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Cool video, I am fired up and ready to go too! About the video, what camera are you useing and how far were the videos (sorry if you said this in the video, I don't have audio at work)?

There's an article in the most recent Western Hunter about this issue which says basically what everyone else has already said, a problem with the factory triggers that is more widespread than Remington admits. An aftermarket trigger or proper adjustment from a gunsmith should fix it. I've only seen this happen once first hand, while coyote hunting with a buddy about 11-12 years ago. Switched off the safety and boom, did it one more time and we called it a day.

Great story, that last picture is priceless!!

I remember one of my dad's hunting buddies jokingly telling me, "there's a reason there aint no roads there, cause it aint worth going there." I do love to get back in a ways to get away from other people, like Amanda said, that's part of the fun.

Hopefully they learn from Leica's mistake and put the button in reasonable location. Swarovski has always sold their designs as "ergonomic" so I bet they thought that out.

There's a recall of Pearce going on, how many signatures will it take to recall Grijalva?

Looks like Escudillo with Profanity ridge in the near background and Terry Flat in the far background. With the wind direction and that steep slope it isn't hard to imagine the fire just racing right up it. Hopefully the rest of the fire was more spotty.

I took my 2009 buck to Devin (Becker) at Arizona Wildlife Designs and he did a great job on an absolutely beautiful mount. My kill shot on the buck exited through his lower neck and ruined the cape. Devin was able to get his hands on a good looking cape last December that he used for my buck. Here are some photos of the great work that Devin does. Thanks for the beautiful mount Devin! Here's the link to the story of the hunt: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16756&st=0

This series wasn't really a true test of the two teams. UA's ace was out with a concussion and they had to pitch a few girls that had never pitched in college and one who hadn't pitched since her freshman year in High School. Congrats to ASU on beating up on a team hit with the injury bug. If all goes well for both teams they'll be able to match up in the College Softball World Series when it really matters.

There are two components of the sunflower seed that need to be considered, the quality of the seed, and the flavor. When it comes to flavor, I still prefer the old fashioned salted with David and Frito Lay having the best. As for seed quality, the seed needs to crack well without splintering or falling apart. David's uses terrible seeds with the shell usually splintering. Frito Lay and Spitz use good quality seeds. Based on my two component method, Frito Lay original gets my vote.

WOW 143 1/8"

I have the J105 (the one they don't make anymore). I love the pack. It is built well, carry's a load well. I use the scabbard to carry my tripod with binos attached more than I use it to carry a rifle. If I didn't have the J105 I would probably get the gunslinger. As Youngbuck said, it is large enough for most hunts, but still a good size for those shorter day or half day hunts. The scabbard is a little larger which gives it more functionality. Regardless of which pack you get I'm sure it will be a great one.

This is nothing new. I remember being frustrated over the grid of quad tracks back in the mid-late 90's. 15 years later and little to nothing has been done and it's only getting worse.

Go cats! Sweet 16 Now let's go whoop the hated Blue Devils

the world is right again, ua basketball back in the top 25 in both polls, all alone at the top of the pac-10 standings with that other az school (if you could call it that) taking up their traditional spot in the cellar. Did anyone else notice that when ua basketball slumped, the economy crashed. I'm sure that the economy will recover now that ua basketball has. In the world of football, looks like ua clearly won the recruiting battle this year, further seperating the two programs. (good thing asu has hockey to fall back on - are they even ncaa teams?)

I agree with super jumbo, that's a nice buck but it has a really small frame. I'm guessing 100". Give him a couple years and let his frame grow into it's potential and then he'll be a monster.

I think you made the right decision to not shoot, especially since they knew you were there. Did BP show up in the area and do you know if they caught them?

I've seen quite a few groups of illegal aliens and drug runners in my days in 36b as well as the other border units and in almost all cases I've glassed them up and they never knew I was there. There was one instance where I spotted a group of drug runners right about the time they spotted me and they were trying to hide from me as quickly as I was trying to get out of there. Like others have said, hunt in a group, carry a side arm and be extra aware of your surroundings. Much of 36b has towers throughout it that use some technology to search for illegals. Many of these towers are manned by security guards. I've camped close to one of these towers before which gave me a little more sense of security both while sleeping and when leaving supplies at camp. My uncle had an interesting story this last weekend in 34a. He and a buddy were hunting together when they were approached by 2 heavily armed BP agents. Apparently someone had called in seeing 5 drug runners with 2 armed escorts in the area. My uncle and his buddy decided to just sit tight where they were. Over the next half-hour, several more BP agents as well as the helicopter came into the area. A short time later the helicopter was doing low, tight circles in an area a few hundred yards south of them. A little later a group of BP agents came about 70 yards from them, in the wash bottom, with two men in handcuffs and 5 more carrying drugs. Cell phone signal is spotty in southern arizona but make sure you have the appropriate numbers to report any suspicioius activity.

unfortunately I saw this a day too late. How'd the meeting go? I'd love to see an archery park in NW Tucson.

congrats Andy! Add another species to the list of great animals that you've taken with a bow.

I remember some discussion a few years back about AZ possibly changing the spotlighting law so that it is illegal to spotlight during or within a certain number of days of a season. I couldn't find anything in the regs other than not to spotlight with a weapon in your vehicle. Can anybody confirm the laws? I'll be doing some elk scouting this weekend and was just wondering if the opening of archery deer will make spotlighting illegal. Thanks in advance.

Here's another source of maps to try: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/1/ The "Arizona Topo" maps are 1:24K topo maps with the majority of the roads, trails, creeks, springs, tanks, etc. They load onto my Garmin Etrex Vista so I would think that they would work on your GPS as well. They're free too.

looks great Scott! congrats again on the kitty cat.

Way to go Knowlton!

I went today and bought a few things. The shelves weren't fully stocked but they are open. Seems like it will be a great store. If you're looking for the store it is on the west side of Craycroft at 26th street (just south of 22nd).