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This article just caught my eye. Glad to see it. Of course our own feral horse population here in AZ came to mind. Thinking the Forest Service managers all over the west (and country) might be watching this closely to maybe help with solution(s) in other forests and/or wilderness areas. S. Kill order for New Mexico feral cows issued by US officials (yahoo.com)

There are not any tanneries or independent individuals doing tanning work in Arizona. They are all out of state. PM me if you have any additional questions.

Nothing extra after the storm, we didn't get much precip out here besides mostly snow dusting. They also started letting water out on the 8th but we still have twice as much coming in to the Lake for now. DAN

Snowflake this morning

Custom 6 Creedmoor- Blue printed and trued Remington 700 action with PTG fluted bolt, 24" Brux barrel 1-7 twist to shoot the heavier bullets, trigger tech trigger, sitting in a Grayboe Terrain stock with M5 Grayboe detachable bottom metal and 5 round mag. Shoots the 115 Bergers fantastic and has about 350+/- rounds down the barrel. Rifle weighs 9.4 lbs on the bathroom scale. Has a ding about an inch from the end of the barrel and the bolt knob has a couple spots where the finish has come off. Rifle was put together by Precision Rifle Company out of Michigan. $1100 rifle without scope or bipod. 260 Remington- Remington 700 trued action with 26" Lilja 1-8 twist 3 groove #4 contour barrel, fluted bolt and custom bolt knob, Timney trigger. Rifle sits in a McMillan MC3 stock. Will include some brass and (50+/- pieces of Lapua). Rifle has around 900+/- rounds down the barrel. Built by Wayne Merier. Scope is a Vortex Viper 6-24 in Talley rings. Bipod not included SOLD 25 Creedmoor Custom built by Todd South 25 Creedmoor on a Tikka action. Manners stock and the barrel is a 1-7 twist 24" Xcaliber #5 contour with Todd's muzzle break. Rifle shoots the Berger 133 & 135 grain bullets great along with the 131 Blackjacks if you have any. Hate to let this one go because its so easy to load for and shoots so good. Only reason for selling this one and the 6 creedmoor is because I built a lighter gun with 2 barrels (6CM & 25CM). Rifle weighs 7.8 lbs on the bathroom scale with the included Talley rings. 300+/- rounds down the barrel. $1100 Can meet at Sportsman's Warehouse at I-17 and Union Hills Text for fastest response. Darr Colburn (602) 284-1722

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Anybody training dogs I have pigeons right now

Nope. They finally lifted that BS law I think back in November

Do you need the clot shot to go?

Pm sent

Goldies Diesel on Oracle north of Glenn is good for Ford trucks.

That’s essentially what I did for the owner builder. I’ll look into it though. Thanks for the info! Hopefully they don’t require permits since it’ll be hard to prove the structural load.

Owner/builder for a livable structure I think might be different than the opt out permit. It’s for non livable structures like storage, garages etc. If they’re still offering it? There are no inspections and no detail plans only a site plan showing property lines and not much more than a concept drawing. As for number of structures allowed on one property I’m not sure?

Wisconsin? That might be a little exotic and far.

If we all would do that.....maybe they would listen? I plan on contacting them with some of the info I now have, not using names, and then perhaps the media if the admin is not responsive.

To me verizon seems to work the best. my buddy has att and both sitting in truck, I get a voice and text, he couldnt even get text. I guess the real answer is a sat phone or sat msgr

Highwater Tackle is an awesome shop in North Vancouver with great info and super friendly guys Id ask them for info. I've only fished BC once and it was in June off the coast of Vancouver Island. We had an awesome day and brought home a bunch of meat. Cant say I remember which guide we took but I would call Highwater and ask them for what opportunities are available. I was in the shop a few weeks ago and they were talking about the steel head run starting up so you might want to ask about that. Good Luck!

My son is in the middle of his first year of big game hunting. We were going to try to get him onto some pigs and have him take the first shot. Friday morning, the first spot didnt produce anything but deer and cattle. We changed locations and caught some pigs moving into a cut out of the wind. We made a big circle and found the pigs bedded down for the afternoon. We snuck into 45 yards and started our waiting game. No shots due to the pig pile. Shortly after 3 pigs came to our left, we had no clue they were there and got busted. All the pigs scattered, my son located a lone pig and took him down. Turns out it was a pretty tiny one 😂. All jokes aside, he was proud of his first muzzleloader harvest. Saturday we spent the day chasing pigs but kept getting busted or they would disappear as we got closer. The winds kept the pigs down low and out of sight. Sunday morning at 9, a herd was located far out in rough country. My pops is unable to do those kind of hikes these days so my son and I took off. We were able to get to 124 yards and take this older boar down and had a brutal pack out. We'll head out next week to hopefully locate pigs in a spot that my pops can hike in.

Brother in law and I took a day off from fatherly duties and sure got into fox. Called in 5 and 1 coyote and ended up with 3 of them for the day.

I killed this buck with my 4 year old son by my side during the opening morning of the general rifle hunt. We were late getting out of the cabin by about an hour but it all worked out. As we were working our way to our glassing spot we found this guy hanging out near the road. Having my son with me during this hunt was by far my best experience in the field.

Seeing Brandon's report on his hunt reminded me that we never posted our hunt either. I got two tags again, and gave one to a buddy for his 12 year old son to fill. Taylor would be filling the remaining tag for us. We drove out and scouted the afternoon before opener, and found a couple good bucks, with this guy as our target buck for opening morning. Hard to see, as he was about 2+ miles out, but he was tall and heavy. I did not get a lot of photos, as opening day started from 0 to 100mph in a matter of minutes. We got to where we wanted to be about 20 minutes before legal light and started glassing. The grass was so tall this year, the goats would just appear out of nowhere when they stood up. About 10 minutes before legal light, our target buck made an appearance, but about a mile off property. I then glassed up a different buck, and he was good too. We made a "great plan" to go after the 2nd buck. My buddy (Ryan) and his son (Cody) were going to jump in their truck, circle back around the buck about a mile away, then I was going to start walking towards it to push it to them. Great plan, should have a buck down before sunup, right? The minute Ryan started the truck, that buck was GONE! Ran a mile to the fence then a mile off property in about 2 minutes. Well, first plan failed miserably. We glassed up a bunch of other pronghorn, and plans were made and broken before we could even gather the gear a few times in that first 90 minutes. We packed up, and drove to another spot to glass, and met up with another buddy about 2 hours after sunrise, and took a look at his buck he had just killed (The one Kyle was waiting on, and got shot by another hunter, my other buddy's kid (Cole). We drove, and glassed, and spotted, and confirmed they were off property, and chased, and drove, and glassed.....for a few hours. Tons of goats, but nothing we could go after. I then got word that the other person in our group, Tracy, shot a good buck about 10:30AM with my old .280AI at 650 yards. About that time we spotted a good buck with a couple does on top of a bowl about 3 miles away, watching us as I glassed them up. No way to go straight at them, no way to go up the spine, so I devised a brilliant plan to back out, and drive around to the side about a mile away, and we could keep one hill between us and them and sneak through about the only group of junipers within 5 miles and should be above them to get about a 300-400 yard shot down into the buck. Now, Cody had been cooped up in a vehicle for 16 hours on Friday, and another 5 hours on opening day, so he had been raring to go all morning. About 1/2 mile into the hike, he was slowing down. So we took our time sneaking around the hill....and we jumped two BIG mulies. Who went stotting around the hill towards our destination....of course. I told Ryan and Cody, "I sure hope those bucks don't blow the pronghorn out of the country.". Sure enough, as we sneak to the top, there are the two mulies standing in the middle of the bowl staring at us, and the pronghorn are long gone. I tell Ryan and Cody to get comfortable and set up, and I would go down and around the hills, and sneak up the backside just in case the goats are in a fold and I can drive them towards our position. Well, 3 miles later, no dice. I head back towards the hill Ryan and Cody were on, and see Cody sitting under a tree, and RYan packing up the gear while I am still topping the last hill. Hmm. Get back to Ryan and Cody, and Cody is looking like he is in bad shape. Ryan thinks maybe he got too hot, so we slowly head towards the trucks a mile away. We barely get back to the trucks. Cody climbs in and is instantly asleep. We would find out later, the poor kid came down with COVID and it kicked him in the face in a matter of hours. So, Tracy and Don (Tracy's husband) met up with us and we check out her goat, and talk a little shop. They give us a spot where they had chased some pronghorn earlier, and so we decide to go check the area out. About 2:30, we get to the spot, and I glass up 3 separate groups of goats, about 2.5 to 3 miles out in this huge flat. 1st goat, decent with 9 does. 2nd goat, good with about 30 does. They are both about 2.5 miles out. 3rd goat, with about 6 does, and 3 miles out, hard to tell with him but he looked smaller than the first 2. Talking with Ryan, no way is Cody making that hike out in the shape he is in. Fast asleep and sick as a dog by now. And then it happens.... While watching the bigger buck...I see horn tips just off the top of a slight depression fairly close. I run over to Ryan's truck and climb in the back and stand on his ice chest to try and get a better look at the buck. He is a smaller buck, but ranged him at 565 yards. I tell Ryan get Cody out of the truck and get him ready to go. Ryan runs over and asks Cody, "Want to shoot a buck?" Cody jumps out, and I tell Ryan, "I am going to get him to come in." Ryan says, "huh?" I run to my truck and grab a white hand towel I borrowed from the hotel. Jump back up in Ryan's truck on the ice chest, and whistle once, and wave the towel like I am surrendering at Gettysburg. The buck looks over, and he is on his feet in seconds, slowly headed our way. I jump down, we get the tripod set up, and Cody on it to see over the grass. Back up in the truck, and the buck has stopped, just staring. I ranged him, 500 yards. Ryan says, "What do I dial?" I say, "throw me your rangefinders!" Now, they still can't see the buck, as he is behind a little roller hill. I start waving the white flag of surrender, and the buck starts back towards us. I tell Cody, "He is coming, get ready, I am going to get him to come right to the top of the hill in front of you." Range, "dial 3.2mil"....range "dial 3.0mil....range, "dial 2.5mil....dial 2.0mil......dial 1.5mil..........dial 1.0mil..........dial .5mil......here he comes" I hear Cody, "I SEE HIM!" Me, "dial .1MIL.....he stopped.....kill him right now!" The suppressed 25SST let out a crack, I watched the impact through the rangefinder. He turned, and I saw the fountain and a flop and said, "He is down!" From 565 to 210 yards. Here is the buck just off the top (hard to see the horns, but he is there) Cody getting ready and realizing a bipod was too low Waiting for the buck to top out Exit from the 133 Elite @ 3250fps Cody's first buck! Well, after the whirlwind that took about 10 minutes to unfold and get Cody's buck on the ground, Taylor and I headed out after the other 2 bucks 2.5 miles out. We had a lot of ground to cover, and the pronghorns had been watching us the whole time. We had a big herd of cows between us and the goats, so we were hoping to use them as cover. It worked for the first 1.5 miles. The pronghorn watched us coming the whole time, and when we got a mile out, both groups all stood up. So we went really slowly the last 200 yards to the cows...which then started to mill around and narc us out. Except our new friend, we shall call her "Bessie". Bessie calmed the pronghorn down, and they all bedded back down. Bessie walked with us for another 1/2 mile, as our escort. At 772 yards, the goats all got back up, so we stopped and got set up for the shot. They all bedded again, and the wait was on for the buck to stand and get clear of the does in front of him. We waited for 40 minutes, me even having to shoo Bessie out of the way once, for the buck to finally stand and finally clear the does, slightly quartering away. I have it all on video from Ryan behind us 2 miles back. A long version and a short version of just the shooting. It was really windy, and my first wind call was off a bit. First shot was a bit far back and a pass through (would find out it was a liver shot when we recovered him) and would have been fatal, but a second shot was on the money. The video is kind of gruesome, seeing him run and everything hanging out the backside. A heavy buck, high prongs, and Taylor's longest kill to date. You can see the first shot entrance a little far back. Here is the short video, buck is on the very left side of the frame to start. We had a great trip, and it was very rewarding to get Cody his first pronghorn, and Taylor her longest kill to date.

Mattman215 is a good guy. Bought his 22-250. Deal with confidence 👍🏼

Yup ,23 was an easy tag to get 10 years ago. I hunted NM. alot ,but not any more since they screwed the non res, unguided odds and make You buy a license to put in. F New Mexico and the Greedy baster- guides and Landowners too! Every Rancher thinks He's a Guide . There are Some good ones But some Shady ones too......Ex New Mexico Hunter................BOB!