Perkele!

Once again I'll be there for the Nov 4-10 hunt. This year I'm solo, my regular hunting buddy is not coming because he will be hunting in MN. I'm wondering if anybody else from CWT is planing to camp out there and whether we can set up camp together.

Very interesting that your offended by this, and you have an angry moose as your avatar. You also claim to be a peaceful man... interesting quotes for your signature. You are a complex person I guess. I'm not complex at all actually. Pretty simple, pretty peaceful. I can't help it if my signature and my attitude towards people making a mockery out of animals offended you or anybody else.

Yup, 'I respect what I harvest. And I've seen plenty of jackalopes mounted. Funny haha. Perhaps I have more respect for what I hunt.

I have a few different methods for dove. If I'm cooking for other people I cook em the following way; Ingredients 10 dove breasts 8 slices of thick bacon 3 tbsp olive oil 2 cups of milk 1 tsp fresh ground black papper 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp basil 1/2 tsp fleur de sel or coarse rock salt 1/3 cup of cooking wine Mix all spices and put them aside. Soak the dove breasts in milk and leave in the fridge up to 2 hours. Lightly coat the 10 x 15 glass baking dish with olive oil. Pat the milk soaked breasts with paper towel and place them in the baking dish skin side up if you left the skin on. Don't dry them completely just remove the excess milk. Brush the breasts with the olive oil and sprinkle the spices over them. Add the wine without washing off the spices off of the breasts. If you wanna impress your guests, weave the bacon strips over the breasts if not just cover the breasts with them. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and put in the oven at 225 degrees for about 75 minutes. After 75 minutes of baking in low heat, remove the foil and crank up the temperature to 375 until the bacons get crispy. Serve with corn bread and salad.

So far 18 years in a row I managed not to miss the opening day. I was up at 3:30, gear and truck was readied up from the night before. I have found a small case of 12s that was left unused from 2010 that I didn't remember putting on the shelf in the garage, yet again I rarely remember where I put what in the garage. I said to myself "Self... why did you leave a case of 12s in the garage ?" Anyways, I opened the case, there were 4 boxes all seemed unopened. I added the case to the ammo box where I had the rest of the 12s and headed out to my usual spot. A big mug of coffee, 3 ciggies and 65 miles later I was there. Nobody has showed up yet. Poured myself another mug of coffe, opened the chair, and started waiting. About 15 minutes before sun up the place turned in to a zoo. I opened the box of shells, oooooops, remember the small case ? Well, turns out two of the boxes were willed with empties. In the ammo box I had pheasant shots and some lose 7 1/2 shots and a few 8s. Cursing at my stupidity I loaded the shotgun with 7 1/2 light loads. Before I could get a shot at the first flight, I got peppered by two idiots who were to my left, after a few choice words they agreed not to shoot at me. Birds were flying constant but high for my light loads. After 3 misses I decided to change the choke which helped a little but I wasn't happy. The first shot found the bird, feathers all over but the bird gave me a finger and kept on flying, follow up shot thought the bird who was boss. I knew right hen and there that I was gonna have to do a lot of follow up shots with the crappy loads I had. Birds 1 through 7 all took double shots, frustrating but acceptable. Bird # 8 needed a third shot and fell in to the mesquite bush. Going over the barbed wire in to the mesquite thicket was a scratcher but I wasn't about to leave a bird there, bending and contorting my 6'5" frame trying to reduce the number of scratches I started looking for the bird, 10 feet from me was the bird, as I approached it I heard that unnerving noise we all know too well. Between me and the bird, under a tree was this rattler, coiled up about the size of a medium pizze, with his neck up cocked and locked ready to attack. I said "Snake, have a nice bird on me" and skidaddled out of there. Now if I haven't emptied the gun on that stupid bird and if I wasn't less than 3 feet from the snake and if I had confidence that I could load the gun faster than the rattler can strike I would have duked it out with the snake, not this time. I got limit in about an hour and a half cleaned the birds and headed home. I breasted and milk soaked the doves within 15 minutes of getting home. After about an hour of soaking, I pan fried them in bacon fat with Herbes De Province and a pinch of cumin. Packed the birds and the wild rice for lunch and late snack and headed for work. Lessons learned; My old Honey Hole ain't no longer a secret. Check your shells ahead of time you dummy. If the people hunting around you look like highschool kids, give them a wide berth. Load up the gun before chasing after a bird.

In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment." He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

It wasn't my intention to stir up the pot, well at least not this time. I have no scientific data to back this but in spite of the environmentally flawed cars we drove, I believe we had a smaller carbon footprint when me and my generation was growing up. I grew up with only one channel of TV, and it was black and white. Nonetheless, the cattle still farted as much as they do today and created the same amount of ozone depletion they are creating today, perhaps back in those days they weren't emitting as much antibiotic fumes. As far as Jane Fonda is concerned, she's the reason I don't drink Pepsi or buy any Pepsico products. Enough said.

What size (not capacity) external enclosure do you have ? If it's just the plug on the case side where the actual HD is cradled in it ain't no big deal, I can help you. Drop me a PM.

I kayak. If you will do it for fun around AZ and won't be challenging severe currents, I strongly recommend the Perception Swifty. It's not the lightest sit in kayak but nimble enough to do Eskimo Rolls, has plenty of room and very reasonably priced, both new and used. In most cases you will have to buy your paddles separately, do yourself a favor and don't go cheap, Bending Branches has a good selection. I use the one with composite blades, they are light but efficient. Get a paddle leash. Seals makes a great splash skirt for the Swifty, I think I paid like $65 for the shirt a few years back. I frequently fish from my kayak, it's plenty of fun. If you have any more questions fire away.

Here I fixed it for you.

Well if it was over by 36B, it may have been one of those crafty illegals. Who knew they may have learned to camouflage themselves as deer.

Naaaah, she's more advanced than that, replaced the vise grips with a rechargable drill, now she has power windows.

As promised, here is more action footage. Here is one Brit, one Kiwi, one American and one Greek fixing one Japanese car. I can't talk these guys up enough, they swapped the bad turbo (800 degrees temperature when it started cooling down) in less than 28 minutes. Unfortunately the replacement turbo didn't have a restrictor on it and it was impossible to press out the restrictor from the bad one, so they swapped the slightly chewed up cold side housing from the old to new within that 28 minutes as well. It wasn't very efficient but worked. We could have ran without the restrictor but that would be cheating.

I'm waiting for a few mor flying pictures from other photograplers, butt soon as I get them I'll add here. IF we can get the parts we need from Japan or IF we can convince Garrett to give us a deal on a new turbocharger,our next rally will be Prescott Rally, September 30th - October 1st.

Tommy, As a horse owner I understand you. You did the right thing and as usual it was the hardest thing. This is what helped me when I did the same years ago. The Horse's Prayer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feed me, water and care for me, and when the day's work is done, provide me with a shelter, a clean dry stall large enough for me to lie down in comfort. Talk to me, your voice often means as much to me as the reins. Pet me sometime that I may serve you more gladly and learn to love you. Shoe me properly that I may serve you in comfort. Never strike, beat, or kick me when I don't understand what you want, but give me a chance to understand you. And finally oh master, when my youthful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starve or freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner to be slowly tortured or stoned to death, but do thou, my master, take my life in the kindest way, and your God will reward you here and hereafter. You will not consider me irreverent if I ask this in the name of Him who was born in a stable... Amen

What's wrong with bragging ?

Got 36B Nov4-Nov10 as well. This year my hunting partner will be in MN chasing deer so it looks like I'll be hunting solo. We hunted the same unit last year and noticed a lot of trash and debris left behind by the illegals. Other than we experienced nothing worth mentioning. In spite of the extra weight we have both opted to take the necessary safety precautions in 357 Magnum for him and 40 S&W for me. I am open to the idea of camping together with forum members.

I was planing to do something unusual and actually getting drawn this year instead of relying on leftover tags, well it wasn't meant to be, again. I'll be back in coyote (2 legged kind) area again but this time I'll go solo. Cheers MoosE

Great posts everybody. Cheers MoosE

Been out for Gambels often this year. I don't have a bird dog so it's labor intensive and for some reason this year they don't like to fly until you almost step on them. On December 8th I took a friend and his brother who was visiting from AK to my favorite spot. We didn't get there till 10:00 AM but it was OK because the birds there must be snobs, they don't get moving till 10:30-11:00. It's the same place I've been going for the last 18 years and although I can see the decline, the area still produces decent numbers. Not once did I return home empty handed. Within 15 minutes of parking the truck I got the first bird, afterwards I let my guests do the hunting and I enjoyed the look in their eyes everytime I walked them to a large covey. We stayed out there till 3:30 PM and got our limit . My buddy is a transplant from NE and his brother is an outfitter in AK, neither one of them expected the number of birds they got to see and shoot. As a matter of fact they were sceptical when I told them that I'd be able to walk them to birds. Any day in the field hunting birds beats the tar out of a day in the office.

Great Job Hunter !!! Your uncle forwarded me the picture right after you sent it to him. My guess will be in the 170 range. Keep us posted and say hello to your dad.

Shot by a friend in Ohio 5 days ago. Not an albino, has black eyes. During the same hunt a Dalmatian looking predominantly white with brownish patches 3x4 was shot as well.

A co-worker of mine and myself are leaving Phoenix tonite and heading down to 36B. Last time I hunted 36B was 5 years ago. Any last minute information, tips and advice anybody would like to share? We are both aware of the security issues and we have our precautions taken care of.

Veni, Vidi, lots of VIDI but all does, Came back empty handed. Hopefully next time.

I'm glad you returned safe. Next time drop me a PM for scouting plans on 36B. There's strength in numbers. Unfortunately this year I will only be hunting the last 2 days 12/1 and 12/2. Fridge is severely barren of deer, ran out of antelope a month ago.