Non-Typical Solutions

There was a comment made on another thread about educating elk to certain calls and it got me to thinking about all of this scouting that goes on! I remember back when I lived in Ash Fork right there in unit 10, about a month before deer season it was pretty common to see "spot lighters" out working the hills looking for deer and I always thought it gave the deer the "alarm" for deer season and they all went and hid! Now that archery elk season is about to kick off, what do people do regarding scouting? If my elk hunt isn't until late November does that mean it is taboo for me to be out scouting? I mean, I understand the whole thing about screwing up somebodies hunt and all and I know I would be frustrated to get my hunt busted up by someone out there fiddling around during my hunt but......what do I do between now and my late November hunt? Any common sense rule of thumb? I remember one deer hunt up in unit 10......middle of the day, hotter than heck......we are out in the middle of the flats shooting prairie dogs and a local guy cornered me that evening and wanted to know what the heal I was doing shooting prairie dogs in the middle of a deer hunt? I just laughed and said it was prairie dog season too!!! Hind site I probably shouldn't have been prairie dog hunting right in the middle of a hunt but on the other hand, I had just as much right to be out there shooting prairie dogs as anybody else had to be out there hunting!!!!!

And then there is the Cardinals!!!

Great buck love the hat!!! Come on Flatlander!!!

Unless they decide to tear it down some day because it hurt somebodies feelings......never forget and may the memorial stand as a remembrance of those who were killed and those who sacrificed trying to help others!

I don't believe in superstars organic food and foreign cars!!!!! Great music for sure!!!!

I decided to try a video setting at a spot where I already had a still cam set up! I set up a second cam obviously not really thinking this through! 🙃 Messed up most of my night pictures 😬

That is funny there!!!

AGH......where is my archery elk tag??? Awesome job!!!

Raiders until they move then I'm done.......

Hey I was babysitting baby bird so my old man could actually put a stalk on something instead of listening to every branch on the ground snap. Truer words were never spoken....does he come on here anymore since he found a girlfriend???

It works like this....during deer season, elk are every where......during elk season deer are everywhere.....when I am antler hunting rattle snakes are everywhere and that causes me to be so severely distracted that I walk past all kinds of antlers I am sure of it!! Ever watch Old Yeller.......he lets a squirrel distract him!!! It is easy to ADHD when you are out in the forest......focus grasshopper, focus!!! Good luck out there and be safe!!! And guess what is all over my trail cam picture now that turkey season is long gone....yep...turkey!!!

Yep it is and man, can't wait to go find a bull for RagHorn to whack!!!

I have the first amazing "how did you come up with this" for the new school year! The competency assignment instructs the student: Using a square, draw a 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" square on your 2" X 4"! Using a wood chisel and a mallet, chisel out the square to 1/8" depth! Of course all competencies are demonstrated by the instructor prior to the student having to perform the competency! The block on the left is a sample that was performed by one of my students! It is as close to perfect as you can get from a 7th/8th grade student and it is well done! The block on the right is one of my students as well that obviously is confused as to what 1 1/2" X 1 1/2 inch is as well as 1/8th of an inch! The middle square that is obviously not the correct measurement was the students first attempt and the other two, second and third attempt! Moments like this always makes me feel like I must really suck as an instructor!!!!

My prayer every day and honestly what matters the most!!!

Is this guy recovering game or do they get to four wheel wherever they want?

Pretty sure my arrow would have flown right over his back!!!!! Congrats on a jaw dropper!!!

That pretty much sums it up for me as well........

We get in a pretty heated discussion about this every time we are miles from anywhere hiking........good topic and good info! One thing that for all outdoor ventures is always let somebody know where you are headed.....just in case!!!!

Or leave at 10:00 pm..........

Gotta weigh the odds...is it easier for you to get to the BeeLine HWY or trek on the 202 over to the 60??? My wife hates Salt River Canyon, my son who lives in Gilbert prefers to go through the Salt River Canyon......Payson route always gets the vote in our family!!!(wife)

On our trip to the Catwalk in New Mexico, my wife bless her heart found the only one we encountered, she quickly decided to stay behind me instead out front!!! Better not show her those pictures!!!!

If you haven't spent much time in the unit you will get frustrated with locked land, houses etc. in places you wouldn't think! At least take the time to make sure the spot you are trying to get to or wanting to hunt doesn't fall into that category! I have not hunted antelope in 10 but have been disappointed many times through the years to find places that were accessible are not as accessible as they once were! It has been ten years since I hunted 10 so maybe that isn't the case, but history tells me there is a chance it has gotten worse! Good luck with your hunt!!!

Here is the whole article, I probably wasn't fair to the wolf program making fun of him being off road, he could be on a ranch somewhere. It is interesting though they are trying to find ways for quote: Instead, the Range Rider program focuses on the practical and thorny problem of how to successfully raise cattle in wolf country. The intentional reintroduction of wolves into a wild landscape shared with people has created a practical need for a new kind of relationship with the animal. Instead of killing wolves, how do we live with them? http://www.wmicentral.com/news/apache_county/ranchers-find-unlikely-partner-in-defenders-of-wildlife-group/article_2b1f1113-ab2b-5daf-835e-ebc155184f3e.html

Kinda curious how this will all play out, 2.1 miles doesn't seem like very much to me but maybe that is typo??? Lots of questions?????

As we head into the stretch here scouting and all I am reminded of a time when RagHorns old man had the same tag! RagHorn was supposed to be up high keeping an eye out while his old man was down in the cedars below! The only thing RagHorn was keeping his eyes on was the backside of his eyelids!!!! Looking forward to return the same help here in a couple of months!!!