Non-Typical Solutions

The outdoors has never been more intruded here in Az as it currently is........and very few of the population actually take the time to take care of anything amiss out there. Kudos to any of you that have taken the time to make things better than the way they were when you arrived. I have blamed the ban on my fewer trips to the forest but honestly the price of gas has caused me more conflict than the ban.......I have also lost more cameras since the ban than all the years previous combined. Is the ban the cause of this coincidence? No idea. Our last trip to Alpine, that little stretch of 191 between Nutrioso and the summit I saw 6 rigs parked on the side of the road glassing that long burn ridge on the backside of Noble Mt........ "pre scouting" I suppose. I'd like to blame the ban on all of that additional traffic too but honestly what bugs me more than people scouting on the highway is sxs 10 in a group seeing how fast they can go around the corner or how loud they can play their music................... Bottom line.......there is just too dam many people out in the woods these days.......and I am thankful to still be able to get out there and be one of them.........

I know you get tired of this but I never do! Good luck to tag holders!

I was helping my brother in law work on a cabin in Lake City, Colorado this weekend! He was doing most of the work I was just a gopher! Found this treasure under the cabin! I’m not a drinker so not sure what year this would be dated?

Edge, if you haven't had any luck I'll get my wife to do some research....she's really good at that stuff.....

One thing we make fun of is the weather apps.......course I just have the free one as does my wife, but on any given day her phone app and my phone app regarding weather can be vastly different. We got a good slow drizzle yesterday as the sun went down......

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/03/fishing-tournament-cheating-weights-walleye/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/sport/ohio-fishing-tournament-cheating-winner/index.html

I’ve only heard legendary stories! Dam!!!

Funny story.....my wife used to take her 5th grade class fishing with G$F up there. One of the kids caught a pike and the officer said there is no way because FH didn't have any pike in it.....my wife said, "well take a look here, looks like all the pike I've ever seen"........

Must have not made an impression on me at the time cause I don't recall it being horrible, I haven't been back there since....1987

Funny story, back in the late 80's when I was kicking around Flag we wanted to take our two year old fishing with his mickey mouse fishing pole. Had never been to Kinnikinick so after work we got there after dark, pitched tent and woke up like 10 yards from the lake......I mustve been tired that night. Anyway, my little guy we put him on with a worm and bobber and he landed a beautiful rainbow trout......I told him he was stuck in the weeds but nope........great times!!!

Best days ever missing school for a hunt!!!

Anybody versed in Colorado hunting rules and regs? If I got cited for law infractions in Colorado......those don't carry over to AZ do they? Like I know they have a 20 point "limit" for lack of better terms, if I hit 20 points I get my hunting license revoked for 5 years. But that doesn't have anything to do with AZ right? I know poaching is another thing where other states have banded together in support of each other. Does AZ have a point system like this?

One of my favorite hunts even though I am horrible at turkey hunting.............congratulations and great big smile on that boy!!!!

I had an encounter with NM G$F when I was 16 back in the 70's but have not had a single encounter since with any G$F until well......Colorado

Thanks sneakem, good to know, again lesson learned...................

Agreed on things not adding up! Sheds were picked up and then put back down on the ground, gps coordinates logged and more hiking Guilty as charged for shed hunting no fee for antlers collected because none were collected! While hiking, crossed into private land, no posted signs and no fence! Charged with unlawful trespassing! Harassment of wildlife because hiking occurred in the hills where antlers were laying on the ground specifically mule deer antlers! Charged! I didn’t ever say nothing wrong occurred and there is nothing cryptic about the charges but honestly for my simple mind some things don’t add up! If you were out in the same exact hills “hunting coyotes “ and never touched an antler you could have logged gps waypoints and maybe you are legal? I am okay with the idea that maybe there is a property line un marked, research should have been done! Harassment of wildlife? Hiking in the hills 500 yards from the 50 hwy where deer pile up on the roadside daily? No wildlife was being chased or harassed anymore than CPW out there planting trap antlers! It is done, good lesson learned, fees have been paid and lashes to points distributed!

sneakem might be more versed in the point thing but basically you get x amount of points for different violations, I don't know the break down but it isn't anything to mess with for sure!!!

That's is what I'm told, oddly enough I didn't cross any fences but hey.....my mistake again.

No sheds were collected..............and yes very aware that "shed hunting" was closed!

Blue Mesa on the bare rocky edges

First and foremost, always important to know exactly what the law means, collection, possession, posted, not posted, the "act" of shed hunting, negative impact on wildlife....... "stashing" antlers is the same as shed hunting, but not categorized as "collection" or "possession"! You can ride snow mobiles, hike trails, coyote hunt, ride bikes, hike..........but if you touch one of those antlers before May 1............bingo you are illegally hunting sheds. It is OK for CPW to go plant antlers with tracking devices imbedded but that is not harassing wildlife Was sited for shed hunting, crossing into private land while shed hunting, harassing wildlife..................15 points and $450 fine and told because of how honest was given a break. So if you can benefit from some frustration then there you go! Should have known the law better...............or at least had a better understanding..............

Got Educated in Colorado/AZ differences!!!

I didn’t dig deep enough to find that other thread but after UofA March Madness debacle this made me laugh!

That Gila River absolutely amazes me the country it runs through and then can be so dang dry....I remember as a kid fishing the Gila on the east side of Virden, NM