DesertBull

I just heard from a friend of a cousin of an ex-wife's uncle that you put down the wrong hunt number and you are the proud owner of a unit 42 late season cow elk tag, archery only. Congrats and Good Luck!

I saw two Grouse last year while upon the Kaibab around Timp Point.

It's getting close. 2005 Fall draw results web page It says 2005 Fall Draw results, but when I put in my info, it says "no current results" This morning it showed Spring draw results.

No huntin' trip would be complete without Ted Kennedy. He has all the booze.

You could always get a mold and cast your own bullets.

Unit 1 White Mountains, near Alpine.

No cattle grazing for 10 years around Big Lake. 24,000 acres set aside for wildlife

I'd love to take John McCain & Michael Moore on a huntin' trip too. Way down deep in a lost canyon somewhere near the border.

Jessica Simpson

Kill it.

Sounds like the kid might of ate a few handfuls of peyote!

Don't be dissin' the 7mm/08 sucka!

BTW has anybody heard anything from THE JERK ?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, I am here almost everyday, because I have no life.

Deer will move right back into an area relatively soon after it burns. Especially if there is some rain to get some new growth started. Plus, a lot of times a fire will skip over the top of draws and canyons, burning the ridge tops, but leaving good cover in bottoms. Deer love those areas.

July 22nd 4:30 pm - the results will posted July 22nd 4:35 pm - the website will crash July 22nd 4:59 pm - Notice on website will read "We are experiencing difficulties with the website, we hope to have it operational by 5:00 pm, Monday afternoon." July 22nd 5:01 pm - I will rekindle the old Arizona tradition of calling 942-3000 for at least 327 times before getting through, then punch in the wrong SS# and have to start over.

Lab finds New Mexico deer died of CWD SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- A sickly mule deer that died in southern New Mexico last month was infected with chronic wasting disease, bringing to 12 the total number of cases reported in the state since 2002, according to New Mexico game officials. The New Mexico Game and Fish Department is concerned about the most recent mule deer death because it was in the Sacramento Mountains, about 50 miles southwest of where the first 11 cases were discovered, said spokesman Dan Williams. "When the disease first showed up, it was in area near the White Sands Missile Range. It was fairly well confined to that area," he said. "The other nearest cases were way up in Colorado." The disease has affected deer and elk in eight states and two Canadian provinces. But, in New Mexico, no cases have been found in elk. Chronic wasting disease causes animals to become emaciated, display abnormal behavior, lose control of bodily functions and die. "It's a disease that's similar to mad cow disease," Williams said. "Where these animals got the disease, we're just not sure." Residents of the mountain community of Timberon reported to game officers that they saw an old doe in very poor health. The deer died before officers found it in early June. Tissue samples from the animal's brain stem were sent to a laboratory at Colorado State University. Positive test results were reported to the Game and Fish Department by phone on June 29. Williams said the state is awaiting a written report confirming the animal's condition, but is already warning hunters to take precautions when hunting big game. The season runs from September through November.

From the G&F website:

That's what I was thinking too. In the general public's mind, lion's and hunters are both predators. I am not really sure what the G&F could do about lions even if they wanted too, with the current budget situation. Issue a bounty? Take off the bag limits? Legalize night hunting? Do any of those things and there will be a PR nightmare to fight. Maybe one thing that could help is if the various clubs and groups shifted budget $$ from water projects into predator control?

Have you ever used "Point Blank" software? It's free and you can put in all kinds of different data, including elevation, and get "theoretical" perfomance data. Point Blank

Looks like a fire forced the release of all of the deer being studied. "A third fire, 1,000 acres in size, the Four Peaks Fire, is burning on the west flank of Four Peaks in the Mesa Ranger District. Due to the imminent threat to a large wildlife study enclosure, firefighters opened the fence around the area to free the enclosed deer. The fire does not pose a threat to any dwellings or businesses." http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/tonto/news/062305b.shtml

I heard through the grapevine that the G&F have not even opened all of the envelopes yet. I would not worry about it.

To make it worse, some butthead killed a Vulture. What a moron.

I have found that using mapping software with my GPS is very helpful. I can look at all the AZ maps, pick an isolated spring, guzzler, or tank, and download the coordinates directly into the GPS. THe National Geographic and the Delorme maps seem very accurate and include roads and some features that the topos don't have. Plus, I can print out a section of the map to take with me instead of the whole topo.

The big recent burn in 22 looks great also as does the unit 23, Coon Creek burn from 4-5 years ago. Haven't seen the burn on Mt Lemmon yet this year, but that place is gonna kick out some big ol' bucks in the next few years.

I'm a proctologist. It's a crappy job.