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Thought provoking indeed and enjoyable to discuss and look at things from different angles. I think good discussion is healthy but can sometimes cause diseases......you know hoof and mouth!!! I enjoy the discussion. I know I suffer from conspiracy theory all the time no matter what level of government. But rightfully so, the governing bodies that are set up to represent us have failed us more than once so I get gun shy. We got conspiracy going on right here in my own school district where I work if you can imagine that..............

Maybe the learning curve for hunters has improved overall. Technology, rubbing shoulders with good hunters turned me into a better hunter. Instead of just walking a ridge to bust out a buck, I now spot and stalk, or glass. Compare the bow I got for Christmas 30 years ago to the bow I gave my son last Christmas with a whisker biscuit and all............my bow is like an ancient dinosaur. I hunt an area right now that I would have never hunted if I hadn't of put out trail cams. I get pictures of so many great bucks that I just can't stand the thought of not getting one of them. After 3 years of trying to get that big sucker the score is still deer 3..............me 0. Trail camera didn't make me a better hunter it just got me thinkin I could maybe catch up with that big one in that area so I keep going back to see if I can win just once...................

Thanks for the info Tonto, but is awful quiet all sudden. If you go back just a simple 20 years ago, just shear population of this state was different. I have felt in recent years that the population change, which I believe statistics show are heavy Californites.....have a strong influence on what this state is faced with in many ways. Another thing that has changed in 20 years is the growth of vegetation in this state. We used to hunt 20 years ago unit 27(rifle, any antlered deer) down by smoothing iron and maple. We would ride our horses in, pick us a ridge, do some walking hoping to jump a buck. No sneeking, just a prayer that we ran into something and had a clear shot. There was some thick areas but you could almost always count on being able to find shooting lanes and plenty of deer. We recently went back in there to check the area out after many years absence. It was so dang thick we couldn't hardly get our horses in there. Thick, thick undergrowth and little to no shooting lanes. May as well put the rifle away and grab a bow, get quiet, find a water hole.................or, put out some bait, lick, something. My point is, many factors come into play with the wildlife in this state, CWD I don't think that is one of them. You want to run a statistic, just check out the increase in mountain lion over the last 30-50 years. Ranchers used to be pretty vigilant in trying to keep them at a minimum, but with the reduction of cows on the range, law put into place in favor of the cat, now lions are seen more often than ever and they take a pretty serious toll on deer population in particular. Just sayin, theres lots of factors, lets just talk about the real ones.................

That right there is a W H A C K score......................

they never will. The reason being is 90% do not know about how much trash there really is down there. I personally took michael reagan Ronald Reagans son down to 36b after a conversation on his show about trash that is from illegals. He stated "many people and Americans litter everyday in our national parks and land" I told him he does not understand the magnitude at which they are littering. He flew in to Tucson and we put him in the jeep and drove him down to 36b and showed him some nasty areas I am aware of not to mention just all over. He was AMAZED. would have never guessed it was like that. His idea and trash was not a city dump but pieces of litter here and there. thanks for getting the Reagans caught up............now if it could just get out there...............to somebody that has the stones to do something about it............

Wonder how that can so glaring go un noticed...............can't see the forest for the trees.......or in this case.........can't see the wash for the trash..................genius...sheer genius those guys are.................

Not endangered critters though right??? Just wondering............

Good question, I didn't know there was a season on prarie dogs! What's the reason for it, and since there is a season is there a limit? That is what didn't make any sense to me, if I read the regs right no limit...........like I posted earlier...............none of it makes any sense...............

That is crazy stuff right there..............a stolen tractor of all things.....disgusting..........

That is cool what does it cost an out of stater to hunt new york??

There is something you won't find every day...........great find

I can remember the first prarie dog town I saw posted as a prarie dog town.....that was up in Yellowstone. We thought it was the funniest thing we had ever seen............people pulled over to view a prariedog town. Never heard of such a thing here in AZ??? How did they know the prariedog was looking straight at him when he shot??? Pretty crazy stuff............

Great way of keeping kids involved I bought my first gun Rem. 22-250 w/Redfield wide angle 3 x 9 scope back in 76 from selling a pig at the fair. Is that a purebred Duroc? Good luck at the fair and with the sale of your pig.

Frustrating for sure.................how hard is it to just leave'm alone............I like the buzzard idea...............

HE wrestled for poston junior high last year as an 8th grader, I guess i should brag , he took first place last year in city (mesa) for his weight group. This year he will be wrestling for mnt. view as a freshman. Great to hear, mine will be a freshman as well. Looking forward to finally having him in the high school room. Best of luck this season.

That litter one is hilarious..........they need to go set up in 36B and make some serious collections there on littering....................

Great job masonA, I bet findin antlers is alot easier too. Your son wrestling high school or this that an old picture???

Plus one here.......keep posting them......keeps my salivary glands working properly!!!

Pretty sticky situation for sure. I really think that the G$F should rethink this whole process. They have backed themselves into a corner. By being jacka$$ with those in the past who did the right thing and turned themselves in. Is there a difference between poaching and the mistake of shooting a prariedog out of season? Legally yes........but in the common sense realm of things? Just curios, the reproduction rate of the two surely are not comparable. We have prarie dogs pro creating at alarming numbers here around town inside city limits. For farmers and ranchers they are nothing but trouble. Is there another type of prarie dog besides the gunnison as reported in this case???

Good ole red eye...............great pic. Good pic for teaching the kids and the dog what not to look for......

No shooters there.....way too small, keep looking for bigger.............great pics, thanks for sharing.......

If you don't mind let me know how your trip to 27 goes. I have plans of going in to 27 in two weeks for a scouting trip. Thanks, Jeff

Looks promising and lots of fun......

One of my all time favorite hunting, hikin, antler huntin buddies in the world. May we have many more exciting trips to antler land. Happy Birthday to ya.

Good one Tony, nothing like a public board to get the word out thanks......