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Nice work Mike!

nice lion pic....hopefully you will still get some deer pics.

AWESOME!! Congratulations on a great spot and stalk buck! Nice work! You must have been ecstatic!

I have not bought a tag for elk there before, but there are a lot of cow elk around Dry Lake. There is a road that heads West along the lake and then into some meadows. Saw lots of cows there recently. Also, there are alot of elk in the entire unit and you don't really have to focus on Dry Lake itself. I suggest getting a recreation permit and spending some time out there getting to know the roads and looking for sign. Is your tag in November? If you don't have time to scout, I suggest you get a good guide and they can make you more successful.

Nice pic Doug! cool avatar Raghorn!

Cool thanks! The permit you are talking about is a Forest Service permit? San Carlos sounds good, but then everyone has to buy individual permits, right? Any interest in a catfish tourney? Is it too late in the summer for that?

Good one Doug!

So, did we ever find someone willing to make this happen? Anyone interested in organizing it? Is it too late to do it this summer?

You are welcome Thanks for asking the question, I am sure the answers will help several people find some interesting reading.

A lot of the backpack hunts I do are 1-3 miles from the road. One of the big advantages to backpack hunting (besides those already mentioned) is that you don't wear yourself out everyday hiking in and out. And you get more sleep so you are more rested and relaxed during the hunt. Plus you can hunt until dark without worrrying about a long hike out. I just find it a nicer way to hunt. The solitude is great and the more relaxed pace without long hikes and drives to a hunt location is wonderful.

Nice! I love getting bobcats on cam

Wow!! Nice spot!! Congrats on finding it and all those bucks!

That looks GREAT!! thanks for posting it.

Cool, I got sighted! Thanks CJ! I am sorry I missed seeing your sticker! I was on my way back from a Hunter Heritage Workgroup Meeting that was held all weekend up at Mormon Lake.

Well, yesterday before dawn I was doing owl surveys in the Pinal Mountains and got rained on. Not much, but it counted.... And then later in the afternoon we headed to the San Carlos Reservation to do some surveys and got a lot of rain. Rain all over the place!! Not torrential, but nice rain! We got to our campsite and set the tent up in very strong winds with threatening black clouds coming in on us. It rained much of the night and when I got up this morning at 3 am to do surveys it was raining again. And it was still dark clouds over much of the rez this morning. And it's only 77 degrees here in Globe now. I love it!! Let's hope for a great monsoon season! Oh, and check out the pics of what Julie brought me at 3 am this morning! Our tent zipper doesn't work, so she spends much of the night out running around and when she heard me wake up she came in with this! GOOD GIRL JULIE!! Sunshine had a nice trip too, although she isn't so obsessed with retrieving antlers...

LOL, I wondered why you never commented on those. Guess it took you over a year to find it!

I will do my best! Lots of clouds building today!

Hey, that wasn't me, but I was driving through Payson today and yesterday! Why didn't you spot me?? !!! LOL!

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Very Funny....This was a brand new tent and the zipper stopped working after like 2 uses...manufacturer sent me new parts for the zipper which fixed it for awhile, but now it's not working again. I hate zippers!

Looks like a cool place. You should ask him if he wants to become a sponsor here. Bet some of the guys might stop there for lunch on the way to and from Mexico or other hunts.

Nice bass! And it looks like you had the place practically to yourselves...

I would do the Black River.

Very nice!