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Sorry for your loss Lark, it's gotta be tough. My Mom is the same age and I know I will have to face it sometime.

Best to just give them a call.

I sent you a PM this morning. 602-499-061zero Chris

Howdy, I'll take the Ithaca. PM me with details.

How much does it weigh without the scope, rings and bases?

Made in America, Colorado. Call them and ask for Jerry. Their customer service will blow your socks off. http://wiggys.com/about.cfm http://wiggys.com/legacy/jan-07.cfm? http://wiggys.com/category.cfm?Category=6

Congrats on releasing it. As a life long fisherman going on six decades one of the biggest fish I caught (in my avatar) I just felt compelled to release after almost a half hour fight.

The article mentions the person who is the driving force behind the change. He is in the leadership of the local branch of a national environmental group and also happens to be a former town councilman. He has the ears of a lot of people. Education not regulation is the answer. Possibly we can get some volunteers to spend some time there picking up the stray line and helping kids catch fish. One or two people a few hours a day or whenever they can be the could act as a sort of Steward and educating kids about the perils of tossing line and other stuff in the water would be a good thing. Adults and other kids know tossing their line in the water has it's consequences and nothing speaks louder than peer pressure or having a kid call you out.

BOTTOM LINE. SUPPORT YOUR KIDS AND AS YOU MATURE AS AN ADULT AND A PARENT YOU WILL LEARN TO CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES. My daughter hated the texture of meat but CHOSE later to eat whatever we, as a family, ate. There are much more important things in life than this. Enjoy your kids because with the flick of a light switch you could wake up to an empty bed where your child used to sleep and they are gone forever. We, as parents are the protectors and try to pass on our knowledge on to them. But at some point we need to sit back and see what they can teach us. Just like when we were there.

Racism has been around since the beginning of mankind and will be here when the last human turns to dust. I like to refer to it as "indifference" since it really is color blind. You can look into the past and see indigenous people warring on each other and enslaving the conquered.

Way to go. It's great to have kids along.

Anyone have a wide foot and care to recommend a light EEEE boot?. I am going on 4 years in Pronghorns but they are only EE.

Hey Dogman, was that an OTC Tag?

What calls were you using? In the past I used mouth calls and a dual chamber commercial box call with mixed results. I don't think I've become a better caller per say but this year I picked up a call from Ammon at Little Creek Calls and after trying a couple of his calls at the seminar he put on at Sportsmans I found one that just seemed to sound perfect, very mellow and consistent. It really gave me a lot of confidence and I believe it was key to my success this year. The birds that did come in were already off the roost. The first pair I called to came in from 200 yards at about 6-15am and the other two at about 7am from about 75 yards.

Congrats on the "Snow Bird" LOL. Those stats were the same for the one I shot in 27 last Friday morning. He was a heavy bird and came in on a string with another bird.

Xnt, It means an established campground like Ponderosa or Woods Canyon up on the Rim. At least that is my understanding of it. One that either has a Camp Host or is at least maintained by the State or the Forest Service. If you are not sure then do what I do and call one of the District Offices. http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/map/state_list.shtml http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3798435.pdf

There is a bit of info out there on the Net but most of it appears to not get posted here on CWT. From what I've read, if AZG&F came on board they would eventually be the Stewards of the whole program and the Feds will bow out after a "Goal" is achieved, with the expectation (guarantee) the program continues inevitably. As I understand it once Wolves are established the cost of the program will come from AZG&F ( with some possible Fed Funds) and they will just be another thing to manage. What I fail to comprehend is why the other 27 Groups are involved!

This is about as hard to follow as a Hemingway Novel. It reads like bits and pieces from some college kids thesis. How about deciphering it without all the reference notes so my feeble brain can comprehend the jist of what pertinent vernacular is relevant. This whole thread still has not addressed the question of why 28 groups are on board with this. Our members are a conglomeration of PHD's and Knuckle Draggers so certainly some members should be able to come forth with some information.

They were posted on the 18th. Take a gas grill so you can cook. The State is tinder dry and no matter how careful you are a gust will scatter the embers. I was scouting for Turkeys two weeks ago and a family who was on a Junior Turkey hunt packed up late Saturday morning and went back home. I walked through their campsite and the fire pit was smoking and there were 1/2 full plastic soda bottles tossed into the coals and evidently they had eggs for breakfast because there were the shells from the eggs tossed into the creek. I went back to my camp and got a shovel but all I had were 12 oz water bottles and the plastic bag my store bought wood came in so I took it and dredged it in the creek about a dozen times making trips to the fire pit to put it out completely. I took all the junk out of the coals including cans and the shells out of the creek and hauled them off. Kinda ticked me off that fellow hunters would do that in such a remote area not to mention that there is a ranch with a house and out buildings less than 100 yards away. Definitely not setting a good example for their kids.

Good deal. Looking forward to the story behind it.

I was going to go to Woods Canyon on Saturday to camp with my brother but decided that the weather was going to nasty and with him being here on vacation from NY he was here for some sunshine. So I took him to the range for some shooting. We did go up yesterday and caught a few before the wind kicked up it heels. It was a good thing we didn't go up on Saturday since the campgrounds were still closed.

Exciting stuff. I saw a bear while driving to scout for turkey so I bought a tag, just in case but I did not see one while on my hunt last week.

Beautiful sheath.

I don't know why but was thinking that they may have joined as a requirement to be be included in having a voice in the decision making process in the future. Kidso, I had friend who was sleeping on the ground in his sleeping bag on the mountain NE of Punkin Center and a bear came into camp during the night and grabbed him by the head and started dragging him away. He was with some friends and there was a dog or two in camp when the bear came in but they managed to chase it away. He ended up having to get rabies shots and the bear was never caught. I would be leery of sleeping on the ground.

Congrats that's a great write up. I can't wait till next year.