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So in an attempt to barter for time... I took the girlfriend down to Bisbee for our anniversary. One weekend for her, then the next weekend was HAM Javelina with the fellas (see where the barter part came in?). Anyways, we had the simple overnight trip planned out. Hit some of the wineries (her thing, although I can't say I didn't have a blast too) of Sonoita, take the scenic way to Bisbee, walk around and come back the next day. Well, i'm not one for details. Like highway 82 takes you to Siera Vista (then connects to the road that goes to Bisbee).... or that highway 83 (right next to 82, and parallel for a brief moment) does not. ha ha. Our scenic drive got a lot more scenic. No, she wasn't pissed. lol. We both had a lot of fun checking out area either of us hadn't been to before. Highway 83 does in fact take you somewhere, to parker canyon lake. Has anyone ever been here? their Facebook page shows some humungous catfish and bass being pulled out of there. G&F fish stocks it in the winter and it sits about 5,000 feet. Was thinking about "getting lost" again down there. Looks like a nice place to get the kayaks wet and maybe catch a fish or two. Was wondering what some people had for luck there, or anything to say about the lake. (kinda trust the community here on cwt than the reviews of "it didn't even have a resturaunt" I read online lol) Thanks, Matty

Wow, see... squeaky wheel gets the grease. glad I asked. Thanks for all the information. the Parker canyon lake website has camping spots for 10/night. (45 for the group site). They had 3 state records pulled from there (two versions of catfish, and a sunfish record). But their fb site for the marina raises more questions. They have pictures of some lunkers! 30" 17# channel cats. and some big bass. (maybe it's photo shopped since "there aint no fish here" lol).... but the captions on the facebook photos said they released the fish back in the water. I know Patagonia lake has issues being close to the mine and if memory serves me right, youre not allowed to eat the fish from Patagonia lake. Is it the same for Parker? Also, what are the summer temps there? The girlfriend said she has an upcoming 3 day weekend.... and wants to take a trip. My first thought was "camping, kayaks, fishing poles.... load up!"... but then she mentioned some place called las vegas? do they have fishing there?!?! jk. A nice long weekend, don't really wanna go out of my way to spend it around even more people. thanks for the info everyone

I ventured into the realm of testing for law enforcement a few years ago. I got to see the LPR car that one agency had. The officer I had to do my ride along with told me its more trouble than its worth. While it had the technology to read, detect,and alert for a plate with any negative history.... it couldn't differentiate between states. so if you came from alabam with a banjo on your knee (for example) for a driving tour of az and your alpha numeric matched a 'zoner wanted by "the man" it would alert the officer in the car with the plate reader.

I would love to hear more about it too, for a couple of different reasons. the main reason, is javelina. We had 32 HAM tags and around Mammoth it seemed to be over run with cat sign. Kinda made a bummer of a trip (no, didn't see any cat either). A few of us had mtn lion tags, but never came across them. the second reason is Javelina, well different reason for javelina. the group was talking about venturing out towards the border untis for Javelina next ham hunt to see what its like down there. is that where you go for your cat hunting?

I have 3 sit ins (this one is a sit ON).... either way there's no other experience in the world like kayaking. need to budget for a hummingbird fish finder to mount on the side :-) They have a battery operated one. Good luck on the sale

KCCO! ha ha. What unit is that? we wanna try down south sometime

we had good luck (no tag, but lots of sign) west of rye. good luck. also heard the back side of mt ord by pumpkin center

we will be over on the mammoth side/area for the same hunt. good luck on the HAM. A very generous offer to give up your harvest. I know what any of my group plans on doing if they get theirs.... makes dang good sausage and chorizo!

This is my first spring draw in a few years. Most of my hunting skills have been learned through "osmosis". (which explains my lack of success, lol). My family has never really hunted, so I was never exposed to it as a kid. In my younger years, I got to go along on a few hunts with others that actually knew what they were doing. Ive spent most of my time trying to glean information and trial by error..... a lot of error. ha ha Anyways, I think ive gotten pretty good with the box calls. But for the spring turkey, I would like to learn more about the diaphragm calls. Standing at sportsmans this past Friday staring at the section I gave up. Nothing seemed to beckon to me. I realize that these aren't for "beginners" and they take serious practice. Luckily with a 30 minute commute (alone) I have no one else to annoy except for myself in the truck. Still got my trusty box call (or two actually now) and a couple of slates. Any advice on #1 how to "maintain" the surface on the slate calls and mouth calls and or techniques for them? Gotta change the luck somehow

forecast calls for 90% rain Friday and 70% Saturday

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