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thanks for the tips. I seen your other posting. I really wanna go check it out if time permits.

e-quip-ment....or e-QUIT-ment.... just rassing ya..

one of my group and his son seen javelina on the turkey scouting trip back in September... Right around the 609 road area (on the eastern side) they were crossing the 288) 609 is under young by about 10 miles(?)

sent you some actual specific information in a private message. good luck! post pictures!

we got 23. going back to find the ones that thumbed their beaks at us on our deer hunt (the same turkeys we couldn't find in the fall)

Seen this article on an emailer. his is one huge deer! crazy and lucky for it to come outta AZ. Wonder if the guy is a member on CWT http://www.outdoorhub.com/pr/2014/12/23/pope-young-club-announces-potential-new-worlds-record-typical-mule-deer/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=December%2023%202014%20Daily%20Newswire%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=47688256&spUserID=NDQxNTMxMzU0MzYS1&spJobID=584202259&spReportId=NTg0MjAyMjU5S0

I sarted a thread in this called "holiday visitor"... it has a link to the abc15 helicopter footage. Looks pretty adult sized o me

So buddy texted me this at 730. Bear Spotted in east mesa/QC area . Ellsworth and pecos http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/queen-creek/bear-spotted-in-queen-creek-officials-on-scene

for some of you long timers, if you remember back (to roughly 2003), there were like three different bears that wandered into Sun lakes/ocotillo area

are you going for archery? we drew the HAM tags there. we haven't been in the unit for 10 yrs or so. Going in for old time's sake.

learned about it on our trip to Sedona. The jeep guide said it is actually one of the oldest living organisms on the plane. it takes an eternity for it to grow, and is almost irreparable when its stepped on. here's an article about "don't bus the crust" http://www.moabbikepatrol.com/soils.htm

Not me... but.... Had a coworker quit and join the oil boom. He comes home on his off time and flexed his schedule for his hunt to be during that off weekend (it also works ou that his 2 kids have a birthday that same week so the party was the Saturday he was back). He sent me a picture of a spike he go at around 12:00. He said "took the kids to school, got here a 9, was done by 11". I'm glad he left the state again to go back to work. ha ha ha what a jerk. His second success in 24b

that archery hunt is tough. I went up for a weekend last year to run support for my buddy who was going solo. He botched his only attempt at a 4x4, and he spent the first week there. I went up on the thanksgiving bull hunt. I actually went up the Tuesday before with my dog to set up camp, so we could spend longer with the family on thanksgiving day. Went up Tuesday, stayed overnight. came home and went back Thursday. no problems with anything being messed with when I was gone for the night. (had coyotes raid camp 2 nights in a row in 23 for deer this past year, while we slept).. All in all, we got blanked though. Really excited, my buddy im was the odd man out in our group of 5 that wanted to put in. Of course, he was the only one to draw. So going up on the late, late hunt. Hoping to see what we can find and get to see what the unit looks like in the late season. We seen a bunch of cow last year. Had 3 walk about 15 yards from my brother in the clear open. Talked to a couple different guys thru ought the hunt and they all said that the bulls were hanging out "on" the rim. (like literally on the steep shelf wall between the two units... nearly impossible o recover an animal)Hopefully colder weather moves in and pushes hem down for tim.

ive never seen or noticed them before. thanks for sharing.

we went jeeping. ha ha.. We usually plan an event or activity that takes us away from this bs and craziness. Last year we were fortunate enough to have an elk tag in hand. safe n sound for a solid week up in 22

Listing for my buddy who doesn't have a profile on here.... He's selling his ARE camper shell for his ford F150. I think he's mainly doing it because the last few trips, I've made him haul most of my gear up for me... ha ha ha. now he can say he doesn't have the cargo space. Anyways, Steve's number is 480-658-4477

Well...... son-of-a-mother-in-law-no-good-good-for-nothing.... and I forget how the rest goes, but wish I would have known this two months back.... my story (not me "a friend" ) needed his information during turkey. To set the scene, we were in the middle of 23 south. set up camp Thursday, one last evening drive before the season. seen good sign... Friday morning it was Game on. Tim and I went in one jeep.... my brother and steve (and his 11 yr old) wen another direction. No cell service and usually don't care. brushed out some deer on the opener, and met up with Tim. Our plan is get up and go before the sun. come back for brunch about 11, then be back at dark. We were waiting on other people to just come out for the camping part, so I found service and turned the phone on. One text was from Steve. "going to town to get a tag". Umm What? Apparently Ben and Steve seen turkey walking out the other side of the spot when they pulled up. Then couldn't get on them... then they got to talking. Steve said "Sure hope matt has my tag". Ben said...."no its mailed to your house, why would he"? ha ha They hen drove to young, where steve could get service and called G&f to confirm he was drawn. yep, (part of the 4 pack, he got drawn) but they said "looks like your tag was returned". Steve and ben said they could either take steve back to camp, and he could drive on his own...or cut out the extra driving and go from young. Well, ten miles pulling outside of payson their conversation goes like this: Ben: Pine doesn't have much in it Steve: yeah it's really small. Ben Pine, or Pinetop? Steve: Yeah... Ben: its two different places.... Steve: oh... Pinetop. All in all it was like 7 hours of driving in an open jeep and something like 250 miles as they drove from south of young, Young, halfway to Pine, then back tracked and went to Pinetop

do you offer a package deal? Room, leftover lasagna, and hints to the three bulls you seen? ha ha Had the thanksgiving hunt last year. It was decent weather until weds. then I go cold. Took us three hours Friday (the day after he hunt) to thaw everything out to put it away. My buddy has a tag for the dec 5th hunt this year. No sure what we plan yet. Stellar offer.

yeah.... does your wife wanna give lessons, or start a support group.... been arguing for a couple days now with my girlfriend... "so you'll be gone for a week, and it's not even your tag?!!?".... guess it was a bad time to tell her that javelin and spring turkey will be weekend trips.... apparently there's no Brightside. ha ha (* there were five us come elk time, so my buddy got the short straw and put in solo. He, of course, was the lucky one to draw the 22n late, late bull tag. Can't send him up the hill alone!)

one of my friends here at work has a brother who is a police officer in the city next to ferguson.... the lawlessness that took place is just ridiculous. For example: The Quick trip that was displayed on the news after being looted and burned to the ground,.... wasn't in ferguson. go figure. It was across the street in the next town. (think mesa tempe type of land line). Protestors would abruptly stop in traffic on the interstate. when they started towing cars from the interstate, they began to lay down in the roadway I heard of one article that said people were bussing in to join the demonstrations City council/mayor instructed police to not to intervene in the riots unless it was a matter of life safety (basically, let them run amuck as long as no one gets killed) and like in the past, it was free stuff all around, the mob going after justice from "whitey" were looting and stealing from other African American store owners. Not to mention the pay for a Ferguson police officer is $32k/year....

we had that hunt back in '06... doesn't sound like much has changed. we seen guys trolling back and forth down the pipeline

was starting to think about selling all my gear.... "no wonder I can't fill a tag, can't even find the animals...." glad others had a hard time too. ha ha

seen this in my email this morning... pretty neat to watch. The demise of a buck through a time lapsed trail cam of a very nice buck and "the circle of life". http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2014/11/10/video-trail-cam-captures-deer-decomposition/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=November%2010%202014%20Daily%20Newswire%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=47377203&spUserID=NDQxNTMxMzU0MzYS1&spJobID=561285889&spReportId=NTYxMjg1ODg5S0

I was in 23 as well. We made a few mistakes as to general areas.... but all in all I was an amazing trip. Found a coyote skull, still intact. A bear skull. (only had one canine tooth left though), Had one guy's son trick or treat the three of us in camp (repeatedly, was okay for the first few rounds...eventually his dad just dumped his bag into Christian's so . the game could be over). Found some remnants of buildings that were in plain sight that we've been missing for years. a few whitetail doe, an amazing charcoal grey mule deer doe,.... but the most frustrating thing of the hunt of all ..... fidning 12 turkey that were right in easy access, along the roadside tha we couldn't find a race of when we were there for turkey at the start of the month

I ended my hunt in 24b a few years back getting o listen to two different bands of coyotes serenading each other from either side of me. it was pretty amazing as the sun went down