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Great news! I am sure his family is greatly relieved! Amanda

Thanks for the introduction Ed. Hopefully people will feel free to contact Bear Mountain to help with their hunting equip needs. You can also ask Ed questions in the forum either by a direct post or by sending him a private message. Or just give him a call and speak to him directly. Amanda

My husband and I had to go to the Valley last night for an ADA meeting and stopped for dinner at Pacific Seafood Buffet on AZ Ave south of the 60 (awesome food, highly recommend them). We were seated right next to a guy and his family and the waitress introduced us and we started talking and lo and behold he is a member of CouesWhitetail.com and so we talked alot about deer. He was there with his lovely wife (Julie? hope I got it right, sorry if not) and two cute little boys. His wife wants to get a deer with her bow and so I am going to send her the link to the recent hunt story posted about Angie's first buck! Anyway, it was great to meet you and here is a crummy cell phone pic of the family. If anyone needs a tatoo...Sam is the man to talk to! He metioned something about doing a tatoo of a buck that the clients wife got. Cool..... I asked him to post a pic when it's done.

Yes, Bear Mountain is now a sponsor of CW.com, so when you shop there you are not only supporting them, but supporting CW.com. I will send the link to this thread to Ed so he can have some feedback on prices. All businesses have different overhead/expenses and charge what they have to to stay in business. Personally, I always prefer to give my money to a small store than a big box store even if they are cheaper. But that's just me. Amanda

Thank you Jesse. Amanda

Very nice. Always fun to get bear pics....until they start messing with the cam! Amanda

That is very cool!!! Amanda

azhuntergirl let me know if you want me to delete this so he doesn't see it. Maybe you want to just have my post deleted and leave the thread up so you get some more ideas? Amanda

Glad I could help. Amanda

Thanks for posting this. Definitely best to spread the word. I hope they find him alive and well. Amanda

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Nicely Done!! That's a great bull! Congratulations! Amanda

Thanks TJ! It helps if the businesses know the ads are working and that people here appreciate their support! Amanda

I use a canon GL2 and Pinnacle Studio software. Pinnacle is a fairly easy program to use and not so expensive either. It's not quite as high end as some other software, but it works for me. If you get into video editing remember you need massive amounts of memory, hard disk space and good graphics/video card. It's just frustrating to edit video on an underpowered machine. Amanda

here is a link to one of the pinned topics on this. You might find some useful stuff in this thread. http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...showtopic=14027

Learn about mountain lions and bighorn sheep at free presentation Sept. 15, 2009 Seminar with panel of wildlife experts to be webcast online PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department invites the public to a free educational presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 23 to learn about the natural history, management efforts, and biological and social issues related to mountain lions and bighorn sheep in Arizona. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the department’s Phoenix office at 5000 W. Carefree Highway. To accommodate interested constituents who are unable to attend in person, the seminar will be webcast simultaneously on the Internet by visiting www.azgfd.gov/webcast. For those watching online, questions may be submitted electronically for consideration during the interactive question-and-answer period. A panel of three of the department’s expert wildlife biologists will each provide a 15-minute informative presentation with pictures, natural history and management objectives. Ron Thompson will speak on mountain lions; John Hervert will cover bighorn sheep; Pat Barber will provide an overall summary of the department’s role for managing both species in southwestern Arizona, including the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The speakers have more than 70 years of collective experience in wildlife management: Pat Barber, a second-generation Yuma native, is the department’s Yuma regional supervisor. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology with an emphasis in fish and wildlife management from Northern Arizona University. In his 14 years with the department, Barber spent eight years in the field as a wildlife manager, was the predator and furbearer biologist, and was the department’s chief of law enforcement before assuming his current position. He is very knowledgeable about bighorn sheep and mountain lion management. Barber played a lead role in the change to the three-month closure for the mountain lion hunting season, regulatory protection for female lions with spotted kittens, and establishing the mechanisms requiring physical check-in for hunter-harvested mountain lions to improve data collection. John Hervert is the department’s wildlife program manager in the Yuma regional office. He has a Master of Science degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Arizona. Hervert is a veteran biologist of 25 years with the department. His knowledge and experience is extensive, with 30 years working with desert ungulates (desert bighorn sheep and mule deer) and 20 years working with mountains lions in the Sonoran Desert. Hervert’s areas of special interest include water physiology, development of aerial survey techniques, and re-establishment of bighorn sheep and two endangered species, the Sonoran pronghorn and Mexican Wolf. Ron Thompson is the department’s large carnivore biologist. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife biology from the University of Arizona. Before rejoining the department in his current position, Thompson had a long career as a wildlife manager. After retirement, he was a contract wildlife biologist involved in adaptive management strategies for bighorn sheep and mountain lions for projects in New Mexico as part of the Turner Endangered Species Fund and in Arizona and the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. He is highly interested in using leading-edge DNA science for the future management of carnivores. Thompson is responsible for the development of a statewide conservation plan for mountain lions and bears. After the presentations, the public is encouraged to engage in a question-and-answer session to address questions, concerns and issues about these dynamic species. Web viewers will have access to a link at www.azgfd.gov/webcast for submitting questions to the panel electronically for consideration. The mission of the Arizona Game and Fish Department is to conserve, enhance, and restore Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs, and to provide wildlife resources and safe watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use by present and future generations. To learn more about the desert bighorn sheep and mountain lions in Kofa Mountains Complex and the department’s management objectives, visit www.azgfd.gov/kofa. The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes that they have been discriminated against in any of the AGFD’s programs or activities, including employment practices, they may file a complaint with the Deputy Director, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086-5000, (602) 942-3000, or with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation or this document in an alternative format by contacting the Deputy Director as listed above.

Wow, neat place for a baptism! Amanda

Congratulations!! That's awesome!! Amanda

Nice group of bucks! Amanda

Nice trip Doug! Sorry you didn't any birds, but sounds like you all had a good time and certainly took in some fantastic scenery!! Thanks for the always creative write-up and excellent pics to go with it! Amanda

Have a great birthday Linnea!!! Amanda

Awesome Stan!! Congrats to all the kids for their well-earned birds! I still remember some bacon wrapped quail you grilled up at an ADA youth camp....man were those good!! I imagine these doves were just as great. Amanda

Thanks for the plug Kent!! That's a great pic you took of your pack with all the gear in it! Jaret (the maker of the AGC pack) seems like a really great guy. I have spoken with him a bunch and he is a pleasure to talk to and a serious hunter/outdoorsman and would sure appreciate the business. It's hard for a little guy to compete with a big company like Badlands, but I think Jaret makes an excellent product. And it's made in the USA! When he decided to have them made in the USA he knew the price would go up and that would hurt his sales and he still did it! Amanda

Hubby and I went to go check a cam we have had out for over three weeks. Unfortunately, the card filled after just a few days so I wish I had checked it earlier. Had a nice sow and her cub come in several times a day. Check out her front right shoulder. She has an injury. Maybe somone shot her during the recent bear season? Don't know, but the injury doesn't seem too bad and seems to be healing. The cam is still out there so I should be able to see how she is doing in a couple weeks. This water hole is just a puddle in a mostly dried up creek. The bears seem to come in, drink what they can and then come back after the puddle refills. Lots of different species of birds took advantage of this puddle to bathe and drink. Even got a hawk and an owl here. The owl could have come in to hunt insects around the water too. Lots of colorful birds came in. got a chipmunk in with the birds too this skunk came by a couple times too and a doe and fawn got a cool drink also. Perhaps only one fawn left from the set of twins? Not sure since the cam slipped a little and pointed more toward the ground and so I can't see if there was really only one fawn or not.

WoW Doug, those are some GREAT shots. You have outdone yourself this time!! Nice work! Thanks for sharing those with us. I think landscapes are some of the toughest things to shoot, but you sure pulled it off. My husband thinks I should try and get you to teach a landscape photography class to a bunch of CW.com'ers. Maybe do it as a fund raiser for some charity? Or maybe do it as a fund raiser for the RedRabbit hunting fund.... Amanda