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I sure hope so. We prepped for evacuation while planning our annual vacation. I live right on the rim and depending on how this fire goes, I could be one of the first ones hit. Our house got one of those coveted "red" tags meaning they aren't sure they could do anything if it did come to us. Let's hope and pray that the lines stand.
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PM me if you want help with the pix.
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This time of year there are a lot of cicada and grasshoppers hitting the water. To me nothing is more fun than getting them to hit on the surface. A rebel craw is perfect - toss it as close to the opposite bank as possible, work it like you would a dry fly keeping your line up stream then as soon as it starts to get pulled, do a fast retrieve and try to bounce it off the rocks. In the afternoon, a lot of times if you put it in still water they'll come up and take it within a second or two. Glad you are getting out there - it's a special place.
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Great looking buck. Huge congrats.
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Can't remember the last time I boiled up a bunch of nice 'dads. Looks like you got some big ones there. I've always enjoyed the meaty portions but never really got into slurping the body portion. Thanks for sharing.
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Looks like a guy free-jumping with a gnome (or elf - hard to distinguish) on his back facing backward and a banana peel for a left leg. Other than that, I've got nothin'.
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I think the first time I burned my hand by grabbing the doorknob from my garage to the outside, while living in Cave Creek was when I decided it was time to move to the mountains. Now I only have fires to contend with.
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Very creative. Excellent wood work too. You might consider some slide-outs for more floor space, if that's possible with wood construction. Kudos.
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Very clever, and while the department got a kick out of it, I hope it raised some awareness of what it feels like to be on the "other side" of all these fees.
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Looks amazing! Huge congrats!!!
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^^^ I'd like it twice if I could.Absolutely spot on.
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Whatever the cause it, there's certainly a lot of people on edge up here. Pre-evacuation notices have been issued for Show Low, Pinetop/Lakeside, McNary, Hon-Dah, Fort Apache and surrounding areas. Forestdale is already being evacuated according to the link Doug provided. The good news is, the wind has subsided, giving crews a good shot at back-firing it tonight. I saw a lot of air support and crews up and down my road all afternoon. All we can do is hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
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Been packing and preparing for evacuation all afternoon. Here's the view from our front yard. And from the Wal Mart parking lot:
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Anything can happen on the strip. When I was doing some research up there I heard everything. One story was a guy who lived and ranched up there his whole life. When he finally got the tag he used horses and all means available to him (obviously holding out for a giant) and came home empty handed. I've also heard of several guys who stayed in town and did nothing but drive main roads ending up killing monster bucks. One buck I know of well over the 200 mark was being watched by a very well known guide up there for months before the season, only to cross over into the adjacent unit and get shot by a guy out taking "nature break" not 50 yards from his camper. If there's any take-away, luck still plays a big role up there, as does weather and timing. I'd like to say the hardest working guys get the biggest deer, but like all hunting it's being in the right place at the right time, whether by hard work or luck or a combination of the two. There's a great quote out there, that's actually more of a paraphrase as nobody seems to know its true origins - mostly attributed to Samuel Goldwyn. "The harder I work, the luckier I get". May or may not apply to hunting on the strip but there it is.
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The smell of breakfast on Saturday and Sunday when all my boys are home. The way my wife tells me I'm her best friend after 22 years of marriage. The blue of the sky over the white mountains, and the promise of my Lord, Jesus Christ to carry me through the rough parts of life I couldn't navigate without Him.
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What would you build, as the perfect coues cartridge ?
Coach replied to Splatt's topic in Rifles, Reloading and Gunsmithing
I think the 25's are pretty perfect for coues. 257 Wby Mag in the accumark, just about anything 6.5 - I'm partial to the 6.5x284 norma, I also like .300 WSM and .270 WSM. If I were to build one today, it would be like Doug's (Red Rabbit) 6.5 WSM. That has just about everything I like in a gun out west. But you have to hand load, lol. No stopping in at Wal Mart and picking up a box of 6.5 WSM, -
Any way you join the 6.5 club, you'll like the results. It's not overly pricey to build one from the ground up. I built a 6.5mm-284 Norma off a Savage long action with a Shilen barrel and boyd's stock. It shoots great with a variety of handloads.
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Fair enough - thanks for sharing your knowledge of this subject with us. BTW I've got some friends living in Blue so I know what a tight community it is down there and I certainly understand where you are coming from.
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Beautiful shotgun. Bump.
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If you had property or ran cattle in the blue wilderness you would say otherwise. That is ground zero for the hybrid wolf reintroduction, and the land is yet to recover from that. last thing we need is bears that have NEVER been native to az released in to the blue.Look at Montana, the objective has been met/surpassed many times over and the state still can't manage them. If reintroduction is pushed for hunting purposes AZ will have yet another BS "endangered" untouchable species to deal with. Ben Lilly did us all a favoe by eradicating them. RIP. Tread lightly in this. Sonoran Grizzlies, which is the sub species we had in AZ, is extinct. Reintroducing ordinary grizzlies into an unsuspecting habitat would be detrimental. Saying you would be "behind it" is a selfish an uneducated response. I certainly understand your position, but I'm unclear on a couple parts of your response. If they've never been native to AZ, how were they eradicated? And to say my response is selfish and uneducated, I think I described my issues with the wolf re-introduction clearly. I know full well of the dangers and possible loss of access caused by re-introduction of any species - don't get me started on the apache trout debacle. With all due respect, how does my stance constitute either selfishness or being uneducated?
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All I can say is "Thank You" to our brothers and sisters putting their lives out there every day, and to those who have fallen. And a special "Thank You" to the hunting and fishing organizations that have programs for returning, wounded vets. These men and women have given their eyes, ears, limbs and sanity to keep us safe. We need to do everything we can to bring them home and take care of them as diligently as they took care of us. May God bless our warriors and their families. Freedom isn't free.
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Might do that place some good unless it reaches homes in Young.
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As I understand it, the last AZ grizz was killed on Escudilla. There's some scratchings on rocks down on the Blue from one of the last known trappers who caught/killed most of the last wolves and griz in there. I'm a little on the fence here. I'm not a big fan of the wolf re-introduction and how it's been handled. However, if there ever is a place to re-introduce the grizzly, it's the Blue Range. I don't see them nearly as dangerous to livestock and game as the wolves have been, and it sure would be cool to see one in the wild. That said, there's a lot of politics involved in re-introducing species. We could see it used to block access to areas where they are being repopulated and monitored. Any access limitations are something I'm very against. If done correctly, without loss of access, I could be behind this move.
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So sad to see such a wonderful young man have his calling cut short. I'm sure he will live on in the lives he touched. I am truly sorry for such a tragedy and the loss of those who knew him well. He and his family and friends are in my prayers tonight.