Outdoor Writer

I should have added to the above. Due to logistics, we won't be heading to the unit until next Weds., Dec. 5. If anyone feels to urge to come down or visit, please do.

Okay, I realize this is a longshot, but.... Even though I have all the items to set up a comfy camp for a long-term stay, I've decided that I'm too old and somewhat lazy to rough it anymore, i.e. camping out, so to speak. so I'm looking for some help. I would like to preferrably borrow either an RV, trailer or pop-up for my upcoming sheep hunt in 45C near Yuma with the possibilty of using it for the whole month of Dec. Although I can't afford much, I would be willing to pay a nominal amount per day for the privilege. It would only be my oldest son and I staying in it, and we will likely park it in a nearby RV park that is located next to the paved highway. We will be using my 4-WD Durango to hunt. So there will no driving or hauling on rough roads, etc. Both my son and I are responsible adults, and you can be sure I will return it in the same or in better condition as received. My Farmer's auto policy will cover just as it would if I owned it. So here are my preferences in order: Driveable RV Trailer that can be towed with a Class 3 hitch, not a 5th wheel Pop-up tent trailer. I would like something with a 3-way fridge, bathroom, stove, generator and heat but will consider all offers. Obviously, it would be nice if located in the Phoenix metro area, but Yuma would also work. The hunt starts Dec. 1, and I would like get it by Thurs. this week. So if anyone can help, let me know by PRIVATE MESSAGE over the next couple of days. Otherwise, I'll need to go to Plan B, which I don't have yet. We're heading down there tomorrow to scout for the day, so if you contact me, I might not get back to you before late tomorrow.

I have 45C, Ernesto. As for the RV, we're all covered. TJ Joiner has generously stepped up and will be pulling his 5th wheel down and spending a week hunting with us. He'll leave it with us and head home, then will return to get it whenever we're done. We'll be parked at the Stone Cabin (Randy's Hamburgers), which is right on the highway at King Valley Road. That's the north boundary of the unit at milemarker 76 or so.

Great job guys. All great bucks!

Okay, I realize this is a longshot, but.... Even though I have all the items to set up a comfy camp for a long-term stay, I've decided that I'm too old and somewhat lazy to rough it anymore, i.e. camping out, so to speak. so I'm looking for some help. I would like to preferrably borrow either an RV, trailer or pop-up for my upcoming sheep hunt in 45C near Yuma with the possibilty of using it for the whole month of Dec. Although I can't afford much, I would be willing to pay a nominal amount per day for the privilege. It would only be my oldest son and I staying in it, and we will likely park it in a nearby RV park that is located next to the paved highway. We will be using my 4-WD Durango to hunt. So there will no driving or hauling on rough roads, etc. Both my son and I are responsible adults, and you can be sure I will return it in the same or in better condition as received. My Farmer's auto policy will cover just as it would if I owned it. So here are my preferences in order: Driveable RV Trailer that can be towed with a Class 3 hitch, not a 5th wheel Pop-up tent trailer. I would like something with a 3-way fridge, bathroom, stove, generator and heat but will consider all offers. Obviously, it would be nice if located in the Phoenix metro area, but Yuma would also work. The hunt starts Dec. 1, and I would like get it by Thurs. this week. So if anyone can help, let me know by PRIVATE MESSAGE over the next couple of days. Otherwise, I'll need to go to Plan B, which I don't have yet. We're heading down there tomorrow to scout for the day, so if you contact me, I might not get back to you before late tomorrow.

I gonna try to beat it!!!!!! Geez Casey, and you were ragging on me about not letting the buck on the right to grow up???? I bet that one was still nursing, eh?

Wow, this is an ol' thread that was resurrected. But since it was, a bit of an update. As many of you already know, I now have in my possession a 45C desert sheep permit -- FINALLY!! So if I don't die trying and the mountain gods shine their light on me, I just might reach #9 next month. Unfortunately, the recent spring draw results informed me that I was again unsuccessful for the spring bison hunt. So it will be almost a year before I try again with my 14 BPs since I don't apply for the Raymond Ranch hunt. And...by then I'll be 72.

If I post my dink, Amanda will likely ban me from the forum!!!

The spring results are there but you have to use the Fall Results link or go direct to the View Results & Bonus Points link bigorange provided on the next page. Then just go through everything as usual.

Will do when I get back about Nov. 7.

Scott, Before I got to this page, I was thinking of posting the article I wrote on you and your goats quite a few years back. BUT...I'm in Mazatlan. Mex. right now and remembered I don't have the article on my laptop.

Oh, I'm gonna hate myself in the morning for posting to this thread after a swore I wouldn't ....BUT... Perhaps a bit of fact checking on the above will show the "animal rights activist" had no direct involvement in getting rid of bear baiting in Arziona.

Super video and a very, very nice trophy!! Congrats to Chris.

This is from the one posted. Probably would have been better from the original.

Need to be careful on this one. Taking possession of a dead elk AFTER the season closes TODAY could create a problem. Just ask Steve Chappell.

HB 2640 - 1 - 1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 2 Section 1. Section 17-231, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to 3 read: 4 17-231. General powers and duties of the commission 5 A. The commission shall: 6 1. Adopt rules and establish services it deems necessary to carry out 7 the provisions and purposes of this title. 8 2. Establish broad policies and long-range programs for the 9 management, preservation and harvest of wildlife. 10 3. Establish hunting, trapping and fishing rules and prescribe the 11 manner and methods which THAT may be used in taking wildlife, BUT THE 12 COMMISSION SHALL NOT LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE MAGAZINE CAPACITY OF ANY 13 AUTHORIZED FIREARM. 14 4. Be responsible for the enforcement of laws for the protection of 15 wildlife. 16 5. Prescribe grades, qualifications and salary schedules for 17 department employees. 18 6. Provide for the assembling and distribution of information to the 19 public relating to wildlife and activities of the department. 20 7. Prescribe rules for the expenditure, by or under the control of the 21 director, of all funds arising from appropriation, licenses, gifts or other 22 sources. 23 8. Exercise such powers and duties necessary to carry out fully the 24 provisions of this title and in general exercise powers and duties which THAT 25 relate to adopting and carrying out policies of the department and control of 26 its financial affairs. 27 9. Prescribe procedures for use of department personnel, facilities, 28 equipment, supplies and other resources in assisting search or rescue 29 operations on request of the director of the division of emergency 30 management. 31 10. Cooperate with the Arizona-Mexico commission in the governor's 32 office and with researchers at universities in this state to collect data and 33 conduct projects in the United States and Mexico on issues that are within 34 the scope of the department's duties and that relate to quality of life, 35 trade and economic development in this state in a manner that will help the 36 Arizona-Mexico commission to assess and enhance the economic competitiveness 37 of this state and of the Arizona-Mexico region. 38 B. The commission may: 39 1. Conduct investigations, inquiries or hearings in the performance of 40 its powers and duties. 41 2. Establish game management units or refuges for the preservation and 42 management of wildlife. 43 3. Construct and operate game farms, fish hatcheries, fishing lakes or 44 other facilities for or relating to the preservation or propagation of 45 wildlife.

Thanks. In fact, it was selected for Nikon's Outdoor Photo Showcase that travelled around the country for a year and was later published in one of its calendars.

Sandhills are neat birds and probably the noisest of any. When I hunted moose and mountain caribou in northern BC many years ago, it was migration time. Several times a day, we had flocks of hundreds of them fly overhead. You could hear them coming 10 minutes before you saw them. A couple of flocks landed on nearby hills to eat the caribou moss and spend the night, and it was impossible to count them all. Here's a photo.

I spent the last few days in Las Vegas where I watched my high school from northern NJ -- Bergen Catholic (BC) -- bend, staple, tear and mulilate powerhouse Bishop Gorman HS (BG), which was ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. The game was broadcast nationally by Fox on Fri. night. It was BG's first home loss since 2006 and the first of any loss since 2010. BC is also nationally ranked and will no doubt move up a few notches, especially after they annihalated another powerhouse -- St. Anthony's of Long Island -- last week. St. A's had a 29 game winning streak ended. So now for a bit of history... I was on the FIRST varsity football team in 1958 at BC and scored the first TD in school history. The photo below was in the Bergen Record newspaper the next day. THAT was a LONG time ago! The reporter for the Record newspaper who was in LV for the BC/BG game interviewed me by phone while we were there and did an article. Here'e the link: High school football: Bergen Catholic fan made history

I'm not sure if anyone else has done it with a bow. I know Corky's dad, George, has killed a slew of critters with a bow, but he might not have a sheep yet. And I think Corky's son, Russell, might also be close. He already has a buffalo and might also just need a sheep. As a rifle hunter, I've had 8 of the ten for years, some species in multiples. The hang up, as it has been with me, is usually drawing the permits for desert sheep and buffalo. I finally have a sheep permit in hand for Dec., so hopefully, that will be #9. And maybe I'll draw a buff tag before I'm sleeping with worms.

Yup, you're dead on. Cindi and Brian finished theirs with buffalo on the Kaibab a couple years ago. Corky needed a sheep and did that last year.

Allen, Coal burns really, really hot. When we lived in Colorado, we burned large chunks of in our fireplace at night. You shouldn't have any more of a CO problem with coal than you would have with wood, BUT...unless you have a stove made of really thick steel, the coal might cause some damage. The heavy steel log holder in a our fireplace, made with 3/4" thick steel bars, was completely reshaped by the burning coal. It often turned red in places while the coal was burning.

A big Plus 1 on Randy Epperson. http://www.rimrock-outfitters.com/

My oldest son and I were hunting in 36B off the Warsaw Canyon road about 6-7 years ago. We walked out of camp up a draw right at sun up and hadn't gone 1/4 mile before I spotted a coati in a tree about 30 yards in front of us. Right then my son says, "That isn't the only one. Look at those." About 40 yards farther away, at least 50 of them were walking single file along a trail in a ravine. I had always wanted to shoot one for a mount, but every time we see them, it's during prime time for deer hunting. So I passed again on this occasion, and it was a smart move; less than a 1/2-hr. later, I tagged a buck (the one in the two-buck mount I posted a while back). WhiIe I was caping it, my son continued to hunt and shot his buck about 20 mins. later.

Any idea who the artist is? Also, it's hard to tell from the photo -- is the frame angled or flat?