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    How To Determine How Old Scouting Signs Are

    the taste test works 100% of the time to make sure you'll puke.... side note, not recommended for finding animals...just the "newb test indicator"
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    Fuel 20x10 GM 8 Lug on 37” Nitto Grapplers

    Dang it!... they also fit the heavier dodges.... The wife would be done with Christmas for me if they were 18's... don't want the added cost per tire for the rim size good luck with the sale
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    How To Determine How Old Scouting Signs Are

    Took my step son out for jr javelina... We seen lots of sign in one wash.... he liked the area and gave him some say in where we went...so wound up in the same area two days. I knew they were in there.... because they sh!t in our boot tracks to prove it. ha ha .... Nature thumbing it's nose at us
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    1987 Suzuki Samurai Tin Top

    did the buyer come through? i know someone looking
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    Old State route 87

    they trenched the road, then burmed the trench, then gated each side. You cand still get off and drive up to the gate on each side. i think from the south side, if you go psst the old adot building...you can take that dirt road all the way to the back of bartlett (?) its a trek though. We started scouting it once, but my buddy gave up. (i was just along for the ride , his tag and his scout trip). it was the early 90's becuase i remember seeing it. The top side is the 4 way of mt. ord
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    How To Determine How Old Scouting Signs Are

    I remember my first deer hunt. I was so excited to find an area littered with sign... the older guy i was with showing me the ropes had this to say... "unless you see the deer putting those tracks down, there ain't no way to figure out how old they are". So my own strategy, especially if out hiking around. We normally look for an area with lots of sign... and try to hit it a few times. If you know youre going to be back in that same exact area... "sweep" a spot clean with your boot or a branch... then the next day you can check to see if theyre there. Javelina track in a wash is sometimes hard to read on the "freshness" scale. Sand does't hold a crisp edge... so it could be a day old track that looks older because of the crumbles.... come pared to trail dirt from a deer or turkey track
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    I'm shopping for a travel trailer - update

    We upgraded my truck, then she picked out the "camper"... smart move on the used, had i known better... thats what i would have done. I'm surprised at how many little things go wrong. Weve had the trailer back to the dealer quite a few times for fixes. (some stuff, if i had to pay for it, i would have let it slide... but since it was under warranty, they got to fix it). We bought a starcraft bunk house. Its nice. Spent time in my buddy's jayco and another friends genesis (hey, i get around)... they both seem to have nicer features than the starcraft
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    Leftover Tag Strategy

    I was told previously... we had 20 b javelina tags. My buddy changed his mind and decided he wanted join us on the HAM hunt. He seen there were leftover tags. That particular year, he contacted azgfd. they said it had to be post marked friday.... if it was earlier than friday they "file 9'd" it
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    BEST GUN PAWN SHOP IN AZ???

    a friend of a friend took one over in mesa. I haven't been in it yet, but based on relationship character alone, i'd say to go check it out. They've been open for about a year now. Route 66 pawn. (north side) main street between gilbert and stapely
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    WTB Steel for centerfire shooting

    IMS (Like Western said above my comment) they have a site at 48th st between broadway and southern (across from tempe diablo stadium) -and a Tucson one I haven't been to. they have precut shapes as well. they used to have different silhouettes but I haven't seen them for a while, might have to ask
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    The Hunt Recommendation Process

    again,... how is it conflicting information. they talk about "extra hunters" in the video... at 3:10-to 3:40 of the video, they talk about filling units with hunters. ha ha then at 4:05-5:00 Even the wildlife biologist talks about the scarcity of animals. ---- One thing they don't mention is I had heard at one point, they have a "multiplier" for tags. for example: they need the herd size maintained. If in a particular unit, they need 100 animals to be removed, they issue 400 tags. Because they need 100 animals to be removed, but they don't expect 100 hunters to be successful, so they over issue tags** to get closer to the target. **Footnote: while my example is not specific, they might spread the abundance in tags out over an entire species, not one particular method of take (although it feels like it on most hunts). Spreading it between archery, rifle, youth, etc
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    Transfer pump

    might check northern tool as well
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    Anyone work at Discount Tire

    Time to hi jack the thread...ha ha Whats the best E-range all terrain?
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    Chuckar

    I'd try it
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    Bashas

    I might be mistaken,... but Basha's covers the spectrum: Food city, Bashas, and then AJ's I remember as a kid in chandler it was bashas or safeway... then the city got bigger, and the competition moved in. My best friend works for Basha's still... it's neat to see the "ol' home town grocer"... Hopefully they can keep rolling. I know they did a bunch of restructuring and have closed quite a few stores
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    Window Replacement

    My brother in law will do side work. Without "throwing him under the bus"... he works for a local company that sells windows and does installs... but he has also done installs on the weekend, on the side. It's all he's ever really done as a career. he knows his stuff... pm me for info
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    Blood from a turnip lol

    This discussion came around the camp fire this past weekend at turkey camp. It didn't really sink in when we were talking about it, even though the morning we left I checked to see when the tags on my pop up expired, until I got the email from ADOT yesterday (see below)... I will pay it, (maybe,--- it'll probably spark a wildfire debate in my house because we just purchased a travel trailer last summer, and the wife's argument of "why are we keeping this" will take another nail in the coffin). I just think its funny that the tax is 3 times the amount of the actual tag. The vehicle registration for your 1979 COLEM TE, will expire May 31, 2019. Please pay on or before this date to avoid penalty fees. NO EMISSIONS TEST REQUIRED Fees for a 1 year renewal are: Veh License Tax $10.00 Public Safety $32.00 Total $42.00 Fees for a 2 year renewal are: Veh License Tax $20.00 Public Safety $64.00 Total $84.00 Fees for a 5 year renewal are: Veh License Tax $50.00 Public Safety $160.00 Total $210.00
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    safe mover?

    co worker lives in San tan valley, but has found a good deal on a gun safe in Goodyear. not sure the details, but he was asking about someone to move it. I tried the search option here, but nothing came up. think its about 800#s
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    Sleeping bag

    I bought Tetons form sportsman's warehouse. +rated to 0 - the rule of thumb is whatever the bag is rated at +20 degrees for comfort is the actual temperature. I have had mine down into single digits and have been fine though + on sale at sportsman's in the add right now +ive slept under the stars in mine... with my big baby of an English pointer. He slept in the foot of my sleeping bag (he doesn't like the cold) and I slept in it with my four legged space heater. was plenty of space. Theyre twin bed sized (just the normal sleeping bag), but they will zip together. Ive had mine for 10 years or better. the only thing I had to do recently was wax the zippers every few trips
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    Poor Pitiful Hikers

    They should amend the rescue to be like the "stupid motorist" law.... if you knowingly drive into a flooded wash and get stuck, you pay for the rescue... could be the same for hiking... if they show up and you're standing there in sandals, just know youre gonna pay. ha ha
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    Blood from a turnip lol

    Yeah... we bought me a new pickup, and the wifes car... plus the travel trailer and the pop-up. its like "double down" though, especially on the little pop up... haven't used the pop up but once in the past year.... and now I have to pay a fee, even though its hooked to my truck that pays the same fee???
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    delete

    what did they come off of?
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    Tonot NF travel BS

    the problem isn't "US"... its "THEM".... the go faster crowd... And I don't mean to lump all utv riders together by any means. My buddy has one for hunting...he's not in the "faster" group. The perfect example of this is, we were in 23 for turkey this past weekend... Driving out from lunch in mid afternoon... my brother said "oh there's a razor behind us".... we were courteous, we found a spot and pulled over... they passed us and proclaimed "7 more".... well, we creeped up to a shady spot. the 7 wound up being 12... and everyone of them where treating that little forest road like it was a Baja race... sliding the small bends and jumping the small bumps in the down hill slope. Sure, do they have the right to be out there? absolutely... but do they foster the same stewardship for the trails and environment...nope; its "skinny pedal on the right" mentality. And its not just SxS (although theyre the most predominant)... I almost had a guy in a jeep wipe me out taking the kids up to four peaks once, because he was "having fun in his machine" There's no way to change the mentality of the general public. (wasn't it less than a year ago, that jack wagon went over the edge of the rim from going to fast?) ... Ban the machines, or close the trails... Laws and rules aren't there for the few of us that know a closed area sign isn't the place to be, or that a burmed road isn't open.... Unfortunately though, its those of us that know what the rules are, and suffer the lack of access
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    Need trailer wiring adapter

    you can't "delete" wires going from the trailer to the vehicle... only vehicle to the trailer. truck 7> trailer 4, is the only thing they make. to go from truck4> trailer 7.... it doesn't exist unless you make it yourself the idea is a 7 pin will have trailer brakes wired into it. you can make/buy the fitting and just land the four wires for the lights, but its viewed as Improperly connecting or _omitting- safety features
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