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Classroom class in Flagstaff July 20-23. I'll be one of the instructors for all but one night (might still be there for that night): https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/198443

Yep, that was 2nd battalion/503rd PIR, carrying on their lineage from Corregidor in WWII. Dad was in 1st battalion and did the air assault via helo for that operation.

A while back, Edge posted about finding a dog tag and getting it back to its owner's family. Tim (Edge) is 1000% a great guy. I chimed in on the dog tag discussion about having my Great Grandpa's WWI dog tag and full uniform. Tim asked to see pics, but I had to wait to get into my safe after the keypad died. Access happened yesterday, so this post is for Tim/Edge! My Great Grandpa on my mom's side was in WWI and he passed away when I was in 8th grade. He was 92. He had 12 kids (that survived, 14 total) with my great grandma. As everyone was going through stuff, they came across his original dog tag and full uniform. My great grandma asked what should be done with it. My grandma knew I was a military history buff at 14 years old, so she grabbed everything and said "I know who will appreciate this!" and got it to me. It wasn't until a few years ago when my grandma's sister passed away that I was able to get the original helmet to go with everything. As promised to Tim/Edge, here are the pics. Full set of leggings (plus an extra), helmet, oversees cap (dad had a different, nsfw name for those), pants, jacket, and helmet.

Well, we'd be in that training together, so it would be fun!!

I don't know if that's what it was called in WWI, but dad never beat around the bush on what he called it in Vietnam. See what I did there??

Bump for those of you who got Coues tags.

Bump for those of you who got Coues tags. $2400...

Chris truly was that "give you the shirt off his back" guy. I was devastated when I found out last week on vacation. He was so great and encouraging with both my kids and always had a hug for them.

The "Ducks" part of "Ducks including..." is lumping all ducks, including teal, wood ducks, and wigeons into one general category without listing every species. The "including mergansers, coots and gallinules..." part of "Ducks including..." is lumping those taxa into/as ducks for the sake of classifying legal wildlife. Taxonomically speaking, mergansers, coots, and gallinules are not ducks in the traditional sense. They are in a different family group from ducks, but they are still huntable waterfowl under Federal waterfowl regulations.

I love my Ritons and that's a bada$$ scope! If I could sell the NIB Zeiss I have listed, I'd buy that from you. $500 shipped is about the same, if not a little better than, I can get through my prodeal by the time they add the extras. Someone should definitely grab this up.

Will be at a hotel near Phx airport Saturday (6/3) night if anyone wants me to bring this.

Will be at a hotel near Phx airport Saturday (6/3) night if anyone wants me to bring the Rem 700 or Savage Axis stocks.

Redington youth size 6 wader boots. Used, but in solid condition. Rubber soles. Will ship on buyer's dime.

Will be at a hotel near Phx airport Saturday (6/3) night if anyone wants me to bring these.

For you, I can do that, but it will take some time for the dog tag. That's in the gun safe that I'm currently locked out of (dead keypad)! When the locksmith gets here to open it and replace the parts, I'll get some pics posted here. When my grandma and her siblings were cleaning out the house after my great granpda died, my great grandma was wondering what to do with his uniform. My grandma spoke up quickly because she knew I'd appreciate it. That was way back in my middle school days. I didn't get his helmet until my grandma's sister that had it passed.

I have my great grandpa's WWI dogtags and his full uniform, including his original helmet!

Why am I not surprised you did that, Tim. So freaking awesome!!

We have another chance at a AZ Lifetime Combo Raffle up and running. This particular raffle will be used to help fund our scholarship program to provide up to $1000 for a high school senior in northern Arizona. Chances are $20 each and only 100 chances are available. Get your chances while you can and help a great cause! https://www.naznwtf.org/product-page/az-lifetime-combo-license-raffle-1

I have no control over who enters the drawings, Tim bought several chances at it, and I did it completely random and fair. If you go back and look at all of our other raffles he's entered (pretty much all of them), this is the first one he's won from us. I get what you're saying, but this was done fairly and randomly.

We sold out yesterday morning, drew a winner last night, and finally spoke to him this morning. Congratulations to Tim Denny, from Cottonwood, AZ, for being the lucky winner of our latest AZ Lifetime Combo License! Tim is a great guy and supporter of all things conservation. Thanks to everyone who supported our raffle and helped us give out two high school scholarships!

1 ticket left and we'll draw a winner this weekend!

We have 9 tickets left on this raffle!

I'll be traveling to Tucson and back next week (maybe Tuesday 9th; for sure the 10th) to move our daughter out of her dorm at UofA. I can bring the rifle for a quick meet up off one of the interstates.

I'll be traveling to Tucson and back next week (maybe Tuesday 9th; for sure the 10th) to move our daughter out of her dorm at UofA. I can bring the scope for a quick meet up off one of the interstates.

Excellent! I've been meaning to check it out and find out when it became fishable!