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$109.99 on Camofire.com right now. Smoking deal if your in the market.

Lefty- There are actually two scout shops in the valley. There is a small one in the east valley in the shops behind Bass Pro, and then the main scout shop is at the headquarters for Grand Canyon Council, which is at Thomas and SR51. Big- The scout handbook should be something that all scouts have, as well as all scoutmasters and any assistant scoutmasters who will have anything to do with scoutmaster conferences, board of reviews or advancement of any kind. Tommy- As for the really fun stuff, your son is still a few years away from being able to do Philmont or join a venture crew. You should have the troop look into a venture patrol. If you need any ideas on more adventurous programs at a troop level that can be used with younger boys, let me know and we can set up a time to talk and find out what the boys in your troop like. As for your son at this point, I would suggest you start talking to him about the O/A. He has to be elected in by the rest of the boys in the troop, but if you explain to him the joining requirements and what the O/A is all about, I am sure he will get stoked enough to help spread the word to those that could elect him. O/A elections are done once a year, and useually in the spring. You may want to ask the scoutmaster if they have been done yet this calender year. If they have not, you should ask your SM to schedule something with the local O/A chapter to get some elections done here soon. There are only 2 ordeals left this year. The first is next weekend, and then the last one for the year is in October. If any of you, or anyone on here for that matter, ever has a question regarding the scouting movement(for both boys and girls, ages 5-21), by all means feel free to ask me a question anytime. Jerry

Tommy, I commend you for getting your boy involved in scouting. It's the best thing out there for young men in my opinion. You should bookmark this website, http://www.scouting.org/. You will find the most current info for every merit badge there. Also, I would suggest that you take some of the adult training available on the site, specifically Youth protection and safe scouting just to get started. If you ever have any questions concerning scouting, feel free to shoot me a PM. I've been involved with scouting since I was 5 years old, so if I don't know the answer right away, I can tell you were to find it. Jerry

Good 'ol whisperlite. I'll take it. Do you know if it is the regular or the international?

Can you please give more detail on the stove? My scout troop is looking to purchase some more stoves.

how long till they are ready for the butcher?

Unit 43 in CO. Hunted there a few times when I lived in Gunnison, and headed up this weekend for a scouting trip.

Gotta love it when you don't need to worry about vacation time! I've been laid off during the January deer season for two of the last three years, and it's been great. As long as you have planned prior to this should something along this line happen then why not take the entire fall off and go back to work after spring turkey! If not, then make the most of your time off. What line of work are you in?

G5 Montecs

Not wanting to open a can of worms, but if you open up the political discussions sub-forum, the majority of topics/posts from January through March/April were concerning the AZSFW/AZSFWC and SB2072. Fell free to read to your hearts content, and decide for yourself what happened and who is who. http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?showforum=20

Gore-Tex is your standard go to, which can be found in sitka and most mountaineering grade rain gear. In recent years, NeoShell and OmniDry have emerged into the game, as well as others. I have a nice lightweight packable rain jacket in OmniDry that has always kept me dry and I have put it through some fairly rough terrain without it ripping yet. If you are looking for something that is camo, then your best bet is either Sitka our Kuiu. Personally, I have never tried out either Sitka or Kuiu, but there are plenty of discussions on line in regards to which is better.

Swung by today to take a quick peek, wife called me several hours later to remind me to go home. Awesome selection of bows, LOTS of shooting lanes & very helpful staff. Managed to shoot several new bows, and think I found my christmas present to myself. I also asked about some of the smaller companies bows and was told they would order me any bow I wanted. Their selection of accessories was nice, there is a sitting area to relax and swap hunting stories, and they still have room to fill things in. Even though I shoot in the backyard, I think I may have to swing by and start doing some shooting there.

I 2nd the Black Diamond Trekking Poles. The locking mechanism on them is the best on the market, no way it will come loose on you when you use it to brace a large downward step with a heavy load on. No matter which brand you go with, trekking poles make a heck of a difference going downhill on your knees. Also, it increased my speed on more level terrain and I feel like I can go much further now too. Honestly, I do not think that I would want to do any type of backpacking or back country/off-trail hiking without them. My wife also complained about them being in the way when she first started using them, but now she too will not go backpacking without them.

DSI as well, but I work at the shop. Every now and then I get out to the PUB to do a walk around, so I am sure I've walked by you at least once.

60-60-50... Gotta be Intel. I know just how you feel. Been on 6-12's+ since last year doing CAD for F42. Finally managed to check water and set up a cam this last weekend. I should be off the weekend you have your 50. Shoot me a PM with which direction were you thinking of heading? I've got a few spots in just about each direction.

Was out last weekend checking cams and had a dozen deer walk in on me shortly after 1pm

Dick Tone would be my suggestion. I believe he lives in Gilbert.

Price?

I managed to find a list of the people who had won the raffle tickets in the past, but so far have not been able to locate a list of the winning bidders for the auctioned tags. Can anyone here point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Been a while since I've been on site but been working on F42 since Nov., 22 and 32 for a few years prior to that. Use to see daryl_s a few times a week when I was in 32.

Planning on doing the same myself with a few friends. Are you doing a drop camp or fully outfitted?

If memory serves me right they were a gift from President Theodore Roosevelt, but I'm not sure if it was to the country of New Zealand or to certain citizens/ranches.

My mind has a tendency to wander, and somehow this thought got in my head, and it scares the dung out of me. If memory serves me right, with the wording that was used in the original HB2072, any 'conservation group' with a certain amount of member 'chapters' that are not part of a national org, who have been in existance for X amount of years, would qualify for being able to secure 350+ tags for raffle and auction for that particular group. Does that mean that if enough local anti-hunting groups formed multiple 'conservation groups', waited the X amount of years, paid the deposit up front, that each of the overhead 'conservation groups' would be able to take an additional 350+ tags from the pool? Also, what would stop them from limiting raffle/auction tags to only thier members, a member only expo, and no one paying more then $1.00 for a tag, just to throw it in the trash to keep hunters from hunting. The $350 they raise would not be enough to cover administrative costs, so they would not have to worry about paying for hunter retention or conservation. I saw nothing in the wording that I could tell would prevent this from happening. Just think, if there were 10 of these groups, that would be over 3500 of the premium tags out of the draw with none of them being used. Which would leave how many for us to draw? Any? I've always been told that I tend to read into things a little too far, but this has me very worried.

I have been watching these topics closely and am deeply concerned with what has transpired. I'll match your $10 for both Kent and Amanda. I was planning on getting there early, so I might have to join ya. Maybe make it a meeting before the meeting. Jerry

He broke both ankles and has a bruised knee, but is otherwise fine, not to mention lucky as heck. This was his 2nd attempt to jump off Table Mountain that week. He did not, however, have a permit to jump off the mountain and is now facing a $190 fine, but no jail time. The company that was filming him for HBO is also facing fines, and a possible expulsion from all national parks in South Africa.