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Superb ram. Congrats to all.

These are a couple better photos of the mount on the wall.

More than 10,000 leftover spring big game hunt tags will be available for purchase beginning on Monday Nov. 22, 2013 If you ended up without a hunt tag in the spring 2014 draw, you may still get in on the action beginning next week when left-over hunt tags will become available for purchase by mail on a first-come, first-served basis. Leftover tags will also be available for purchase in-person beginning Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. There are more than 10,600 leftover tags, including about 10,400 for various javelina hunts (general, juniors, HAM and archery), 173 for general turkey hunts, 57 for juniors-only turkey, and 16 for archery-only bear. A list of leftover tags is available at www.azgfd.gov/draw. These tags will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis by mail or in person as follows: BY MAIL -- Applications submitted by mail will be accepted by the department beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Mailed applications for leftover tags must be addressed to Arizona Game and Fish Department, Attn: Draw/First Come, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086. Note: Please do not mail applications for leftover tags to any PO Box (this includes using application envelopes with the pre-printed PO Box address). IN PERSON -- Beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, hunters may also purchase leftover tags by submitting their application in person at any of the seven Arizona Game and Fish Department offices. Leftover tags will be available for in-person purchase ONLY at Arizona Game and Fish Department offices. Retailers and other outlets will not offer in-person leftover tags for sale. There are also nonpermit-tag hunts that are area-specific and include some archery-only spring turkey, juniors-only shotgun spring turkey, archery-only spring javelina, general javelina, general spring bear, and archery-only spring bear hunts. The bag limit for javelina is two per year, with no more than one taken per open area as defined in each hunt number. The bag limit may be filled in any combination of permit-tags (draw tags or first-come leftover tags with different hunt numbers) or nonpermit-tags (over-the-counter tags). For more information about nonpermit tags, hunt dates, and other information, see the 2014 Arizona Spring Turkey, Javelina, Buffalo and Bear Hunt Draw Information booklet online at www.azgfd.gov/draw, at all Game and Fish offices, and authorized license dealers statewide. There were 29,352 applicants for this year’s spring draw. For additional information, visit www.azgfd.gov/draw.

To me that says it all. Think of a reason why he would close up a beautiful shop and I bet it relates to $$$$$$$$$$$! When the cash dwindled, he decided to cut overhead by working out of his house. So while the "zoning" might have come into play then,it likely wasn't why he's going out of business. And if he needs to raise cash to complete what he has, he's probably tapped out with creditors, as well.

Before anything else occurs, go get your hide and horns NOW! Do not walk -- RUN!!! "With that being said my Tom brother will be finishing up the balance of my workload while I go back to work to provide the finances required to complete each mount." indicates to me that it could be a long while before your mount is done. AND...I doubt anything concerning zoning had anything to do with him going out of business. Here's an old thread from 2012 onTaxidermy.Net http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php?topic=320843.0 Is this the email you have for him? taxidermyazinformation@gmail.com

Thanks everyone. Another year down and I'm still walking and able to play golf. What else do I need, huh???

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I've had that exact stove for many years, and it works great. I use it to heat the large cook tent I had custom made for the javelina hunt I used to hold every year.

WHAT????

Quick Skinning Job

It is a very low-end set, basically a "starter" type. Take whatever you can get over $40.

There's a section in my "How To Hunt Coues Deer" book that lists the main menu items with photos of them included. Amanda sells the book here on the site. How To Hunt Coues Deer

I know someone who lives on the westside of the valley that does leatherwork on the side. I've seen some of his work; he's very good. BUT...right now I'm in Mazatlan, Mex. so don't have his contact info at hand. We'll be home Nov. 5. If you don't locate someone by then, let me know.

A bit late, but nonetheless...........

Dead on!! Not necessary. TSA locks on an other luggage, however

Way to go, Noah. You and the other junior hunters of today are the future of hunting tomorrow.

Kyle should be proud of a fine trophy. Nice job to all involved.

That's what it's all about right there. I'm guessing your son has a name, so kudos to ________ for getting it done.

Here ya go: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/42282-fs-bushnell-yardage-pro-1000/ http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/42276-fs-bushnell-yardage-pro-scout/ Will consider a reasonable offer.

John O'Dell, the small game guy at AZGF, has collected every species/subspecies of squirrel in U.S. I was at Chris Krueger's (Krueger Creations) dropping off my sheep while John was there picking up a couple squirrels. A few days later I brought the sheep horns to G&F to get plugged, and John did it for me.That's when I found out about his squirrel collection. As an aside he told me Kris was the best sqirrel taxidermist he's ever used. But be aware, he is not cheap. IOW, you get what you pay for.

Brad Penas poses with what could be Minnesota's next top elk. Brad Penas of Moorhead, Minnesota considered himself lucky enough that he had drawn an elk hunting license for the season, but the fact that he may have bagged a state record on his first hunt for the animal is just starting to sink in. Penas, 45, hunted Minnesota’s famed Kittson County, which produced two of the four largest elk ever found in the state. Elk were reintroduced to Minnesota in the first half of the twentieth century and thrived especially in Kittson County thanks to a land purchase in 1993 by the Nature Conservancy. Prescribed burns and conservation efforts produced wide stretches of grassland and other habitat well-suited to elk, which led to more healthy animals. So it is no surprise that elk hunters value the land so highly, or that licenses are in such high demand in the Midwestern state. “I applied the first time in 2008 but did not get drawn,” Penas told OutdoorHub. “I never applied again until this year because I would always forget about it until the deadline date, but luckily—and unbelievably to me—I got drawn this time. It’s an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Penas grew up near Kittson County and he met up with old friend Marty Lieberg to prepare for the hunt. Although Penas now serves as a Lieutenant in the Moorhead Police Department further to the south, he is familiar with the area and had hunted there before for deer. Elk were a whole new game for Penas, which is why he requested Lieberg’s help in pursuing the animals. For weeks prior to the season opener, Penas and Lieberg scouted the area. A few friends who work as local outfitters were invaluable in their search, but the hunters’ first week of scouting still ended dismally with no sightings and little to go on. Penas hunkered down and prepared for a long slough. Then, during their second week in the area, he spotted three different bulls. One of them stood out from the rest. “He was pretty distinctive,” Penas recalled. “He had white tips on his racks and he was really wide, really mammoth in size.” Pictured from left to right are Ben Lieberg, Marty Lieberg, and Brad Penas. The bull was spotted again later on by friends of Penas, at a much closer distance. They confirmed that the elk was monster-sized. On the day of the season opener, September 14, Penas returned to the woods with Lieberg and a Remington Model 700 chambered in .270 Winchester. The wind was working against them, forcing the pair to change up their plans. “The wind was a big disadvantage for us, definitely not in our favor,” Penas said. “We decided that at sunup we would work our way into the area and try not to spook any elk. About a mile in we were skirting the edges of swampland and we paused. We heard a bugle. It didn’t sound far. About 300 yards later I noticed the animal skulking through the trees. We made our way towards the sound and lo and behold, I saw large antlers sticking out of the brush.” It was the chance that Penas had been waiting for. With the elk only 70 yards away, he had barely any time to react. What Penas did have, however, was an excellent shot. “It was a real beauty shot and I took it,” the hunter explained. “The elk went down. At the end of the day, there was a lot of luck involved, and to use an old cliché, I was at the right place at the right time.” It was also the right animal, and possibly one for the record books. The next step was getting the elk of the woods, and since the Nature Conservancy does not allow motorized vehicles on its land, moving the animal was going to be a problem. “That was a challenge,” Penas said. “We shot it on the Nature Conservancy’s land but it was 70 yards from private land. Fortunately I was able to track down the owner and they allowed us access.” Penas and Lieberg returned to area with several friends and ended up hauling the bull 70 yards to the private property, where it was loaded onto a trailer for transport. The animal’s size was overwhelming. “When we saw him the first time we knew he was a very big animal,” Penas said. “We didn’t know what to expect up close and when we found him it really hit us what we had.” Brad Penas (left) is all smiles after bagging this bull elk. The elk weighed 820 pounds field-dressed and Penas estimated that it would have weighed over a thousand pounds before. The rack was even more stunning, with a gross green score of 433 and initial net green score of 404 on the Boone and Crockett Club (B&C) typical American elk scale. The scoring was done by the same taxidermist that is now preparing the elk for mounting. Penas says that the results are not yet official, as B&C requires a mandatory 60-day drying period before an official scoring can be conducted. “I think it’s going to be pretty accurate, I’ll probably lose a few points but we’ll see what happens when it dries out,” Penas said. One possible complication is the seventh tine on the rack’s left side, which extends 13 inches from the main beam. Because of this, the elk’s net green score was knocked down to 391. “When we first did the math we came up with 404 points and at that point, a lot of elk hunters thought we were kidding. [When] you hit 400 points, that’s a very large animal.” According to B&C records, Minnesota’s largest typical elk came in at a net score of 371-6/8. Penas remarked that his elk will likely receive an official scoring sometime around mid-November. When asked what he plans on doing with his possible record bull, the policeman said “That’s a darn good question.” A shoulder mount of a 1,000-pound animal is bound to take up space, and Penas is not sure if there is room for such a beast in his house. “There’s only one level in my house that’s going to support it and that’s on my wife’s level,” Penas said with a chuckle. “I’ll figure that out down the road.” Perhaps positive results in November and a state record will earn the bull a place in the Penas residence. For now, the hunter will just enjoy the memories of a successful first elk hunt. Images courtesy Brad Penas

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I have quite a bit of it laying around, but it'll take me a couple of few days to find most of it. Most is once-fired, but there could be some mixed in that was reloaded once at most. I'll see what I can find over the next few days.