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Thanks, Casey! He's wise beyond his years and I agree. I know several adults who would never say that. As for letting him go solo, Its only been the last 3 or so years that I've allowed it and it started with archery stalks on his youth javelina hunts. The first time I let him go, I was a nervous wreck, but I had two others that I trust explicitly there to control the situation so I could be in dad-mode and worry until I knew he was ok. Definitely not when he was 12. I still give him the dad talk and I get that 17yo eye roll! 😂

Geat job to you both and great write up!

100% correct. The field day is now incorporated into the online class. There are two options for taking the fully-online Hunter Ed Class. We are also offering a classroom class in Flagstaff Nov 20-23.

Yes, it does. He just needs to carry proof with him at all times (local state's HE card). IHEA has established reciprocity across most, if not all states, for recognizing Hunter Ed completion.

NAZ NWTF is hosting out first BINGO for Conservation event as a fundraiser in Flagstaff! We are partnering with Historic Brewing Company on the east side of town. Social hour starts at 12pm with a great selection of drinks from Historic, and some Historic BBQ! Pre-regiration is required. Hope to see you there! https://events.nwtf.org/EVT-19269

Bingo event is less than 3 weeks away. Make sure and get registered if you're going to attend. Great prizes, great beer, and great BBQ at Historic Brewing in Flagstaff.

Yep. Its this. And as long as a legal guardian is present during the hunt, that meets the criteria. We transferred a Unit 1 early rifle bull tag from my wife to my daughter in 2017 and I was able to go on the hunt instead of my wife.

Wish I could clear up my schedule and make it out there with you. Let me know if you need some fresh areas to look at. My group saw a bachelor group with some nice July bulls this summer during a team mountain bike ride. I'm happy to point you directions!

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I believe it actually does. The act actually differentiates between wild poplulations that have been around for way too long and the ones that have been released and are considered feral. This is one of two acts I'd love to see removed or, at a minimum, revised significantly.

I have this exact rifle and absolutely love it. Can't go wrong with this rifle!

I need to go out looking with you!

Hopi if you saw it around here in the lowlands. I'd have to go back and look at the current taxonomy, but I think that's one that remained a subspecies of the prairie/viridis group.

I just got the 12x12 and have only used it once, but man oh man! My son and I set it up in fading light and it was slow the first time, but im confident we'll get better. I absolutely LOVE our Kodiak 12x12.

Fairly typical southeast AZ looking blacktail! Great find!

Here's a mostly black phase (some red speckling visible) Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip) from outside Tucson years ago.

I've heard all about it. I kinda want to go, but only about a foot on shore!

Cold root beer and you got yourself a deal! I quit drinking in 2013, but will never turn down cold craft root beer!

Yep. Brown vine snake. Locally common around the Pena Blanca Lake area and frequently found on trees!

Red pahse coachwhip. Same as what Tim (Edge) posted. Great find!

I'd love to hang out at your place!

I'm not Tim (he's way cooler than I), but I can tell you Its a red variation coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum). I've seen them in red, tan, and dark black. I'll see if I can find the pic of the black one I came across in Saguaro NP up in a mesquite tree. Coachwhips are frequently called racers out west. One of my least-favorite non-venomous snake species to get bitten by.

No worries at all and you're welcome! The first massasauga I found down there was a DOR. It didn't look like a diamondback or a prairie (other potential option in that area). I collected it, thinking it was an abberent prairie rattlesnake. I got stopped later by AGFD. I showed him the live mohaves I'd collected and my collecting permit. He mentioned massasaugas being high on the poaching list. It hit me what I had. I poured through my permit to make sure I was legal. I also collected a DOR Gila monster that night, also legal since it was DOR. My graduate school professor just about lost his $h!t completely, even though it was perfectly legal. He just didn't want to deal with the stress and perceived grey area.

100% diamondback. Juvenile, too, based on the single button. In Arizona, desert massasaugas only live in one small part of southeastern Arizona, in the tobossa grasslands along Hwy 80 north of Douglas. I found one DOR way back in the day during grad school while looking for mohaves along Hwy 80.