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i live in the valley but hunt alot near cherry creek in 23 and the surronding areas Lions are in that area. Be patient and persistent!

Save a smaller bull for me so the pack out won't kill me!

Start calling. You will get better with practice. Call where the deer hang out andl eventually you will call a lion or two.

Good job, little buddy! What unit were you hunting and how far was your shot?

Check Craigslist under taxidermy. A local shop in Gilbert is closing its doors and selling off its stock.

Love the story and the accompanying pictures. I've never called for javelina, but have incidentally called them in several times while bear hunting. Imagine the scare I got when I heard a bear-like "woof" right behind me from something that snuck in undetected to my stand! Thought I was a gonner, until I saw the peppered hair prickling up in the air!

Very nice, will try your recipe with some elk.

Any sweet pictures of color phase bears?

Did you harvest an elephant and a lion? What seven animals did you tag?

I have seen bear scat, tracks, and rolled rocks from bears scavenging for insects on the north side of the Catalinas in the foothills.

Exactamente! Tacos de birria in Mexicali are the best!

Nice late season bear. Did the bear come to the call?

If you want the G&F to get on this one, let them know that pictures of the jaguar have been captured nearby and that it would be a travesty if it too ended up as a wasted carcass because nothing was done to investigate the area.

From research I have read, larger boars typically kill juveniles infringing into their home territories, particularly when food is scarce and they generally will feed upon their kill. The two dead boars are likely older juveniles or sub-adults, but in either case, their size would indicate that they would not be naïve about sticking around in an area with a mature boar. Interestingly, they had no fight wounds, which they definitely would have collected if surprised by a larger boar, due to their own size and survival instinct. In addition, this has definitely not been a fall with food scarcity for bears. Moreover, poachers likely would have taken "marketable" parts of the bears, which did not occur. Thus, I personally feel that someone is deliberately poisoning a watering hole or laying out poisoned meat in an attempt to reduce predators in the area. We each feel passionate about conserving our favorite game species, and because bear is my species of choice, I am absolutely appalled at the wanton and needless waste of the bears you discovered. I don't buy the larger boar argument, and invite G&F to prove otherwise with an autopsy of the body and an investigation of the crime scene. The perpetrators need to be strung up, in a court of law, of course. However, it is possible that chemicals from an old mine are leaking into and contaminating a water source. But, if that was the case, there would be all kinds of dead animals in the area, not just two opportunistic carnivores. If poisoned meat was hung high enough off the ground, coyotes and foxes could not get to it, hence no dead coyotes in the area. It is worth an investigation.

Forget about 2014, get out there now if you have not filled a 2013 lion tag and get that rug going!

Quick question. I have researched many threads and reviews on shooting fixed blade broadheads through a "tight" window mesh on pop-up blinds. However, I have not read anything about how far away one's bow should be from the mesh on release. Anyone who has shot through a window mesh, please advise. I would think that when drawing the bow string back with my right hand, my stationary left hand that is holding my bow would only be 3-4 inches away from the mesh. Is that any different than 10 inches from the mesh, or is it not that significant? Thanks.

Thanks guys. Going to try my "Big Mike" blind for the late archery elk hunt in two weeks. Shooting 125 grain Striker Magnum three blade broadheads. Hope they do the trick! Sweet looking deer, Yuma Archer.

Analysis of "air bubbles" trapped in ice cores drilled in the Antarctic have determined historic CO2 levels to be around 270-280 ppm (or 0.027%) between years 1600 to about 1850, after which began to rise with mankind's industrialization.

I love how scientists who disagree with carbon dioxide linked climate change are typically labeled "skeptics" by politically correct politicians who know little to nothing about science in an attempt to discredit their research. I have researched and studied CO2-linked climate change for years and found no relationship. However, as a scientist, I am open to debate and readily agree that the door should not be completely shut on this climatological issue. On the contrary, very little is ever discussed regarding the direct biological benefits of increased atmospheric CO2 levels on our planet, which is nearly undebatable. Go back to high school biology with me for a moment. Do you recall learning about photosynthesis? The process by which plants take atmospheric CO2 into their leaves and convert it into sugars to use for their growth and development? Well, in a nutshell, plants eat CO2. With a little more CO2 available for plants to consume in our air, guess what happens? They typically grow larger, quicker, and use less water while doing so. Furthermore, because plants exist at the bottom of nearly all of earth's biotic food chains, what is best for plants is what is best for our planet. Biologically speaking, more CO2 in our atmosphere provides a stimulation at the lowest level of our food chains to create a greater superstructure for supporting all other life forms that depend upon plants, including us -we humans. Increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere are effectively providing an aerial fertilization effect that increases crop, fiber, and timber production which is helping to feed, clothe, and provide shelter for our increasing human population. But, I guess arguing about debatable and non-proven CO2-linked climatic disasters is more important to our policy makers than spreading the positive and proven beneficial effects of increased CO2 on earth's vegetation and all the animal life it supports, including us. New "regulations" will likely be biting or chopping off the "biological" hand which feeds us. I love our country, and I support our Constitution, but our leaders are way off the mark when it comes to scapegoating increasing CO2 levels as the cause of climatological events.

I think Big Moe fell out of the traveling Bearizona tour truck and needs to be relocated to a meat locker.

Nice solid black hair with the black muzzle to match! Great job! What time did you arrow your boar?

That's not graphic...ain't nothing but a close-up of a prickly pear fruit with a beetle hole in it! Nice job!

Congratulations Sam! That was an awesome event for your daughter and you were able to share that with her. How far was the shot and what weapon was she shooting?

Slim to none, unless it had a kill nearby or denned kittens. That being said, I would have been out in the field rolling the dice, just as you did!

I'll take a home run in family time over filling a tag any day!! Love your perspective!