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A guy I know that lives down by Rincon creek, not to far from the boundary showed me a skull he found some years ago(outside the monument) down in a riparian area that was huge, I don't know how big for sure but it was 120" plus easily.

Some of the reviews I read, mentioned that topo software situation as well,along with problems with the XM weather channels?. I am doing a little looking at the Garmin Colorado and Rhino 530cx as well.

No sooner than I said it, it just started raining!

There are alot of "IF's" in these posts, you guys are killin me!

I love Kool-Aid And I am a firm believer in Global warming. I remember back in the early 1970's when my Dad and I first started hunting deer in southern Arizona after moving here. We used to sleep in the back of the truck or on the ground with a tarp, and woke up many mornings covered in frost. When is the last time you have seen frost in the desert in late October or early November?

The longer the 100 degree plus temps are delayed the more I like it !

We could use some rain down here in Southern AZ, the wind was outrageous today.

Thanks for all the advice and links. I read all the link info, and everything I read so far is that the downside is unreliable gps coverage and lack of confirmation of signals sent and received by those it is being sent to. I am going to do some more research on the Personal Locator Beacons as well. I like the price and simplicity of the spot, but price is not as much of a concern as reliability. Some of the steep canyons I hunt will not pickup GPS unless you have at least 2-3 satlellites overhead, and that is random at best, but that is a limting factor with any satellite coverage. Maybe a satellite phone might be the way to go? If you are wounded and can at least talk, but if you break a neck or are unconsious then I guess it wouldn't matter anyway. I am looking at the Bushnell Onix 400 as well for the GPS end of things, my old Garmin is 13 years old and not that great.

I say we get all the boys together and try something like the infamous Kaibab deer drive and push all them big bucks out of the park

Thanks for the input ! I will find as many reviews as I can, as my main concern is its ability to transmit in deeper canyons, which can be tough even for GPS sometimes. It will be good for me to have and it will make my wife happy knowing that I have the ability to press a button for help or send an o.k message. I need to slow down and spend more time glassing instead of charging up and over as many mountains as I can but just in case this unit or a locator beacon would be nice.

Yep, there are huge bucks in there that just die of old age, or Mt. Lion food.

I just saw a show called "Best of the West" the guy dropped a mule deer with one shot at 625 yds, with a Remington hunter shooting system with a Huskemwa longe range scope. He also just dropped an elk at 810 yds, and absolutely hammered a big black bear at 425 yds. One of the guys is a bench rest champion shooter, and one of the things they preach is the limitations of the shooter. They are plugging a video called " how to shoot beyond belief " order online at www.thebestofthewest.net

Nice fish. I have never actually gone stripper fishing before, I think I will have to give it a try one of these days.

Yes sir ! Nothing like a brand new set of shoes for the cruiser.

Nice fish ! What lake where you at?

Good thing it happend at your house, those freeway blow outs are scary. Two years ago I was deer hunting and I had just setup the trailer and fired up the portable generator, and I heard a large bang, and I thought the generator blew up, but one of the tires on it had blown from being out in the sun and overheating, blew it right off the rim.

For those with sniper training. I might be able to make 950 with one of those .50 BMG's and a 24 power scope

I believe in the global warming theory, and I am way smarter than those 31,000 other guys.

In my original post I stated that I could not have a party out here until the later part of June, unfortunately my schedule is too hectic to do it any earlier than that.

Pick the best dates for the Tucson CWT party.

I thought Monica Liewinski wrote a book on tasty old meat !

I think it started out as Firstcoueswas80 was banned from CWT, and then Outdoor Writer was banned. It was a youtube type video of Hitler and his cronies talking close captioned type of plugin words. It was silly, but I voluntarily removed my comment based on it might be politically incorrect because of the Nazis?

I am going to try and make it and meet some of you guys from up north, is it worth bringing the quad and a fishing pole? Is anyone going to be there on Friday night?

My weekends are open after June 14th, I may try and get up to Flagstaff for that get together on the 21st?

The trails are large enough for the most part, but some areas are pretty rough and it may be hard to keep up, but you are welcome to try.