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  1. Ringer

    2018 elk rut

    I was up near Happy Jack Wednesday and it was 43 degrees on the highway so the cold is getting them going. Glad I have a bull tag this year. Good luck to all.
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    MVUM rant again... Still...

    I have never ridden or driven off the road even to get an elk since they outlawed it. I will ride on the road closest to the kill and do the deed. I hate seeing people ride across virgin ground and I have seen plenty of that in 12AW in the past.
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    MVUM rant again... Still...

    Good to know about the fine. I am 69 and will ride the quad in to close as I can if I get an animal down and cut up. $150 is worth it.
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    MVUM rant again... Still...

    I was up in my unit this morning again. People have driven the closed roads every time I have been there. There were two FS guys on a side by side last week that were looking for lawbreakers so they are trying. It is kind of ridiculous to expect flatlanders to spread out a map the size of my kitchen table and figure it out on their own. Most of the people I saw likely couldn't read a map. Just wait until elk are down and watch everyone drive right up to them.
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    Seeing The Pins

    I just had a new bow sight put on that has a built in light. Much better even in daylight and very good in a blind or deep woods.
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    Azgfd closed roads into my elk honey hole

    I was up last weekend again and the closed roads have no signs but some are kind of blocked by logs. Tracks were in the mud and the last time we saw a lot of side by sides using closed roads. When I set up my camp there was a FS truck and trailer and two agents using a side by side looking for violators so they are trying to enforce the rules. I don't see how they can do it all over the units.
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    5b south

    I found a nice 7x7 but I am not telling anyone where it is until after the hunt. You have to find your own.
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    5b south

    Get your butt up there and find you an elk.
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    Early Ballot

    I voted for Bennet just because all of the top insiders here say Ducey made a deal with McCain to appoint Cindy as the next Senator. That one just burns me. They waited until we were past the May date to have a replacement elected this fall.
  10. I checked and the city of Fountain hills has no shooting of BB, Pellet guns or bows in the city limits. You can look up your town ordinances online.
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    Webcast tonight regarding the "Education" funding

    That figures on Ducey. He has old Cindy McCain locked in as our next senator when the old man dies so hope he loses the primary vote.
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    Webcast tonight regarding the "Education" funding

    I wonder if they get 500 people that vote for a Heritage stamp and 50 for more tags if they will still give out more tags. I am thinking the raw data from emails should be public record at some point. Last go around Brewer had two people from her staff attend the G&F meeting on the USO/SFW tag grab. I would write to the Governor and the state legislators to plant the seeds for oversight on this one.
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    AZGFD wants your ideas

    I will bet you that Pete and the boys have gotten Davis compromised just like the old man did in Utah. Davis said no to any other funding but the tag program when he said no raising of fees. Write and tell the commissioners to institute a Heritage Stamp program for $5 a year. That raises a lot more than Pete can promise and it is a permanent funding source for education. NM has done it for decades and no one refuses to buy tags there because of $5 a year. This is an obvious ploy to use the HSUS deal to get the tags they want. I recommended a poll be conducted by AZG&F asking if people would prefer a $5 Heritage Stamp to giving out tags to sell.
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    ConserveandprotectAZ

    The June 19th commission telephone meeting had one issue on the table. They are selecting members of the new committee to raise funds for education. They are also asking for input on the website for AZG&F. Might want to give your input if you have any. I am hoping a few average Joe's will be on the committee and not just the big guide and gear people.
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    ConserveandprotectAZ

    Thanks. You still want to come up for my archery bull hunt?
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    ConserveandprotectAZ

    It says in the agenda from that meeting that they will be forming a committee to advise on education funding sources. Are you saying it will not include any sportsmen but just people from the department?
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    Long Term Gun Storage Problem...Ideas Needed

    20 years ago I stored some guns at Mountain Vault. It is built into the rocks on Cave Creek road. I looked it up and they are still there. Very secure location. 602-943-9796
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    Backpacks

    I use a small pack for my solo elk hunts. My unit has roads all over it so basically hike a mile in and a half mile up for the morning and hunt a waterhole in the evening. I carry a headlamp, gps, two buck knives, a small diamond sharpener, a folding saw, a small tarp and my game bags in my pack. I carry my rangefinder and bow. I can cut an elk up fairly fast after skinning. I bag all the quarters and boned out meat and carry it all downhill to the nearest road. I have a pack frame on my quad if I need it. At 69 I am not hiking in 5 miles any longer. I have a bull tag this fall so hoping it goes like my other hunts and I don't stroke out or get eaten by a lion.
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    Trail cameras

    Red- what is the latest on the tag deal? Haven't heard a word since they canned the committee idea. Is the Heritage stamp idea still a dead issue?
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    Watch Guys Step Inside

    I bought a Tag dive watch in 1989 and it is on my wrist now. It never loses a second and has been an awesome watch. I can get it wet when fishing or hunting and no big deal. It has never been cleaned and has been down 130 feet many times when diving. If I see a salesman with a Rolex at my shop I send him packing.
  21. We need someone who is not making a living off of wildlife to represent regular Joe Hunter. Write every commissioner and recommend Andrew Gillette from Gilbert, AZ for the new tag committee. At least we will have one honest person on the new committee.
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    Moving a Gun Safe

    Mine is a custom welded 800 pounder and I have moved it several times. I rent the trailer at Uhaul that has a heavy duty ramp gate and use an appliance dolly with strap and two guys to get it on the trailer. I leave it on the dolly and strap it in the corner upright and it works fine. The trailer is like $59 a day.
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    Camp Masters....

    I bought the LED replacements off of ebay for cheap. Worked good.
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    Flatlander for the new committee.

    When you form a committee it becomes political. Who gets on it and do they have an agenda that is supported. Maybe they will do like 2012 and see how many people show up at the next meeting. Writing the Governor and the legislature may also help. It did last time and we had reps from the Governor's office at the Commission meeting.
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    Flatlander for the new committee.

    Likely better to handle things behind closed doors. I doubt they wanted anyone like Flatlander there to report back.
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