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We are hoping that Cole will get home from his mission just in time for that first year D1.....not that he is that good, just a lofty goal he has. Hope RC and Larry hang onto the program that long......

If you want to go to the dance you gotta pay the fiddler......just sayin.....good luck. It is funny up here in the Show Low area, we always get letters to the editor in the Independent...people crying about how they will never come back to this area cause of the traffic cams.....I don't particularly care for them but it is pretty easy to know where they are compared to that cop that hides on that back road penrod where the limit is 45 and a person can't bear to go less than 55.......

I read that this morning Dill, that is great news for their program.....when do they get to be full bore D1?? Couple more years right??? Good news all the way around for AZ wrestling.....

Amongst all the bickering about tags, no tags, AZGF, baiting, ethics, dirtbags etc. I thought I would share the latest addition to the family. Emergency C-section 2 months early due to complications. Maren Irene 2lbs. 15oz 16 3/4" Breathing on her own and a true miracle we have been blessed with. Grandchild #5.......and our LITTLE good news for the week.

We had a whole family 2 adults and 3 little ones, at my dad's summer home up at alpine.....I decided I was going to trap one of them in a box trap just for fun. We could watch them come up and eat the dog food out of the dish on the back porch. I trapped one of them first night....turned it loose. Next night we watched as one of them came up to the trap, reached in as far as it could to get dog food without going into the trap......didn't trap another one of them while we were there....smart critters.....beautiful animals.

That right there is enough to piss a guy off......

Always a wannbe comedian out there ....that is a good one...

Definitely looking forward to part 2....what was funny for me in that first draw back.....looks like a decent sized bull then that other guy steps in right behind him and it is like whoa.....bigger......cool video.....

Good luck tracking that mess down Casey that really bites......

Thanks everybody for thoughts, comments and prayers. Momma got to go home yesterday but Maren gets to spend a few more days but everything seems to be going good. I thought raising kids was going to be the hard part of my life.....but honestly I have had more worries about my kids since they left home than I ever did while they were at home. We have been blessed and I have enjoyed the ride so far........thanks everybody.

I just wanted to take the time to point out a CWT member that went way out of his way to help me get some of my boys to a wrestling tournament this past weekend. Eric spent countless emails and texts with me getting me lined out, invited me and my boys over for burgers after weigh ins and just has been nothing but excellent in helping me out. Then, out of the blue I had to jump ship and go take care of that little one being born up in Utah so I got in touch with Eric and told him I not only had abused him for information but now I was hoping he would help keep an eye on my wrestlers at the tournament. Which he did. We have a lot of great members that frequent this site and Eric is one of them......I have told Eric this, but wanted the rest of you to know he went above and beyond......thanks a bunch Eric. Jeff

Cole has gone to the GCU camps for the last 2 years and has become great friends with Larry and RC. My oldest son wrestled Larry in 8th grade......really happy with what they do at their camps.

I really don't know much about the wolf clan, I came across this video labeled Wild Yellowstone Wolf at a fresh elk kill.........looks like a coyote to me......dang good looking elk there too.

It really boils down to simple math....my 79 Ford used to be my primary mode of transportation.....what used to cost me 25 bucks a tank now costs me 50.......bad gas mileage, too expensive to drive......I don't drive it anymore.......savings account used to be for trips, emergencies....now it has become my hunt a fund account......putting in is just the small small tip of the financial planning.....heaven forbid I actually get drawn.....

Crying the same tune here.......can't believe it.....can't really afford it but throwing in anyway.....

Anybody have a picture of the city limit sign or entering your little community sign??? Looking for small town or big town it doesn't matter.....even a good cell phone shot will do. mortensen83@cableone.net or 928-243-1966 Thanks again....I have been having lots of fun getting pictures I bet there are some really great stories to go with them.

I still need about 20 more pictures if anybody else out there wants to share them with me. I have some great pictures of hunters and the hunted. Thanks to everybody who has sent me pictures to use. email pictures to mortensen83@cableone.net Couple more samples Thanks again to all...... Jeff

Thanks Johnny.....got them....

How about a special request, I need a picture or two of bucks or bulls hanging on somebody's wall........

Couple of samples from my own files, I still need some early morning late evening shots of the horizon........

I am trying to put together a video for the end of the year talent show at my school this year. Using the theme off of Kenny Chesney's Boys Of Fall song I want to have as many pictures of elk, deer, people drawn back on a bow, rifle up to their cheek, kids shooting a bow, anything hunting related, men, women and children no matter........ This not for any money gain, just for our talent show. Soooooooooooo, if you have a picture or two that you would be willing to share with me to put in my video that would be great. Big bulls, little bulls, big bucks little bucks..........shed antlers...you name it. email pictures to mortensen83@cableone.net Thanks, Jeff Mortensen

Got some great pics coming in, thanks I still need more........I have pics of lions, coyotes, bobcats, deer, elk, snow on the ground, on the mountains, antelope, sheds, skulls....ducks......keep them coming and thanks you guys for sending them.. Jeff

Got them.....thanks a bunch, still need lots more.........

Prefer bucks, bulls etc but will take anything that we hunt in the fall, kill shots are fine, posed pictures, sun coming up pictures, sun going down pictures, big bad hunting rigs.....anything you associate with hunting the big boys in the fall......camo gear, hikin boots........ Thanks to those who have already sent pics I am going to enjoy this project. Jeff

Tommy Cauthen and his family lost Curtis in a work related accident a few years back. Curtis was a heck of a hunter as is Tommy and his dad. Those guys can find the big bucks, bulls, coyotes....you name it they do their homework and get it done. Great family. Since the passing of Curtis they have put this hunt together to raise money for individuals less fortunate in honor of Curtis. One year it was for a family who lost their father/husband in the line of duty, he was a police officer down in the valley. Each year for somebody in need. They do a great job with prizes and food there at the Cauthen place in Ash Fork, great people and a great memorial to Curtis.