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At least the new truck has a great sticker on it!! Amanda

(see attached word document for complete schedule of the weekend) Arizona Trappers Association Annual Convention Gila County Fairgrounds August 1st – 3rd , 2008 For More Info: Convention Chairman Shawna Yeary 928-713-1085 ATA Line: 928-300-8684 Annual Fur Sale Gila County Fairgrounds January 31st 2009 For More Info: Fur Managers Bill Strauss 480-375-1183 Rick VanHorn 928-757-3860 ATA Line: 928-300-8684 Also enclosed is letter to add if possible: OH BOY! It's that time of year again....one of my favorite times!! The 2008 Arizona Trappers Association Annual Convention!! The convention will run from Friday, August 1st thru Sunday, August 3rd at the Globe Fairgrounds. Mark this one on your calendar folks...it's going to be a HOOT!! This year's guest speakers are Joel Blakeslee and John Henry...aka...Coyote God!! I, personally, cannot wait to hear the knowledge that will be coming from these two men. I hope all of you will attend to learn a thing or two....or even to refresh what you might already know. Along with our speakers, we will have raffles, games....which I LOVE!!!, booths, and don't forget about our live and silent auctions. I picked up some wonderful things at last years event. Of course I cannot forget about my lil buddies. We will have games and crafts...I have some cool ones planned... and the Annual Kids' Scavenger Hunt. Bring the whole family and campout at the campgrounds adjacent to the building. I want to thank AJI SPORTING GOODS for the new hatchet to go with our Bobbitt Game. For all of you that were at last years event, you know how much fun the Pie Eating Contest was....F.Y.I....I plan on winning it again this year...so bring it on!! If you need a booth at this years event, please feel free to contact me at ATASECRETARY@YAHOO.COM or at (928) 713-1085. Are you wondering about your membership or need to take a Trappers Education Class? I will have the membership booth set up and will periodically be attending to it while in the midst of other things. Last year was my first year in the A.T.A., so, of course that means it was my first convention...did I mention I had a wonderful time?....and what made it so memorable for me is because I volunteered. Some of the things that I volunteered for took little to no time at all. I made friends and learned a few things that go into an organized event. If you would like to help at this years event....just ask...I am sure we can point you in the right direction. As for the Trappers Education Course, the wonderful and intelligent Kurt Bonnewell will be giving the course on Sunday, August 3rd. Are you a new member or just need a refresher? Kurt is always willing to answer any question you might have....please sign up on Friday or Saturday if you would like to take the course. For $10.00, you get a lot of information and of course a certificate of completion at the end. Remember to mark your calendars folks !!! I am looking forward to seeing the old faces I have come to adore and to meet the new faces of our new members. Lets show the newbies how the " 'ol timers" have fun!! Until next time I bid you adieu, Shawna Yeary Arizona_Trappers_2008_Schedule.doc

Good stuff here Bill. here are some more: stock - verb. variation on "stalk" - to actively pursue game stick and string - noun. refers to archery equipment fling - verb. to propel arrows at a critter.

Oh man....I feel for you younghunter. Maybe the family will change their minds when they see you moping (sp?) around.... Looks like a great vehicle. Amanda

Welcome AGFD_PIO and thanks for sharing information! Please also take advantage of the calendar part of this forum. So if you know of projects that need publicity, feel free to enter items there. If you have questions about doing that, please PM me. Amanda

Cool! Grong-o-flauge! hehehe Amanda

I am very pleased to announce that Outdoorsmans from Phoenix has just signed on as an official sponsor of this site. Outdoorsmans offers a great variety of products for hunting. They have binoculars, spotting scopes, tripods, backpacks, and much more. And one of the nice things about their store is you can go there and compare products side by side. For example, you can try out different brands of binoculars mounted on tripods and see which you like best. visit their website to see what they offer and for directions to their store in Phoenix. Amanda

Wow, the things you guys wonder about.....now I can never look at one of those signs the same again. You guys crack me up!! Amanda

Yes, I can look into it. I was thinking of doing some of the next design in long sleeve. How many of you would like to see some long sleeve shirts available? Amanda

Great finds Josh!!! Hey, anyone who wants a GRONG orange CW.com tshirt can order one here: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/tshirts.htm Amanda

I use both. If I am just hunting, then I use the JW head. If I am videotaping and hunting, I use the bogen 701rc2. It's a very smooth head but it's bulkier than Jim's. Amanda

I would agree with that. Amanda

Wow, that's cool. Thanks for the info. I thought it ran to midnight and then you needed another. Wonder when they changed it. Amanda

Glad to hear you had a great experience with Duwane. Back when I first started this website and the hunt contest, Duwane offered a prize of glassing lessons to a group of winners. It was really neat and they loved it. Duwane has been a long time supporter of CouesWhitetail.com and you can visit his website for his contact info: http://www.arizonabiggamehunting.com/ Amanda

Sorry to hear about his passing. Why don't you post some photos of his metal work? Amanda

Congrats Casey!! Amanda

I have a vegetarian friend who isn't against hunting and asks me for game meat for her family so they can get high quality protein. I think she is more against the whole commercial production of farm animals more than the killing of something like a deer to eat. I guess she sees that as more natural. Amanda

Gino, You sure you got permission to say that???!! Amanda

Here is the link to that lightning/storm video I made last year. You can practically smell the rain coming! http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/lightning_1.wmv And a few pics: teaching Geocaching class in the rain a few months ago: Some moisture floating in the Catalinas:

Hi All, Last season I had a ranch owner call me asking for advice on how to setup a coues deer hunting program on his ranch. We finally were able to schedule a time when both of us could be at the ranch and I went down for a visit. The ranch is called the Cerro Colorado and has some interesting history to it. Apparently there used to be a very strong hunting program there in the 80's which is the time their grandfather was running it. The grandfather also spent time entertaining dignitaries including Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Well the grandfather died and left it to his daughter and others to run. None of them were very interested in the hunting end and so the business suffered. The family has been debating whether to just sell the ranch or try and make a go of it. One of the grandsons is motivated to keep the ranch in the family and is trying to get everyone on board on the need to get the ranch to make some money through various options including hunting. So anyway, they are getting setup to offer some coues hunts. I went down and spent three very enjoyable days on the ranch and glassed up one buck that was probably somewhere between 110-118. It was far away and moving fast so it was tough to pin down a score, but it was a very nice buck. It was wide and tall and had a smaller buck with him. Those were the only bucks I saw, but we saw many does also. Here are some pics of the ranch. The facilities are very nice. The rooms of the main house are very comfortable and are heated by a fireplace in each room. They also have several buildings next to the main house with nice rooms and also full bathrooms and fireplaces. They also have satellite TV and internet connections at the ranch. The other interesting feature of this ranch is that the grandfather was interested in having non-native species, many of them from Africa. So they built an enclosure that houses many species (I think there are 11 now, used to be several more including giraffe and hippo). Apparently they got the animals from the San Diego Zoo many years ago. Some of those include: wildebeest: buffalo: water buffalo: Argentine ponies: zebra: red deer: I also found a red deer skeleton in the enclosure and I never realized how different their teeth are from elk. Oh and here is an Addax. It's one I didn't see during a drive through the enclosure, but Dan Bishop got pics and emailed them to me. Gorgeous animals!

Wow, that looks like a big crappie there Foundryman!! Sounds like I need to go fishing!! Amanda

A friend asked me to post this: There will be a Clean Up this Saturday, April 5th at 6:00AM in Redington Pass. The clean up will take place on the 3 major shooting areas at milepost 6 and then whatever we can do after that. Any and all help will greatly be appreciated. Please pass the word around. The forest service is the main contact on this cleanup. You can contact the forest service in Tucson, probably Sabino Canyon visitor center. Alternatively, you can contact Matt Walton with Game and Fish as well at 520-388-4468. As far as directions, from Tucson you need to go east on Tanque verde road until it turns into Redington Rd. Then the pavement will turn into dirt. Just follow the road for 6 miles until you see us or see milepost 6. From Kearney or Globe, you can take the back way through San Maneul and take Redington Rd all the way back toward Tucson. It's a lengthy drive that way though. I don't have a map, but you might be able to google it or mapquest it some how. It's easy to find.

Oh, I almost forgot, here is a pic of some locked antlers that were on the wall. I didn't notice them until the morning we were leaving or I would have scored them. One buck looked to be well over 105. Oh and this ranch is easy to get to. It's only about an hour drive south of Douglas! You can go through Douglas or Naco checkpoints. here are photos of some nice murals at the Naco checkpoint as we were coming back into the US

The family of the ranch treated us to some great food and hospitality. One afternoon they took us to a place they call the sanctuary. It's a place with large sycamores and a spring and they have added some roman-looking columns to make some atmosphere for parties. They served all kinds of drinks and snacks (herbed tomatoes, fancy cheese, etc) and grilled up some carne asada for wonderful lunch. It was a wonderful afternoon. Dan Bishop and his wife Lisa were able to come join us for the afternoon. Dan runs Cola Blanca outfitters, a long-standing sponsor of CW.com and is the outfitter that will be doing the hunts for this ranch. some pics at the sanctuary: here is a pic of Dan and Lisa on some horses at the sanctuary. Several of the guests rode horses back from the sanctuary and here they are against the sunset: If you are interested in hunting on this ranch, please contact Dan Bishop and ask him about the opportunities there. They are trying to work in some hunting of the exotics with some of the coues hunts, so this could be a very interesting opportunity. Some of the other interesting species they have that I didn't get a photo of are barbary sheep (auodad) and addax. Dan will probably be charging a premium to hunt this ranch since the facilities are so nice, and I think he may already have most of the tags sold, so if you are interested...call or email him soon! dan@colablancaoutfitters.com http://www.colablancaoutfitters.com And you should check out the website for the ranch. You can see more photos there and read more about it. http://www.cerrocolorado.com.mx Thank you very much to Antonio Yturbe for the invitation to come to the ranch and for hosting us there for several days. Antonio and his mother and brothers all speak English and are easy to talk to. In addition to having hunting on the ranch, they would also like to have people spend their vacations there. So if you have a large family or group of people that want a very nice place to visit, plan a vacation on the Cerro Colorado! Amanda

If it wasn't for Lark, I wouldn't remember April Fool's Day!! Amanda