SunDevil

how much does this tripod weigh?

knocking another team into the NIT is irrellevant? I wonder if miller would agree with that assessment? one could make a very strong case for the same word being used for the football team in Tucson. and here I thought stoops wasn't coaching in Tucson anymore.

I don't know, did you?

nice find. that buck has a lot of bone on his head. looks kinda young.

that is great. how about a pic of that oryx?

so according to Garmin, excellent days are Aug 17 and Sept 16. with good days being Aug 16, 18 and 19 and Sept 14, 15 and 17. interesting that they also have Aug 31 (full moon) as an excellent day with good days as Aug 30, Sept 1 and 2.

nice pigs. now you just need to get your dad a new hat. \"/

those are some nice pictures. too bad they are of FLOWERS!!! come on, get Paul out there and get some close ups of some monster WT bucks!!!

we usually still see WTs packing the first week of may in the southern part of the state.

http://www.aaadiamondsphynx.com/

missed the nursing fawn. good catch and nice pic. so 6 plus the fawn.

6 for me.

come on - where was the unedited version of the previous post?

IMO, drought can prevent increase in herd sizes but the REAL problem is with predation. Not a coincidence that a lot of these problems started a couple of years after the 1992 trapping law. just look at the results of the 3 Bar wildlife enclosure (up by lake roosevelt) and study. all we ever hear about from G&F is drought, drought, drought. I am drowning in drought here. They NEVER mention the 3 Bar study on predation.

end of march

low 80s

Ernesto - is that 115 inches or centimeters? are you sure you did not use one of those tape measures from MX? CONGRATS COMPADRE!!!

WOW - that is GREAT! Congrats to Jackson on an outstanding trophy! unfortunately I think that might be the last big buck in that unit.

Fact 1. I agree. It is all that needs to be stated (IMO) and don't understand why we need to go any further than that. Fact 2 is a given. Unfortunately, that is. Facts 3 and 4 are moot points. ESPECIALLY considering they're "not enforced", as you mentioned. If we really want to go down those slippery slopes I can guarantee that it won't help our general cause in the end. It's a technicality that doesn't seem to support anything but an ulterior motive and personal agenda. It's distracting. I'm not saying we can't speak our minds. I'm only saying we've got to be reasonable with our judgments and insinuations. Fact 5- I WILL draw a bull tag this year! Jake - I dont know if you hunt from tree stands or not. If you do, I sure hope when you draw your bull tag this year there are not 4 - 5 treestands already on every known water tank in your unit. I hunted 5A a couple years ago with a friend and was completely amazed at how many tree stands were out there. I only forsee it getting worse and eventually, and unfortunately, require government interaction. Heck if argumentative golfers in TX are stabbing one another with non-lethal broken golf club shafts over speed of play, I only forsee, unfortunately, much worse things happening in the future among guys armed with lethal weapons.

did anyone see the Meateater episode where he was hunting mule deer in MT with his brother, buddy and the llamas? I generally like this show but I got a real kick out of how, in about 24 hours he went from being a trophy hunter to a meat hunter. the night before the hunt they were sitting around the campfire talking about how they were only going to shoot big bucks, bucks of lifetimes, etc. He found a big buck opening day but was not able to get a shot at it. Next day, forget about it, he was all about shooting any forked antler deer. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I think most of us know if we are meat hunters, trophy hunters or something in between. This guy pretty much presents himself as a meat hunter and I do not think he did a very good job of portraying his true self in talking big about shooting a trophy and then switching after one day. just my two cents. pretty sure I wills till watch. I also really like "On Your Own Adventures". He has talked on his website about doing a coues hunt but thinks getting good footage of small deer hiding in brush and cactus along with good kill shot footage will be to challenging and unfortunately, not what his viewers would want to see. Several guys are still pushing him to do it. We shall see.

WOW - this does provide some important things to think about but all in all my initial and followup reaction to this post is that is kind of morbid.

that is a really nice collage. looks like a lot of time in the field to get all that footage and a lot of time editing it. thanks for sharing.

I think it is unfortunate that the original thread was nuked. Obviously this was a topic that some people felt very strongly about. There are many other topics that share the same polarizing view points (baiting, land access, wildlife management, tag allocation, quality vs opportunity, politics, religion, etc.) We are (hopefully) all mature adults and should be able to discuss these topics without things getting out of control and resulting in threads being nuked. I understand the original post was made as an FYI regarding someone using stands that were not his but were left in the field by other owners. I think it is important to point out some facts around this topic: FACT 1: people should leave things that do not belong to them alone. FACT 2: we live in a world that (unfortunately) if you leave something (bike, car, tree stand, blind, trail camera, etc) out in a public place you are at risk of and taking a chance with that item possibly being tampered with or taken. FACT 3: even though the law is not enforced, it is illegal to leave an item on National Forest and if an item is left, it is considered abandoned property. FACT 4: even though the law is not enforced, it is illegal to alter a tree for the purposes of attaching something to it. If you acknowledge, understand and agree with FACT 2, then some of the responsibility does fall on you, as the owner of the item, in taking the risk of leaving the item out in public in the first place. Please post if you disagree with any of the facts that I have included. I know we all have opinions on what is right, wrong, ethical, unethical, immoral, etc. Feel free to share those opinions if done so in a respectful way.

can we get gearsnagger to put back up the picture of his wife/girlfriend/sister/mother, whichever it was?

Location? Sent PM they are currently located out in the field, up in the rim country. BAH HA HA