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Great Buck Nate! I am truly surprised by some of you guys!

I have been fishing Tempe Town Lake in my free time. I have not caught anything big but consistently catching 2-3lb fish.

Oh Man I love wide bucks!

Nice! MMMMMMM... Bacon

Cool pics thanks for sharing.

I don't have any facts to back this but I would have to think that number of 99.3% is way off the mark. My hats off to you for volunteering your time but just because you don't see alot of people at meetings or projects doesn't mean sportsmen haven't donated in other ways. There are way to many organizations, associations, clubs, ect. to mention and each one of their members giving donations and memberships would have to better the 1,000 mark you mentioned. I'm not here to argue with you I just don't want to believe it. Maybe your right but I hope not. I recently helped on a water project and found it to be really rewarding to the soul. I feel your frustration and know of many who talk the walk but won't walk the walk. With that said I also know of many who do things behind the scene like digging out old catchments, supplying water to catchments, and donate towards the game & fish donation box on applications. So when you say you don't know what the other 99.3% of the people that want deer tags but do not offer support to projects and conservation groups, just remember there is more behind the scene than you can imagine in my opion. Thanks for bringing this up and maybe this will get more people motivated towards projects. We would like you to be a forum regular and thanks for jumping in there. TJ +1 Well said TJ except that part about "talk the walk but don't walk the walk" First off thank you for your effort and I feel your pain. I know there is endless work that needs to be done and it always seems like there is not enough hands. But just because some have not helped on your project or been at your meeting does not mean it simply does not happen. I have been apart of a clean up project in some of my favorite Quail country. Last month I spent close to 40 hours cleaning up trash that illegal’s have left behind. Do you know me? I doubt you know about all of hours spent on this project. I know I have seen several clean up projects here on this site alone. Did you take any of this into consideration when you came up with your figure? I'm not here to pick a fight or anything just saying you cannot possibly know of all the volunteer work that goes on in this state. Thanks for bringing this up. Hopefully it will turn the light on for some people.

+1 Sorry to hear about your camera. Hope you run into the person that took it.

I have seen it as far north as Picacho Reservoir.

Fished from 5:30 to 8:30 last night and caught 13 largemouth. Again nothing big but something to keep my mind off the draw. All catch and release. Heres the catch of the day.

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Nice to meet you in person Amanda! Thank you for the sticker!

Welcome! I will not be wishing you luck in the draw as I am also putting in for December.

Call him! Things can almost always work out. If not find out where the deer come from and set up shop between the water and cover.

Last year I jumped units. I noticed a ton of people camped out in the same spot . I packed in several miles to be alone and it was great. I spotted a few bucks but no takers. I will be putting in for the same unit as I have some unfinished business.

I'm still waiting on the pedigree's if you dont mind. If you are just looking for a hunting dog I'd pay more attention to the possitive feed back that was posted... Pedigrees don't make a hunting dog.... they only matter if you plan to show or trial.... IMO. I would agree Pedigrees don't make a hunting dog. You can have a mutt thats great and have a dog with a great pedigree that can't follow his own trail back to the truck. I was asking for a buddy that wants to compete in trials. He has already found a pup out of Texas. Thanks

I'm still waiting on the pedigree's if you dont mind.

Very nice! mind me askin what bait you used?

Once again, I bow to Lark's superior wisdom. Bill Quimby Wow!

That sucks man sorry to hear that. You should post the pics asap. It's not too smart to leave your pistol in you truck.

So I was talking to my Dad this weekend and he told me the G&F department sent him two of the same tag. They are identical. He said he called and the lady he spoke to said to pick one and toss the other. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else. Whats to stop people with lesser morals from taking one going home and taking another the next day? What a screw up.

I have not been out there very often but from what I have seen it is. My brother was walking the shore line flippin over big rocks and finding large dead catfish. What a waste.

I go ahead and count that as a loss!

We were out saturday. If I remember correctly the water was about 68. Fishing was slow. Couldnt find any pattern to what they were hitting until late. All my fish were caught on skinny dippers and senkos. goodluck stayed at apache gold and won 65 bucks on blackjack

Thats some good fishin. I heard there was some theft going on at the camps this weekend. Hope you didnt get hit.