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Figured it would be nice to start a new thread and share/brag a little. I knew something was up when my wife asked me “ what are your favorite 4 hunting pics of our kids”. I thought it was going to be a custom card or collage. Instead, she had a custom corn hole set made. Pretty awesome. This pic doesn’t show it but the ends of each board has laser engraved pics of the kids.

We finally got a little rain in 36a today. Enough to have several puddles around. We could use a lot more.

Just a quick update. Hunted the entire 2 week season I posted about above Oct 8-21 except opening day. Tried sitting in a blind by water and salt, and simply still hunting. Pulled out all the stops in terms of effort to no avail... Saw a group of bulls right on the boundary one day. Of the 10 hunters a guy I was hunting with one day and he and I were also the ONLY ones to even see a cow and we were the only ones who reported seeing a bull. Was in contact with 9 of 10 hunters througout 5e hunt. Problem was the herd of cows/calves we saw was 200 darn yrds from a blind we sat and it was too dark too see and we were walking to the truck and walked up with 20 yrds of them before they bolted from a water puddle (and gave me a mini heart attack as I did not know they were there) in a 2-track they were drinking from instead of at our waterhole we sat for the entire day. ouch. Got about as skunked as you could get. Only 3 of 10 hunters were still hunting on the last couple days. Seven gave up or just did not have to time. With no animal sightings the motivations for same waned pretty quick. Final score: 10 cow hunters and zero kills and zero shots. And almost zero sightings. A review of a bunch of game cams from a bunch of waterholes yielded exactly one year old bull. Why was it to terrible lat August? We had two snows, including the 2nd day of season. Seems that moisture kept them from leaving the park for the most part. Walked miles in the snow and bp ever cut racks aside from the cow/calf group we walked up on. I can still hear that stampede for “miles” through the timber. LOL, no actually not even funny after almost a year. Tough hunt! Bad luck for sure for all 10 hunters but will apply again. Did not this year cuz i drew TWO moose tags and a great NM Antelope to sty busy with. All archery hunts.

you can't start a thread and then set the bar like that! Not Fair! I got a couple mini candy bars and some socks. my kids then ate the candy bars they gave me.

Celebrated my first Father’s Day this year, went to sportsman’s and then lunch with my wife and 6 month old son, had a great day 👍🏼

Very nice gift no worries!! We spent the day at my in laws cabin on Mt Graham. Had carne asada tacos and enchiladas. Got some pretty good rain as well. 3 of my 4 kids were there as well as grandkids. It was 59 degrees when we headed home at about 4:00. Pretty great day!

I made my dad a cake

In the midst of the Great Depression, a guy's gotta earn a buck.

$101 for me today……. I let it get past half 😡! First time ever to pump a hundred bucks into my truck!!!🤬 Thanks Brandon

Found this big boar north of Wikieup on Hwy 93.

Spent the day working around the house but got breakfast in town which we rarely do so that was nice! Best part was getting a FaceTime with our daughter who is stationed in Germany! Back to the states in October! Looking forward to getting her back here!

Plus shells are easier to find and cheaper

forepaw is a solid seller. Easy comms, good deal, convenient meetup.

Lol has he looked at Ben Avery. It’s one of the bigger archery ranges In the Region

My uncle golfs with a recently retired APS exec. He says if half of the folks in Corona de Tucson had EVs and plugged them in, it would take the grid down. Just like the Lefties to try and force us into EVs before the grid can handle it. But I will admit I've been looking at electric off-road bikes for my 14 mile commute to the mine.

Hybrid is much better for the world, everyone has green stuff all wrong of course. studies show hybrid is number one over EV and economy gas. Even economy gas is better than EV. Ev chargers pull a ton of juice to recharge. We put 8 gallons in the boat wednesday and half tank in the truck plus two bags of ice and 10 bucks lake entry for a nice 185.00 date night on pleasant. Good thing we caught some food.

Stopped at a Pilot truck stop to put $100 in my pick up, the semi truck at the next pump put in $1,785 worth of diesel in his truck. He said he will have to fuel up again sometime tomorrow….ouch ..You wonder why groceries are so high. FJB !

You guys are panicking about fuel prices and i have no idea why. I've yet to out over $5 in my car. I simply stop and fill up at every other gas station I see.

After this draw they should be updated. Not sure if they will update before

Do you get the regular white salt, or do you splurge for the mineral salt? It's probably been about 40 years ago, but I stopped into a feed store in Payson. I guess I didn't look too much like a rancher, I was standing in front of the salt blocks deciding which to buy, and the clerk walked up and said that deer and elk liked either one!

Fat guy talking here…… in Arby defense, this is their first burger that I’ve known them to make. It tastes like a Jack in the box burger. Doesn’t suck, just isn’t good considering the advertising lol. And it’s arbys?? What did you expect? Haha!!! Side note, I’ve been eating a salad with balsamic and bare chicken breast for lunch everyday for a month and a special k 180 calorie bar for breakfast.

Ah, the American dream. You are pissed because of someone elses success in life? You sound like a socialist. Last I checked this was a capitalism counrty. Anyone in this country has the same start in life and can make that life what they want. We all have choices to make and those choices have consequences and or rewards. Grow up, dont blame people who work their butts off to be successful for your families problems. Work harder, save money and make similar investments. I wish i had a few air bnbs to rent out. But i made other choices in life financially, worked my butt off to become debt free and can retire at 38 if I want. I have a high school diploma only, no college and no one helped me get to where im at. Stop crying, grow up and make better life choices. Also stop voting Democrat, you sound just like one.

Selling some pelts to pay for my hobby.

My dad was a cowboy on a ranch south of Tucson when he was young and told me a story about him roping a javelina one time and his riding partner hog tied it and threw it up onto my dads saddle with my dad in the saddle still. He said it turned into a rodeo real quick.

that "500 LB" bear sure looked small to me.... and funny how the camera guy was always in the right spot at the right time.