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Amanda, what's a HAM javelina? are they differnt than a reg'lar javelina? do they taste any better? like HAM maybe? anybody know any good javelina outfitters? maybe griz'll guide me. he looks a lot like a javelina so he oughta make a good decoy. Lark.

i gotta pig tag, so woohoo, i think. now i gotta find me an outfitter. wonder if uso guides for javelinas? Lark.

when're we gonna know about the spring permits? i actually put in for pigs this year. usually just wait and get a leftover permit, but got skunked out of it last year. hey bullwidgeon, if i git drood will ya come and be the decoy? Lark.

yeehaw, W gets to keep his address fer fo' mo'. tom dashole lost. the good guys got a clear majority in both houses. and my horse trailer is hooked up, i gotta tag in my pocket and i'm just waitin' for somethin' close to quittin' time so's i can slide outta here for 3 weeks and chase the wily bucks and the woolly bulls. OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN', OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY.............Lark.

as Elvis would say, "Thank ya, thank ya vury much". Lark.

sureshot, if you're in Az., you're in lion country. the state has a lot of em. as far as looking for one, that's hit and miss, with a lot more misses. best thing to do is to have a tag in your pocket so if the opportunity does arise, you're ready. all you fellers, buy a tag. the money goes to a good cause and if ol' tom lion happens to appear in your scope, you'll be ready and have a neat rug to look at and a cool story to tell yer grandkids. you know the one, where it was just you, the lion and a dull knife. and you wuz young and built like the terminator and still had hair. anyway, you'll get the hang of it. Lark.

while the predator deal ain't really what this line was about, i gotta agree with your feeling. the game and fish is scared of "offending" anyone who may complain. that's why they lined up with the anti's to outlaw trapping and to try and outlaw predator calling contests and why they gave in on sabino canyon and let the strip deer all be eaten. they're a buncha puds. when i was younger there were a lot more deer and a lot less lions and coyotes. every once in awhile someone would shoot a lion in deer season. now folks see them all the time. and there wasn't a permit required and there was a bounty on em too. so when someone shot one they dang sure brought it in because it was worth a weeks pay. and lions weren't anywhere near being "endangered' either. there were a lot of them. they were just a lot sneakier. they don't have to be now. Lark.

there are lions everywhere in Az. if you wanna legally take one, buy a permit. i'd recomend everyone to buy a permit when they buy their license and to shoot every lion they can. but that's just me. Lark.

the way i look at it, i ain't gonna judge anyone for filling a tag with a legal buck. do i wanna shoot a spike? no. won't do it. but that's me. what i like to see is folks hunting. get out there and enjoy the wilderness. take your kids. tromp all over what the maker made us and if a spike will fullfill ya, shoot him. then pack him home, take good care of his carcass and every time you partake of a fryin' pan of his meat, remember the good time you had taking him and be thankfull for the opportunity. we're all hunters, to different degrees. some are diehard trophy shooters. some just like to get out a few weekends a year and are tickled with about any buck. i'm somewhere in between. next time ya see someone with a spike, especially a kid, tell him good job and squeeze his shoulder and tell him to keep it up. i know it's a pain to deal with all the hunters, but we need em. the more the better. i think there are plenty of little bucks that escape their first season and become big bucks. and the ones that don't probly made someones day. Lark.

what a neat buck. good job fellers. Lark.

aw man, my mistake. i was thinkin' in the last picture that there was a carp in it. only it turned out to be you. do you have an appetite for doughballs? hahahaha. i am just too funny. that is a very nice buck. wonder if the drought has anything to do with it having small points, like the bulls all have small 5th's this year? good luck in new mex. you're lucky, because this year it's spike only over there. Lark.

on an elk hunt in colorado once, we ended up hunting a little with some okies. roy dale, larry floyd and john. john wore blaze orange coveralls and a blaze orange felt cowboy hat. it hurt your eyes to look at the guy he was so bright. i mean colorwise. he wernt none to bright the other way. Lark.

i got a unit where both are legal. and will shoot either. Lark.

cal coziah, the best bowhunter ever and my personal hero and mentor, always wore red and black plaid wool pants, jacket and hat. Lark.

nice bucks for sure. that nontypical looks like he had some identity problems. looks like maybe he broke a pedical at one time. nice bucks. i think i reckonize that canyon. Lark.

my oldest son has one with the synthetic stock. it's a very light rifle and it barks pretty hard with reloads. i have a real bad right shoulder and it hurt me sufficiently. sighting it in got him to flinching some, and he's real tough on recoil. he installed a simms pad and calmed it way down. doesn't bump too hard now. he used some 130 gr. handloads on a wyoming muley hunt in early oct. took a 180+ muley and his friend used the same rifle to shoot a 27" muley on the same hunt. same friend shot a nice coues friday with it. but used some 100 gr reloads. the simms pad seemed to help reduce the recoil a bunch. Lark.

have to agree with the breeze here. camo, scent cover up crap, goretex, etc. are all over rated. if a deer sees you, it doesn't matter what you're wearing. deer are colorblind, so plaid oughta be about as good as anything else. i prefer all dark clothes. dark blue or black. when you're still, you look like a shadow. nothing wrong with camo, but it doesn't give much advantage. and i'm sick of not being able to find decent boots without that stinkin' foot oven, goretex in em. i hate that stuff. this is the stinkin' desert. when was the last time it rained enough that you needed to keep your feet dry? if the snow is deep then i wear my snowshoes. Lark.

i dunno bullwidgeon, looks sorta like a carp to me. them big eyeguards are a dead giveaway. Lark.

a .270 o'course. a friend bought a weatherby vanguard '06 at walmart the other day for $199. can't get much cheaper than that. but it wernt no .270. Lark.

i don't know that clell ever wrote a book. he should have. seems like maybe someone wrote something about him, but i can't remember for sure. Hunter Wells' book is a hoot to read. don't know if it's in print or even where to get one. might try the internet. i borrowed the one i read from a guy that knew him. that's why i was wondering if curtis prock is still alive. if he is, he's probably the only American left with any real jag experience. now that it's illegal to import any spotted cat into the U.S., there ain't a lot of call for jag guides. Lark.

that too. cro-magnons were good hunters too. 'course they used clubs and spears and stuff. neat eclipse tho. musta been what erased the curse o' the Bambino last night. seein' as how the red sox finally done it. Lark.

i hid in the closet until it was over. eclipses spook us cro-magnon types. wonder if it's a "sign", seein' as how deer season starts tomorrow? Lark.

standman, that's a good cat. good job.

best thing about this story is a guy taking his kid hunting. good deal. get them kids outta town and let em be in the wild. it's good for the spirit. no electronic wastes o' time, like movies and video games. just the ol' man, his kids and some deer tags. great job CB1. i like them smiles. Lark.

i prefer a pitchy pine knot or a coleman lantern, if i need artificial light. best thing is wait until daylight to leave and get back before dark to a nice hot shower, some tv, dinner and a soft bed. i told you guys them big binoculars would git ya in trouble. ya see things futher away than ya need to be walkin'. Lark.