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Just talked to my brother who is stationed up in Happy Jack. He said it looks like a big one. His engine is currently setting up shop at the Mormon Lake station while those guys are on this new fire.

Huh?

Just heard on the news there is a 747 slurry bomber in route that will be here tomorrow. This bad boy is capable of dropping a full mile of fire suppressant in one pass. Don't know how much of an immediate impact it will have, but the more the merrier at this point.

I hate to burst your bubble folks but the GFD is not going to do anything for you. This fire is obviously something that is totally out of their control. If they issue refunds or exchange tags for bonus points they will set the precedence for any issue in the future and they are not willing to do that.

And here I thought I was the only one with that mentality!

Thanks for taking the time to get on here and speak your mind. My brother is on a crew stationed in Happy Jack. He's been the only engine in his district so they haven't been called to the Wallow Fire yet. Another engine gets back tomorrow so he's hoping like heck they get the call. Just about everyone in the FS that I've talked to wishes they could be on that fire and do whatever they can to help. He tells me a little of what you guys have to go through to get the job done and it's pretty disheartening to hear people just bash away when they really have no clue. Thanks again to everyone fighting this fire. Stay safe out there.

Lark, If you seriously think that the Forest Service makes the decisions to let things get brushed up or not allow logging you are not well informed. All the tree hugging hippy a-holes are the ones making those decisions. The beurocratic red tape is a mile long every time the FS wants to plan a prescribed burn. Logging is the same. If there's an ant the might lose a home because of logging those hippy idiots will spend millions of dollars to put an end to it. That's the #1 reason the eastern part of the state is as thick and nasty as it it. There's dozens of years of fire suppression over there that has just been waiting to light up and become a catastrophe like it has now. If indeed they decided to sit on this fire, I will agree, it was a bonehead thing to do. Similar to lifting the fire restrictions before the memorial day holiday. I can't say that everyone in the upper echelons of the FS is bright, but I think overall the men and woman of the FS do a fantastic job protecting the resources that you, I and everyone else enjoy so much. I just think they get a lot of bad rap for crap that they really have no control over. Remember, most of those same "idiots" with the forest "circus" are the men and woman on the ground right now saving entire towns from going up in flames. IMO they all deserve some credit for jobs well done, regardless of how or why this fire got as bad as it is today.

Thanks for saying this. There are many of us in the Forest Service that would like to see things managed differently but our hands are tied in so many ways. I am definately not saying the Forest Service makes all the right decisions but there are many of us that agree that logging, ranching, and prescribed burns are crucial to replacing the low intensity fires that would naturally reduce the fuels every few years before we all came along. I know the Forest Service is not popular on this site and I can understand some of the reasons why but please know that there are fellow hunters and lovers of the outdoors within the agency that are really trying to make a difference for the good. Brian, Thank you for all you and the rest of you guys' do. I was finally able to get a few texts in with my brother today. He's with the FS up in Happy Jack. I've been telling him about how a few guys are really bashing the work of the FS and how it was really starting to agitate the heck out of me. He basically told me to just let it be. There is so much beurocratic red tape and hoops to jump through any time the FS wants to do anything like a control burn or thinning that the majority of the time they are told no. He said 99% of the people will never understand it and will just take the easy way out and blame the FS. Just something they deal with every single day. Thanks again man. Stay safe out there.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!!! Except for you Casey, ha I appreciate it.

I want to take my 4 year old daughter fishing this weekend, but could use some tips. First off, I rarely ever fish anymore. Used to do it a ton with my dad and brother when we were little, but not much anymore. One of the worst things I remember when going is being bored off my arse sitting all day with no bites. I really want to get my daughter involved with it, but don't want her first experience to be a bad one and put a bad taste in her mouth. So really all I am asking is if anyone knows a good lake that I can take her to for a couple hours and maybe catch some bluegill, sunfish or anything really. I prefer to stay up here locally, but wouldn't be opposed to heading down to the valley and maybe doing the urban lake thing, or even heading north to one of the Williams area fisheries. Let me know if you have any tips on where to go. I appreciate it.

Which Tasco camera are you using? I've been thinking about picking a couple up. How long are the batteries lasting? Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Wanted to send out a very big thank you to everyone that gave me tips and advice, either here or via PM. A little late at posting the report, but we headed out last Saturday morning. I had barely even sat our gear down and Ryanne was already digging through the worm bucket getting her bait! I was a little surprised to say the least. She picked out the "cutest" worms, according to her. Too funny. She almost immediately started getting bites, but it's been so long since I fished I couldn't get them hooked. After losing 5 or 6 fish I decided to go to a smaller hook and switch rods with her. Didn't take long and she had her very first fish!! She actually reeled this one in all alone too. She was so happy she started yelling and screaming "I caught a fish"!! The guys across from us were rolling laughing. Again to my surprise, she said she wanted to hold it and release it back. Final total for the day was 2 small catfish and 10 rainbows. I probably lost close to 30 fish throughout the morning too. The bite was awesome and never really stopped. It was just her and I all day, but I was able to talk a fellow fisher into taking a quick picture of her last fish of the day before we left. Thanks again!!

I had the same blind before it was stolen on last year's archery deer hunt. Great blind, but my zipper sucked too. It got stuck half way after the second day I used it and it never worked right again. Other than that, it was a great blind and I will probably get another one.

Cut some of the surrounding brush, trees, bushes etc and place them up against your blind. That's pretty much it. Make sure you get inside it and look out, checking to see if any of the brush might block your shooting lanes. Some blinds will actually have places where you can weave stuff into the blind to hold the brush on. What you really are trying to accomplish is breaking up the outline of the blind, much like camo clothes break up the human body outline. Accomplish that and you are set. Good luck!

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This is really why I want to get some ideas before I head out! haha. My daughter won't last long if something isn't going on. She's been asking me to take her for a while, but I really want to try to at least improve my odds a little before we go. It's not really the end of the world if we don't do well. We'll still be out enjoying our time together!! Thanks for the tips guys.

I drew a one of the rifle cow tags. I haven't hunted elk with a rifle in 10 years. This should be fun!!

Got my book in the mail yesterday. Haven't had time to really look through it completely, but just flipping through it was impressive. I was even pleasantly surprised to see that a couple of my antelope fawn pictures made the final cut!!

Daryl, Congrats on taking the plunge! As far as gear, it depends on the style you like. Every workout can be done using the resistance bands. If you don't like the bands, you will need a set of dumbells and a pull up bar. How much weight is up to you and your goals. I use the plate style weights, but if I could afford it I would much rather have the fixed weight dumbells. Much more convenient since you don't have to stop and change weights all the time. Most of the exercises are done with little or no rest in between so having to stop to change weights kind of sets me back. I have enough weights to go from 10 pounds all the way to 35 and use all of them, depending on what I'm doing. Also, depending on how flexible you are (or aren't) you might need a yoga block or two. There are a few awesome stretches in yogaX that can be tough to do safely without a block. Nutrition is critical with this program to really achieve good results. They claim that their products are specifically designed for the P90X program, but I have been getting great results without them. I use supplements, just not theirs. A good multi vitamin and recover shake are absolutely critical. The rest is really up to you. Good luck and keep us updated with your progress!

Hey Marvin, How do I find out if I have already ordered the book? To be honest, I thought I ordered one when I entered my antelope, but can't remember. Thanks.

ggpwr. Congrats on being a 3 time graduate. That's pretty impressive. Mark, Thanks for the tips on the cook book. I will have to check Barnes and Nobles and grab it. A quick update on my progress: I just started week 5 on Sunday. I have followed the nutrition plan nearly to a T and it shows. I took my 30 day pictures Sunday and compared them to my day 1 pictures and was very surprised to see some great improvements. I can't say that I have bulked up really, but my body fat percentage has gone down considerably. I am pretty excited to see how much more I can improve in the next 4 week phase of the program. If anyone out there is looking for a program to get fit, this is the one. It's intense, but if you can dedicate yourself to it, you will see amazing results!!

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Website looks good! Do you guys sell guns by chance??

Great video Jack!! I had a similar thing happen to me in the exact same spot as the very first buck in that video. My truck was parked there in plain sight, but the buck was so thirsty he came to drink anyway. I snapped a bunch of good photos of him. He was a pretty good buck, too, with a broken horn tip. Thanks for sharing!

53000 miles right now on the original brakes. Haven't taken the tires off to look at where they are though. Between the overdrive and the engine braking system, I rarely ever have to use my breaks when towing. Not hard braking anyway. The truck downshifts just like a manual would.