DesertBull

At least you can buy points for sheep and buff for $5 each.

The big guy died. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7978360/?GT1=6542

How much longer are we going to put up with John McCain and his crap? Why doesn't he stop the charade and just come out of the liberal closet and join the Democratic party? He's anti-gun, pro-illegal immigration, and basically stabs Bush in the back on every conservative issue. The final straw was his "deal" that probably stops Bush from getting a conservative (pro-gun, pro-states rights, ant-illegal) on the Supreme Court when Renhquist retires next month. Yes, he was a POW, yada yada yada, a lot of better men than him was a POW also. The only reason he is a so-called Republican, is because the GOP has more money than the Dem's and very few Dem's got elected from AZ when he first ran for Senate.

Did you notice that the NRA didn't have any commercials on TV during the last election? Wonder why? McCain saw to that it would be illegal for private groups to run political ads. That's why every commercial now has to have the candidate say at the end, "I'm XXX XXXX and I approve of this message." He did that as a DIRECT hit on the NRA and he admitted it. He feels it was the NRA and strict conservatives that cost him the Presidential nomimation in 2000. He also tried to shut down the gun shows.

Elk: 21 Bull ML'er 4B Bull ML'er Antelope: 19A ML'er 18A ML'er Deer: 12A Carp 23 WT (early) Sheep: Just buying points this year.

What is the ADA's position regarding the doe hunts in unit 12?

Well, it's pretty much over now. SA has only lost something like 3 games at home all year. You just can't win if your not going to play D.

I wasn't aware that Logan Simpson did that kind of work. That's interesting. I work with them on occasion on construction projects.

Got any pics of you wives or girlfriends? If not, do you want some?

Digital deer cam

I have heard of some people trimming the bristles on the bisquit, but don't know the procedure. Also, the MFG has a new Bisquit (brown) that is supposed to easier on vanes. You could always contact the MFG for their recommendation.

Yes, there are appx 14 million hunters in the country, but a big % of them are small game, waterfowl, and bird hunters only. Not too many of them are going to come out west to hunt from the east coat, south or even midwest. I guess I should ahve clarified myself when I said 95%. I meant 95% of big game hunters.

What Mr. Jackson needs to understand is that the vast majority of hunters supported this bill and 95% of all the hunters and fisherman in this country do not ever hunt outside of their own state.

This brings up a sore subject with me. Why do we have to have the same dates, the hunts, the same units every freaking year? Why can't the G&F mix up the hunt dates like the Archery deer hunts or hunt units like the late ML'er Elk hunts in 6a? The rifle hunts always start the last weekend of October, the late hunts always start the second week of December, The late ML'er deer hunts are always in unit 35 and the 40's. Why are there no early archery hunts in unit 37B, yet they issue 100's of rifle tags. Everytime they ask for comments I ask them to give us a little variety. Yet no response. Anyway, back to the subject. I would take a late season Kaibab tag once then a unit 33, last week of December rifle tag for Coues.

If you think it is bad now, just wait. It is only a matter of time before the state raids the Heritage fund and other G&F revenues. I heard they are trying to grab the money that G&F raises off boat registrations now.

There is not much difference between the elk living near Picacho Peak and the elk I have seen in some of the areas in Unit 21. I've seen Elk between the Dugas Ranch and I-17, which is pure cactus desert. If you look hard enough, you can find a lot of Elk sign in the 4 Peaks area and around Mt Ord too.

I would rather hunt average animals every other year than trophy animals every 10-15 years. But that's just me. I understand that everyone has their own opinion.

Grijalva? I'll bet he was too busy smuggling Illegals to care about a hunting bill.

Does anyone know what the G&F's plans are for next year, assuming that the law is passed? Go back to old system or compromise and set aside a percentage for NR's? I think the old system was more than fair, everyones name in the same hat and cap the NR tags. I would not be against raising the cap though to say, 12-15%.

He needs new broadheads. He didn't get any penetration at all.

If your 1st choice hunt is traditionally a 40% draw and your second choice is say, 10%. You will NEVER draw your second choice hunt. If the 40% hunt is full, there is a 99.9999999999% chance that the 10% is also full. But, if you put the 10% hunt first, and it is full when your name is drawn, there is still a 30% chance that your second choice (40%) hunt has tags left. 40%-10%=30%. If the 40% hunt is the hunt you really want, then that's fine, go ahead and put it first, but you need to pick a hunt with a better than 40% draw rate for your second choice or you're just throwing it away. There are execptions, of coarse, but on average that's how it works.

Yep, you need to reverse your hunt choices and put 21 as the 1st choice. You should always put the lower odds hunt as your first choice or you are just wasting your second choice. It's a statistical thang.

The .270 WSM is plenty of gun for elk and might be the ultimate "lope gun.

I am putting in for all the longshot hunts this year due to my upcoming Alaska Sitka / black bear hunt taking most of my vacation and hunting budget for the year. Kaibab Carp / December 23 Coues Early unit 10 bull / Muzzleloader 21 bull 19B & 19A Antelope Sheep

Funny how 20,000 of them can cross our borders everyday and their President gets pissed off if we try and stop them.