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AG, I ended up getting the trailer in Apache Junction. It should work great, and is nice and light to put behind the ATV and haul out that elk. Thanks for the tip. While I was there, another guy was looking at the ATV, but do not know if he got it. I suspect he may have, since after a test drive, he hung around and never said he was not interested. Doug~RR

I just got a lightlly-used ATV, so am looking for a 4x8 trailer w/ loading ramp gate to haul it around. (My other Honda ATV and trailer took a night-time trip without permission to Mexico? a few years ago.) Doug~RR

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Leica 10x50 BA Binoculars $770 shipped/insured http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/s...0&page=0#891652 Doug~RR

Matt, I do not know what type of vanes you are using. When using FlexFletch vanes, we had to clean the base of the vane with MEK or acetone, otherwise they stuck poorly. The AAE Plastifletch Elite vanes are prepped on the base for use with their fastset gel super glue. You might give the base of the vanes a quick scrub with denatured alcohol to remove any possible mold release. Doug~RR

North of the Grand Canyon on the Kaibab National Forest, the Sowats Fire is burning about halfway between Big Sowats Canyon to the north and Big Saddle Point to the south. The fire had burned about 250 acres by Monday afternoon. About 566 acres this morning.

Another late night creature was out on the deck rail last night hoping for the draw results. (wish i had taken the time to use a tripod instead of handholding a slow exposure)

Stan, is she the chosen one? Would like to get together and go quail hunting this year. DB,you can buy that quail scent in a bottle and use it as a mouth wash. Maybe then your dog won't run away. Works for my GWP Doug~RR

Danny, That maze of limbs reminds me of shooting a good smoker course for 3D archery. I've learned a lot about arrow trajectory by shooting them. A good friend attributes a caribou bull he arrowed in Quebec to the smokers he shot and learning how to thread the needle. He had a small mid-trajectoy window to shoot through. I always believed that in a good smoker, the shots got progressively more difficult, the penalties of missing progressively harder, and only a few should be able to complete it intact. Great fun to shoot, AND watch as others blow up arrows. Don't know if I'd launch an arrow into that octillo maze, though. RR

Add a little deer-in-heat, or cow-in-estrus urine to that portable mister system. Keep cool and attract bucks and bulls at the same time I kinda prefer a ladder stand. Safer and easier to get up and down. RR

Sure Danny, make us look first with the spotter turned to 20X, and t-h-e-n crank it up to 60X Now the next question is: how to thread the bullet through that maze of Octillo I kinda like these "Where's Waldo" games, but with coues. RR

I just got off the phone w/ B of A. No pending charges. Maybe tomorrow. Guess the extra balance that AZGFD doesn't want can go to Alaska G&F this Oct. Congrats to all of you so far that now get to gladly make a CC payment. RR

Thanks for the feedback guys. I am going Saturday to look at and most likely purchase the trailer mentioned by AG (did you get the Polaris?) RR

Should be contained today., still listed at 566 acres rr

Lark, Sorry about your son having to cancel all his cards, but glad someone turned in his wallet. G&F should still post his draw results, so he could see if he's SOL. Perhaps the draw company will be calling him for a different form of payment. Doug~RR

Mike 111, PM sent RR

I only noticed five bulls last time, with the two larger six points missing. About that time, I noticed a bull dead in the median of I-17 by the meadow with the antlers cut off. THere have been several elk hit between Kachina Village and the airport this summer. RR

Seven of the Kachina bulls were out in the meadow south of Flagstaff this evening. Doug~RR

Jamaro/Jason, Is this the thread on Archerytalk.com that you mentioned? Sounds like the new door is nice and I like the new predator camo. I'll give him a call. http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.p...ght=double+bull Doug~RR

Since getting a pair of 15x binos, I have not carried the spotting scope on coues hunts. Prior, the use of an eyepatch with the spotter made it a lot more comfortable than squinting, but not up to bino comfort. Perhaps with a sheep tag, a spotting scope will be packed. Drawing a sheep tag could also be a good reason to uprade from Cabelas version of the Redfield Regal IV that I got 20 years ago. I can't see where a cheap spotter would be helpful over a nice pair of 15's. If you use a spotter to judge distant antlers, you need high resolution that the Burris Landmark and $100 Trashcos cannot provide. What good is a bigger blurry image? My $0.02 RR

I have a good friend in Boise, Idaho (a fireman, actually) who drew a bighorn sheep tag in ID this year on his first year of applying. He's up in the Frank Church wilderness scouting right now. Beginners luck can happen to any of us with a few, if any, bogus points. I remember the hoopla of it happenining to Gov Jane Hull's son. Doug~RR

Welcome Switchback! Doug~RR

It was posted on Bowsite that the draw possibly happened last night, With the 40 hour system shutdown to post the draw, I figure we could see the draw results on AZGFD.com sometime Friday. Any cyber-cafes in Williams for the Bowhunter Happening could be busy this weekend. RR

POSTED TODAY!!!!!!!! this week's fishing report

If I just put the cursor on the roadless area picture on the main page, it says "Big game draw-view draw information" Are they at G&F getting ready to make the switch? RR