DesertBull

Well, Roosevelt is 3x as big as it was last year, so it will probably take a little longer to warm up than usual. Plus, a lot of cold mountain water is still pouring into the Salt arm of the lake.

For what it is worth, I was one of the few that did not like the idea of adding October hunts to units 6A and 23.

Actually, I think the idea was to to take some December tags away, but add more October tags because the success rate would be much lower, giving more people the chance to hunt but killing the same numer of deer, more or less.

Remember about a month ago when they were asking for input on increasing the Coues deer tags in units 23 and 6A? Most all of you were in favor of adding the October hunts to these units. That's probably 400-500 tags right there alone. Elk are increasing by leaps and bounds. I have no problem adding more tags. I would not be surprised if those tag numbers that were quoted at the top of this thread include a big increase in the limited Opp. hunts. I doubt if you see a big increase in bull tags in units like 1,27,9 & 10. Antelope? That is puzzling that that they would increase those tags. Hopefully it is mostly the lower success rate archery tags that are increased.

By the end of the year, you will be able to buy trail cams that use cellular cameras. These will not only take photos of your next wall hanger, they will email you the pictures from the field. Cellular trail camera

I am just waiting for one them Picacho Peak Turkeys (Ostrich) to escape. I don't think it will fit in my smoker though.

Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:37 a.m. EST Mexican Military on Standby in Response to Minutemen Mexico's President Vicente Fox is preparing to respond militarily to a group of U.S volunteers who plan to patrol the U.S.-Mexican border starting tomorrow, positioning more than a thousand troops nearby, according to an Arizona TV station. "The Mexican military is on standby," reports NBC's Tucson affiliate KVOA. "One unit has about a thousand soldiers. They're located just across the border." Over the last week spokesmen for the border patrol volunteers, who dub themselves Minutemen, have said they will not attempt to detain Mexican illegals, but rather report them to the Border Patrol and track them till they're apprehended. Despite the assurances, Mexican officials met with the mayor of Douglas, Ariz., on Tuesday to discuss how they will handle potential violence, KVOA said. Last week President Fox warned at a Mexico City press conference: "We totally reject the idea of these migrant-hunting groups. We will use the law, international law and even U.S. law to make sure these types of groups, which are a minority, will not have any opportunity to progress." http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/31/134212.shtml

They should send her a bill for the taxpayer money spent to maintain "her" road for all these years.

So, legal citiznes of the USA will be told to stay off their own land, but the illegals will be free to trash it? Listen government dudes, I don't NEED you to protect me. I am a grown man.

And now redhead.com is your home page?

Google kicked my site off their listing awhile back because I had a link to a site that sold knives. I eventually got the listing back, but it took awhile.

Anyone had success using the electronic callers? I have heard that cats won't come to them very often and my spring time is going to be devoted to killing a bobcat and / or lion. Thanks.

How about more opportunities for muzzleloader hunters?

Let's get George T. to be the speaker! I'll bet it would be standing room only.

No freaking way! The beauty of the central AZ units is that there are no Oct/November hunts. Maybe if they only had one 4 day hunt and rotated it on a yearly basis through several different units, (22,23,24), it might not be so bad, but I would still be reluctant. Deer numbers are near all time lows and they want to add more hunts?

I'll bet you can glass up some big 2 point racks from that vantage point!

Let them close their ranches. Then take some helicopters and drive all the elk off their lease.

HA HA HA I only paid $15.00 SUCKA!

And don't eat at Taco Bell the night before your hunt. You'll be emitting your own form of danger aroma.

I just read a story in Trophy Hunter and the author of the story comes right out and says that he uses his scope instead of binocs. I could not believe they published that crap.

If ya would a kept your spike in ya pants, ya wouldn't be in that there perdicament. One good thang about the crumbsnatchers though is in about 10 years ya can use em to fetch all yer gear and goat haul it up the mountain. Congrats on the deer and the baby!

Wetmule, Thanks for the info. I did not intend to infer that more money should be spent in WT habitat, I was pointing out that lions are a problem in many areas. I am 100% behind the efforts to preserve the Strip deer and gene pool and realize that funds must be spent where they have the most impact. One other question. Does Mr. Bedlion get a special permit from the G&F to kill all these cats in one year or does he have to take a valid tag holder on each hunt? Just curious. I'm not much of a public speaker ( I always skipped that day of class!) Plus, there is no way I could make a midweek meeting at 6:30. If someone wants to run with the raffle idea, please do. I'll be sure to buy some tickets if it gets rolling.

I have good success getting trail cam pictures over salt blocks. I like the salt / mineral blocks you get at the feed store. I would not overpay for the ones marketed for hunters. I got this tip from another guy and works real well for getting a lick started. Get 3-4 of the small mineral blocks, they're about $2 each. Crush up 2 of them and drill a hole in the one or two of the others. Take a small hand trowel or shovel with you to the trail. Dig a shallow, wide hole at the bottom of a tree, where you want to place the lick. Take one of the crushed blocks and pour it in the hole, mix it up real good with some of the dirt. Take the other block with the hole in it and rope or wire it tight to the side of the tree. For what ever reason, the deer like the salt mixed up with the dirt. They will paw that hole all summer long. By placing the other block on the tree, it will seep salty water right down the tree trunk into your salt lick every time it rains and freshen it up. To jump start the lick, try pouring some dark molsassas, anise, or vanilla extract on the tree trunk and around the lick when you first set it up. I'll be setting mine out after the hunting season are done. I need to fix them up a little too. Mine are all home made and need repairs after six months in the rain/wind/snow/

I have a permanent scope hickey right between my eyes too. A moon shaped scar from a 7 mag. That's funny because I was just watching a show the other day and some caribou hunter shot at a bull and the scope wacked him good. They showed the bull falling and you could hear the guide in the backgroud start laughing really loud. I thought, that's kind of weird, but when they pulled the camera back the old fat guy had blood all over his face and the guide was rolling on the ground in a full belly laugh. Great buck by the way.

HA! HA! Just make sure you guys don't go skeerin' all the deer before I get down there. They can smell a Californy guy from a long ways off. See ya Friday!