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Bass, Since you think those Snypers are junk, how about passing them my way. I will put them to good use

I bought a ladder last year. It makes it nice, so easy and take it with you when u leave so paople have to work to steal yer stand.

Yes bears will kill deer and elk. Also, as a slight deterance of the bears try mounting yer cam in a tree about 12-15 feet up and point it where you want it to take the pics. It has worked for me and also helps a little if someone wants to steal it. Just dont leave the tree steps for easy access.

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i have videoed friends shooting elk & bear........but i need to figure out how to load them.

the only online video i know of is, huntingfootage.com

I still Like the Slick tricks better...........I like how they give the fixed blade heads an additional 2 pints because they arent mechanicals..........kind of biased.

Shoot em thru steel belt tire and see how they hold up.

Yep, the NTWF is having their banquet in Williams on Saturday the 23rd in conjunction with the shoot at Doc Hollidays...........gonna have a blast this year.

The 26th annual Bowhunter Happening is July 22, 23 and 24 in Williams. it consists of 120 noncompetitive targets on 6 courses, competitive courses and is the finale to the ABA Triple Crown. We also have plenty of vendors, the Big Bear course for kids 8 and younger and the first 200 kids get a free t shirt. Also, we have novelties including the aerial shoot and long shot. This shoot caters to families including small children and has become a yearly tradition for archers and bowhunters from several states. For more info, go to www.arizonabowhunter.org

I didnt read the article, but am still shooting 2314's. I tried carbons once, and decided to stay with alums.

Brake cleaner removes paint, and will remove moisture, wax, oil products.

J Rod, is that last pic taken by a spring?

The ones with all of the cheaters really get my blood going........another 4 months till archery season!!

Hey......sorry it took me so long to get back to you......too much going on. I havent heard any birds yet, but thay oughta start soon.

The Arizona Bowhunters Association is hosting it's 26th annual awards banquet on March 5th at the Phoenix Mtn. Preserve Reception Center. We have taken the entire facility again this year so we can seat around 350 people. We recieved the Special Black Bear tag and the Special Javelina tag from the Game and Fish Commission this year for auction. The bear tag is good state wide and runs from March 19th, two weeks after the banquet, thru Dec 31st. Wow.... Jay McAninch is our guest speaker,"Who"? Jay is President of Archery Trade Association, Bowhunting Preservation Alliance and Arrowsport. The ATA just donated $15,000.00 to the Arizona Game and Fish to purchase bows for the "Archey in Schools Program". Jay is probably the most influential lobbist in the nation for bowhunting and archery. He lives in Washington DC area and rubs shoulder with the "President" on occasion, as a matter of fact, he attended the Presidential Ball. The point of all this? He has some very important statistics to share with us as hunters. The USHS has decided that the number one thing on their agenda is to "outlaw bowhunting nation wide", the Bowhunting Preservation Alliance has made stopping that from happening their number one agenda. They need our help, you can help by attending the banquet and hearing what he has to say and then sharing it with others. Dick King Banquet Chairman again! 602-989-5484 if you want more info. This is a very fun banquet where the wives and kids are welcome and have their own auctions and raffles. And, it is a great organization to support.

Hey Mike, Yep, I got it!! Hehehe Hey, saying some prayers for you......hang in there, you have a lot of support.

I picked up the quad, man is it ever gorgeous.......CAMO

Those are great........what are the coordinates?...........hehehe

These people revolt me - truly. This is from their website... CONGRESS ATTACKS HUNTERS? RIGHTS 2/28/05 Dear Fellow Hunter: Your right to hunt and fish on federal public lands . . . lands you and I and every other American own . . . is about to be taken away from us via legislation by our very own Congress. A Bill introduced in Congress by Nevada Senator Harry Reid (S # 339) and another by Colorado Representative Mark Udall (H.R. # 731) will allow the Rocky Mountain States to exclude you from hunting and fishing on National Forests, BLM and other public lands solely because you are a nonresident. In fact, every State could keep you out if this law passes. This bill will allow states to discriminate against you, to treat you like a second-class citizen, and to deny your right to apply and hunt for elk, mule deer, antelope, sheep and every other specie on public land. States could and would impose stricter nonresident limits than on residents on public fishing areas. Senator Reid calls it ?A bill to reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain hunting and fishing activities.? Its? real purpose is to circumvent recent court decisions that favored nonresidents and allow states to again discriminate against nonresidents in allocating licenses, limits, and setting license fees. In other words, States could restrict nonresidents, like you, from receiving any licenses to hunt or fish on public lands, or allow States to charge you thousands of dollars for the same hunting licenses that residents would pay only a few dollars for. This isn?t make believe. Even though the U. S. Supreme Court has ruled in Hughes vs. Oklahoma, that the wildlife belongs to all Americans equally, nonresidents are still subjected to severe discrimination today. Let me give you just a few examples: Colorado no longer allows nonresidents to apply to the Ranching for Wildlife Areas. Once nonresidents were removed from these high quality elk and deer areas, the State passed a quota on nonresidents to keep them from drawing too many of the few remaining high quality tags left to apply for in the State. New Mexico?s highly prized Valle Calderas National Preserve was bought for $101 million in Federal money just a few short years ago. Now the NM Game and Fish Department has put a strict quota on nonresidents. Last year nonresidents donated over 65% of the application money for these elk tags, but only received 19% of the tags. New Mexico?s sheep license is $3000 for nonresident and $100 for a resident. Utah, just in the past few weeks, passed a regulation starting in 2006 that will give 25% of the existing nonresident tags and a paltry 5% of resident tags to a yearly convention in Salt Lake City. The rules allow you to have a chance of getting one of these tags only if you travel to Utah in person and apply. They know you won?t. In other words, they will transfer these nonresident tags into resident hands. In more discrimination, Utah does not allow any nonresidents to apply for the draw to obtain the high quality Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit tags, only residents. The Montana process keeps you from drawing the quality tags; they only allow nonresidents ?up to 10%? of the sheep, moose, and mountain goat tags. When applying for the quality limited elk areas, you have to first apply for the low quality combination tag which is guaranteed to be drawn every two years. Residents get to apply yearly as their combination tags are over-the-counter. Once you have drawn the combo tag at a cost of $660, then you reapply for the quality limited areas. At one time, if you did not draw the quality tag, you simply sent the poor quality combination tag back to them for a refund. Montana did not want the nonresidents to return these licenses so they passed a regulation that you could only get a 50% refund for the poor quality combination tag. So it costs you $330 for a 1 in 20 chance of drawing a quality tag or you are stuck with the combination tag. Not a tough decision for nonresidents to not apply, so the residents win . . . again. In Wyoming, nonresidents apply nearly blind at the quality limited entry tags. Wyoming gives up to 20% of the elk tags to nonresidents, but deducts two nonresident tags for each nonresident landowner who qualifies and owns as little as 2000 acres in that unit. But when they calculate the draw odds, they act as if each tag was in the drawing. Trying to get this information on the real numbers is time consuming, usually inaccurate, and often exasperating. For added discrimination, Wyoming uses an outdated true preference point program and quota system for their sheep and moose that gives you virtually no hope of drawing unless you started years ago. Wyoming also forces you to hire or use a resident to hunt wilderness areas. Arizona and Nevada were highly discriminatory toward nonresidents until the recent ?Montoya vs Manning? decision by the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals which forces these States to treat all hunters equally. Arizona now is looking for ways to dodge the law and actually advertised for ideas on how to discriminate against nonresidents. They may try to take elk licenses up to an outrageous $3200 each. Nevada already charges $1200 for an elk tag to nonresidents. Nevada is also attempting to defy the court system by only opening up certain units to nonresidents and excluding nonresidents altogether from millions of acres of federal lands. On top of all this discrimination, nonresidents already pay the majority of the budgets for the Rocky Mountain States? game and fish departments, even though we get only a fraction of the licenses. In addition, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, and Idaho collect millions of dollars from nonresidents each year for general hunting licenses. They basically extort money from the nonresident because the nonresident is forced to purchase a general hunting license in order to either apply and/or obtain a bonus point. This general hunting license rarely gets used so it is free money to the State. Little does the nonresident know that the quota is the main deterrent to his drawing a tag. It is about to get worse if S. 339 and HR. 731 becomes law. These Bills expressly permit unlimited discrimination on price allocation on all lands and waters. If these bills pass, it won?t matter if you have family in one of these western states or own property in the state. It does not matter if you hire a guide or not, does not matter if you are a bow, muzzleloader, or rifle hunter, and does not matter if you have served your country in the armed services. As long as you are residing in another State you will feel the sting of discrimination. Ranchers and farmers won?t be able to sell hunting opportunities to nonresidents. So much for private property rights! This is bad. Very bad. This is un-American and the greatest threat to the hunting tradition to come along in a very long time. We must act now, together, to protect our right to hunt, fish, and travel in our own country. As American citizens and the bill payers, we have the right not to be discriminated against because of the State we live in. We live in the United States of America, remember! This isn?t about States rights! This isn?t about conservation! It is about selfish and politically influential local hunters wanting to keep everyone else out of our federal public lands in their State, nothing more. Due to many years of litigation and personal sacrifice, courts are now supporting the nonresident. Now only the politicians, like Reid and Udall, can pass legislation to continue the discrimination against us. If residents of the states outside of the Rocky Mountains don?t speak up against this legislation, you stand to lose your right and your children?s right to ever hunt in a quality unit in the Rocky Mountains. You and your friends must call and mail your States? U.S. Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators. Tell them to oppose S. 339 and H.R. 731. This is the most important task you must do. Attached is a sample letter. Lift out the paragraphs you like and send it to your own Representative. Contact your local and national hunting organizations and tell them the importance of defeating this legislation. Don?t let them use any excuse, even if their headquarters is in one of the Rocky Mountain States trying to take your rights away, they are supposed to be representing you, not trying to obtain tags and hunting opportunities for themselves. Donations can be sent to the UNITED STATES OUTFITTERS and label them ?Nonresident Legal Fund?. For more information, call or e-mail: Conservation Force United States Outfitters, Inc 3900 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 1045 325 Santistevan Lane Metairie, LA 70002-1746 Taos, NM 87571 504-837-1233 505-758-9774 504-837-1145 Fax 505-758-1744 Fax cf@conservationforce.org huntuso@newmex.com You can get your congressman?s e-mail, phone number, fax number, and mailing address at www.senate.gov or www.house.gov. We must act now, together, to protect our right to hunt, fish, and travel in our own country.

Sorry Muskrat.........was just copying and pasteing to get the word out.........hope thats ok

Ok guys, 1 week left to get in for the banquet. here is a list of some of the items that will be there and there will be more; at least 8 bows, Polaris 500, Africa bowhunt, Illinoes Whitetail hunt, Texas hog hunt, Big Horn Canyon hunt, Swar. 15x56's with Bogen tripod, the so called "Conservation tags" for Javelina and Bear, the bear being statewide and for 9 months, several taxidermy packages, lots of wildlife art, at least 30 items just for kids, at least another 30 just for ladies and tons of other things to numerous to mention.

Git yer tickets before they sell out............less than 2 weeks away.

I had State Farm Insurance for over 25 years. While living in Phx, I made 2 claims on my homeowners. They decided I was "high risk" and was going to cancel on me. The only way out was to raise my deductable. Then, when I put the house up for sale, I found out the 2 claims stay with the home for 5 years and make it harder for the buyer to get insurance, which in turn makes it harder to see the home. It is a racket and they have us by the hmm hmms.

AZhuntnut, yes I shot a javelina during the archery hunt baout 10 years ago that had unborn twins. My friend's son shot one last year that was also pregnant. Also, have pics of little "reds" from December. I was told they can give birth any time of year.