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If you can fly in and rent an SUV say over Labor Day that is going to be a huge plus but it will also open up a bunch more questions. I guess I start by asking what research has you done so far in the way of reading material, books on Coues etc. Have you called over to NW G&F and asked to speak to the Wildlife Manager for that area? Does NW G&F breaks down their Hunt Units like AZ G&F does on their website and give you info on game? Find water (use Google Earth) and get away from the roads a mile or two. Glass, glass, glass. Bucks will be active in the morning but if it's hot they will bed by mid morning (most of the time) but not always. They will also stretch their legs and move around again in early afternoon in my experience if only to get out of the sun or to snack. Leave camp well before it gets light and find a vantage point where you will be out of the sun and glass the shade and sky lines. I can't stress this enough, stay out all day. Also sent you a PM.

Put out another Cam in a location to get his plate.

Hope to see you post again once you get to your destination. Let us know if you need anything that you can't get there and we can come up with a care package.

Nobody eats Grizz. With that said the reintroduction plan is in the works so expect to see it begin in about 2019.

Join Phoenix Varmint Callers. Very respectable club and family oriented or another is Phoenix Christian Archers.

That really stinks. Prayers inbound for you and your family.

It would have been nice to know this week what unit I was drawn for but finding out next week just means I loose the ability to scout that unit this weekend and I can live with that. Good Luck to everyone who put in.

Bass Pro carries two different sizes. My older Blue Ugloo did not originally have a drain so I bought one from Bass Pro and put it in myself. It's 1/2 NPT so I just used a 7/8" hole saw. The Igloo cooler I bought in November and used on one hunt had a latch break when I was getting it ready for the Spring Turkey hunt so I replaced them both with metal ones.

Right now it is going to stay closed until 9/31 but they can open it sooner if they choose to do so. There could be some serious mud or rock slides if the ground gets saturated.

The hunter who shot it does.

An old Prospector told me they came north "on the backs of Javelina"

Who won the Spirit Wild Hunt?

because the truth hurts!!!! lol It's called Denial.

They are still calling people.

Even propylene glycol has stuff in it you probably don't want on a skin.

I take it and place a toothpick at 90* about every 1" then roll it up and stick it in a pill bottle or jar with a mix of 5 parts glycerine to 1 part denatured alcohol and let it site for a few days. Take up less space then tacking it down. I then take it out wipe it off and roll it in an old t-shirt for a few more days to absorb the greasiness of the left over glycerine and then remove any fat that has hardend.

I was just thinking about that guy the other day. Have not seen him on TV in awhile. Did he quit his show after got paralyzed? He has been having a lot of ups and downs but he is still pretty active. https://www.facebook.com/tred.barta.9

Hang in there dude.

Not yet as of this morning.

Save your money. I have that book and it only show a few in each unit. As a matter of fact when I bought it the woman at the front desk said if I didn't like it I could return it so I guess they get a bunch of them returned. Go get some maps, Tonto National Forest, Superstition Wilderness to name a few which you can get at Wide World Of Maps in Mesa or Phoenix of just go to the Forest Service Headquarters in Mesa or Phoenix (there are others throughout the state) and you can get them for le$$. Google Earth is also good to use but maps will save you a lot of gas money and get you in the general area. The maps will also show tanks and springs. Look in canyons for Cottonwood, Walnut, Ash and Sycamore trees. That is an indicator that water may be there, albeit seasonal.

One year I was in 32 and watched a doe get on her front knees and was eating something. When she left I hiked over there and she had been chewing on the exposed roots of a creosote that had been all dug up like Javelina will do.

Still pretty down here in the Valley. Tempe got a little overnight but Mesa has been seeing almost no rain.

From the Tonto Website. http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tonto/home/?cid=stelprdb5269295 "Fire Restrictions Fire restricitons on the Tonto National Forest were lifted July 11, 2014. Please do your part to reduce the number of human caused fires. Be Responsible With Your Campfire Do not build a campfire on a windy day. Do not leave your campfire unattended. Make sure your campfire is Out Cold before you leave. Drown the fire with water, stir the coals with a shovel and drown with water again. Use you hand to test for heat. Repeat the process if needed."

I have seen a lot of weasels in the past couple weeks...all of them were two legged. I thought you boys down there ran them all out of town a while back.

Agreed, I have seen them up near Long Lake and Drift Fence Lake. Both were a light brown almost Cinnamon in color.