Outdoor Writer

Clue of the day: My mentor's son, who was actually more noted in their discipline, died in a tragic accident that resulted in a huge payout from the City of Phoenix.

Never heard of him. 🤷‍♂️

Nah, he was still soiling his knickers when I was learning how to hunt and fish.

Nah, not Ned. I'll supply another clue in the a.m.

The one on Central was Al DelRe's. His son, Al Jr. ran it for a longtime after Al retired. I sometimes bought waterdogs from there, and Al Jr. also fished with me for pike in Colo. So did Danny Westfall.

So who remembers the Co-op that was downtown. I can't remember if it was called Phoenix Co-op or Farmer's Co-op, etc? They tore it down when they built Bank One Ballpark (now Chase Field), and a salvage dealer in Glendale bought all the old building materials. I bought two 28' - 4"x18" gluelams that support my roof over the archway to my room addition. I also bought all of the pine paneling -- a stack about 4' high and 6' wide of 6' to 14' long boards that varied in width from 6" to 12". That stack became many cabinet doors, drawer fronts in kitchen, bath and hall and all my baseboard and door molding throughout the house. Here are samples from my fully remodeled kitchen The archway where the beams are....

I bought a shock absorbing shoulder pad at PSS before embarking on a dove hunt near Navajoa, Mex. I was sure glad I did, too. I think I was in the fishing place only once to buy some saltwater gear. After the DelRes closed the store on Northern, Mickey opened a small one on 16th St. and continued to service reels and Coleman stuff. Perhaps it was Phx Fishing Supply that he took over??

Yup, waterbed joint on NE corner of either 7th or 19th ave. & camelback. We bought ours there in the early 1970s. But I'm thinking Camelback Guns was actually between 7th and 19th because Tom and I often went to lunch at Neptune's Table, which was on the north side of CB at about 7th ave. to the right of CBGs. I also remember a fairly large, multi-floor hotel across from Cameback Guns. Dave, who worked there, always had a spotting scope set up to peer into the rather large windows. But I never looked through it. 🙄 Neptune's Table DING, DING on AZ Sportsman! On west side. -- 7th ave

No, west side between Central & 7th Ave.

You don't recall the name of theother, huh?

GAME AND FISH NEWS Nov. 16, 2020 Arizona Game and Fish Department New maps document big-game migrations across the western United States AZGFD participates in multi-partner project Information from U.S. Geological Survey news release LARAMIE, Wyo. — For the first time, state and federal wildlife biologists have come together to map the migrations of ungulates – hooved mammals such as mule deer, elk, pronghorn, moose and bison – across America’s West. The maps will help land managers and conservationists pinpoint actions necessary to keep migration routes open and functional to sustain healthy big-game populations. "This new detailed assessment of migration routes, timing and interaction of individual animals and herds has given us an insightful view of the critical factors necessary for protecting wildlife and our citizens,” said USGS Director Jim Reilly. The new study, Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States: Volume 1, includes maps of more than 40 big-game migration routes in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. “I’m really proud of the team that worked across multiple agencies to transform millions of GPS locations into standardized migration maps,” said Matt Kauffman, lead author of the report and director of the USGS Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. “Many ungulate herds have been following the same paths across western landscapes since before the United States existed, so these maps are long overdue.” The migration mapping effort was facilitated by Department of the Interior Secretary’s Order 3362, which has brought greater focus to the need to manage and conserve big-game migrations in the West. It builds on more than two decades of wildlife research enhanced by a technological revolution in GPS tracking collars. The research shows ungulates need to migrate in order to access the best food, which in the warmer months is in the mountains. They then need to retreat seasonally to lower elevations to escape the deep winter snow. Big-game migrations have grown more difficult as expanding human populations alter habitats and constrain the ability of migrating animals to find the best forage. The herds must now contend with the increasing footprint of fences, roads, subdivisions, energy production and mineral development. Additionally, an increased frequency of droughts due to climate change has reduced the duration of the typical springtime foraging bonanza. Fortunately, maps of migration habitat, seasonal ranges and stopovers are leading to better conservation of big-game herds in the face of all these changes. Detailed maps can help identify key infrastructure that affect migration patterns and allow conservation officials to work with private landowners to protect vital habitats and maintain the functionality of corridors. The migration maps also help researchers monitor and limit the spread of contagious diseases, such as chronic wasting disease, which are becoming more prevalent in wild North American cervid populations such as deer, elk and moose. "Arizona is excited to be part of this effort,” said Jim deVos, assistant director for wildlife management with the Arizona Game and Fish Department. “This collaboration has allowed us to apply cutting-edge mapping techniques to decades of Arizona's GPS tracking data and to make those maps available to guide conservation of elk, mule deer and pronghorn habitat.” Many of these mapping and conservation techniques were pioneered in Wyoming. Faced with rapidly expanding oil and gas development, for more than a decade the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the USGS Cooperative Research Unit at the University of Wyoming have worked together to map corridors to assure the continued movements of migratory herds on federal lands. Migration studies have also reached the Wind River Indian Reservation, where researchers are collaborating with the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Fish and Game to track mule deer and elk migrations and doing outreach to tribal youth. Director Reilly emphasized that the interactions with state agencies and the tribes, especially with the Wind River students, have been a hallmark of this effort and have been remarkably successful. For example, the mapping and official designation of Wyoming’s 150-mile Red Desert as part of the Hoback mule deer migration corridor enabled science-based conservation and management decisions. Detailed maps also allowed managers to enhance stewardship by private landowners, whose large ranches are integral to the corridor. Partners funded fence modifications and treatments of cheatgrass and other invasive plants across a mix of public and private segments within the corridor. “Just like Wyoming, Nevada has long valued our mule deer migrations,” said Tony Wasley, director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “This effort has provided us with a new level of technical expertise to get these corridors mapped in a robust way. We look forward to using these maps to guide our stewardship of Nevada’s mule deer migrations.” In 2018, the USGS and several western states jointly created a Corridor Mapping Team for USGS scientists to work side-by-side with state wildlife managers and provide technical assistance through all levels of government. With coordination from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the information-sharing and technical support of the team, agency biologists from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming collaborated to produce migration maps for the five big-game species. In 2019, the Corridor Mapping Team expanded to include mapping work across all states west of the Rocky Mountains. In addition to managers from the respective state wildlife agencies, the report was coauthored by collaborating biologists from the USDA Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management, among others. The maps themselves were produced by cartographers from the USGS and the InfoGraphics Lab at the University of Oregon. For more details about big-game migrations in the Western United States, read the report, or download the data via www.ScienceBase.gov. To explore the Western Migrations web viewer, visit the online portal.

Frances Werner, as well. Her husband was an entomology professor at UofA, and she had a masters in zoology. She died in 2016 "In 1980 she was appointed to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission where she served for ten years. In the 1990s, she was appointed to the Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Council, which she chaired for several years. She received several major awards and was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2009. Locally, she worked on trail access and on Pima County's Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan."

Geez, the bell just went off on George Parker. He was about the same age as my dad and hunted all over, not just in AZ. The late Bill Quimby knew him well.

No, on the taxidermist. He was retired, but did a bit of guiding.

87) Remember the orange trees planted all the way down the middle of Black Canyon Freeway (Now called I-17). Man, I sure don't remember that in the 1980s or ever for that matter. 🤔 96) Thought Bobby McGee's was the coolest restaurant ever or went to Dr. Munchies. Both my daughter and youngest son worked there for a while. Stacey was a Little Bo Peep waitress and Scott was maitre d' guy, but I don't remember his costume for sure -- maybe Robin Hood or Captain Hook. .

Hmmm, that one escaped me. I don't recall ever hearing about him. Bygone era, maybe??

Not sure who you mean, but there is no "Parker" in his name.

I bet his name is Lucky, eh? At least he has all four legs left. 😎

While on the subject, does anyone remember Camelback Guns near 7th Ave.? It was one of the finer shops in town, but Tom Barrett didn't give anything away. He was one of my better customers when I was working for American Wholesale. Sold him lots of Ruger and S&W handguns because we always had large allotments compared to the two local distributors -- Mallco and AZ Hardware. Tom would put outlandish prices on the S&W M629s I supplied. There was another large gun store a bit farther east, same south side of W. Camelback. It opened after I quit selling, but I bought a lot of clay birds there in 1990s.

Neither of them. Although I met O'Connor at least twice, we weren't really friends per se. Anything I learned from him was through his writing. And I'm not sure if my mentor was involved with ADBSS at all. He also practiced other hunting disciplines/techniques, but he was well known for a very specific one.

No. Someone guessed him in the other thread but I forgot to add it in this one. Will do right now,

I don't want to pile on, but the guy didn't have a single post on this site, much less any sale/buy indicators. It appears to me that he's a scam artist, but I hope I'm wrong. Good luck.

No, not yet. "The Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board has forwarded the names of three candidates to Gov. Doug Ducey for his consideration in making his 2021 appointment to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. Daniel W. Caputo of Flagstaff, Clay Hernandez of Tucson, and Kate Scott of Elgin were interviewed by the board at its public meeting on Nov. 10 at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters in Phoenix. They had been selected for interview from an initial slate of five applicants considered by the board at its Oct. 20 public meeting."

That's it!!!!! IRV was his name!!!!