CouesWhitetail

WoW! Great first hunt!! Congratulations to you both! Amanda

I like the shape of that wide one! Amanda

October 19, 2009 GET PAID TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS ON HUNTING IN ARIZONA AND ARIZONA’S HUNTING HERITAGE The Arizona Game and Fish Department* and Responsive Management in cooperation with the National Shooting Sports Foundation are conducting five discussion groups with experienced hunters over the age of 50 during the evenings of: · Monday, December 7 at the AZGFD Mesa regional office · Tuesday, December 8 at the AZGFD headquarters building on Carefree Highway · Wednesday, December 9 at the AZGFD Pinetop regional office · Thursday, December 10 at the AZGFD Tucson regional office · Thursday, December 10 at the AZGFD Tucson regional office (afternoon session) These discussion groups are part of a larger research study on the importance of experienced hunters helping to initiate new people into hunting. · Responsive Management is looking for hunters over the age of 50 to participate in the discussion groups. · Hunters are invited to share their years of experience and opinions on introducing others to hunting. · Adult participants 50 years of age or older are needed in each group. · Responsive Management is a nationally recognized research firm. No one will attempt to sell anything or ask for donations during the focus groups. Participants are paid $75 for giving their opinions in a 2-hour group discussion. · If you are interested in participating, please call toll-free at 888-810-4460 (or long distance at 540-432-1888) and ask for Alison or Debi. A few questions will be asked to find out whether we can consider you for participation. If it is after business hours leave a message and someone will call you back. Participation is limited to 12 per group. If you are interested, please call as soon as possible as groups fill up quickly. · If you are not able to attend or do not fit the criteria, you may give this letter to another person. Please note that we cannot schedule two people who know each other in the same focus group. Thank you for your time and interest in participating in this study. If you have specific questions about the study, please call me at 623-236-7567. Sincerely, Denise Raum Alison Lanier Hunter Recruitment and Retention Coordinator Research Associate Arizona Game and Fish Department Responsive Management *The Arizona Game and Fish Department* conserves, enhances, and restores Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs. Please visit their website at www.azgfd.gov. Denise Raum Hunter Recruitment and Retention Coordinator Arizona Game and Fish Department 5000 W. Carefree Highway Phoenix, AZ 85086 623-236-7567

Great buck and mount!! I want to see it in person sometime Jay!! Amanda

You reminded me that I took some WT pics at LLBeans. They are just cell phone pics, but figured you might appreciate them.

Well, as usual, my husband and I very much enjoyed our trip to New Hampshire and Maine to visit his parents and siblings and all the neices and nephews. We always try and go at peak color since it's just so amazing driving around New England with all the colorful trees. In addition to posting some photos, I thought I would make a little video with highlights from the trip. We were out there for 10 days and had great visits with family and friends. We were also fortunate enough to get to spend a few days on Swan's Island off the Maine coast and do some touring of Acadia National park. It was peak color up there and just gorgeous!! I captured some video using my little digital camera so you could see the variety of colors as we drove along. It's not the greatest quality, but it gives an idea of the scenery. We had a lot of rainy and cloudy days so some of the colors are a bit muted in the video, but really they were spectacular! I will post a few pics below for those that can't watch the video. But there are lots more photos in the video for those that are interested. Link to video: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/Foliage_2009.wmv

Great idea! I love liver! Heart isn't my favorite, but even if you don't eat it, you can pack it out for your dogs. I saved all the squirrel hearts, livers and kidneys for my dogs. They LOVE them!! Amanda

There is a new trail camera out that is in many ways similar to the Scoutguard, but has several improvements. Of course those improvements mean the camera is about $40-50 more than the Scoutguard, but at least now you have some excellent choices between some "micro-sized" trail cameras. And the new Covert II comes with a 2GB SD card, so all you do is add batteries and your off! http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/trail_cameras.htm I should be getting one of these cams this week and will mess around with it and post some sample pics and video. A nice feature about these cameras is that I can offer them in a double pack which is 2 cameras plus 1 set of accessories (the remote, the USB cable, etc). That way it's cheaper and you really don't need two remotes since you don't leave the remote with the cameras. Amanda

Glad you enjoyed it! I can't believe no one else has commented on the video. I figured it would get some laughs. did you like the digiscoped porcupine I spotted up in a tree? Amanda

Thanks for the belated wishes! It's like my birthday got extended!! Amanda

Neat looking badger and very nice photo of you and your son. Glad you all enjoyed your hunt. Amanda

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Nice! Bobcats sure are gorgeous animals! Amanda

You are welcome! got a larger pic? Can barely see this one. Amanda

Wow, that is very unsual! I have never seen anything like that. I don't think B&C would accept it for the recordbooks because it's such a freak! So it's not really scoreable under the B&C system. Amanda

Awesome!! Great to know you had a great time and Monty took such excellent care of you!! Amanda

Hey Guys!! Thanks so much for all the great Birthday Wishes!! I sure enjoyed reading them and appreciate the kind comments. I did go out to NH and Maine for the last 10 days. We try and visit my husband's family out there at least once a year and we time it so we can enjoy the amazing fall colors out there. We hit it at peak this year and it was just fabulous!! I got back yesterday afternoon in time to get four new BFG All terrain tires for my Jeep. Yippee!! It's what I asked my hubby to get me for my B-day. I love new tires. They look great and are a great improvement over my worn out ones we bought two years and 49K miles ago. Anyway, here are a couple pics of foliage and lobsters. I will do a full trip report later in the non-hunting trip section. So you will get to see more pics later. Thanks again for your birthday greetings, it made my evening yesterday Amanda This tree took my breath away! A beautiful lake with foliage and mtn around it. my hubby and father enjoying 2lb lobsters! YUM!

Thought you all might enjoy hearing about a quick trip to Mexico I took last weekend with Ernesto C. Ernesto and I along with a few other hunters from the forum are planning to do a self-guided hunt in Sonora in mid-Jan. So we went down this past weekend to check the place out, learn the roads, and maybe see some good bucks. It was an easy drive down there as it was not too far from Magdalena which is only an hour south of Nogales. We met up with our friend/guide Temo and the ranch owner's son Juan in Magdalena and proceeded to the ranch. The ranch is comprised of some spectacular country and I couldn't believe how amazingly green everything was!! Not 15 mins yet on the property and we saw deer on the drive into the ranch house in the middle of the day....a good sign. Friday afternoon was nice and cloudy and we were even blessed with a little rain while out glassing. We saw deer at every stop and found bucks frequently. Unfortunately the bucks are farther behind on antler development down there than they are up here in AZ, so we couldn't easily judge just how big these bucks would become. I think we saw 2-3 that had some great potential and many smaller bucks. We saw a lot does as well, but only two fawns. I wasn't sure if the fawns were still in the hiding phase or if they had already succumbed to predators. Hopefully the former. Anyway, instead of just posting photos, I made a short little video for you to enjoy. I LOVE going to Mexico! It's like stepping back in time to a simpler life. I really enjoyed spending time joking around with Temo and Juan. And of course my friend Ernesto was a pleasure to be around and it was great having him there because he could translate for me. Thanks Ernesto!! Temo made us some of the most amazing fish and shrimp I have ever had. In fact I loved it so much I asked for the recipe and made it for my husband tonight!! YUM!! Thanks Temo! And we had some great carne asada and wonderful tequila as well. Viva Mexico!! here is a link to the video. I only got a few of the bucks on video, but thought you might enjoy seeing how amazingly green the ranch was and watch for the giant ocotillo that Ernesto was glassing under. Not sure if I have ever seen on that big! http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/...ith_Ernesto.wmv Can't wait for Jan!! Amanda

Guys, This is an easy way to help support our troops and a local nonprofit organization!! Surely you all have some extra hunting mags laying around. Collect them and bring them to an AGFD office on turn-in day (Oct. 13). Thanks Eddy (of Outdoor Experience 4 All) for coming up with this idea and making it happen! Amanda Donate an outdoor magazine Outdoor Experience 4 All and AGFD team up to help the troops!! When you turn in your hunt application, save yourself the cost of postage and help support our troops by dropping it off along with one (or more) of your used outdoor-related magazines to any department office. In an effort to bring the great outdoors and hunting heritage to U.S. military personnel overseas serving our country, the department has teamed up with the nonprofit organization, Outdoor Experience 4 All, by providing magazine collection points at all department offices through the spring draw deadline. There are locations in Phoenix, Mesa, Flagstaff, Pinetop, Kingman, Tucson and Yuma. For addresses, visit www.azgfd.gov/offices. OE4A is arranging to have all the donated magazines packed up and sent overseas to the troops while they are away. To learn more about the magazine drive, contact http://www.outdoorexperienceforall.org.

I love my Thermarest prolite Amanda

I spoke with Eddy today and he said they collected a few thousand magazines for the troops! Thanks to all who brought magazines! Amanda

That badger is really a neat one to get on trail cam! Glad you are enjoying the Covert 2. I sure wish we could get enough in stock to start selling again! Amanda

Congratulations to the young hunter!! Amanda

Glad you had a nice Bday CnS! Amanda

Awesome! I am so glad you guys enjoyed that trip. And thanks Monty for donating such a great trip to the ADA banquet. There really are a lot of great people around here! Nice shirts! Amanda