Outdoor Writer

As we progress into 2013, I want to thank you all for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery. I can no longer open a bathroom door without using a paper towel, nor let the waitress put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel. I can't sit down on a hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed. I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking one's nose. Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over the years. I can't touch any woman's handbag for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public toilet. I must send my special thanks for the email about rat poo in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing. ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason. I can't have a drink in a bar because I fear I'll wake up in a bathtub full of ice with my kidneys gone. I can't eat at KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes, feet or feathers. I can't use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day. Thanks to you I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes. Because of your concern , I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains. I no longer buy fuel without taking someone along to watch the car, so a serial killer doesn't crawl in my back seat when I'm filling up. I no longer use Cling Wrap in the microwave because it causes seven different types of cancer. And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face, disfiguring me for life. I no longer go to the cinema because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS when I sit down. I no longer go to shopping centers because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.. And I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a huge phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore and Uzbekistan .. Thanks to you I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big black snake could be lurking under the seat and cause me instant death when it bites my butt. And thanks to your great advice I can't ever pick up a dime coin dropped in the car park because it was probably placed there by a sex molester waiting to grab me as I bend over. I can't do any gardening because I'm afraid I'll get bitten by the Violin Spider and my hand will fall off. If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, and the fleas from 120 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's best friend's beautician! Oh, and by the way... A German scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity usually read stuff like this with their hand on the mouse Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late. P. S. I now keep my toothbrush in the living room, because I was told by e-mail that water splashes over 6 ft. out of the toilet.. NOW YOU HAVE YOURSELF A VERY GOOD DAY!

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I might have almost stepped on one of these sometime during my life, but I sure can't recall ever seeing one. Frost Flowers

Here's another neat one.

That's because you're a typical redneck.

Super video. Over the years, I've driven through the Canadian Rockies at least six times. If I had to pick the most scenic places in North America, it would be right at the top. Most of my trips have been in Sept. to hunt somewhere in Canada or Alaska. It's an especially beautiful time.

Aaa, but there is more.... I hope the phone you're on isn't a cell phone!! Didn't you get the email about the signal scrambling your brains into chorizo??? Oh, I am also broke now because of all the money I sent to Amed in good faith to get my $1.5 million inheritance that a goat herder in Bangladesh left me. I should have learned from the first time when I sent $5,000 to the 20 names at the end of an email. I was supposed to get $1 billion within a week with that one. I got diddly.

Here is a nice assortment of Estes Park elk videos.

Summer isn't a great time to see elk in YNP or in Estes Park. They tend to stay higher because of the heat and insects. But as soon as the rut kicks off, and the bulls start gathering harems, you'll see them in most of the meadows in YNP. In Estes Park, the golf courses usually have a couple separate herds wandering around, all with a dominant bull and several satellite bulls in search of some loving. Any other large grassy area such as the park normally have a herd or two as well. The elk that visit during the rut often hang around town for much of the winter.

There might be a couple unnoticed wolves wandering in RMNP, but they likely have little to do with the hundreds of elk that wander the streets of Estes Park. As it was in YNP, there are just too many of them because there is little to control the population. That's why they have been culling a bunch within the park boundaries to help the aspen stands recover. As for elk in Mammoth, I began taking elk photos at YNP sometime around 1975 and did that every Sept. for about 10-12 years running. That was long before the introduction of wolves, yet the elk were still wandering every where humans were with no fear at all. One herd loved the lawn in front of the church, and another wandered the square in front of the hotel. Heading into Gardner, you could usually find a bunch near the campground and another bunch among the park employee housing across the street.

Wonder if Caid is retiring??

The same problem has plagued the areas in and around Yellowstone and Rocky Mt. National Parks for decades upon decades.

ENJOY! Grin & Bear it.

It's been several years since I sold anything on Gunbroker, but when I was "financing" my trip to Africa in 2003, I sold at least four firearms, including my Citori 20 ga. Each transaction went smoothly and payment went fine, likely because I specified no checks or MOs and mandated that it go through Paypal. With PP, the payment is veted by them, so it's kind of like having it go into escrow. BUT. be sure that the PP payment is not related to GUNS or any auction, for that matter: Just have the buyer submit a general payment to your account. If I recall, there is an "other" option or some such thing to select. That doesn't mean you can't accept checks or MOs; just be sure payment clears BEFORE you ship. I also required a copy of the FFL for the shipping address BEFORE shipping the gun and then used the USPO for shipping thru Prority Mail. As such, you do not have to have an FFL to ship a firearm to a dealer. I don't believe that rule has changed. Be sure to take the FFL to the PO, however, in case the clerk asks for verification that the name/address is actually an FFL dealer. And lastly, I had a CYA form I wrote that I emailed to the buyer for a signature and to be mailed back to me with the FFL. It was basically a bill of sale stating that I had sold the firearm to the buyer. It included both of our names and addresses, sale price, description of the firearm, serial number, etc.

Even if one doesn't have max points, it's still possible to get drawn in the 20% pass and get two chances. It might be rare, but here's how. Let's assume for hypothetical purposes, that there are 150 with max points. We will also have to assume a good numbger of them are NRs. During the 20% pass for sheep, there is total NUMBER OF PERMITS for ALL units and NOT for each hunt #. So they start by looking at the lowest number and check both the 1st and 2nd choices. Obviously, many with really low numbers are going to get lucky early on. BUT.... as the process continues fewer of those remaining will get a permit for two reasons: 1. Their No 1 & 2 choices are NOT for units with permits remaining 2.The NR cap has already been reached for either the total or for the units they applied for. So once those with the highest BP total are no longer relevant, they move to those with the next highest total, and so on through the list until they have an app for any remaining permits in the 20% pass. In the case of No 1, those apps are issued a new number and go to the 1-2 pass. In the case of No. 2 the apps for any NRs who cannot possibly draw a permit any longer because of either the total cap or hunt cap are eliminated from the draw completely. So it's possible for a NR with MAX points to NOT be included in the next pass.

Probably out hunting elk illegally........ http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22303248/mystery-solved-boulder-police-admit-officer-shot-elk

Looks like I'm the only one in Glendale so far. Do I win anything?????

There aren't more tags than allotted sold. Reply I posted in the other thread you started on this same topic: This occurs when permits are drawn during the normal process then not actually issued. For example, someone applies online with a CC, paying only the $7.50 app fee. But when the drawing occurs, either the credit limit on that card had been reached, the card has expired or the charge is rejected for some other reason. When that happens, it kills the # for that permit and a new one is added above the allotted number. So if there were 500 permits initially, the next one for that incident will be 501.

>>They don't track how many tags are left by the number printed on the tag...not sure why...but it's a quirk in their system and they're aware of it. They appear to keep track of total tags issued after the draw in some other way.<< This occurs when permits are drawn during the normal process then not actually issued. For example, someone applies online with a CC, paying only the $7.50 app fee. But when the drawing occurs, either the credit limit on that card had been reached, the card has expired or the charge is rejected for some other reason. When that happens, it kills the # for that permit and a new one is added above the allotted number. So if there were 500 permits initially, the next one for that incident will be 501.

The situation you experienced would be very common with javelina permits because there are so many available for each hunt, and overall, there are literally a few thousand in the 20% BP phase. So when the 20% pass takes place, which uses the total BPs each applicant has, the process continues until ALL of those tags in the 20% set aside are gone or until every person with even ONE bonus point has gone through it. Obviously, they start with those with the MOST points and then go down from there. For your specific situation, you applied for two hunts that had 240 permits (20% of 1200) in the 20% pass for EACH hunt. You didn't mention how many BPs you might have had, but since your application automatically provided one and you might have had one or two for HE and loyalty, they would have likely looked at your permit even if there was ONLY ONE permit in the 20% pass for ANY hunt #. So...when your number in order from the lowest to the highest came up in the BP level you're at, they looked at your first choice, 5092, and all those permits -- the 240 in the 20% BP pass set-aside-- were already spoken for by those before you with more BPs. They then looked at your 2nd choice, which still had one or more of the 240 permits available. You got one of them. Yet even though all of the 240 BP pass permits for 5092 went in the BP pass, there were still 960 permits that went into the next phase, the 1-2 choice draw. And if they didn't all go in this phase, the remainder would go to the 3-4-5 phase. And any still remaining would go to the leftover phase. Here's how it all works: Bonu Point Process

Way to go TJ. Nice javelina.

Forget what I said. It's early and I wasn't I wasn't thinking clearly. It's only if the 2nd chocie is different where you can still draw in the 20% pass. Obviously if permits for 1st choice are gone in that pass, they would be gone for 2nd as well.

If anyone has a lot of BPs, they should fill in both the 1st and 2nd choices with the SAME hunt number because it is possible to draw a 2nd choice in the 20% pass round. EDIT: IGNORE this. See below reply!!!

Man, this is one monster snake! Biggest Snake in the world found dead.