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I'm sure there are still some lying around from last year but don't expect any browns as they haven't dropped yet. I for whatever reason have always found more sheds right on the edge of drainages. If you have a little drainage coming down into a draw or canyon check those out. Southern facing slopes are usually good and really thick timber where they try and get away from the snow from last year.

Have you guys asked any of the buyers besides dennis what kind of cats they want? Flat cats are still used for certain trimming and other things in clothing. Ocassionally buyers are filling orders for people that want flat cats. Obviously they want the big heavy cats but some are still looking for the lower grade cats.

Haha wow

Plus the 9 or 10% commission they take from you. Prices at the February NAFA sale were Similar To Prices In Globe. The prices in the April sale are usually worse than the February sale so I think Kingman is gonna be better overall with low commission and just the gas to get there.

Just curious and honest question hyper, who is going to sit and make sure cats are at least 32" and that their fur meets the requirements of sow bellied or flat? Is someone gonna grade them as they come in? Just seems kinda difficult to make sure they meet those requirements. Some are borderline so where is the cut off?

Doubt that. . Anyone that is buying it is selling it and those that are actually using it for fun are using it sparingly because they never know when they will see it again.

I didn't say anything about government regulations on how much ammo you can buy. I simply stated a fact that ammo hoarders are the reason there is no .22 ammo. A guy goes in and sees 5 boxes so he calls his mom, dad, son, brother, and grandma and tells them to come down quick and buy it all for him. Then he locks it away and never uses it or sells it for 5 times as much as he bought it and when the average guy comes in that wants to go plinking with his kids comes in 5 minutes later there Is none for him. I'm not saying you can't buy it all but just because you can doesn't make it right.

Nafa prices were similar to globe but with a $490 average if I remember correctly. I was waiting to see those prices compared to other sales and sadly they are just about as low. So whatever I get offered up in Kingman I'm gonna take it.

Haha up late checking huh? Congrats

Not sure if you're still looking for one but I found an icon 3000 brown bag only for a $100 on the kuiu forums. Obviously you would have to still get the frame. Just saw you were wanting that pack Pretty bad so let me know and I can show you how to get there to the site.

I was just checking back on last year's posts and first hits were coming in march 19th. But last year the last day to update cards was the 18th I think. This year last day to update is the 9th so they should come even earlier. Last year also got extended two days for the deadline and results weren't posted until first of April due to some problems charging cards. Just a guess but if things go smoothly I'd say we will at least know if we got drawn by the 12th of march. So that would mean if cards get hit starting the 12th of march in the morning, from this moment we have 16 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes to wait haha. Possibly sooner! The 16 days will probably feel like 16 weeks but hang in there.

That would be a pretty safe bet I'd say. Unless they just take forever posting results after charging the cards.

These are hilarious cuz it's so true!

Or just buy one and leave some for other people.. That's the problem these days. Everyone wants to buy it all.

That's what I like about the full bore. It's not huge all the time like a badlands. If you need it to be 3600 cubic inches you can use the big bag that attaches. If you just need to carry some smaller things or carry a load of horns you can leave the big bag back at camp.

From what I just read in the faq they knew lions were going to eat sheep and they are hoping somehow the sheep manage to survive and their population grows large enough that the Lions won't have an affect on them. Wtf? It says the Catalinas have the highest population of cats in arizona so I'm not sure how they magically think these sheep are gonna make it. They dang sure made it known they did everything they could to not kill the Lions though. Wouldn't want those environmentalists mad about that. Basically sounds like they are letting things be praying the Lions don't eat them all up. Then it says if by chance these sheep don't survive (which everyone knows they won't except azgfd lovers like jcubed) then oops the little experiment failed. Let's move on and forget about the 30 sheep we sentenced to death. Let's go find something else to blow our money and resources on. AZGFD at its finest.

AZLance gave us enough facts to prove azgfd is useless. Even backed it up with some numbers like you haha but I think this thread is all but done now. You can go back to strokin' it to the azgfd and we will continue to hate them.

No no. . That's just funny. Really funny actually. It's funny that you don't think it's funny though.

Whose gonna be there?! And what are you taking? I didn't have any time this year to get out much but made the most of what I could and am taking 8 cats and a couple foxes. The coyotes ended up thrown in the bushes.

Now that's funny right there haha

So AZGFD works like a business to make as much money as they can off of us? With the whole supply and demand example that's what it sounds like. Regardless of population of people in the state they still have to manage a similar amount of wildlife. Utah would be an even better example. Doesn't quite seem right that the azgfd can say we'll since we have more people interested in hunting in our state we can just charge more since the demand is so high. With the population of Wyoming so low and even lower prices than here I would imagine they bring in much less money than our department and they do just fine. Arizona has hundreds of thousands of people that put in every year that pay some of the highest prices in the west for hunting so why can't the much higher amount of people putting in offset the prices so they are a little lower? Instead they raise prices and tag numbers and make even more.

Awesome cat! Congrats

Well good for you Hyper. . Wanna cookie or a prize or something for being nice to the majestic little kitty? That's one time I wish I would have been anywhere near you cuz that cat would have been blown away before you were able to get out of the truck to look at it through your scope. And Jwl the OP wanted to get it tanned to hang up but hyper wasn't going to tan it. He said he would have it ready to sell a week later. Which when selling you don't tan. But regardless what's wrong with helping out a kid one time and showing him how to do everything free of charge? After all it will only take 45 minutes of his time.

Hahaha you couldn't pay me to have you show me anything. From your comment I'm guessing that you think catching cats with dogs is somehow inferior to calling them in or trapping them? And let me guess you would just drive right on past the cat sitting on the log cuz it's not enough of a challenge huh? Lol you just keep getting better and better. Didn't think you could top charging a kid looking for some help $100 an hour. But you're giving it a run for its money. I guess some guys will do whatever it takes to make a buck.

Are you suggesting we ignore the count and just let it be without even talking about it? Or are you just sayin. .