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Eibar is a city in Spain where there are several companies that make shotguns. You need to see whic company is making the gun. Some of the companies like AYA make top of the line shotguns, while other ones make less expensive ones. I have a rebuilt 16 ga. from one of the lesser known companies and it handles very nice, but it fell and broke the stock so I have not used it in a long while.

Saw one at Houghton and Speedway in Tucson week before last, it was my first sighting.

Now for some good news... Mr Ordway is moving from Game Branch chief to Regional supervisor in Tucson.

I picked up a Timex at SW that is water resistant to 100M and has a temperature sensor that seems to be pretty accurate once it is off your body. It also has LARGE numbers that I can see without reading glasses as well as a bezel that sticks up a little to keep the glass from getting scratched. I think it was a little over $50. I cant remember the model name.

I think that the laws they were using come under the heading of "perscriptive right", which is where private individuals or groups can contest closing of an access. If a government entity contests a right of way, then it comes under the laws for "eminent domain" because of the power or authorities that the government can bring to bear on the land owner, in which case the government would have to pay fair market value for the right of way, which in this case the judge ruled was already a public right of way. In this case the G&F, BLM and Graham Co. all provided expert testimony in the case, but let the affected parties take the lead on the case because they were the ones that were denied their rights by the locked gate. The BLM is once again issuing permits for hiking in aravaipa canyon.

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In the first picture with the deer and all of the rocks across the drainage, it looks like the juniper and some of the mesquites are white or gray like they are dead.

CB - A good book on reading petroglyph's is "The Rocks Begin to Speak" by LaVan Martineau. You can google it to find it. Amanda - I have not been in that area in years, are the trees dead from drought or did a fire go through the area?

We usually have 2-3 around the office every year, but then I work in the rural part of Tucson too. Last year we had to move one from inside the closet of one office and put him back outside. No idea how it got into the office in the first place.

You are correct on both accounts. I didn't clarify myself very well. I am curious at to why the State Land department can't enforce their own regulations. Is it a manpower problem? Can you provide a little more insight? It is in the State Constitution that they do not have any enforcement powers, They have to go through the county attorneys for any law enforcement actions. They do have two trespass people that can enforce violations of leases in an administrative hearing procedure.

try checking here for information. http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/cat_index_28.shtml

Red Rabbit is talking about Arizona Trust Land. BLM does not require any permit to access but it does contain a lot of no entry wilderness areas. You both have some inaccuracies in your statements. The State Land department can not enforce their own regulations on having permits, but all state certified law enforcement officers can. So if a deputy sheriff stops you on state land, he can cite you if you don't have a hunting license or a state permit. So can a G&F officer. Wilderness areas are not "no entry" areas, you just can not drive a motorized or mechanical vehicle (bicycle) into them.

I think you should have put the phone closer to the bunny and gotten back a little farther to make him look even bigger, just like the mule deer hunters do :lol:

Thanks for sharing the pictures Amanda. Looks like that will be a great water for wildlife for many years to come. If someone has not been, its very rewarding to see how everybody works together to do an amazing amount of work in a short time, and the dinner Saturday night is an added bonus not to be missed.

The trick to getting somebody that is in America is to keep asking to speak to their supervisor and keep going up the chain of command until you get someone that has some authority and speaks English. This is usually only 2 or 3 people above whoever answers the first call on the other side of the world. It may take you a half hour, but that sure beats a week of frustration.

"I heard they had some new treatment that was just one shot. Not sure on that, though." Knew some people that had to go through the rabies treatment several years ago. The 4 rabies shots weren't bad, its the 10 cc's of cold gamma globulin in each lower cheek to start the series that hurts the worst. Hopefully the people have insurance, if they don't, the full series is $6,000.00.

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I took a look at the proposed language and it is VERRRY SCARRRY!!!!!!!!! having 30 years of reading and interpreting laws, rules and regulations, i have learned that the legal system has very well defined set of rules for interpretation's laws. The way this one reads, you can hunt and fish, but you can only harvest GAME ANIMALS, you can not harvest fur bearing animals, predators or aquatic wildlife (fish not listed as "game fish"). This is taking the definitions of game animals straight out of the G&F reg's. The second part says you can only take game using "traditional methods....traditionally pursued" This can be legally determined in court to mean only "traditional" bows can be used, No compounds allowed. Traditional rifles could be defined as black powder firearms with open sights, no scopes. No binoculars, no spotting scopes, no rangefinders, no GPS, no ATV, No Rhino's or Rangers.... Finally the most scary part is that the legislature would be managing the wildlife in this state. They have been trying to do that ever since 1935 when the sportsmen of this state created the Game and Fish Commission with the rules that they did to keep politics out of game management in this state. I think the G&F is right to oppose this piece of legislation.

If I remember right, the hunters were not "trespassing" on Barnetts' land, they were legally hunting on State Trust land that Barnett leases for livestock grazing. That is part of the reason that he was hit with the judgment that he was.

Actually recognizing all of the pictures makes me feel OLD!!!

Where was the mess located at. there are efforts to clean them up, but sometimes the agencies do not know where they are located at. Pima county is sarting to inventory the locations so they can be cleaned up.

Units 36A, B&C. BASE CAMP FOR THIS SPRING CLEAN UP WILL BE AT THREE POINTS VETERANS PARK. WHEN: Saturday, March 15 & 16, 2008, 7:00 AM start. Lunch will be at Base Camp from 11am-1pm. Please let us know if you will be out so we can provide enough food. WHO: Hunters Who Care Volunteers and any other dedicated outdoorsman who want to clean up our desert. WHAT: Our goal for this clean up is to pick up trash on all the ranches along Highway 286 (Sasabe Highway). However, we are not limited to those areas and volunteers can clean up wherever they like. WHERE: Three Points Veterans Park. (Highway 286 mile post 44). Our clean up will concentrate on all the ranches in the Altar Valley including the Diamond Bell, King’s Anvil, Palo Alto, 98 Ranch, Marley, Santa Margarita, Elk Horn and the Buenos Aires NWR. An emphasis during this clean up will be the Santa Margarita Ranch. Extra volunteers will be needed for this effort. Contact Mike Hollister before the clean up or see him before you head out for directions/maps. DIRECTIONS: Take Ajo Road West (Hwy 86) from Tucson to Three Points Robles Junction. Go left on Highway 286 for one mile to the park. HOW: Volunteers are encouraged to look for trash anywhere they want. If anyone needs any additional accommodations, dumpsters or trailers in different areas, trash bags before the event, of if you are looking for a group to help, please contact Mike Hollister, Gabriel Paz or Lance Altherr in advance. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Lance Altherr (Hunters Who Care) azhunterswhocare@hotmail.com Officer Gabriel Paz (AZGFD) 520-883-0487 or gpaz@azgfd.gov Officer Mike Hollister (AZGFD) 520-625-9759 or mhollister@azgfd.gov “Hunters Who Care” is a group of hunters, guides, sportsmen, hunting clubs, and various other groups who are tired of seeing the desert littered with trash. They have come together to clean up our desert and to help landowners who are overwhelmed with immigration problems.

I remember a study about the Yellowstone wolves that said that they did reduce the number of coyotes and foxes in the ecosystem and that led to an INCREASE in the small mammal populations because it reduces the predators that ate things like rabbits and ground squirrels, so I don't think they can blame this one on the wolves. Must be Global Warming from all of the hot air that the politicians are spouting.

Considering the current budget shortfall for the state, I suspect that this bill is DOA as it requires funding from the general fund, and the legislature has never liked funding anything for the AG&F Dept.

This website will answer a lot of the common questions about buffelgrass and the hazards of it. Of big concern to whitetail hunters is that it can wipe out grasses and mesquites in the lower elevations where a lot of the coues do their rutting activities, and it will also carry fire up into the sky islands and could lead to more fires that moonscape the deer habitat at higher elevations. http://www.buffelgrass.org/faq.htm