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Good call Desertbull, I think we all need to donate more than we usually do, sure is tough times. I remember all the help we got in the Show Low area during the Rodeo-Chediski fire. It is great to see others helping fellow human beings.

Congrats Josh very nice looking bears. good work

Very nice bucks Josh, I am dying for Friday. Sure is going to be a good year. Lots of time out in the woods I hope. Thanks again for sharing

Congrats that is awsome, good looking bull, keep us updated throughout the rest of those hunts.

Bass-just to clarify my statement, the way they were hanging on the racks made them look alot alike. When you take each one down, they have their own features and look different. I'm going back today to look at them some more.

Amanda I was in there looking for the Just One and it was right below the gunslinger, you couldn't tell them apart until you pulled it off the rack. Looks pretty good. I think I like it alot.

That is a great find, thanks very nice Josh

I spent some time up mt. ord last weekend, saw a few does this weekend went down to 36a lots of deer one half way decent buck (80+) nothing huge. I think I'm playing dad this weekend and next weekend hope to make it either down to 36a or 27 for opener.

I was thinking that today,( 11 more days) I'll be down in 36a and 27 later on.

GR- I think that with all the water they will tend to move less. They have all they need in one spot. I spent a 2 days down in 36a and most of the deer I saw stayed in the same area (within a hundred yards) from morning to night. And likewise most of the deer I saw in the evening were pretty close to the same spot the next morning. Well anyway it was sure good to see all the water, looks to be a good year.

My father is a general contractor in Show Low, when I grew up I did concrete, build houses and drive truck. Now I am a full-time dental student at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. If you need any teeth extracted give me a call and I'll meet you out at the woodshed with my leatherman. In two years after I graduate I plan to set up a practice in the White Mountains

I was wondering the same thing, I saw this guy dead and rotten just a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if he died in the tree or someone put him there. I didn't see any bullet holes or any trauma.

Amanda, I've taken my velbon efl's out about 6 times since I've gotten them and had some good success, I really like it, (don't know any different, but they seem very nice) Thanks so much for the help, all the questions I asked etc... I sure appreciate it. Houston

I got some new 15x's and also the velbon efl tripod from Amanda, spent too much money so couldn't get the jim white head but will next year. Amanda I have a northface down bag that I love, and a small Eureka backpack tent, not as good as others but not too bad either. I'm looking at a new backpack but not till the next few years.

m1280- I'll be in 36a in nov, i'll be taking my 4 year old boy for his first time, so maybe i'll have to give you a call and come and haul me off the mountain.

Very nice bull, thanks for sharing.

hey gnoto, How did things work out last year? Did you put your tag on a buck, good luck this year.

Hey gnoto I'll be down there that same time good luck it should be fun.

Bret looks very nice, some beautful fish. Congrats on the success and good times.

I carry a small digital canan, I don't have any good video of coues but some decent video of a few small mulies and elk.

Makes my heart pound, I love those beautiful bucks, great taxidermy work.

Bass - I don't know about all bow belt "hooks" but mine is made out of a rubber material and the bow doesn't slip, I can be off center quite a bit before i have problems. I got mine from a buddy who got it at archery headquarters in chandler.

Count me as #2, hopefully this year

1tag-one 85 inch buck

Well I don't have time to make a educated argument, or comment, so it will be just opinion. As a boy I spent lots and I mean lots of time on the fence line of the reservation on top of the rim. (less than 5 miles from the house i grew up in) My family were some of the first to settle that area and my great great aunt was supposedly a medicine woman that even everyone left alone indian and white alike. (most think she was just plain crazy) I have no idea if merriams existed but my grandfather thinks there was some in the big canyons off just off of the rim. I love looking at big bulls, i don't care how they came about. As far as elk in the cedars, I prefer elk there, I've seen bigger bulls in the cedars than anywhere else, maybe once again I just love big bulls, as long as they don't expand to my COUES areas.