Non-Typical Solutions

You know Obama picked Belmont to upset AZ in the first round of March Madness........no love lost there........

Exciting as heck to walk around the tree and see tines stickin up in the air.....nice finds....

SELIGMAN, Arizona — Authorities say a 12-year-old appears to have shot his father accidentally while on a hunting trip in Seligman. Yavapai County sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn says 31-year-old Francisco Pacheco-Lozania died Friday after being airlifted to Flagstaff Medical Center. He says the Verde Valley man and his son had been riding in the back of a pickup truck when it stopped, and the boy took aim at a prairie dog. D'Evelyn says Pacheco-Lozania stood in front of his son just as the boy fired his rifle and was struck in the head. Deputies initially have labeled the shooting accidental. D'Evelyn said Monday that the case won't be closed until all the reports, including those from the medical examiner, are complete. Prayers for this young man and his family.....

Any recomendations for actual height for setting up a tree stand. The area is scrub oak with juniper and relatively thick. Pretty good shooting lanes with one great big juniper that I want to set up my stand in. Never have sat in a tree stand but thinkin about setting one up for early deer beins I can't draw an elk tag....... Any thoughts......

Come on Casey.......you know you wanna take her......

OK TJ, now you have me scared...maybe will rethink this adventure......I can picture falling asleep and I had no idea 25'....ouch. I might be too afraid of heights to go that high as well........some of you hunters are just flat tough out there.....hats off to you for putting the time and effort in.....

Counting every day...........

During this past week of hiking and spending time with my family we had an interesting topic of dicussion. Any time you hear somebody finding a skull or carcass of an animal it seems everybody says, "Lion kill". So we are hiking around and find a pile of turkey feathers, "Lion kill", my wife hollers out. We find old cow bones strewn on a steep slope, "Lion kill", my wife hollers again. Then there is the pile of woodpecker feathers....yep....my wife again...."Lion kill". She was making fun of me and my hunting buddies......but really, are they all "Lion kill"? Can that really be determined....lion kill without actually seeing the act? What are your thoughts? I gotta believe that some of the carcasses we come across are death by natural cause, nutrition, age etc.

No doubt a life changing experience and a reminder for all of us.......

Can't wait to find a skull and bones like that.....way cool.......................

Now that is funny....but oh so true....

Bingo.........exactly my thoughts when I read that article........wonder why he doesn't bother to come visit and see for himself......uh..........no brainer...........

That is what the TV version of the report said as well, I just could not find it online........again such a tragedy.....

That looks fun........are you telling me that cat can't get that collar off???

Exactly my thoughts.........dang

No tags for my family.....back out to the woods to look for sheds to compensate for the depression......

Cool pictures there luckydraw......I think most of my problem is the skulls etc that we find are old old......we did find a pile of turkey feathers up uder a tree. I proceeded to try and explain to my wife that there was a real lion kill.......of course she wanted to know how I was so sure. I then explained the cat tendency to pull their prey up under a tree and cover it up ofr next time around. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Good to hear some are still packin, bad to hear I went so far to find the few I found and you found all those right in my back yard. Good job looks like fun.........

I remember watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Sunday afternoon. The cheetah splitting of the weak. I guess what I would expect is that a nice healthy whitetail buck/doe stands a better chance against a lion than an older crippled animal. The age bringing the animal down and then falling prey to the lion. One of my buddies found a large bull elk in an area that I suspect that bull had fallen victum to hunting injury and then whatever else came along with that injury.

I took it hook line and sinker....thanks for the momentary thrill.......now back to the bottom of the barrell.....

Absolutely awesome........

Nice finds..........I have started packing because I can and because I don't want somebody finding my skull out there from lion kill..

After I recived the gift of the skull I sat around the campfire visiting with family and friends........and it does suck he is dead. He really doesn't have that wide of a spread, his left side is useless as far as scoring goes. But that right side makes him one of a kind...........can't wait to check my trail cam in a few weeks to see if something new shows up for me to start obsessing all over again.

Had the opportunity to get out in the hills for a couple of days. Dish water was frozen solid on Monday morning, turkey were gobbling as the sun came up and the coyotes were letting us know they knew we were around. The day was absolutely beautiful as was the following several days. First day finds. Cole with his own freak skull from this week. My favorite hiking partner with her find of the 3rd day. We had hiked all day long she had come up with nothing. We get 200 yards from the truck to end the day and she finds this cute little white tail antler. Totally made her day. My only brown of the trip but most important was the great time I had with my wife and boys. I love getting out there seeing the great things our great Arizona has to see. Last, the two freak bucks side by side.

Defintely.......prayers for his family.......too young......