AZLance

Just took the kids down the street to the fireworks stand and bought $100.00 worth of fireworks. The guy at the stand says his sales have been thru the roof, and he was re-ordering because of low quanities. Cant wait to have some good ole' fashioned fun!

just a few, from last year... in unit 22

Strategy: Hunt hard, wear out the soles of your boots, glass and call, same as every other unit in the state. There is no majical answer you get from anyone on here. Go put out trail cameras on every watersource that is not next to a road, the bears are thirsty and will come eventually...

my trail cameras have picked up more bears in unit 22 than any other unit...

Blaming fireworks for fires is like blaming spoons for Rosie O'Donnell being fat... Cigaretts thrown from car windows start more fires each year than fireworks here in AZ.

Hey guys, give em a break, these illegals are only doing the jobs that lazy Americans wont do, like starting fires!

Daryl, you are correct this fire started in Mexico and has now burned across the border...

I have seen alot of fires, and actually used to work on wildland fires, and what shocked me was how little green there was actually left. You had to hunt for green patches, usually when a fire burns there are unburned green patches left. This fire was so hot, there are almost no unburned islands. And No I didn't see any wildlife, wasn't really looking though.

The forest is closed until Dec 31st or significant rainfall...

Ash, Stump, Hunter, Miller and Carr canyons have been scorched to the ground. Fire is now racing towards Ramsey canyon and the rest of 35A, this fire is going to burn for awhile...

blaming fireworks for forest fires, is like blaming the spoon for Rosie Odonnel being fat...

You might want to think twice about putting in for 36B this year. The whole eastren half of the unit has now burned! Basicaly everything north of the border, west of the gasline that parrallels I-19, East of Ruby, and just south of Arivaca road is gone! The Murphy fire is at 57,000 acres, Parajita Fire is at just over 15,000 acres and now has joined the Murphy fire, the Bull Fire burned 10,700 acres, the Pena Fire burned 5000+ acres, the monument Fire burned 1500 acres. This unit has taken a toll from the illegal crossers that started all of these fires.

Spring Bear hunts on hold...

Here is the lastest map... The fire has died down for now, and is slowly backing into the Parajita Wilderness area on the SW side... The total acreage burned is somewhere close to 67,000 acres... latest Murphy fire map

Yes, I am.positive illegals started the fires. The guy who started the monument fire was arrested and charged by forest service. And yes, this will greatly improve the wildlife habitat, but historicly, it takes a year or two for the unit to bounce back like in 33 from the "Bullock" and "Aspen" fires or in unit 22 north from the "Dude fire" Also on a sad note, the historic Attascosa lookout burned down last night... fortunatley I got some good pics of it before this fire.

Pena Blanca Lake will most likely have a fish kill after the first moonsoon, with all of the soot run off...

Fire maps

Congrats!!!! Hard work pays off...

When you are good at hiding your cameras, you can have over 700 people walk within 8' of the camera and never see it! how to hide a cmaera

What happens when his body washes up on shore somewhere???

Geraldo said on Fox news last night; "Obama Bin Ladin is dead"... I was really excited for a little bit...

LOL, someone was smart enough to figure it out...

Just talked to the hunter, and it was shot in near Morenci, AZ. He is also very pissed that someone posted his picture on here without permission! Lawsuit in the works...

I have seen them with their horns on as late as June 1 in the southern units...

+1 for call him out right here...