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As the year draws towards the end, and the decade for that matter too, it becomes time to select one's favorite images of the past year. In 2019, I got out photographing less due to a lack of several things, but I did get to spend a few weeks in the desert this spring and also time with a new GWP pup. In reviewing images, I noticed that I was drawn more to black and white this year, so hence there is a good percentage of those in the set. Here are five of the eleven images from 2019 that resonated with me the most. The whole set of favorites can be seen on my website. https://www.plateaulightphotography.com/Favorite-landscape-photographs-yearly/2019-Favorite--Landscape-Photographs/ Merry Christmas and blessings to y'all in 2020

Filled mine Saturday.

Thanks for the help guys, seems he and some buddies figured it out. He and some buddies are flying out of palm springs.

We got it done opening day. Hopefully get me an archery buck this weekend.

1981 Jeep Scrambler

Pops arrived in the unit on Sunday and spotted bucks all week but passed em all up. I was finally able to get off work Thursday and the next day and half was spent chasing nice bucks unsuccessfully. Seems like once we work in shooting range and get set up they decided to boogie out of the area. Finally found this buck bedded and he behaved himself letting us get to 328 yards undetected. Pops waited in shooting position for an hour and half, the sun broke through the clouds and the buck started to get warm. He got up, did a little stretch and pop laid him back down in his bedding spot. I knew the buck was nice but never knew he had giant eyeguards or an 8 inch kicker until 30 minutes before pops shot. When I noticed it I said ****, but I didn’t tell pops anything. After he smoked the buck I told pops about the eyeguards and kicker and that was just a bonus for him.

We were ready to tough out the weather on Friday. We didn’t realize visibility would be near zero. Friday afternoon after the weather cleared a little we glassed 11 bucks and a handful of does. No shooters. Next day we hiked in a ways and after spotting small or young bucks we found 2 shooters. Classic scenario, waited til they bedded then made our 2 hour stalk and they weren’t there anymore. Started glassing the surrounding areas and spotted this buck just 248 yards away and buddy decided he was a shooter. The crazy part was that 30 seconds after he died a bunch of ravens showed up and landed in the tree above him.

Big thanks to Eric and Josh and the team at Arizona Desert Outfitters,cant say enough about their help helping me fulfill my dream of harvesting a sheep. Great guys all ! Will post better pics when I have them. 6.5 creed more 143 grain eldx 409 yard shot peak to peak. played in cholla needles for over half an hour waiting for him to get up.Gotta love standing up and having ticks all over your pants and shirt IMG_0040.MOV

Pretty nice looking old Winchester 1892 from about 1902. Decent bore with good rifling and scattered corrosion. 38-40 caliber. Located south Tempe area. $900

SOLD. One owner Ruger New Vaquero Colt 45. This is the cased colored frame and blued model. 15 years old has had 1 box of shells shot through it. Excellent condition no holster wear.can be seen and picked up in Tucson or I can ship to your FFL for actual cost. $475.00 Firm it’s priced right PM Phil or text 520-975-0830

Not all blanks are crimped on the end, I have a few like this here somewhere they are on a belt have no idea where I got them. also did a quick search and they showed both crimped ones and non crimped ones. Non crimped ones look to be used on a m60. edit: I'll ask my daughter when she gets home sat. what they are she shot hundreds of blanks and live rounds through the m240 last month which is the new 7.62 machine gun. she might know as that M240 is her favorite weapon

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Looks liek a couple of guys looking for a deer they shot. Maybe they didnt find it. it happens. now there labeled poachers. unless the 1st photo of them is looking at the deer.

get yourself a sous vide wand and you will never look back.

my friends who are members here spotted this buck saturday night but was too late to go after it. they figured it was about 85." I went back on Tuesday with my Dad to the same spot, not specifically looking for that deer but figured if i did see him id probably try to shoot him. there was a couple guys already there. we moved down the road a ways and started glassing a different area but i could still glass back and see some of the original spot. we saw does but no bucks. at about 8:30am when the sun broke through the clouds I spotted him 2200 yards away. we drove around a little closer, walked out, hiked up on a hill 600 yards away from where we last saw him. he was no where to be found. kept glassing the same small area i thought he was in and 30 minutes later out of nowhere i see him just standing broadside out in the open. i range him 648 yards, took the binos off the tripod and shot off it, missed the first shot. kinda hard to time it right when youre just drifting the crosshairs over him. second shot, i hear the wallop. i get the binoculars up and hes hurt bad. he goes down, gets back up, goes down again. no movement, high fives. then i see slight movement, my heart sinks im afraid i wounded him with a bad shot, blew his foot off or something. i watch a while, no movement then i see his antlers swaying. its been probably 25 minutes since initial hit and i see what appears to be death throws then nothing. we get over there, and he was absolutely smoked with a golf ball hole through the power plant. tough son of a bitch, i still cant make sense of it. Big bodied deer, swollen neck

Try http://unammo.com in Glendale.

Your not his daddy, let the boy figure it out.

I feel like having early rifle before archery is a win-win. The outfitters complain about it a lot because they make most of their money on archery hunts and the rifle hunters take some of the cream off the top. The rifle hunters that have waited 20+ years for a tag get first crack at the bulls before they are busted and the archery hunters get to hunt more of the prime rut. I'm probably in the minority but if i were to draw an early rifle bull tag, I'd rather it be before the archery season.

After an all out adventure of getting stuck, hiking miles and I mean miles everyday into the wilderness area, calling in a group of drug smugglers, running face to face into another group of illegals, watching fighter jets dog fight right above us, we came up with a good ram that checked all the boxes, most of all that everyone in the group was able to be involved. Physically brutal hunt but an awesome hunt! He green scored 165 6/8 at AZGFD and they put him at 8 1/2 yrs.

Super important guy in my life. During his last year with us he still wanted to hunt and I would carry his oxygen tank as he shot pheasant over my dogs or deer on one of the farms. He literally hunted till he passed away.

Let the man do what he wants with his trucks. Sheesh

when you get meat as high quality as elk or deer, why try to ruin the great taste by adding a bunch of bullshit flavors to hide it. Olive oil, very little ground pepper and maybe a pinch of onion salt. Wood on a grill, mesquite or oak, has to be native to AZ. cook rare and indulge.

Elk loins should ever be done with marinade. Why ruin it? Marinades are for other stuff.... Salt, pepper, mesquite, open flame. Done.