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I'm sure she is wondering what his state of mind was or if he mentioned something she could relate too and wanting some closure. You might want to ask her not to contact you and your're sorry for her loss and leave it at that. I imagine a lot of things are going through your mind.

Messed it up real bad at 7 this morni d. IM IN THE Arrastra Mountain Wilderness area. Road I think is 17Mile. Off Rt93 across from the turn off to Bagdad. 2.5 miles in there is a corral. I AM in on the road across from it about half a mile. Son is coming with crutches but Might need a stretcher. Any help is appreciated

Yes, surgery was this morning at 7 and took about two hours. I have a soft cast and a followup appointment on Tuesday and am resting with my foot up dozing on and off. Not a lot of pain and my sister who is a Practicioner Cardiac Nurse is here to hlep keep me out of trouble.

I just use 10's on a tripod and have no problem glassing them up at half a mile. As others have said "glass small". Good Luck.

Chris he did a great job.

How are you doing Mike, getting better?

Well Welcome. What unit are you hunting in?

I'll get them to them next year. I have taken three in there at 1.5 miles. Two of them solo. I've done countless solo hunts over the years and enjoy it.

That is the same picture of what they doctor showed me of what they plan to do on Thursday. For some reason CWT isn't letting me upload pics from my phone or computer. I get Error 200,

Maybe he's hanging out with AZBirdhunter.

Yes. For some strange reason when I first went online to create the post this old post came up in the body. As I was deleting it my son called and I answered his call and the website saved the post which I thought got deleted hence the weird post.

I need to get an estimate to reseal the roofs on our two office buildings. One is 5000sq ft and the other is 6200. They are on the same lot in Tempe. Flat roofs about 18ft high and are flat. Must be licensed and bonded.

Is yours permanent of did it come out after it was healed?

There are a few Hog Hunting Facebook pages. I would start there, just avoid Independance Ranch and read reviews. Prices vary a lot.

Feeling better this morning, looking through the discharge papers I found I have a fracture at the end of the fibula where it meets the ankle. From what I have found on google they usually bridge it with a plate with 3 screws on either side. In hindsight I should worn my Ariat lace up work boots since they have a lot more ankle support than the Under Armour High Tops.

What an ordeal today was. I left camp at 6:30 this morning with an Outdoorsmans Optics Pack fairly loaded down with 10X EL's on a Manfretto Carbon tripod in my hand. My destination was just over a mile into the Wilderness are to locate the two pigs I saw last weekend. I was about 400 yards in when I stepped on a baseball sized rock on my right foot and lost my footing. Next thing I knew I was laying flat out and my ankle hurt. I looked over and saw my foot bent at 90 degrees to my ankle and thought god don't tell me I just broke my ankle! I laid there for a minute to regain some composure and then sat up, grabbed my foot by the ankle and bent it straight. After a couple of more minutes of cussing myself I thought, I hope I have cell service. I did and texted my son. A few minutes goes by and I call him but it went to voicemail so I called his mother and told her what just happened. She was out making her rounds on the Salt River Res when they farm cotton and went and woke up my son. The left Mesa about 8:45 and headed my way. I used my tripod as a hiking stick and started back toward the road. About an hour and 100 yards later I found a large flat rock and sat down to rest. My ankle was really uncomfortable and felt like it had pressure on it. After 30 minutes I got up and lost my balance and came down on the ankle. I then figured that it might be best to wait there and took my pack off and drank a little water. I was concerned that if I ate anything and had to poop I might not be able to. They text me when they were leaving Wickenburg and then a while later when the left the pavement. When they got to my camp my ex stayed there and packed it op including a 10x14 Kodiak. When My son got to me it was about 11. He gave me some crutches they borrowed from a friend and he took my pack and out we went. It took 90 minutes to cover about 300 yards not having a clue on how to use crutches. The last 50 feet was downhill and my son went ahead to get his truck and move it closer. I was about 20 feet from the fence and one crutch slipped on the loose gravel and I crumbled like a house of cards landing on my side and sliding about six feet. It took me a few minutes to get up but at least I didn't do any more damage to my foot. I finally made it to Banner Desert about 4:30 and after about a 30 minute wait go in to see a doctor. They managed to get the Under Armour boot off but cut the Smart Wool sock. My ankle was pretty swollen and there was a black and blue streak in the arch but I could move my toes. They took a few xrays and then gave me an IV so naturally since they were doing an IV i thought I was getting admitted they also took some blood. They were going to give me morphine but I said no as the pain was bearable. They did give me saline and Toridol for the swelling. 90 minutes after the xray the doctor came over and said the foot was fractured on both sides and was either dislocated or broken on the top, I don't remember the actual term. He also said I would need to have surgery and gave me the name of an orthopedic surgeon to call o Monday. I finally got home at about 10. My son stopped and bought a LIttle Caesers Pie and helped me get settled in. The pizza was the first thing I had to eat since last night. Glad to be home and my niece is flying down in the morning to nurse me for a couple of days then my sister will come down for the rest of the week. Definately stinks but on the upside I didn't make it all the way back to where I wanted to go and get hurt because there isn't cell service there. Thanks to Big Browns, Del, Flatlander and One Ugly Dude for reaching out.

Made it to camp. 300 yards on crutches only slipped and fell once. Took an hour and a half. Next stop is Banner Desert. I can move my foot so I am hoping it is just a bad sprain

Last year there were quite a few donkeys. I did not see, or hear any last weekend but I did see some poop where I usually camp and some tracks about a mile in. I'm headed back up about mid morning for a couple of days. Maybe there was an outbreak of parvo.

I wish it didn't taken them two weeks to run the applications from the App deadline. One of these years I hope the system can run the Apps the next day then there will be no need to update CC Info.

10x14?

Sending a heap of prayers his way.

Back in the early 90's when I shot a lot of High Power Silhouette I went to compete in the Nationals at the Whittington Center just outside of Raton (pronounced Rat-Tone) and during one of the matches a bear showed up on the range out by either the Pigs or Rams and they had to stop the match until it scooted off.

Woodland Caribou?

Do you use a Rib Rack so they cook upright? I would always forget to flip them once in a while and burn one side. I used one like this. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Brinkmann-812-9236-S-Non-stick-Rib-Rack/30579681?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=9260&adid=22222222227022624458&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=42535492472&wl4=pla-81197526992&wl5=9030029&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=115780143&wl11=online&wl12=30579681&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQiAm4TyBRDgARIsAOU75soIw3YfV9_9nRdm7ljnQB5zdadr7WF3AnGk6LVSmDYnr71neCYFdLgaApfkEALw_wcB