Jimmer Negamanee

Great find! Post it in the "Microsheds" pinned thread so that the picture doesn't sink to the bottom and not be seen again.

Wow. That's wild.

This post is hilarious. Honestly, as someone who grew up bait fishing in western Michigan with a cane pole (in the '70s), I thought the "chimney up" method was the only way to do it. (After all, the "chimney" is what you pushed on with your thumb to get the opposite side to extend to put the line through.) But after seeing this I ran out in the garage, found an old bobber, and son of a biscuit, one can attach bobbers chimney down. As my mom used to say "Learn something new every day." Mind blown. Thanks for posting.

To each, his own I say. Do what's right for you. I'm not some keyboard cowboy who tries to tell other people how to live their lives. And my book of marriage advice is not exactly a best seller. Maybe a fat trucker sticker (yes, those exist) for her ride would make it even. This song hits too close to home for me but still makes me laugh:

I'm clearly in the minority here but here's my take. Happy wife, happy life. If you take it off she will feel listened to and valued. That can go a long way. And when she's together with the other wives, you want them complaining about the one of the other wives' husbands, not hers. To argue from your self-interest, you may even be able to parlay the act of taking it off into more understanding on her part of regarding something you really want to do or have. "Honey, I really considered what you said and I admit I'd never seen it from that perspective before. I'm going to take that grill off. I'm really glad we talked about this. Oh, by the way, [insert friend here] ask me to help on his coues deer hunt. I know your cousin is getting married that weekend but this is really important to me. Do you mind if I go?" Plus, although I'm not familiar with the vehicle it's on, if it's liquid cooled and there's a radiator right behind the grill, that grill may block off some airflow and make it run a bit hotter than the optimum operating temperature. Probably not a big deal but something to consider. Finally, politeness, sensitivity and a desire not to hurt other people's feelings unnecessarily are not "political correctness", it's common decency. So don't let others tell you what to do (not even me). Reflect on it and follow your instincts. Let us know how this works out.

Wish I could "like" this post twice. You're a great writer and these are awesome stories. Thanks for posting.

I suffer from paralysis by analysis quite often. In non-hunting contexts, when confronted with a choice between A or B or C, I analyze the problem and if the "correct" answer does not emerge I just pick one and wait for cognitive dissonance to kick in to convince me I made the right choice. "Things happen for a reason" and "If I hadn't made that choice I wouldn't be or have [insert place or thing here]" are two of my favorites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance But huntin' is different. As soon as I sit down and start glassing and don't see anything I can imagine with incredible detail the giant buck in the other place I was thinking of glassing. But running back and forth between the two doesn't make any sense. I agree this Snapshot's analysis: "Pick a spot. Go hunting." There are deer all over the the place you are thinking of hunting. And you only need one to step out at the right time. Bottom line: You are not alone. Thanks for posting this.

It is my understanding that the Defensive Driving Program (DDP) is a diversion program where 1 civil charge (usually a moving violation which carries points) can get dismissed if you successfully complete the class. (Just remember that sometimes there are multiple civil traffic charges on a single ticket but only 1 charge can be dismissed for DDP.) You can attend DDP no more than once every 12 months (date of violation to date of violation). CDL holders are not eligible for DDP even if in their personal, non-commercial vehicle when the violation occurred. If the ticket is for running a red light (28-645A3A) a finding of responsible carries 2 points and a fine PLUS mandatory Traffic Survival School (TSS). If TSS is not completed, MVD can suspend your license. So, despite the DDP cost being about the same as the ticket, to get that a red light violation charge dismissed by DDP is a big deal because you avoid the TSS assignment. Finally, I don't know how an insurance company would know that you had a ticket dismissed for DDP because it wouldn't show up on your MVD record. I'm not saying they won't know. I'm just saying I don't know how they would know. (But there's lots of stuff I don't know. : ) Good luck!

Wow! Amazing. Thanks for posting.

Looks like a Canyon Treefrog. Below is a link to my go-to resource for reptile and amphibian ID in AZ. I have it saved as a favorite. Go to Amphibian section and then the Treefrog (Hylidae) section and check out the pictures. Let us know what you think. http://www.reptilesofaz.org/

I guess it depends. Will you be glassing open country until you glass up a bear then bail off the hill to put a stalk on it? If that’s the case, I don’t think there’s an issue if your buddy has dog at your glassing spot. He and his dog can just stay behind while you stalk. Will you be still-hunting through the timber or doing some varmint calling? If that’s the case, I could see a dog being a hindrance because they are an extra source of noise and scent. I’ve never taken a dog on a hunt but I love having my dog with me when I’m on hikes. I love watching her because she is so exuberant when in the outdoors. It’s like having a front-row seat to happiness.(She’s the dog in my avatar and that pic was from our first outing.) I believe one of our members (who goes by the handle Coues’n’Sheep) hunts or at least scouts with his dog but it’s HIS dog so he knows it’s disposition, training and how it will react in certain situations. If he sees this, maybe he can chime in with advice. Let us know what you decide and how it worked out.

Plus Healy Arms has great customer service. I had to order some ammo for a range session on short notice that no one else had. Mark got it ordered, drop shipped to my house, and called me personally to give me the tracking number and delivery details. Thanks Mark!

Marry her forthwith. If she likes hunting with you and doesn't complain or slow you down, who cares about anything else? Buy her the best hunting stuff. But to prove you're not a misogynists who thinks she needs the handicap high end gear to hunt at your level, buy yourself high end gear too. It's a win-win.

Wow. Amazing man. It very cool that you fulfilled his wish for a custom casket. Great work too. I'm sorry for the loss to you and your family.

Welcome to the best site on the Web Jeff! Mature bucks are great but any coues buck is a trophy (and delicious). Maybe it's not an "either/or" proposition. Maybe you keep building your points but look into a tag on a reservation or in Old Mexico. Regardless, I'm looking forward to the pictures of your first hunt!

To argue against wolf reintroduction by arguing against woolly mammoth reintroduction is to make a straw man argument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man To argue against wolf reintroduction because our wolf of the Southwest is not genetically pure (the cur dog argument, for lack of a better name) means that if it were proven that the subspecies being reintroduced was just as genetically pure as the main species of the gray wolf or, perhaps more likely, there's no such thing as a "pure bred" wolf in North America then you'd have to withdraw your objection (because I don't know that you could find a gray wolf in North America without a coyote gene in somewhere in the wood pile). https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/science/red-eastern-gray-wolves.html So I suggest we ask ourselves if we are "anti" reintroduction, what are we really against? If we are "pro" reintroduction, what are we really for? Then, let's argue that.

Good for you for asking for information to be used in a civil and rational conversation. We could use more of those nowadays. We are each entitled to our own opinions but we are not entitled to our own facts. Some ranchers don’t like wolves because wolves occasionally eat a cow or a calf that the rancher is running on our public land. Some ranchers don’t like elk either because elk are grazers (like cows) and are therefore compete for forage with their cattle that they are running on our public land. So the cattle growers associations lobby, quite successfully, against wolf reintroduction and for issuing more elk tags (especially cow elk tags) to reduce pressure on the range. Some hunters don’t like wolves because they think wolves reduce elk populations and thereby reduce hunting opportunities. But they don’t see the role cattle grazing plays in that equation. You can see how this issue gets triangulated pretty quickly. I’m not a dirty hippie, but I will say that one of my coolest outdoor experiences was canoeing on a little lake outside of Lutsen, Minnesota as the sun was setting. My buddy and I had a stringer full of walleye and had just started to row back to the cabin when we heard the first howl. Soon it was a chorus. Every hair on my body was on end. I thought about the dawn of our species when wolves and people were more evenly matched. (Okay, that last sentenced seemed pretty hippie-ish.) I like the idea of managing wolves like other wildlife. Maybe issue one tag a year (at first) to make them a monetarily valuable resource (for tag or guiding fees). Then we may realize that the SSS crowd is stealing something monetary from all of us. Sometimes the answers to life’s problems are binary, a 1 or a 0, black or white. But mostly I’ve found the answers to life’s problems to be on the gray scale. That’s why life is so interesting. Thanks for bringing this up.

Beast! Thanks for posting.

Love the deep forks! Thanks for posting and welcome to the site!

So sad. "Fences are an abomination unto the Lord." Book of Jimmer, Chapter 12, Verse 13

Wow! Looks prehistoric.

I second DesertBull's suggestion of Von Hanson's. I love their summer sausage. http://vonhansonsmeats.net/ I called The Meat Shop off Lower Buckeye Rd., just south of downtown Phx and although they don't do any game processing at that facility, their west side facility does. (I called them and they said they did but if you go this route be sure to call and confirm for yourself before you make the drive.) Here's their info: West Valley Processing 1015 E. Monroe Ave. Buckeye, AZ 85326 Telephone:(623) 393-8488 Good luck and let us know who you pick and if you like the sausage.

I have one of these and like it a lot. You can get new replacement flaps for them and then they look like new.

I have a Costco ASU hoodie that's been hardly worn and is in excellent shape. I'll give it to your son if he wants it. I think it's an XL but it might be L. If you PM me your mobile # I can text you a picture of it to see if it's the same one your boy lost. If it is and he wants it, it's his. (I'll try to PM you too.)