Arizona Griz

If you paid for the book you will get it. The book is a long time in coming. There was not a lot of member participation in putting it together, that's why I am no longer on the committee. Please don't bad mouth the program unless you know all the facts. I am sure everyone will like the book. BTW, I would imagine that are looking for a couple of new members that could put some spark back into the program. Also, there was no banquet because the book was the top priority.

I will be there. We get a corporate table or two every year.

I met Mike in the field up north by accident a few years back. I am very sorry to hear of his passing. Prayers definitely go out to all of his family. God Bless.

If that did happen, and you and I both know it will not, then the ranches will all be locked up. Some of them depend upon that income to keep their ranches operational. I personally know of two, one elk and the other antelope, that put this tag money back into their operations. It is one big mess and many will be hurt by it.

The sad part about his whole thing was a movement was started and it has nowhere to go but down hill. When it's all over and done a few years from now you all will have wished you left well enough alone. I don't have an answer to the 22% of tags going to NR but this will not fix anything. Wait till you guys try messing with the landowner tags. Thank goodness Arizona doesn't have all of the private land NM has. Good luck, you will all need it.

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Maybe we have both types here. http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/game_mourning_dove.shtml

I too have seen the two different colors in Mesa. I am not so sure of the cross breeding though. They are much more dominant than the Mourning dove.

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Cool looking antlers. Congratulations on a fine buck.

I doubt that we will ever be so enlightened, but we can certainly hope for that day to come. It took me a lifetime to realize that hunting should not be a competition between hunters. Bill Quimby I am not sure I said that right but I sure do like your answer. I would like to think that the information gathered could be used for some kind of research.

I would say it probably is about 1 out of 10 that gets measured for the books. Just remember, if it wasn't for the record books with their measuring systems then hunters wouldn't get to fix a number to their animals to have them compared and related to.

Thanks for taking the time to write a great story of your hunt. Sounded like an awsome adventure with a great bull to boot.

Very nice outfit. Congratulations on nice ram.

What a great sheep. Congratulations.

Why stop with the wolf. Let's eliminate the mountain lion, bobcat, lynx, bears, foxes, any carnivorous animal. Then we can have it all for ourselves. That's what we are really talking about here isn't it? This is just another tune to the same song. One month it is this and the next it is that. In a couple of hundred years it will all be gone anyways. The frontier will just be a memory. I don't have the real answer to the wolf issue but most here don't either.

Well you all had better get used to it because they are here to stay whether you like it or not. And if there is a little bit of dog in them it will be bred out over generations, the same way the wolf was bred out of today's dog.

Congratulations, those are some very fine desert bucks.

Those are some dandies.

Congratulations on a very fine sheep.

Great pictures of the dogs. I sure wish we had that kind of bird action down here.

I have an English Setter coming in the late spring. She will be of the Classic style. Can't say how birdy she will be but I am looking forward in working with her.

I am going to try it myself. If she is just half as birdy as the one I just had to put down recently I will be happy. I am getting the dog more for a family pet but I will definitey give the training a whirl. What's your pros and cons on having the dew claws removed right after birth? I have heard all the way from "not being a problem, to creating havoc with getting them snagged on brush, to even getting torn almost off."

I am sure anxious to get the puppy. They won't be ready to go until May or June of next year and are out of northern Wisconsin. They are of the "Classic" type so I fully expect her to get a lot of crud in her coat.

Those are some beautiful Mule bucks. Congratulations to all of you.