Non-Typical Solutions

My son Wyatt and I were on our first morning to hunt turkey this past Saturday. I knew where we had seen some turkey before and thought I had this great idea on how we were going to get at them. We parked right on the rim just above Blue Vista and headed west on the fence line......only real way to get through all the downed logs along the rim there. It is pre-dawn and just as we are parking a small car pulls up and asks if we know where Aker Lake is? I have spent many hours kicking around that neck of the woods and the name sounded familiar but I told the guy I didn't know where it was. Wyatt and I hike in a mile along that fence line get ourselves worked into position and try to get some turkey talk going.but everything is silent. So as planned we continued to do some slow walking trying to see if we could find anything out and about. Wyatt was sitting down for a Cosmic Brownie break and I went to peek over the edge of the rim, when I come back there is the same guy from earlier that morning, fully decked out with a fly rod, fishing vest, several different spools for his fly rod and a fishing net hanging on his back. He was certain that Aker Lake had to be some where close but I told him I had never seen a lake anywhere near Blue Vista. He asked me what was just south of where we stood and I said...well the edge of the world for this part of the country. He informed me he would go south anyway and take a look. So Wyatt and I decide to take a very vague 2 tracker north to look for new country to gobble in and we have been walking for about 10 minutes when all the sudden I hear foot steps behind me and here is the fisherman guy again. Fisherman:"Wow....there is no way there is a lake that direction!" As I chuckled he proceeded to tell me he was going to continue looking for Aker lake, I told him I was pretty sure it was not in that general area. He told me when his iphone died the map he was looking at showed it was right there somewhere and proceeded to follow the fence west. Truly a wild and interesting encounter during our morning hunt. I later did find out where Aker lake is located and oh boy......that poor fisherman, hope he isn't on the evening news!!! I knew there had to be something fishy about him looking for a lake there!!!!

I have never tried this but here it goes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said!!!!

I thought it was pretty awesome and fumble ruskie with the shells.......all part of the game.....great composure!!!

I agree......happens to all of us sometime or another......that picture on the porch is priceless......

Great video....how far was that bird when you first shot.....amazing........congrats!!!

Great to see so many getting out with the young ones....that is awesome....

Only if it brings snow or rain...otherwise it just needs to go away..........headed to the hills this weekend and the forecast is......I asked for it......rain/snow.....yeah bring it on!!!!

Sweet.....nice job guys!!!

Cool footage, you make it look so dang easy!!!

Not OTC but with a bow.....couple years ago Cole got really lucky on a dumb Tom.....

Yup, they were thicker than seagulls at Dutch. At the end of the fishing season, all hands were on deck removing any morsels from the fishing nets so the eagles wouldn't chew thru the netting. Have to see if I can dig up some pictures......they were not afraid!!!!!

Ah....how could I have forgotten.....Kodiak, Alaska......big birds everywhere up there in a beautiful setting as well!!!

That is cool...always fun to watch the predator animals and they way they operate.....I forgot about Roosevelt we definitely have seen them there as well.

One thing that is so frustrating is to go to your honey hole and find whites....which means that I must have been day dreaming last time I was in there.......cool finds thanks for keeping the hope up for those of us stuck in the rut of life!!!

As a family we have spent many hours driving the roads and hiking the hills of the White Mountains and I believe this to be true. I don't remember as a kid seeing them nearly as much as we do now. Places we have seen them multiple times. Buffalo Crossing and up the Black river. Lots of times on the Reservation between McNary and Greer turn off. Reservation Lake Three forks of the Black River. Luna Lake Nelson Lake Twenty years ago there was a nesting area right there at Lake Mary by Flagstaff. And then just two weeks ago right in the middle of the day I went to visit my wife at her school and all the kids were outside looking up at the sky......two eagles in a circling pattern up above right here in Snowflake!!!! Really fun to see them.......awesome picture!!!

It's this exactly. We have a slew of corrupt legislatures that could care less about our kids education. 100% corruption and it's all our own faults for voting them in; including my own. Just follow the money. Those who are invested in charter schools profit from ruining public education. Look no further than the ultra right wing reps in Gilbert. And they don't have to follow same protocol as public schools......charter schools have rocked public education.....

Pride wise that matching set of deer antlers is priceless...........not worth any money that is an awesome find!!

When that money came out.......it was supposed to go to the teachers. But...the state attached hoops that had to be jumped through in order to get that money...if you didn't jump you didn't get the money. So instead of a raise it became more work that was put on the teacher in order to get the money. I have been told that due to the economy bust that money dried up......

Oh I forgot......the dentist......he jacks up the price.....you go buy insurance.....which will cover up to 1500 and then you still go ahead and pay the dentist price.........but give a teacher what they deserve......not a chance don't spend any money on the teachers they are just lazy and need to learn to work with what they are given!!!! Cut the budget.......get rid of a teacher and lump 10 more kids in the class that is left over so now your kids are getting screwed because there is not enough time in the day for one teacher to help your kid......35 kids......35 papers to grade per subject, 5 subjects 175 papers to grade before 8:00am tomorrow........

I will go ahead and piss kerosene on the fire at the risk of getting torched. Back in 2000 things were still pretty hot......values were up....there was alot of money to be had and it provided a good flow of money to education and then a short 6-8 years later when the economy took a dump so did that money. I have often tried to compare other work and jobs to education.......for example.....just for fun......dentist. Put 35 kids in the dental office with no room left because the room was built back in 1960 for only 20 students. Every kid in that room has a symptom of some sort dealing with just their teeth. Cavity, root canal, rotten tooth, impacted teeth, cracked teeth, infected gums....you name it. Withing a 7 hour day the dentist is to treat every one of those kids for whatever ails them plus, keep them from bullying each other, teach them sex education, spanish, hygiene, give them a recess, time for lunch, deal with the kids that are late or have to leave early, clean up the throw up in isle 3 cept remember you gotta clear the whole room because the health laws say everybody is going to get sick if you don't. In the mean time you have Johnny over there who hasn't opened his mouth since he was born and you gotta figure out how to fix his teeth because you can't leave any child behind. Oh.....it is giving me a toothache......and then since mom and dad scheduled the trip to disneyland the week before spring break could you please give my kid everything they need for the week they will be gone and yes we decided to go to mickey land the week before because there aren't as many people there........ And......none of us at home brush our teeth so we don't see why Johnny should brush his............ And......bottom line.......when government gives control of the schools back to the locals who actually care about their kids and schools are allowed to not be held hostage by the Feds......maybe then things well change. And honestly........the pay sucks, flat out sucks for what teachers have to do to become a teacher and the crap they have to put up with!!! I do agree.....123 is just another band aide that will get wet and fall off!

He should be fired just for his language alone........oops....back down off the altar!!!

I got my bill from Dish the other day........all over the cover it talks about going GREEN. I find it interesting that they are so worried about going paperless to save a tree and to have a more secure method of payment. Wow......look at all the paper adds in my Dish payment envelope.......and as far as secure goes....I am honestly more worried about what is going to get stolen from me via internet than I am snail mail....

Really? Maybe you should head up the 7/08 frivolous lawsuit fund so Lark can sue Amanda for an April Fools joke. Step down from the altar. See what I mean??? Person can't even get lost and find a deadhead without getting tossed.......no altars around here, just a stepping stool so I can reach the toilet flushing handle!!!

That rough crowd is everywhere these days......