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I LOVE Boise State....

Nice hire ASU.... Fitting... He is is ranked #46 on the coachesbythenumbers.com site

mine arrived.... thanks for the very quick shipping. cmc

I'll take a sliverhorn sending PM...(edit and a camo hat if they are available. If not the gray/black one) cmc

I forgot to add I have a 90% jacket and love it. It is the only Sitka product that has held up for me even in the rough country. The pit zips are very handy. I thought stupid at first but I tend to use them a lot now. I have a UA jacket that's heavier than the 90% and break it out when it's really cold. I also try to match the camo to the country so that UA jacket only sees the woods and not much down south. Regarding the boots subject - I wear Zamberlan 965's which are awesome. Sturdy enough when I lug in a 50lb pack around but lightweight and flexible enough for when I put on archery stalks in the mountains. I've been in some bad weather on some pack in trips with multiple days of soaking storms. My feet never got wet from the weather. My feat sweat a lot and the goretex/leather combo on the Zamberlans is awesome letting them breath. I do own a pair of Cabelas Meindle Fit IQ's but found them to be too much for putting on stalks and trying to be quiet or allowing me to flex my foot enough sneaking around in the rocks and woods. I found the lower Zamberlan boot gave me both items I needed for packing in and stalking. I wear the Meindles for rifle hunts or scouting. Again saving my favorite boots for the hunts. I use to wear Danner 452's but my last pair of them led me to believe that Danner 'isn't making them like they use to'. Reading about others experiences of the same boot seems to confirm my suspicion.

I have torn up both my Sitka Assent and Sitka Mountain pants and would not recommend them for down south coues country or anywhere with cat claw or there is a lot of locust bush growing. They will get torn up pretty quick. I was quite displeased with how much they cost to little abuse they could take. I think Sitka R&D team need to hunt in AZ coues country for a year to develop a product that will stand up to the abuse. I will say that on my archery spring bear hunt in 34A the Assent pants in 100deg heat were nice and kept me cooler than any other pant I had. I just had to avoid any bush that had a sticker on it. I will also say that 6 days packed in at 13,000ft in Colorado the Mountain pants were awesome. Then again that's what they were designed for, not the deserts of Arizona. I have UA vests and 1/4 zips and really like them. My one complaint is they put pockets on the vest but not on the 1/4 zip. Sitting on top of a ridge in Colorado I was cussing them out with freezing hands both this year and last. That too and because I have yet to find a decent glove for bow hunting. I keep going back to my $4 military wool liner gloves from Miller Surplus. So I'm still in search for a pant that can take on AZ country, not cost an arm and a leg, quiet for archery, tough enough for blazing through trails, works in warm to hot but can take it for sitting there before sun up at 5am on a cold Nov. hunt. For the moment I'll use my Sitka on pack in hunts or archery hunting and keep using double knee Carharts for anything for rifle or scouting to help keep the Sitka alive as long as I can. I haven't heard how well Kuiu is holding up on catclaw and locust bush. If anyone can speak to a years worth of hunts on those pants in the catclaw I'd like to know. cmc

NAU's web cam... http://www8.nau.edu/webcam/flag-reilly/ Payson web cam... http://63.226.59.176/view/index.shtml Pinetop web cam... http://wmccpinetop.axiscam.net/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=2521

That is nice to hear folks went out of their way to find the owner. I will say this.... if I shot a 116 buck that baby would be riding in the passenger seat, not the truck bed. Just say'n. cmc

I beg to differ. One just needs to focus on being prepared for that meat before you leave to go on your hunt. Have a plan in place with items to do a through cleaning and transport of the meat. Take extra water just for cleaning the meat. One of those blue 5-7 gallon jugs from the sporting goods stores will do the trick. Coolers to transport and ice to get it cool. Another thing it to evaluate how you gut your critter. Switching to gutless method some time ago I found I use far less water than ever before. The driving force for was going on backpack hunts. Water is limited so you need to be resourceful as much as you can to conserve it. If we can get animals out of the woods 6, 8, & 12 miles to the truck some times taking multiple days, with no hair, dirt, twigs, leaves or guts or any of it spoiling with the temps in 90degs, than I find it hard to believe other folks can't do the same. It's not a lot of work. This year after I shot my coues deer I set a goal to try to not get any blood on my clothes or skin while processing my deer to pack it out. I was wearing a pair of standard type latex gloves and didn't even roll up my sleeves. Time to take photos, cut up, and put in our backpacks was 1 hr. My buddy watched me throughout the process only holding on to a leg once to keep the deer from sliding off the steep hillside. I was almost to my goal till on the last twist to remove the head from the spine I reached to far around and got some blood 1/2" above the glove on my arm. While doing the gutless method I bring some para-cord from Sportsman's ($4) and use that to tie up the meat. I also put 2-3 black trash bags in my pack. If no trees are around to string up the meat I cut one bag open to lay the meat on to air out while cutting on the critter. Once the meat is off the carcass I put the meat inside the trash bag for the pack out. Do NOT let it sit inside the bag in the sun or if you're taking a long break on the hike out pull it out and string it up or lay it out in the shade to continue to cool. The black bag is only to keep blood from soaking into your pack and gear as well to keep dirt and yuck off the meat on the way out. Once back to the truck the blue jug of water is used to wash off the meat the into a cooler, or better yet I use my RV fridge for chilling the meat and put what was in there in a cooler. If you're meat isn't clean enough to put in your fridge then you obviously have failed at cleaning the meat in the first place. I don't use a butcher, but if I did it'd be Johnathan at WGP, but instead I have an old side by side freezer/fridge in my garage with limited shelves inside. I put the quarters in the bottom sitting on paper. (note I get free CAD new school blue print drawings which are large 24" or 36" wide white paper like a butcher paper. Place the printed side down on the bottom of the fridge white side up replace with new sheet after every deer.) I put another piece of paper on the shelves and lay out the loins/back straps and neck/rib meat I cut off. Normally it's not that I wait a bit to debone but I tend to get tied up with family and work items and get to cutting up the meat 3-4 days later. I give it one final rinse with a garden hose and have a plastic folding table that I spot clean thoroughly. I use that as a cutting board and wash table in the back or side yard. Some times I cut one quarter of meat at a time in the kitchen on a large white cutting board but it depends on weather outside or if I need to inside watching the kids while deboning meat. That and if a good football or hockey game is on tv. I turn about 80% of my coues deer into hamburger setting aside only the loins for bacon wrapped BBQ yummies and some cubed chunks from the rear legs for cooking in the crock pot for shredded burros. Grinding is an entire other subject but I bought a $99 grinder and $100 food saver vacuum pack unit I'd say about, 6 deer, 3 elk, 1 antelope, 1 bear, and 4 javelina ago.... Needless to say, it has paid for itself after the first deer. I'm not looking to upgrade the side of grinder only to speed that side of the processing up. Hope that helps some... cmc

2nd Annual Tucson RMEF Trap & Skeet Shoot - Oct. 15th Time to dust off those shotguns folks and mark your calendars for October 15th, 2011 for the 2nd Annual RMEF Trap & Skeet Fun Shoot. This will be held at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club at 7800 W. Old Ajo Highway. You can get registered two ways - print a registration form by clicking here and follow directions on the form - Or - visiting the RMEF website and purchase tickets online Click here for RMEF website. Once on that page look for the Tucson Trap & Skeet shoot. Any questions Contact: Robert Stark- 520-349-1048 Jesse Shelton - 520 - 419-2637 --------------------------------------------- COME ENJOY TWO ROUNDS OF TRAP AND ONE ROUND OF SKEET. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AND ALL SHOOTERS WILL BE GIVEN A TICKET INTO A DRAWING FOR A BROWNING CITORI (A $2000 VALUE). THERE WILL BE A DOOR PRIZE DRAWING FOR ALL PRESENT SHOOTERS. TICKETS FOR THE BROWNING CITORI CAN BE PURCHASED BEFORE OR AT THE EVENT PRIZES AWARDED FOR TOP MALE SHOOTER, TOP FEMALE SHOOTER, TOP YOUTH SHOOTER, TOP TEAM AND TOUGH LUCK SHOOTER

Reminder of the Shoot this weekend. And thanks Tony. Sorry for not seeing your post earlier.

Special Notice Proposed Archery Park In Oro Valley We need your support OPEN HOUSE When: Monday, September 26, 2011 Time: 5 to 7 PM Where: Oro Valley Council Chambers 11000 North La Cañada Drive Oro Valley, Arizona 85737

Folks - Some local Oro Valley residents are touting that the new archery range would be unsafe and should not be approved. We need all the help we can from local Oro Valley residents and those that are not to attend the upcoming meeting and voice your approval of the archery range. Thanks, cmc

Details on the shotgun... BRN CITORI LIGHT 12/28MC ENGRV Manufacturer: Browning Model #: Citori Lightning Type: Shotgun Finish: Blue Receiver: Steel, High Relief Engraving Stock: Gloss Finish Walnut, Lightning Style Forearm Sights: Ivory Front Bead Sight Barrel Length: 28" Overall Length: 45" Weight: 8.125 lbs Chokes: Multi-Choke (Full, Mod, IC) Chamber: 3" Butt Plate Recoil Pad: Recoil Pad Additional Features 1: Vent Rib Additional Features 2: Single Selective Trigger, Ejectors

I hope those of you in the area can make this meeting. Sorry about the late notice. Cheers, cmc

I've got 11 animals on the walls of my house that Lippert Taxidermy in Tucson has provided services on. Absolutely no issues and each high quality work. cmc

Here is a camera that's in about the same condition from up in 27.... I really liked the home brew box.... Stout.

If you have not gotten your tickets for the Tucson RMEF Banquet you better hurry..... Tucson Chapter of the RMEF is hosting their Banquet July 23rd at the Tucson Starr Pass Resort. To purchase tickets online Click Here and look for the Tucson Banquet - or contact Greg at 520-297-207. Hope to see you there! Cheers, cmc

Amanda - I can only hope they open it back up soon. Not just because I have an archery bear tag but that Covert II I bought from CWT about 3 months ago has been sitting out there for a few months now. Glad I staked it full of batteries and I can't wait to see what it's got on the card. Of course now that it's 100deg out it's not going to be fun hiking in to retrieve it. cmc

There will be a press conference today by the Coronado FS office in Tucson for an update if anyone is able to make it I'd entertain hearing what they had to say. cmc

"or until rescinded" which means rain and lots of it.

We are planning on shooting Friday.

Sportsmen need to get serious about this!!!!

try the AZ virtual jeep club site or the North American XJ Association (AZ section)... I had some but tossed them in the trash last year.

I was at the Tucson meeting. It went well and glad we were able to discuss a few things with the department. I would say that most of the big game hunters that attended the Tucson meeting would agree with the 'trophy' shooting question Craig but I get the fact they are just asking the same question that was asked in previous survey and want to compare results. If they changed up the question then it would not be a good comparison. In my mind they should have had another section of new questions to compare to come next time. I hope we see some support for the southern AZ WT hunt changes that were proposed this year. cmc