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Are you enjoying that more or rubbing it in to me every chance you get?? WHEN I win that package tonight, my daughter is going to be extremely happy when I take what I want and give her most of the rest! Oh well guess I'll only get one of the two governors turkey tags this year thanks for selling me the winning card. When they called me last night, I felt bad. I was thinking of all your bad luck this year, so I told them to call you to be the winner. Apparently they got that number wrong and called another person. I tried. And you're welcome for the winning card. I'm pretty sure its the rifle (2nd place), but its still a winner!! And it looks like I'll be able to help on your sheep hunt. The biggest question is whether or not my wife will let your buddy tag along, missing another day of school. And yes, she asked if she could come help you, too!

That's awesome!!! I've learned over the years that size doesn't always matter in fishing. I've watched both of my kids get so excited about fish not much bigger than that and that excitement is what keeps us going. There are days I'd be happy to catch one like that just to say I didn't get skunked! In fact, that's what happened when I took my daughter fly fishing in early June. She thought catching a trout with parr marks was absolutely much more cool than catching a big one!

Are you enjoying that more or rubbing it in to me every chance you get?? WHEN I win that package tonight, my daughter is going to be extremely happy when I take what I want and give her most of the rest! you should know me by now any time I get a chance to rub it in I will. Today is not a good day for me went online only to find the GnF took all my sheep BP away but two. I got nothing. You got me! I will admit that I almost feel sorry for you losing all those BPs!

Are you enjoying that more or rubbing it in to me every chance you get?? WHEN I win that package tonight, my daughter is going to be extremely happy when I take what I want and give her most of the rest!

I know that Warren guy from Pinetop! He said he had a blast!

Kidnap me and take me with you on your way through. That way, nobody at home or work can say "no". I promise no charges will be filed and we'll say it was just a big misunderstanding!

yeah but I would've had to hold his sugar cone for him. Homey hates that game. In all the research and conservation work I've done with snakes, especially rattlesnakes, I've never known them to prefer sugar cones. They're usually a waffle-cone or cup-o-ice cream kind of critter. They are great at wrapping their tails around the waffle cones, so you'd have been ok!

Probably just wanted some ice cream on a hot night, Tim!

Not sure what shop you went to, but you might check with Dark Sky Solutions. I know the owner and he's a great guy. Retired Navy Corpsman and used to run with the SWCCs. He's moving his family to Costa Rica in a year, but I think he still has all of his equipment. I'm hoping to get a rifle from him before he leaves.

I just checked my daughter's account and she has the combo youth hunt, with a javelina tag and a buck tag in 17B, 19A, 19B, 20A! I can't wait to follow her again this year!!!

Sounds good, Jerry! Let me know! Thanks!

My wife and I are talking about going up to Lake Powell in a couple of weekends to have a family day up there before school starts up again and we have no more free weekends (soccer, TaeKwanDo, Hunter Ed, etc.). We're talking about renting a boat, which I'm hoping will convince her to let us pull the trigger on our own boat. I've never been to Powell, so finding our way around to fishing areas could be challenging, although I don't think it will be that bad. I also threw out the idea of just getting a guide for a day to ensure the kids have a blast catching fish and we can learn our way around. I've done some limited research on boat rentals up there and we're not looking for the ultimate party boat, if we go that route. I'd like something we can explore and fish from. So I have a 2-part question. 1) Any recommendations for boat rentals that won't break the bank and give us fishing opportunities ($200-$350/day) 2) Any recommendations for guided fishing trips that won't break the bank? Thanks in advance!

Thanks again, guys! I was truly surprised when I opened my messages Friday morning. And then to find out my daughter got her first buck tag (one of the youth hunts) was icing on the cake. Good luck to everyone else who's cards have been charged!

I had a pretty lucky day, so I'm pretty sure I'm about to buy 4 more tickets!

That's awesome! My mom brought me down my grandmother's bible from when she was younger. Its not that big or old, but I keep it locked in the gun safe for my daughter to have one day.

How do you forget to spread the word of a sheep tag. Lol I was busy telling her about her buck tag and javelina tag. I have to be careful on this one. She likes Bill (for some reason ) and will want to tag along, which will mean I have to go. Not a bad problem to have, but we're already over-committed with soccer and her three tags!

I'm hoping for that in 19A for my daughter, but I'm not convinced I can be that lucky in one day!

Congrats, Bill. I forgot to tell Syd when I dropped her off at soccer camp. She'll be excited for you, too!

Youth buck and javelina tags for my daughter!

And I just realized last week I get a prodeal on Tenkara rods! VERY NICE!!

The thing I miss most about living in Tucson is being able to be in good quail country in a few minutes and being able to go after all three some days. I need to find better quail hunting within easy reach of Flagstaff. Now that my daughter is hooked on wing shooting after her youth pheasant hunt last year, she's begging me to take her out bird hunting more! I can't afford a game ranch, so I need to find public land nearby with enough birds.

I went with Midland radios because they have 15-mile range. I love them, but have never had that kind of reception, either. But then, I've never been that far from who I hunt with. I also went with Midlands over Motorolas because, back when I got them, everyone and their brother had Motorolas and I had to be different. Having said that, I love mine.

I love my #14-#18 elk hair caddis, #20 midge clusters, and #14-18 BWO for dries. #14-#18 pheasant tail, #18 zebra midge, and #16 copper john are my favorite nymphs. Although, my last 12" rainbow was caught on a #14 Royall Wullf because the above dries weren't working. Go figure...

+2 for the Infinite Edge Pro (newest model). My 8-year old son shoots his lights out and it will last him quite some time!

I just finally read both your posts (missed the first one somehow) and want to thank you for the info, Jerry! I had no idea about not using TSA-approved locks. Learn something new every day. I even researched it on my own to verify. As for the weight limit, I learned that one the hard way several years ago. I had a few bandoliers of .30-06 for my M1 Garand that I bought back in Iowa at a great price. American Airlines just about flipped a major back flip on that. I had to go back through security, after declaring it in my luggage, and answer over and over why I had so much. It wasn't illegal, but I was right at their weight limit. I explained over and over that I was a collector and found a great deal that I can't find in AZ. The lady was just dumbfounded. A cop nearby overheard it all and started laughing. He verified I was legal and legit, but the lady kept saying "But you have so much!" I offered to take it out have my parents ship it to me, but she finally relented. And then, a few years later, I had 4-5 spent blanks from my dad's 21-gun salute roll out of the bag they were in on my flight home from the funeral. The primers were very obviously dinged, but the crimps never opened. TSA wouldn't allow them in my luggage. The others, still in the ziplock bag were fine because they weren't rolling around. A cop even verified that they had been fired and weren't an issue, but TSA wouldn't back down. The kind lady at the ticket counter offered to mail them down to me. I have another good one about the time we flew back to Iowa after my dad died and I brought most of the rest of his firearms and all of his butcher's knives home, but I don't want to hijack the thread any more than I already have. Another time...