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Finally uploaded a quick clip of a couple bears my dad and I came across last year. Can't wait for this year to ramp up!

we got a call Yesterday from her 1st time we talked since the initial Hostage call they make when they arrive at boot camp. she completed the Crucible sat. in 11 weeks Ive seen a chin a nose or forhead in pictures and wasnt sure it was her. today this was sent to me via txt. we go to her graduation next week and bring her home for 10 days. Final Drill picture this afternoon. went from this to this.

posting this for my neighbor, he is a disabled vet and cannot complete the restoration: https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-1950-chevy-3800-pickup/7166377625.html

Delw, don't read this! It's too much drama for you to handle. FYI: witnessed really crazy prices on Savages and Remington's at a Wally Land. You may want to check your nearby store. Savage Axis in 22-250 was $124.99 Remington 11-87 Sportsman's in 20 gauge was $400.00 Remington 700 ADL in 223 with cheap 4x9x,40 scope mounted was $199.00

I would never live in Texas, zero interest in zero public land

I am always skeptical of anyone with less than 50 posts. I may read but will never respond. The OP only has 4 posts on CW.

Just picked up a scoped Remington 700 in .223 at the Marana Walmart. It was the last clearance gun in stock at that location. The clerk said they are not going to carry .223 rifles anymore. Thanks for the heads up.

Where are your kids? For me that would be the decision maker. As far from them as possible. JUST KIDDING. I would be near or between them.

The grass is rarely any greener on the other side. You like the western lifestyle and you live in Wickenburg! What could be any better than that? I was born and raised here but I have lived in NM and TX and the entire time I missed AZ. That being said, AZ used to be a great place live and raise a family but now everybody is from someplace else. When they come here and make their living here their loyalties remain where they came from. Have you ever noticed these people start every sentence with "Back home......"? If back home was so great why did you leave? I agree AZ is becoming more and more like SoCal by the day. California is like a cancer as far as I am concerned. Where ever these people go they try to change it to be like California. Stay in AZ, just don't live in the valley. Don't forget to buy your lifetime AZ hunting license before you leave. My two cents. Sorry for venting but I feel a little better now. Good luck on whatever you decide.

I would be ok with the trout limit to 4 if they stock only 15"+ trout and at the same numbers, but if they cut the stocking numbers by 33% and continue to start stocking at 9"... not a fan.

Just a reminder about scammers. I posted a want ad in classifieds for binoculars. I was contacted by a new user. The user replied with this message: Hi you can reach out to mike in texas he has the Binoculars for sale this is his email address jasonmike437@gmail.com good luck. It looked like a scam response, but I emailed anyway just to confirm. I didn't use my primary email so I wasn't concerned about getting spammed. Anyway, sure enough, the person sent me photos of binoculars that sold already 2 years ago on another website forum.

Thats pretty dang cool, brass primer tubes too. I have some old brass primer tubes I picked up long time ago I think it was for a lyman.

I was born in Oregon in 68 & moved to AZ in 78. Left after high school & moved around a little than back to AZ. Got married & have been living in California for the last 20 years & hate every minute of it!! I have family that still lives in AZ & visit them often, We just bought a house in AZ & are moving back In the next couple months as soon as I finish the small remodeling on it. Let me tell you I have missed AZ every day I have been away from it & can’t wait to get back!! There is no perfect place & the Californians ruin every place they go. Problem with Californians they are migrating everywhere so no place is going to be safe. I think Colorado is beautiful, but politicians have ruined it just they ruined, Oregon, Washington & working on Idaho. My vote would be stay in AZ, but you gotta do what you gotta due. Good luck with what ever you decide!!

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Ya im feeling like AZ is heading fast to the liberal side but then again most states are. You just cant get away form the cities in each state dictating for us. Its a good possiblilty we will end up snowbirding here in AZ and Maybe Here and Colorado. We have been focused a lot on Colorado for the summers. We do love our home here and I think that would be our best bet. We are always watching and looking with no rush but we should be in a place to buy land soon so figured if there were some horror stories on some of our picks it would help to have first hand experience. I was born and raised here by the way. Thanks for the discussion

You've got everything right here in AZ. Why on earth would you want to leave friends and family including future grandkids? You also have this misconstrued concept you need ditch water for pasture. At the right elevation and annual precip (including snow) pastures of winter wheat, gamma and alfalfa for parking your mules on is quite adequate. Then you can add Dry Land Farmer to your list of dubious nomenclatures, oh, and stop whining. Perfect case of not knowing what you got until your gone.

AZ would be hard to beat. Rural AZ at about 5-6k to be exact! The public land isn’t going anywhere in our lifetimes so you have that to fall on. Cost of living is low and weather is nice. Owning enough land in Midwest or eastern states to hunt on is extremely tough anymore and access issues are snowballing, even in my home state of ND. I wouldn’t live in CO as I can’t stand the liberal govt, Utah has too many people that are too dang into hunting so even if you work hard you can’t get any solitude there. NM is great but private land is the rule there. MT is pretty awesome if you can stand the cold. Particularly eastern and central MT.

Between the three states you specifically asked about (AZ, CO, MO), I would stay right here in Arizona! I have extended family in Missouri and it's nice back there, but I am a born and raised southern Arizona desert rat!! I just love it here out west too much to settle in the mid-west. Mountains, desert, and lots & lots of public land are just a few of the reason that the west will always win out over the mid-west for me. So between Arizona and Colorado, still Arizona wins-out in my book. Again, I'm a desert rat! Went to college in Salt Lake, and then lived in New York City for a few years after that. Enjoyed my time in those places, but found myself constantly missing Arizona (home). Colorado is super nice, but I just don't like living anywhere near snow. The diversity here in Arizona allows for living in the warm/dry climate, with the quick drive to the mountains too. Lots of big game hunting, OTC deer, plus non-stop quail hunting from Oct through Jan!!! Also proximity to beaches in So. Cal and Mexico is a draw for me (not everyone's bag...). So in summary, ARIZONA!!! S.

Arizona or Wyoming. But if it was me I’d have land with a small house in each state and an RV to travel the country and Canada 6 months a year while I’m young enough. Then when/if I can’t travel like that anymore become a snow bird.

They caught the juvenile punks and they lived nearby.

Some states I would be happy to move to would be Arkansas, Missouri, Utah, South Dakota, Kentucky or Tennessee. South Dakota would be my personal #1 it is a hidden gem and will be discovered soon by the CA tards. It’s landscape is beautiful and sparsely populated.

spare mag is $65, at least it was 20 years ago when I bought one good gun, I put Warne detachable scope mounts on mine and left iron sights in place, so if horse falls and buggers up scope can still use the gun, even tho it's been years since I hunted horseback

I'll usually find a decent spot before Archery Deer/ August. And then the rains come and screw up the patterns. At least I'm having fun doing this.

Put-&-take is probably getting too expensive. 😎 Didn't they also cut the limit to six a few years back?

Needs more Airborne! HAHA JK that is awesome. I dont know if I would/could let my daughter sign up, I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there. Your daughter must be one tough woman. Congrats to her and I thank her for her service.