Pine Donkey

On windy days like today he will not be the only deer having a bad hair day.

This is the view from my rear view mirror this morning just before I left the truck.

ASU needs to bring is a coach that will finally elivate them to the next level. I don't see it hapening for two reasons. 1) Lisa Love is an ineffective figurehead who holds limited authority with her position, and has proven to be ineffectual as the program's leader. Due to her weakness the entire department could get spanked for the sins of an out of control baseball coach. 2) The influential alumni, who are footing much of the bill to buy out Ericson, have always made beating the U of A the top priority. ASU will never climb to the next level unless the bring in a staff that knows how to win at that level. Focus on beating the big boys, USC and Oregon, not the mediocre Wildcats. Huston's Sumlin has put together an impressive 12-0 record this year, but he is a quarterback away from being 8-4. They have not played a single top 25 team yet this year. Love has been hesitant to make a decisive descision about a coach, opting rather to flaot possibilities to the media and watch the public's reaction. In the past few days two of the top candidated have committed to other schools, and there are 5 more major universties looking to hire. ASU has everything they need to be a powerhouse except for leadership.

Oh, thats funny!

Coyote hunters in this part of the state will be finding those newly released wolves very soon...everything on that side of the border makes it's way up here in no time.

Thats a great buck! I love the story, it is amazing the gun was ok after being run over. Congratulations to all!

Thats a great bull, congratulations.

Beautiful buck and mount!

OK, the peyote has worn off and I fixed the post. This new phone has auto spell, that must work well for someone with skinny fingers.

Wow, I'm speechless!

That's a great bull for the late hunt. Congratulations!

So true coach. Also your buddy standing next to you hurrying you along, is usually able to recall every shot you have ever missed, and you don't want to give him another story to tell around the campfire.

You notice many of those big jacked up trucks have no desert pinstriping on them. Let them come down and hunt the blackbrush with us for a week, we'll give them some pinstriping!

Great buck, sounds like a heck of a shot. Congratulations .

Great story. Congratulations. I tried glassing in the same fog, not fun.

The kid who found it must be a hunter who understands the respect both deer and hunter deserve. Great story!

Quality optics and quality tripod need to be considered as one unit, not seperate items. Niether one is very effective without the other. There are also a number of gunrests that mount on your tripod to make those 400 yard shots much more do-able.

I heard they are looking at mike stoops. Lol

Lmao

U of A has a new football coach. Rich Rodrigues was an awsome coach at West Virginia, and a disaster at Michigan. What are your thoughts about him in Tucson?

Great find!

Very nice bull. Congratulations.

Spotted your truck this morning. It was parked anong the highway about 1 1/2 miles east of the state line. Hope you had good luck.

I make this trip about 12 times a year, sometimes pulling a 30 foot fifth wheel. Yesterday I pulled a utility trailer up and back, loaded both ways. The quickest way is through Mule Creek. There are a lot of tight turns, but if you pay attention to what you are doing it is not a bad route. 191 between Morenci and Alpine is one of the most beautiful routes in the state, but not the best for a trailer or for making time. The only way to avoid some of the turns is to take I10 to Lordsburg NM, then go through Silver City and up 180 into Alpine. This is 50 miles longer than the Mule Creek route. Unless you really want to see Silver City, I don't think the extra miles are justified. As a side not, whenever we send school buses to Alpine, Eagar, St. Johns etc. we always send them through Mule Creek. We have never had a problem with it.