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The only problem I see with the patch is they will fall off due to high humidity, sweat, etc. A bandaid or some type of tape to keep them on is prudent.

I can afford the charter, not so sure about the filet bill ......

I agree fully. Fortunately, I rarely suffer from motion sickness. I have taken dramamine and it truly makes me feel bad. The patch is effetive and a non issue.

This group will target whatever is biting. There are some serious fisherman on the trip but most don't have the gear for larger specimens. We won't be targeting big fish. Personally, I think it wise to go all in on the big BFT. Having an opportunity at the giants without going long range is a worthwhile endeavor. The downside to such a trip is the skunk factor. These guys just want to catch fish (which is cool too).

Excalibur, 1st time on that particular boat. It's a private charter, I know most of the guys who go, we've done it for many years. The only time we don't charter is in a down construction market. I am in the process of dusting off my gear.

Good to hear. Going on a 2.5 day on the 23rd. Hope the bite holds.

Who would be guiding? Accomodations, etc.?

IMO, Mr. Gallo is spending wisely.

LOL

Ummmm. Cuz they have had a whole year to get it done starting on the 16th of last year .....

The auction is for an opportunity. As it turns out, due to outfitter/guide involvment it basically selling wildlife to the highest bidder. Although I am not 100% sure, I believe aspiring outfitters often offer services for minimal or no cost so as to have their watermark on the grip & grin photos that invariably flood the interweb. I'm OK with it but it's not for me.

I agree, if I had the money I'd spend it on the very best opportunities worldwide providing the hunts are fair chase. Don't have an issue with auction/raffle tags as currently available in AZ. It's up the the tag holder to determine how he wants to use his/her tag. I was at the deer association banquet earlier this year, the muley tag went for 255K and the whitetail tag went for 37.5K IIRC. That's a lot of money for projects. I'm OK with it providing the number available auction/raffles tags does not increase for any of the species currently involved.

Don't understand why auction/raffle tag hunters seem to consistently take antlered animals in velvet. I understand strip archers would have a chance at the best deer prior to velvet stripping but the bulls are usually stripped by the 1st week of August. Why not wait?

1968, a man named Woody Spires took me an my brothers down to a ranch just north of Hannegan Meadow to meet Clell Lee. He had a ton of hounds. Lee brothers were legendary hunters known to all in the area. Spent a couple hours listening to stories told by Clell. It was amazing. I was about 12 years old at the time. Saw Clell at the Alpine/Luna rodeos every year until his health failed. Always made a point to say hello and ask about his dogs. Doubt he recognized me but he was alway cordial.

The roads you mention are rough. If it rains/snows as mentioned above, lots of clay = slippery. Good on you for mentoring a new hunter.

Welcome to the site. I don't have any place to send you but I would advise thick & nasty (steep too) is usually where late season bulls hang out.

You do realize this is hearsay and you ARE speculating. That is unless you name the rancher/cattleman. If named, what are his credentials other than saying he is a rancher/cattlman? Does he market beef beyond the slaughterhouse? Also, based on the anti grazing comments on this thread it would appear many of you reject multiple use and the north american model.

Feral asses & horses are not bound by grazing permits. At this time no agency or politician will effectively deal the feral livestock issue as it seems to be political suicide. BTW, back in the day when grazing permits were much more lienent we had a whole lot more deer and antelope (exception being elk). Take a look at the permit numbers from the 70's & 80's vs. today. We also did not have the catastrophic wildfires that seem the norm these days

Mr. Dillenburg, Outdoorsmen and women care about the land. The real issue here is WHO rimneighbors crawled into bed with. Eco-litigants who tend to be anti everything and exist to feed on lawyer welfare, the Justice Act. I expect your response to Jim Lawrence is your 1st contact with the deer association or any other hunter friendly NGO. What say you?

A friend of mine found this snake inside her home this morning. I do not know what it is, suspect it is very young as it is small. Any ideas?

Thanks for the ID. She lives in north Phx so it is the Smiths black headed snake. I knew I could count on you guys.

I made up approximately 12 dozen silouettes a few years ago. Generally, they do not pass muster at shotgun range. Doubles and singles are sometimes fooled but the larger flocks usually veer off out of range. We have learned to set up about a 100+ yards away from the dekes in a direction we expect the birds to come in from. We thought about acquiring full body dekes but storing them for a whole year a pain, plus they are not cheap. Hiring a guide with full bodied or taxidermy dekes, a lease, blind etc. is a good way to get it done. Let him store all those decoys. Unfortunately, I don't know of anybody who does it. That and I did not draw this year.

I currently live about a 1/2 mile from where I grew up. There was a Bashas built in our area in 1965. I still go there, there are cashiers that have been there 30+ years. Eddie Basha was a good man.

Stehr lake was a reservoir that supplied water to the Childs hydroelectric generator on the river 700' below. There was a pumphouse on the lake that would lift water via a pipeline over the ridge (Ikes Backbone) down the the power house on the river. When flow was established the pipeline would siphon water from the lake and the lift pump at the lake was not needed. About 1972, my brother and I were fishing @ Childs and decided to check out the hydro generator. We were on the catwalk looking through the screens at the equipment inside when an APS employee showed up to check equipment. He/we recognized each other (do not remember his name) as we had met while field trialing bird dogs. We chatted for a moment, he said "you got to see this, anybody in the riverbed below." My brother and I looked and saw no one. The guy opened the generator bypass shooting and incredible amount of water far out into the riverbed. The water stream ripped up cottonwoods and created an instant lake in the riverbed. I don't recall if the bypass valve was a manual or not but it went from being cool to downright scary, the sound was deafening. I've never expierienced an earthquake but standing on that catwalk, I think I know what it feels like.

Mr. Lawrence, Thank you for the background on the Bar X ranch owners. Appreciate the work the deer association and other like minded organizations perfrom. Welcome to the site.