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I'm sorry for your loss Kent. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. You will be reunited someday and it will bring undescribable joy to your Heart and Soul. God Bless you. Jeff

Dutch ovens will probably start at around $40 for a smaller one and work up in price from there. I like the ones that have a lid with a lip around the edge. It helps to hold coals when you do a dutch oven and want to add some coals on top. Man some Dutch oven peach cobbler sure sounds good right now.

I always cook whatever I want before the hunt, such as roast, spaghetti, homeade chicken pot pie, beans or whatever you can think of. Then I put it in a vacum sealed package and freeze it. Before I head out, I grab em' out of the freezer, put em' in the ice chest and when I am ready to eat the meal, I boil some water and toss in the bag until its warm. It works really nice. Its a good meal with very little time having to stand over a stove or fire after a long day of hittin' the hills. More time in the sack or sittin' around the campfire. I started doing this a few years ago and I love doing it, makes things easy. Gotta be somewhat careful that the bag doesn't open in the water or else you'll get a nice watered down meal. Double bagging it by putting the vacum sealed bag inside of a ziploc bag works well. This is all nice, but I also have to have a nice fat, juicy ribeye one night too.

In Queen Creek as well. Pretty far south, but maybe see you around!

I wish these flippin' results would hurry the heck up and come out

You know as well as we all do that 90% of the drivers out there are speeding, if only a few MPH over the posted.. And those who aren't are generally the ones causing the delays and backup by slowing traffic down, generally in the lanes they shouldn't be in.. That is a good point you bring up. You are right on the money as well. I hate the flippin' freeways down in the valley.

Cool pictures. The deer look good and healthy, and with the ocotillos as full as they are in the pictures, I can see why. Thanks for posting.

Unreal! Amazing antlers.

+1 for a good idea. While the paper applications are still being used, I see this as being a beneficial method for most folks to look into the future. Once the online application process begins again, I think a lot of people will start putting the costs back onto their cards, so the "fund" may not be as big to the G&F. Nevertheless, I don't mind them keeping my money for future draws, as long as it is a reliable and fail safe system. If they can earn interest on the money then fine; doesn't bother me.

I got one in the mail a couple months back and I didn't pay it. When I recieved the "notice of violation" not "citation", all of the wording was put as "If you don't pay this, you "may" have additional costs, but license will not be suspended, no warrant issued, no points on driving record and so on. Just last week, I got a second notice in the mail stating that I had to pay the 181 dollar fine, show up to court before August 10th, or else I "may" have a warrant out for my arrest. Pretty wierd. What I don't like, its not a citation, just a notice that a person violates the speed limit. There are 1000's of people daily "violating" the speed limit, even in front of officers, given the flow of traffic, and they have no repurcussion. I don't like it one bit, but with the threat of a warrant, I guess I would rather pay the money. Can't afford to have a warrant. Good Luck. I would like to hear others' input too.

7/16 or 7/17, between 10 and 11 AM.

That's just not right. Too many big bucks for one person. I need just ONE, over 110. Just one. Thanks for sharing. That's a SWEET wall he has there.

That's absolutely awesome. I can hardly wait until I'm able to do this kinda stuff with my kids. Thanks for posting these pictures.

Phat heads are some of the thickest and toughest metal for Cut on Contact broadheads that are on the market. If you were interested in toughness of a head, I don't think you can beat them. Supposed to (just like a lot of claims) fly just like a field point. I have purchased a few packs and have yet to fly them on my arrows. Time will tell how they fly.

Results for Elk and Pronghorn took about 7 weeks to come out after the deadline date; Feb 10th to March 27th. Its been roughly 4.5 weeks for the Fall Draw since the deadline date ended; June 9th to July 10th. It would seem like a miracle if they came out this early (but still hangin' on to that miracle) . Don't more people apply during the Fall Draw, rather than the Mid-Winter Draw? More apps. to process seems like it would take longer to me Regardless of what happens, I will still be hunting Coues Deer in December. Just gotta find out if its with a rifle (draw) or my bow (OTC) Have I bought into the hype, called and checked the AZGFD website? Is a frog's butt water tight?

Hopefully I can pull my little guy off of the quad to actually get to hikin' and glassin' up monster bucks. I'm startin' to save up now for the glass I told mama it'll have to be a pair of swaro's, but she didn't seem to see the humor or necessity it was. She prefers Leica.

Congratulations and good luck to you. Shoot some bigguns. J Cochran

Very nice animals. Congratulations to you and your kids.

Very coincedental you say that, my first cousin is in the Mayo Clinic awaiting a heart transplant as well. Mother, early 30's, 4 young children. It's a tough one to swallow for just the person, let alone the kids and spouse that are affected. I hope it works out for your friend. God Bless.

OK, OK, you can put in with me next year if you get your bonus point this year. We will have 5 points averaged out and should have a good chance at drawin' a Dec. hunt

Ya-but, that is cuz there ain't no deer in unit 22. And when there are soooooo few deer it is nice not to have any competion in the woods. Seems to me everyone oughta hunt 31 cuz there must be more deer there if they offer more tags. Kinda like the rest of the 30's (units) where a guy can see 100+ deer in a day. If there is a place in 31 that you can see 100+ deer a day, I would love to know where it is. The deer numbers in that unit have been declining over the past 5 years and are now what looks to appear somewhat close to what unit 29 holds (just looking at availability of tags) . 29 took a tremendous hit by drought in the early part of the decade and is slow to recover. The deer numbers in that unit used to be crazy high, but are minimal at best anymore. There are some big bucks in 31, granted, some are taken every year, but that goes for every coues unit. I mentioned before in another thread that last year, I hunted a ridiculous amount of time in 31 (November and December) in places that I have taken big deer 100+ along with other family and friends. I did not see one mature buck, all spikes and 2-points, of which were few and far between. I don't think the alternative management strategies are working for 31.

With a November archery Bull tag, I am not going to be very picky. A lot depends on what I am seeing prior to the hunt and how the weather plays out (wet or dry). I would like to take a decent bull (300 +) but if a raghorn steps out and presents a shot, I would be hard pressed to pass it up, considering its November (no rut) and my first archery Bull

Doug, your pictures are always fantastic to look at. You have tremendous talents at capturing beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing.

Thats a dandy Bass right there. Nice work!

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