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will probably push some deer over the top to the west and onto the rez and others out into the mesquite flats.

Doug - I know the G&F attributes a lot of the increase in deer numbers in 33 to the fire that burned through the Reddington area 8 or so years ago. I know great success has been had by hunters in areas that burned < 12 months before. Saw one real nice rack that was really dark colored because the buck was rubbing his antlers on burned tree trunks.

sounds like fun. wish we could make it. maybe next year you could avoid father's day weekend?

I would probably recommend one with turrets.

I know a couple of different people that did a lot of research on side-by-sides and decided on the arctic cat prowler. just something else to think about.

as Scout'm mentioned above, the address identified in the downloadable application form (that allows computer entry into the fields) reads: "Arizona Game and Fish Department P.O. Box 74020 Phoenix, AZ 85087-10" I have a copy of it and am holding it in my hand right now. Anyone know if this will be a problem? If so, maybe Scout'm will get a sheep tag out of it (and he and I Dec WT tags).

might need to include some gps coordinates of goose flyways in AZ - other than, of course, the local golf course.

welcome - even with a handful of points, I do not think I would plan on hunting in Dec (unless you are an archer). the better and more popular units require 6 - 8 points for a dec tag. good luck - who knows you might get lucky.

Congrats Casey and good luck!

THREE IN A ROW - need I say more.

is that your boat or did you go out on a charter?

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I would love to go to AK again. Grew up spending the summers up there from when I was 9 until I was 19. Caught a lot of nice fish. If I was going to go again it would need to be for about 2 weeks and getting that much time off would be difficult without leaving time for other vacations.

here is a hint. To earn money during college, Scout'm was employed as a male dancer. Well his personality and ego today still benefits from those years of shaken it. Last Friday, Scout'm started experiencing considerable abdominal pain. Off to the ER he went. The Dr came in and started examining him. He informed Scout'm that he had 'acute appendicitis'. Scout'm became a little aggrevated with this response and replyed 'thanks doc, I came here for medical treatment, not compliments.'

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Ernesto - heck, I would give you one just for the tag and take care of the rifle permit myself. just say when and where.

I do not think you can get a pair of them for $375 but I know a guy that uses the rhinos and he really likes them. GPS included and transmission distance that is better than normal, inexpensive hand helds.

probably be reading a book about this guy sometime in the future. I will put it right up on the shelf next the the book about The Grizzly Man - Timothy Treadwell.

DubTee - looks like 30B for your buddies.

great bird. you will have to post pics of it when the mount is done. look how big the tail feathers are, how wide the yellow band is at the end of the tail fan and how the black band just inside the yellow band goes all the way around. I think on younger birds the black band does not go all the way around (missing from the middle 2 - 4 feathers). also, I think younger birds do not have as prominent banding at the end of their tail fan as older birds do.

that is a great story and two great birds. congratulations to your wife and your dad.

Well it is not a buffalo but still a pretty cool hunt. After wearing a different shirt for the first two days, I was able to take this tom last weekend after I switched to my lucky CWT.COM shirt. It was a great hunt (other than getting up at 4:00 am every morning). I took this bird at 10:15 am on Sunday morning. It was not your typical turkey hunt as this bird was not called in but rather spot and stalked. He was spotted near the top of a ridge in front of us and I proceeded to hike up, around and behind where he was. I came over the top of the ridge and fortunately he was in full strut facing away from me and could not see me due to his tail fan. After a few anxious minutes he finally turned, came out of strut and took a few steps forward (which cleared him of the tree and limbs that were partially in the way). I gave him a load of 4 shot at probably 8 - 12 yards and that was it. As you can see he is a beuatiful bird with a 10.5 inch beard. Do not know how much he weighed and he did not have any spurs (which is a common genetic trait of Goulds). I went scouting the weekend before my hunt and saw 37 turkeys. I drove up on most of these birds (including a flock of 16) and they were not wary and did not run away. These birds where not around though when my hunt rolled around. Friday morning we heard a couple of gobbles, called in and passed on a jake. On our way back to camp we ran into someone from the Game and Fish who told us about a spot I had never been to that had a lot of turkeys in it. A border patrol officer was also there and said he saw a gobbler in a spot that I knew of. Friday afternoon was uneventful with no birds roosted that evening for the next morning. Saturday morning we went after the border patrolman's bird. We called from the mouth of the canyon but did not get any responses. We drove up the road and just around the corner (50 yards) from where we had called from was a gobbler strutting in the middle of the road. He was with a hen and would not come to our calls. The canyon was pretty steep and there was no way to circle around in front of them. We followed them up the road for awhile until they turned and went up the hill. Saturday afternoon we headed out to see if we could find the G&F person's spot. We drove right to it and got out to immediately hear gobbles. We took off down the road, across the wash and could see 5 turkeys at the base of the hill across a field. A couple of hen yelps had them heading right to us. Three jakes and a couple of 2.5 year old toms passed about 15 yards in front of us. I decided to let these younger birds walk. We hunted around this area for the rest of the afternoon and saw several other turkeys and heard some more gobbles. Right before dark we heard some gobbles and took off to try and get on them. They were heading to roost and we had them pin pointed for the next morning. Sunday morning had us set up right out in front of the roost trees but when the birds flew down they headed the other way. In fact all the gobbles were heading away from us. It must have been part of their daily routine. We took off to try and get in front of them and eventually found a few more birds to call to and chase before spotting the bird on the hill that I shot. I felt very fortunate to have been able to go on this turkey hunt because the AZ G&F department only issued 20 tags for Goulds turkeys this year. This was after having been fortunate enough to take a Merriams last month on the San Carlos Indian Reservation. After several years of unsuccessful turkey hunts, I was fortunate to get two in two months. Hopefully I will be so lucky next year. Thanks to Scout'm and Black Dog for spending the weekend with me.

Doug - that is a really nice buck and a really nice mount. gotta love wall pedestals.

I have not hunted out there but my sister lives in Stafford VA. Last summer I was out visiting and met a guy who is an avid hunter. He said he and his family have a little hunting lease and he usually takes a couple of deer during each of the seasons (archery, muzzleloader and rifle).

that is a nice looking bird and a great picture.