another set was erected in the vicinity of Superstition Mountain. The Fish Creek Hill Bridge on the Apache Trail was revamped to resemble the Chinese wooden bridge that is blown up in the action and the temple set, ammunition and supply station as well as the airfield were erected in Nogales. these days the road to horse mesa is locked up. in 1978 it was really fun to go down to the srp housing there....especially with a teenage gf.... http://en.wikipedia....e_Mountain_Road

Bagley Flat CG and just across from the dam at Saguaro Lake used to be good-havn't been down there since '99.

Mom got me up and loaded me into grandpa's '49 GMC on a monday morning in 1965. She still had a deer tag in her pocket and nobody else to go hunting with that October morning in Skull Valley, Arizona. Dad had to go back to work on Vulcan guns at Luke Field and grandpa Markham had Santa Fe track to supervise from Congress to Iron Springs on the spur line. So she took me down to a siding south of the Skull Valley stationhouse and we walked the morning away-that woman wanted some venison for the winter! Bagged a bunch of muley sheds and mom got a shot at a fox with dad's 1953 Winchester model 70-open sighted of course! Grandma and grandpa's Santa Fe house is now the home thats been moved to the Skull Valley Railroad Museum. Yea I still carry that model 70. 1972 I was a snot nose kid selling waterdogs and ammunition at Jim's Bait on Apache Trail out east of Mesa. In walks a short cowboy feller name of Mike Pock. Thats when I started to learn about huntin' being more important than eatin' or sleepin'! Thank you sir! RIP. lee

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Blue skies, blue sea, bloody deck, yellowfin tuna and a hot pink Guy Harvey t-shirt. What could be better? Wait !, is that Lark back in the corner gettin' ready to throw a bait on the spot?!? http://www.976-tuna.com/images/misc/10062012condor1.JPG

this thread needs to get nuked. flatlanders that never had an elk on the ground in september. Malapai meat packing 928 536 7161 Porter Mtn meat packing 928 368 4444 White Mountain meat packing John Spears 928 537 2269 get your bull there bagged or whole and it will be processed, frozen good and solid for you to pick up in 7-14 days. processed down to 1lb packages if you show some respect. dead elk = processing fee. you do have to gut and skin it your own d self! lee

http://976-tuna.com/...k.45.1344538962

knee failed on independence day 2011. up 60lbs by the time i got it replaced in january even with pedalling 40-50(stationary)miles a day. back to work in february, then hornhuntin' and softball in march but...still 50lbs up on independence day 2012. 2012 can't be as bad as 2011-i should have donated that '11 bull tag. lee ps free walker and crutches available-f.o.b. show low

Even heavenly bodies miss lark. i hear the moon is grieving at his 'missing poster' status here on cwt and will block out the sun over Arizona come sunday afternoon. lee Insanity runs in the family-it practically gallups!

The BDL grade rifle has some very select wood and a real lover of fine firearms would not consider hacking it off. For your hunt and target practice buy an off-the-shelf ramline or uncle mikes plastic stock w/pad and leave the wood unaltered. Recoil pad? All of my rifles have steel recoil pads..... lee Insanity runs in the family-it practically gallups!

Met Frank shortly after he moved to the mountain and worked with him alot over the years. Memorial is the 28th in Show Low. Two American Citizens were reported missing last weekend after they went kayaking south of San Felipe, in Baja California, and never came back. Yesterday, the body of one of them, 70 year old Frank Wheeler, was found floating in the water in Bahía de San Luis Gonzaga, in the Gulf of California area (Sea of Cortez). The other American Citizen is Frank’s wife, 60 year old Bobi Wheeler. She is still missing. The couple reside in the San Felipe community of El Dorado, and they’re known to be fond of kayaking. The search for this American couple was prompted by reports of their vehicle having been abandoned since April 7th at the tourist camp of Huerfanitos, 70 miles south of San Felipe. So far no wrongdoing is suspected, since they were both seen entering the gulf waters in their kayaks right after parking their vehicle. The Mexican navy on Wednesday continued its search in an area south of Puertecitos for Bobi Wheeler. A statement by Mexico’s Naval Ministry said that personnel had been searching on land and sea since Saturday, and on Sunday an airplane was sent to join the effort. The airplane and two boats continued to search the area between Punta Bufeo and Punta Final on Wednesday. According to the statement from the Mexican Naval Ministry, some fishermen on Monday found an empty kayak drifting about three miles from an area known as Campo Douglas. Frank Wheeler’s body was found later that day, according to the statement.

Some of the most incredible action i have seen down penasco way was with a zara spook-with no hooks. out on the rocks between pelican pt and sandy beach at first light. throw out as far as you can and reel/sweep it back as fast as you can-faster the better. sometimes a dozen fish chasing and jumping over and around it. mostly mexican pompano and small corvina but i caught a 12lb pargo on a pop-r with hooks at sandy beach once. lee

perhaps try Jim Harrisons' "the boy who ran to woods". Patagonia's own 'one-eyed jim' is a favorite author/poet/liberal and have heard great reviews of this childrens tale. the late Jess Hayes of globe wrote some great stories-try "sheriff thompson's days". lots of frontier law and order-he was gila county schools superintendent. maybe Ross Santee's "the bar x golf course" an Arizona comedy that had me falling out of my chair. par? 1703! lee Insanity runs in the family-it practically gallups!

don't know yet which roads but the store is open-their website is saying they opened monday lee

Robert Fisher may still be in Arizona, FBI warns by Ofelia Madrid - Apr. 19, 2012 06:18 PM The Republic | azcentral.com Eleven years after the grisly murders of Scottsdale's Fisher family, the FBI is alerting law enforcement in northern Arizona that Robert Fisher, the prime suspect, may still be living in the area. Days ago, a Coconino County Sheriff's deputy announced at a community meeting in Payson that the FBI had sent notice that Fisher, an avid hunter and angler, could be living in the area. Payson is in Gila County, but the deputy lives in the area, said Rex Gilliland, operations commander for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. The Payson area is where the last sign of Fisher was found in April 2001, after Fisher's wife Mary, 38, and their children, Brittney, 13, and Bobby, 10, were found murdered. On April 10, 2001, Fisher slit the throats of his family, shot his wife in the head, blew up their south Scottsdale home to cover it up and disappeared, according to police. Ten days later, Mary's Toyota 4Runner was discovered in the mountains outside of Payson, along with the family dog, Blue. Inside the SUV, police found the an Oakland Raiders ball cap, which is what Fisher was wearing in his last confirmed sighting by bank surveillance cameras. Fisher was photographed withdrawing $280 from an ATM in Scottsdale the day of the explosion. The announcement that Fisher might still be in the area was intended for law enforcement, but residents are encouraged to keep their eyes open, said FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson. "We are attempting to re-canvass the area and focusing on Fisher's characteristics of him being an avid outdoorsman," Johnson said. Despite being more than a decade old, the unsolved murder continues to attract worldwide attention. Fisher remains on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. "The case agents get leads on a weekly basis," Johnson said. "We've had leads from all over the country, north and south of the border." The focus continues to be Fisher's personality; he is described as an introvert with controlling characteristics. By now, Fisher would be 51. He would walk with an upright posture and pushed-out chest because of a lower back surgery.

some yellows to 30lbs got on the bite off 'dego this AM

http://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/authorities-continue-search-for-missing-antler-hunter/article_279bbfb6-7da7-11e1-96fd-0019bb2963f4.html

Sad outcome. http://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/antler-hunter-found-dead/article_10c96c12-8021-11e1-b9c1-001a4bcf887a.html

found this online-a possible explanation? http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/04/06/20120406men-recover-history-related-tragic-scout-hike.html

Robert William Fisher? still expect that POS will be found right here in Arizona. Eckard, Tyson, McClusky-they all come back eventually....... lee Insanity runs in the family-it practically gallups! ps the old timers here might not believe it but there is a screenplay circulating in hollywood these days about danny lee eckard the peoples hero/cop killer. i think it is the guy who wrote dances with wolves...