Pine Donkey

WOW

That is some amazing video! What a great summer.

In the Nutrioso area the seed was down before the straw.

We made another trip to Nutrioso this past weekend. The monsoons have begun to heal the forests, and they look very different then just a few weeks back. Three weeks ago everything was black, and now much of the grass has returned. This picture along highway 180 near the AZ/NM border shows the vivid green "new" growth. We were very fortunate to have front row seats to one of the BAER teams, who are using helicopters to spread straw on the severely burned hillsides. They have set up one of their operations about 50 yards off my parent's back deck. This morning, we were educated on the project by one of the very friendly pilots. Not only did he discuss the operation over a cup of coffee, he took my friend's (MJE1) young son over to his helicopter, let him sit in the pilot's seat, and made a memory that will last his lifetime. During our discussion, he gave us a lot of information: There are several arial straw projects in the burn area. After fixed-wing planes reseed the area, his team covers it with straw. They place straw on all the severe burned areas with slopes between 15 and 50% grades. The project will take about 7 weeks total, staying at each staging area for 2-5 days. In the short time in this staging area they plan to spread 40 semi-trucks of straw (800 tons) on the ridges around Gobbler Peak, and Rodger's Reservior. Prior to setting up at this location, they were in Auger Canyon where they spread 80 trucks (1600 tons) of straw on the hillsides of Auger Canyon and Noble Mountain. The entire project will require over 2000 trucks of straw (40,000 tons). The straw is coming from Yuma, CO, UT, NE, OK, KS, and TX. In the pictures below, the darker straw is hail and tornado damaged straw from the wheat fields in Kansas. At the site, semi's line up to be unloaded, while one crew cuts the bail cord, stacks, and breaks up the bails. Another crew spreads out the nets and uses large John Deere tractors to pile straw on them. As a helicopter arrives with an empty net, a third crew disconnects that net and reconnects a full net. This is done in two different areas about 75 yards apart. In one area they use Hueys that lift about 3000lbs per load, in the other they use large workhorse helicopters that lift 5600lbs (at 8000 ft elevation). As you can see from the video, the exchange of nets takes under thirty seconds in this efficient operation. They entire operation was very interesting and well coordinated with 4 helicopters in the air at a time. Here is a video I took today. Sorry it is sideways, there was a collision between my limited video and technologic knowledge.

Not only did theives steal his camera, they broke into his house and took the "L" key of his computer.

love them long tines!

Hey bowcrazy, In the pictures of the guy messing with your cameras, was he carrying a bag of corn?!?!

As always, beautiful!

Cool pics!

Cool pics!

I am listing this for my son Garrett. For sale, or trade for a good quality 3 X 9 scope. Has been mounted on a gun, but not used very much. No scratches or dings, glass is perfect. Scope is in excellent condition. Cabela's sells this scope for $179.99. Looking to get $110.00 or trade for a comperable 3 X 9.

Scope has sold.

LMAO

That is one of the best series of pics I have ever seen, thanks for posting!

Geez. You guys sound like my kids while sitting in the back seat on a long road trip! Lol

Nice spot! That is a beautiful bear.

Great Day!

Price reduced $80.00

Nice pics! Are the dates correct? Those deer seem to be quite aways behind on their growth based on what I have seen recently.

6A is the best, everybody should put in for that unit every year. Don't apply for 1 or 27, there are no elk there! Stay away from these units they are a waste of time.

Dang TJ, do you sleep with you laptop?

Buy both and you will have most situations covered. If you have to choose, you should take the weight of each into consideration. The 300RUM will be quite a bit heavier to pack around.

Set up the ground blind and start counting the days, you found your spot!

Nice spot you have there, love the shadow pic.

Thats a great bull! Not many have the dedication to hunt just one animal, and those who do often eat tag soup. Congratulations Alan.