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Looks to me like you're packing all the right stuff - of course as others have mentioned baby wipes are key. I also like to pack a bunch of disposable rubber gloves. They're great for cleaning game and just overall keeping clean, if you get my drift. An emergency blanket is also nice to have in there - the foil type you can get for around $5 and take up very little room. And don't forget the game bags for when you do kill.

Nice guns and great prices! Bump for some great deals.

Muledeerarea33 got the rims, and Clay gets the cots. Heaters are still up for grabs.

And then there's this: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/05/robert-farago/from-the-annals-of-police-militarization-ga-swat-burn-toddler-with-stun-grenade/ This is the second article I've read lately about a little kid getting hit with a flash-bang when the cops could have simply knocked on the door and watched all exits. This stuff is getting out of control - fast.

Very cool. Looks like a bear found that one with the hide on.

+1 on the Enfield. My Grandfather had two - one sporterized the other was shorter for my Grandma. 303 British - great round. Google it for some comparison pix. It came in a lot of configurations and was a very affordable rifle at the time. Gotta laugh on the tarp comment - definitely not the best way to keep the meat cool.

Nice job, Clay. I bet that thing is a shooter.

Lots of them in Tucson. Look out you window.

More than likely it is guys who use app service, and just have no clue where their money is being spent. Yep, it's that.

Yeah either a raccoon or coati. If it's on the southern part of the state I'd say 50/50 coon/coati. If on the northern 2/3rds, I'd say raccoon. In either case I don't think the scat came from the same critter as the tracks.

Without something to compare the size to, the tracks look like a large raccoon. You can see the longer back foot and shorter forefoot, both with long toes. The scat looks more dog-like, probably coyote. I'd guess the scat in the top picture probably has hair in it. Common of coyote scat that ate meat, which turns black at first, then white. The seeds and grass are probably what was eaten next. Seems if dogs take in too much protein or fat all at once they start eating grass - I guess it's to settle down an "upset stomach". That's my best guess. Cool pix.

I had the two guys flanking a moving vehicle in 24A years back on a nasty mining road - a kid and his dad while grandpa drove the truck. As they approached where I was glassing I put an orange vest up in a bush above me to let them know I was there. The kid proceeded to glass me up through his rifle scope. The last thing I saw before hitting the deck was dad swatting the gun down. I'm sure the kid got a stern lesson on that one. On the road-hunter front, my boys and I were coming back from a pig hunt at the end of Jan this year along the Coronado trail, and the kids were cracking up at all the guys in trucks on the highway - bumper to bumper in full camo. One guy had a ghillie suit on. They got a good chuckle out of that. Always thought it would be fun to put out a 3D buck target and watch it turn into a pin cushion.

On that note when I lived in Cave Creek, I was shooting my bow out in the desert hundreds of yards from the nearest homes and two knot-heads ride up on horses and give me heck for shooting too close to populated areas. Tried to tell me it was illegal for me to even be out there - perfectly OK for them though. LOL. You can't fix stupid.

The militarization of police in this country is huge cause for concern. Not long ago, only a few prestigious police forces had S.W.A.T. teams. Now every small town has it's own S.W.A.T. team equipped with MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles, M4's, ma-duece (Browning .50 cal machinegun) and we're told it's just for serving warrants in "high risk areas". I posted on this earlier but why does the USDA, the SSA buying .40 cal submachineguns and stockpiles of ammo not scare the heck out of anyone? This is the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Social Security Administration, both policy branches with little to no law enforcement prescription, arming to the teeth - if that isn't foreshadowing, I don't know what is.

Wow, I've always wanted to do a heli hog hunt - looks like a ton of fun but $2k per hour is way out of my budget. Especially with 3 sons so you have to quadruple the cost of everything. Cool vid, and those guys are some excellent marksmen!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

And scorpions - fishing at night with any artificial light will bring them in like the Salmon of Capistrano (sorry, couldn't resist a DnD quote).

Pretty impressive "first cut". Given your knack, I'm guessing we'll see this get continually lighter and stronger. Nice job.

Saw that on CNN - up to 1000 per hour. Love nature's firework shows. The best are those totally unexpected times super early, still pitch black out, hiking to a spot and take a second to catch your breath and a giant streak across the sky and you just happen to catch it all the way from start to splintering off, to nothing. Happens only a couple times in a lifetime, and then, only if you are there to see it.

Yeah, last spring it was. Great advice on the access off A-cross. A couple weekends or so I'm planning on really fishing the lower Salt for the first time. Weekend or two after, gonna revisit the upper salt - God I love that place. Too much work, too little fishing - lol. Gotta fix that.

That's an absolute dream setup right there. I'm not in the market right now, but if I were, I'd be all over this. When I first started reloading and comparing ballistics of popular, wildcat and emerging options in western hunting, the 7mm STW stood out to me as one of the very best all-around cartridges out there - and in a Sendero with a muzzle break, .5 MOA. I might have to rethink this.

If you notice a lump in the back of your Avalanche this fall, just ignore it Very cool vids.

Congrats, hoghntr - and what a cool gesture.

Thanks guys - much appreciated!

Happy Birthday!