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Okay, hang loose a bit until this virus thing settles a bit more. Right now, due to my age and condition, my status is dead man walking if I come in contact with a C19 carrier. When is your possible snow hunt?

What's your waist size and height? Oh, and I don't do texts.

I'm 5'8", 135 or so and have a sz9 foot. So I've got oodles of stuff in your sizes, including boots/pacs and lots of coats, coveralls, etc. But I have no use for fireworks. Cash is always nice, tho, as long it's more than Goodwill levels. 😉 Give me more specifics on exactly what you want.

Mostly likely will not move much from now until then.

It all depends on when and where. For example, the entire deer herd on the N. Kaibab moves many miles when they migrate out of the high country. If you find a Kaibab buck in the aspens in Aug./Sept., he'll unlikely be there during the late season. In contrast, a desert mule deer will have a much smaller territory that might expand a bit during the rut.

Yup, pre 'artificial only' days. Do you recall the year when that came about??

Those were the "good ol' days". 😡 Kastmaster were the big lures for the big trout..

The video should actually show in both in stances. Not sure what your problem is. 🤷‍♂️

Be sure to watch until the end.....

You get to pick just like a normal app. And if your picks are gone, you don't get a permit even if there are other ones left.

One year, a busload of Chinese "city folk" nearly got me trampled by a bull moose. I wasn't a happy person.

Of course it's an obvious fake. That said, I spent a lot of time taking photos in YNP over the years, and you would be shocked at some of the boneheaded stuff the tourists do with the wildlife.

Another fire burning. Looks like somewhere in 6A. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD775159&fbclid=IwAR0xVrkMlXt6BygZiom7EdYLDQfzbWI5baeD2bBOsr5eG4FyhOPMVfo0eYo

GAME AND FISH NEWS July 27, 2020 Arizona Game and Fish Department Arizona Game and Fish Department proposes changes to fishing regulations for 2021 and 2022 PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is proposing amendments to Commission Order 40 (sport fishing bag and possession Limits, special regulations, and specific closures) for calendar years 2021 and 2022. The public is invited to review and comment on the proposed changes. AZGFD will host a Facebook Live presentation on Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed changes. Comments or suggestions can be submitted until 5 p.m., Aug. 28, either by: Email to fishregscomments@azgfd.gov Or, by mail to: Arizona Game and Fish Department Attn: Fisheries Branch, c/o Andy Clark 5000 W. Carefree Highway Phoenix, AZ 85086 The amendments are scheduled to be presented to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission at its Sept. 25-26 meeting. In summary, the proposed amendments are: Change regulations on the East Fork Little Colorado River upstream of Colter Dam to include a seasonal angling closure. Open Lee Valley Creek to angling. Change angling regulations on Burro Creek to include a seasonal angling closure. Change angling regulations on Thompson Creek to include a seasonal angling closure. Change angling regulations on the Upper West Fork Black River to include a seasonal angling closure. Open Grapevine Creek to angling including a seasonal angling closure. Open Dude Creek to angling including a seasonal angling closure. Create seasonal harvest, and bait restriction regulations on River Reservoir. Create seasonal harvest, and bait restriction regulations on Little Colorado River (Greer) upstream of River Reservoir to the confluence of the East and West Forks Little Colorado River. Change the statewide daily bag limit for trout to 4. Restore the statewide daily bag limit for trout at CC Cragin Reservoir, Knoll Lake, and Nelson Reservoir. See the full proposed amendments.

Not sure if it's still the case, but they once used DOC dudes to open envelopes for the leftovers.

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^ It is not a computer draw like the first go-round.

I've never fished Carnero. In fact, I don't even no where it is located. 😡Mostly rainbows? The trip with Joe was in May, sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. We tried Sunrise but managed only a few small trout. We also hit Big Lake, but the wind was too much for our tubes. Another spot we tried was Lee Valley, where we caught lots of small graylings, and we did good at Reservation Lake.

Here's my buddy Joe Reynolds with another of the football rainbows at Mexican Hay. Apache

Every fish we caught in Mexican Hay was that big. It was real weedy and the fish fought like tarpon, often coming clear out of the water. Oh, as you can see, it was raining. We caught a slew of big Apaches, too. Here's a couple more from Xmas Tree.:

Been a long time since I went after trout in AZ. I can't remember if it was Lee's Ferry or when I tubed the Greer lakes when I went to visit a friend there. The last time I fished anywhere in eastern AZ was on the trip where I mentioned fishing Wink's place. My buddy and I spent a week in the WMs, fishing both the reservation and state fisheries. Other than catching some very nice Apache trout and browns at Xmas Tree, the best fishing was Mexican Hay Lake. That year, it had water and some really hard-fighting 'bows in it. We slaughtered them (C&R) with wooly boogers. See below: MEXICAN HAY RAINBOW XMAS TREE APACHE TROUT XMAS TREE BROWN TROUT

Unless it had changed, most stocked put-&-take rainbows were 8" to 9".

GAME AND FISH NEWS Aug. 1, 2020 Arizona Game and Fish Department Arizona Game and Fish Commission to meet virtually on Aug. 7 Public can view meeting on web or listen by phone PHOENIX — The next meeting of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission will be held on Friday, Aug. 7. To ensure compliance with CDC guidelines, the public will not be able to attend the meeting in person. People can view the meeting at www.azgfd.gov/commissioncam or listen to the meeting by calling (602) 666-0783, Access code: 280 046 234##. Those who listen by phone should keep their phones on mute. Members of the public wanting to speak to the commission on specific agenda items can call (602) 962-8790 and follow the prompts to say your name, where you are calling from, and the agenda item you wish to speak about. View the full agenda.

Yup. Effects can be pretty devastating on all body systems. When I had it, the only lab doing accurate testing was in NJ. Results took about a week to get back. So my doc put me on doxycycline immediately and did another test a few weeks later that came back negative.

Amen. I contracted Lyme disease after a bout with a tick on a Missouri turkey hunt in the 1980s with Ray Eye. Luckily I recognized the red circle and got treated with antibiotics even before my positive lab results came back.