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Hey All, I am happy to announce that Randy Phillips of Archery Headquarters has signed up as a sponsor of CouesWhitetail.com. In addition to a great selection of archery gear, you will get great service there. If you purchase a bow there, they will install all accessories, completely tune the bow, give you instructions on shooting and you get 30 days use of their indoor archery range! They also have the DART system so that you can practice life-like hunting scenarios!! They even have a page on their website where you can calculate the kinetic energy of your arrow given the given the weight and velocity. So next time you are in Chandler or need some archery gear, drop by their store or give Randy a call and see what they can do for you. Need more info? Check out their website: Thank you for the support Randy!! Amanda

10-4!! I still can't believe no one has reported his truck. He is all over the valley all the time! Amanda

Hey All, A buddy of mine saw this sticker and sent me the pic to post. You were at archery headquarters today.

Better hurry on the shirt, date is coming fast!! Amanda

I like them both!! Neat action mount! Amanda

From Pete Cimellaro: 3-9-10 G & F Commission Meeting comments and update To those of you who have been following the deliberations of the Arizona Game & Fish Commission, no surprises in this afternoon’s 3 – 2 vote to move from a neutral position to opposition of SB1200 / HB 2189. This change was made when Robbie Woodhouse changed his vote, just like he announced he would last Friday. Special thanks to Commissioners Jack Husted and John Harris for their continued support of the legislation. While this decision is disappointing to many of us, it also clearly defines the difference between those commissioners appointed by former Governor Napolitano and those appointed by Governor Brewer. You may make your own assertions as to who your are more comfortable with; I appreciate the recent appointments. Today Commissioner Freeman spoke of how a change in the political climate may take us in another direction in the future. I think he is absolutely correct and we will need to be vigilant! It was a change of political climate that woke many of us up just a few short years ago. When Governor Napolitano, then candidate Napolitano asked the WCC members to support her and we chose not to, the climate became cold, ice age cold. Since we did not rally to help elect her, either she or her staff, decided we were unneeded. Sportsmen were shut out from any meaningful dialogue with her office. This marked the first time I had seen a complete dismissal of sportsmen by a Governor’s administration. In the past it didn’t matter whether it was a democratic or republican administration, the door was kept open; and then after we opposed one of Napolitano’s commission nominees, the door was sealed forever. As citizens we have a right to question and to participate in any public process, including commission nominations. As major stakeholders we even have more than a right, we have a responsibility to speak up. If we pass on that responsibility, then shame one us for what may follow. Currently we find ourselves in a struggle with those who want an equal say in the commission selection process. Actually it goes beyond that, they want more, they want to change the culture of the agency. We, as sportsmen are standing in their way, and they will whenever possible try to diminish our contributions and more importantly our role in Arizona’s wildlife management process. Make no mistake, they want change and they want it without paying for it. Perhaps, since they want to be full partners, we should suggest that sportsmen take a year off from the approximately $70,000,000 we contribute annually to the G & F Department and let them fund the agency for a year. I know this would certainly make them full partners in my mind! While I am not being serious in my jabs at the envrio’s; they are deadly serious about being full partners in directing the agency. An important side note, because most of you are not aware of the contentious atmosphere that has arisen regarding sportsmen’s contributions to the agency; let me bring you up to speed. We went to the G & F and asked them specifically for the numbers. Show us your budget breakdown and give us the contributions sportsmen make to fund the agency. We armed them with the knowledge that we needed good numbers that were defensible because we would be challenged. We were given numbers that ranged from about $67,000,000 to over $70,000,000. We chose to use the higher numbers because they included funds derived from watercraft and many of those are used for sportsman’s activities. Commissioner Freeman took great exception to the numbers we used and when we stated that these were department numbers he said he still disputed them. Our suggestion to the Department and to Commissioner Freeman is take care of your disagreement in house. We did exactly what is right, based on what we were told. To wrap it up, yesterday at Senator Nelson’s stakeholders meeting for SB1200, lovable Bill McLean was at his best! He was there as a ex-Commissioner and more importantly to represent the “369,000” sportsmen who did not belong to any of the wildlife conservation organizations. Bill, this rang a little hollow for most of us. As the father of the infamous “you don’t represent your organizations membership, you only represent yourself” statement, we decided to dismiss the message; but later it did bring us all a good laugh! Support SB1200 / HB2189; help keep sportsmen from being an endangered species! Pete

Wow you are fast. that wrong link was up for maybe 30 seconds!! So you like the glass? Amanda

Looks like Jim's #3 has the broadest appeal so far. I used it to create a beer glass. How many of you would like one of these? http://www.customink.com/designs/beerglass..._ite=designback

Funny yet frustrating story!! Hope you get your gun soon. Amanda

Guess I tuned in a little late. Thanks for the update. Amanda

The commission is meeting today and I believe this is on the agenda. You should be able to watch it live, but I just checked and it didn't appear to be on. Perhaps they are in executive session. But you can check back periodically and see if anything is going on. The meeting was supposed to start at 1 pm. http://www.azgfd.gov/inside_azgfd/CommissionCam.shtml

This is the part that caught my attention....I wonder what statistics they are using? Is that some sort of worldwide estimate and how is that being made? It certainly is not true for AZ....one poached animal for every one shot legally??? "Citing wildlife statistics, the Humane Society says that for every one of the tens of millions of animals killed legally every year, another is killed illegally. Meanwhile, the group estimates that only 1 percent to 5 percent of poachers are caught." Nice comments TLH!!! Amanda

You guys can continue to vote in the poll. Monday was just a meeting with the senator, but I am sure John would still like to see voting continue. The issue is not over yet. So if you feel strongly either way, please feel free to add your vote and comments. Also, you might to attend or at least watch the AGFD commission meeting today. I think we will be able to watch it online, although not the executive session part. Amanda

+1 I think he is a little nuts......why would anyone want to live in PHX? Amanda

LOL! Thanks for the support. Surely that's not offensive, just amusing?? I don't know, it might have to go away. But thanks for the laugh! Amanda

Wow, beautiful looking gun! Amanda

Thanks for the report. Nice pics! Amanda

Thank you John for taking the time to go represent sportsmen at the meeting. I know several other conservation groups were there arguing for the bill as well. Thanks to all for your dedication, I know it takes a lot of time. Amanda

I really like those designs Jim! I like the addition of the grey ghost text and the fonts you used. I think I like #3 the best although I am not sure we need the text about it being the # 1 coues site in the world. I think I might like the last one better if it said The Grey Ghost rather than the real ghost hunters. Neat designs! Amanda

Harold Declay and Mark Oliva brought their giant bucks by the CW.com booth at the expo. WOW, what a treat that was! I took lots of pics. Thanks to you both for taking the time to bring your bucks and put up with all us gawkers drooling all over your bucks. We also had a 122 buck come by and that was great too!!! 150 - Harold's awesome buck from WMAT: Then we got some pics comparing the two bucks. And although Mark's amazing spot and stalk archery buck scores like 135, the 150 makes it look small! WOW, who could believe a 135 buck would look small? Both bucks really are tremendous. look at the difference in the bases!

Looks cool, but as has been said I think the backdrop makes it hard to see it well. Just the sheet might work great. Amanda

WOW!! What a great story and I can't believe I just saw this post!! How did I miss this for almost a month!! Thanks so much for the great writeup and excellent photos! I haven't watched the video yet, but I bet it's fun too. Amanda

I will be there Saturday, so come on by and say hello. Then Sat night I am going up to the unit 37B water project. More info on the water project: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...showtopic=17733

Mike, Try saving the design, email it to yourself, then when you get the email, open it up and then the link should be different than coues snipers. The link numbers should be different. Amanda

You posted the same link that coues sniper did. you have to save your design and then reopen it and repost the link. Amanda