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Turkeys do what they want to do, when they want to and how they want to. They can be the smartest and dumbest bird alive. If a gobbler has hens, hes real, real hard, next to impossible to break from them. We had one going this morning real well, about 300 yards away but on another ridgeline. A pretty decent canyon in between with a lot of deadfall. It was too much to break him over. After about 10 minutes of him gobbling real well, hens started yelping around him, so we knew it wasn't gonna happen. If you know what direction they normally work after coming off the roost, it helps to be somewhere in that general area they're headed. Once you know a bird has committed, stop calling. They have eyesight like crazy and can pinpoint where something is. It can take a bird a while to come in and if he is committed, he usually will give off a gobble every few minutes to try and figure out what direction the yelps are coming from. The more you yelp, the more he thinks that hen is coming to him. You're basically trying to reverse nature in how Turkey operate with breeding. Hens go to gobblers.... Anyways, after the pressure of the junior hunt, plus the first hunt, most of the birds are educated and pushed a ways back from main access roads. Been a good year for turkeys where weve been. Much more callable and vocal compared to last year. Good luck.

Good looking pups there Doug. We just bred my 2 shorthairs so I should have some nice GSP's on the ground in the summer....

I was out looking for antlers and came across a nice lion track . We went out the next morning and after a few mile hike the dogs picked up the sent . We cold trailed for about a mile then the wind came up and they lost it . The next day the wind was terrible but the forecast called for some rain . It rained off and on most of the night but stopped about 3am We loaded up the dogs and got to where we thought the lion might be headed around 5:30am . As luck would have it after a short hike the dogs picked up the sent and the race was on ! Mr Tom was treed and freed .

Breakfast in Dennys at 4AM and at Canyon Creek just after 5. Only had one vocal Tom that was about 800 yards away. I got to about 450 yards and had to drop down and cross the Creek which I chose not to do. I'll come back in another week with spare boots. I did see a Tom and hens driving Valentine Ridge but he wasn't sticking around.

try being a transportation company with 800 vehicles which we pay $68 tax per year per vehicle (which uber/lyft doesn't pay) on top of the $32 fee and all the out of state vehicles here that actually live here and pay registration to another state. 2016 says there were 2.4 million registered commercial and private vehicles. the fee is way too steep! remember when duchey runs for the senate!

Yeah... cant believe DPS has new SUVS. They should drive pieces of crap that break down. I mean, they make so much money AND we give them nice vehicles too 🙄

That and dogs will most often be struck on the face making it tough to impossible to drink, breath or pant to regulate body temp. Any of these could cause their death in the time spent getting them to the ER.

I would HIGHLY recommend Axisworks for the threading!

Here is the picture of disintegrins working on a muscle fiber. The caption with the photo is: "A portion of a single muscle fiber (cell) with the amorphous and fibrous components of the plasma membrane being stripped away by the disintegrins present in the venom. The muscle cell is being stripped right down to, but with no damage to, the plasma membrane itself". All of that fuzzy stuff at the bottom of the muscle fiber (cellular level) is the plasma membrane/fascia being stripped away, rendering the muscle fiber useless.

I'm not a bee expert, but my first question is what you mean by killer bees. Africanized bees are dangerous because they swarm in large numbers and attacks often result in 100s if not 1000s of stings. A colony of honey bees can do the same thing if provoked. As far as what their venom type is, that's out of my purview. Sorry, can't help. Most rattlesnakes in Arizona (US for that matter) have hemorrhagic toxin. Neurotoxins are not as common, as a whole, but prevalent among many species, including Mohaves, tigers, midget-faded in AZ (very limited distribution in AZ). Mohaves are tricky because they have a strong neurotoxin (Mohave toxin) throughout most of their range but, but also have individuals that have only hemorrahgic toxins. To complicate that, there is an area where individuals with each venom type overlap and possess both neurotoxin and hemorrhagic toxin. That was the subject of my research and I' happy to share my published paper of why some individuals have one, but not the other. Genetics, baby! Even among venomous snakes, in general, they can have many different proteins within the venom type, including different ones among different species and, even, within different individuals. My former immunology professor in grad school demonstrated 22 different variations of the neurotoxin of Mohave rattlesnakes, all based on the presence of various proteins. Some of those hemorrhagic toxins have 2 different proteins that each cause clotting and hemorrhaging in the same venom. Some proteins cleave off the antigen binding site, making antibodies (self-produced or from antivenin) rather useless. Other proteins (disintegrins) peel back cellular tissue layers like an onion. I have a cool scanning electron microscope of disintegrins peeling back the fascia of a group of muscle fibers, rendering those muscles useless. Happy to share that, too. By the way, when I hear "Killer Bees", this is where my mind races: In all of my years of venom research and talking to both venom researchers, ER doctors, and the AZ Poison Control (venom experts there, too), I've never seen any data supporting electroshock. There is no clinical data, to my knowledge, that demonstrates how electroshock counteracts the properties of those venom proteins. Exactly this. Its an expensive treatment that doesn't work effectively at all. I've had this discussion with my vets and several vet techs many times and its always the same. Get to an ER and pray for the best. It doesn't work very well because of the proteins in the venom that cleave off the antigen binding sites, preventing antibodies from attaching and being able to do their job. It won't work on humans for the same reason. Bill Haast, who used to run the Florida Serpentarium and handle all kinds of venomous snakes from around the world, used to give himself micro-injections of venom of several different kinds of snakes to build up immunity. This is the same way antivenim is produced when horses (formerly) and, now, goats are injected, building up the antibodies that are isolated for the antivenin serum. Despite Bill's efforts, he still had to make multiple trips to the ER for treatments after bites. I watched a documentary on him a couple of decades ago and it showed him using his wife's rose pruners to clip off the blackened, necrotic tip of his pinky finger after being bit. We had our two German shepherd avoidance trained when we lived in Tucson and I was still actively handling rattlesnakes while out hiking. It cost us $50 per dog and was the best money ever spent on that. A research buddy of mine showed up with a speck from Nevada on his way through town. He had it in a 5-gallon bucket. My dogs both came up, being the curious pups they were, stuck their noses over the edge of the bucket and immediately took off running. I was washing my truck, so my doors were open. I turned around to see them sitting side-by-side in the back seat looking out the back window with an "Up yours. We're staying here!" expression. When we'd find them on hikes, research adventures, they'd go find shade and hang out while we took care of business.

If they are in the canyons stand there at first dark and use a box call and they will gobble. If you can find one on the roost set up in the dark next morning and use a box call or mouth call and if one answers just wait 10 minutes and if he answers again and is closer get your gun up and ready. Once they commit they are pretty dumb and horny.

Just renewed my tags for both vehicles, what a crock of BS!

The 32$ was originally supposed to be around 17$ but ducey signed it to law at 32$ and it was supposed to be to fund dsp. It’s just another attempt at a money grab for the state. Funny part is dps is supposed to be funded from state highway gas tax dollars. All I can say is at 32$ per for anything that rolls tires on the road dps must be getting one heck of a raise. Next they will try to do away with permanent tags on trailer and make new ones pay the same tax urr I mean fee!!!

bend over... I have 5 vehicles, sxs and fifth wheel. But its a fee not a tax... F!ck the guy who passed this and his fortune he made thru the back door doing so. Tell me he didnt get secretly funded for this and I'll see you on Main street.

Yeah, i love seeing unit 1 go to a draw. Too much potential in that unit.

No offense hunthard, but couldn't disagree with you more on that...

Nice to see unit 1 stop the otc archery deer and go to a draw.

And that attitude and no pics is why this is not moving ... but here's a free bump.

The amount of smugglers that pass through was a huge challenge for us in 27. Due to the lack of public access points, we decided to back pack in, and every single ridgetop in the areas we wanted to hunt had footpaths a foot wide going down them. We were forced to camp In a spot that was not very flat, nor very comfortable. I believe that 27 is a backpack hunters unit, with the potential to hunt deer that have not been seen by other hunters, but we did spend one afternoon hunting close to the truck, and found a handful of bucks. Aside from smuggler activity(more here than anywhere I have seen and I live in a border unit in AZ) and the lack of access, this unit is a great unit that seems to be equivalent to alot of the border units in AZ with way less hunters but potentially lower deer numbers. Good luck drawing a tag as a non resident. No experience in 26.

I spoke to my vet recently about getting one of my dogs snake vaccinated. He said if your dog is hit by a rattler, its still a trip to the ER and a very poor prognosis. For less money and safer results, get the dog into a snake avoidance class.

Just got back from a Turkey hunt today. Fishing was pretty good to me.

Time for a new pup for you? We pick ours up on Friday.

When it's windy fish deeper, and keep your line tight. This can be a tough time of year to catch in the high country, must be persistent and change lures every 20 casts, speed retrieve and depth as fish are either on the move or pooled up. Two weekends ago I hiked into Woods Canyon and managed three fish in 4 hours, fishing two poles.

Yes, DNZ game reaper for mounting. And just now with butler caps and 4 rounds.

Sorry, call me a criminal, but I'm keeping it and making a lamp out of it. heck ya...