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Those deer are freaks, God loves Arizona.

Anybody that waits until now with their taxes usually has issues. Good luck to those that filed today, you'll need it.

That top coues is a monster, but CHD I would be very happy with the one you took also, great picture of the desert. That same area probably has a lot more green in it right now.

I am beginning to think casey did do the surgery, scalpel who are you kidding he used his hunting knife (lark wouldn't have it any other way), az the lawyer crack, well I am just glad I didn't say it.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a..._deer_goodall_2 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3189052

Did you guys see that Wisconsin is trying to legalize hunting cats, they are trying to allow hunters to shoot feral cats outside city limits that are not directly with a person or if they do not have a collar they are legal game. I don't know if they'll get that passed or not. Ernesto, will that 150.00 cover your license and tag, because this will be your only chance, next year USO will have it monopolized and it will cost a fortune.

az4life, I don't think Lark and PC (politically correct) should be mentioned in the same paragraph.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...p_on_re_us/guns Some people are idiots, I am sure that guy in atlanta bought that gun and also had a conceal and carry permit. They still want to take the guns from law abiding citizens and allow the criminals and low lifes free reign. According to this article its swaying our way, at least for now.

I think they could make money.

I was wondering the same thing, I am still praying for him.

It does sound like he is on the decline, but maybe with all the rain and new growth out there he will have one more good year, and maybe you can find him still attached to the rack.

I think we all know what you means, but when you say talk, in my years in kickboxing the talking was always done before or after the fight. Or am I wrong?

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index...?showtopic=1243 There is the link to the entire thread on the oct. 6a early hunt, I re-posted his initial post above.

Greetings, my name is Dan Caputo and I am the wildlife manager for unit 6A. I am seeking feedback on a possible hunt change in unit 6a. This site was recommended to me as a place to receive honest feedback. I am recommending that permits be transfered from the December hunt into an October hunt in Unit 6A. The new October hunt will be similar to those offered in S. Arizona. It will be four days long and offered on the first weekend of the mule deer season. The December hunt will not be changed, other then a reduced amount of permits. For example: last year there were 250 permits offered in December. With the proposed change, there maybe 150 permits offered in December and 150 offered in October. The management objectives will target the same overall harvest, but will reduce the pressure on the older aged class bucks that become vulnerable during the December mating season. We can offer an increase in total permits without taking more bucks because the success rate in October will be lower then December. These are a few biological and political reasons that I believe an October hunt should be introduced: 1) There will be a net increase in permits, which will provide more opportunity to sportsmen. This increase in permits will not negatively impact the population because the overall harvest objective will remain the same. Besides, if you are strictly a 6A coues deer hunter, then you will have two chances in the draw, rather then just one. 2) Many portions of Unit 6A are not accessible in December do to scheduled road closures and possible weather conditions. An October hunt will allow hunters to access areas such as Woods Canyon, Munds Canyon, Williard Springs, and the Oak Creek Rim. 3) The Buck:Doe ratio in Unit 6a has been around 19 Bucks to 100 does. These are pretty modest buck numbers to justify having a high permitted hunt that targets breeding class bucks during the rut. The majority of October hunters will harvest 1-2 year old bucks. This will lighten the pressure on the breeding class bucks during the rut without negatively changing the buck:doe ratio. 4) Unit 6A does not have a blanketed whitetail population, like what is experienced in S. AZ. The populations are scattered into pockets. As a result, during the December hunt, hunters are concentrated into those same pockets. I have received numerous complaints concerning hunter overcrowding issues on the December hunt. Spreading the permits over two hunts will reduce hunter density and provide a more quality hunt. 5) Many hunters have expressed frustration over deer movements during the rut. It seems like they find bucks in August, watch them through November and then loose them as the rut begins in December. An October hunt will provide for different hunt tactics based on deer behavior alone. Keep in mind that this is only a suggestion and has not been made into a decision yet. I wanted to ensure that you all had an opportunity to comment on the matter before it becomes proposed. Even if it is proposed, it can still be rejected by our Game Branch or The Commission. You can also direct comments to me at dcaputo@azgfd.com On a personal note, I am a savvy coues deer hunter that would only entertain ideas that would improve the quality of the hunt. I personally am willing to sacrifice a few draw percentages in December in order to have the opportunity to hunt in October. Thanks Dan Caputo

Would it suck to miss a hunt every couple of years so that the herds would stay healthy, nope. I would rather have a great hunt every few years with a better than average chance at a nice buck/ bull, than get drawn every year and talk about how it is getting worse every year. If they managed our herds with the animals as the number one priorty and not how many tags they can sell, it would pay off for everybody. Josh maybe you can answer this, do the majority of the people paying guides to hunt lions have tags for deer, elk, antelope, or are they using money and time that they would have used hunting them. I can deal with not getting drawn, there is always archery deer.

I don't want to sound negative but, I don't think the big game population can catch up that fast. Wouldn't it take a couple of good years of rain before there is a noticable increase in the population. If the big game population can handle these added tags ok, but if they are anticipating a population boom it could suck if they are wrong. The truth is they are raising the fees for the residents and non-residents and they are planning on making a buck, thats fine too as long as the animal population don't suffer more than it should.

With all the trouble Amanda has had in tucson with her truck being broken into I think it is only fair.

Amanda, you can score the rack while he watches your truck.

The border patrol could use the cameras, then if it was an animal, a hunter, or a minuteman, they wouldn't have to go check and waste their time, at least that is what I read. That gun on servos with a camera linked to a monitor would be the way to go in Iraq, I would have them mounted everywhere, and have explosives that I could detonate if stolen, or a homing device that I could track it with. The milatary is probably where this technology originates from anyways. As far as that robo-deer goes I've seen it a few times, it's always right off of a road so they can get people for shooting from a vehicle, it looked real obvious to me that it was fake, but I watched a guy get out of his truck and walk to about thirty yards and launch an arrow, those game and fish guys came out of the woodwork to stop him and then let him go because he didn't shoot from the vehicle or across a road. I had my son and nephew with me, 4 and 7 they thought it was funny.

Doug, that sounds like something we need to be using in Iraq not Tx.

If you think about it, elk have moved through the state since being re-introduced and their only obstacles have been us, when they get into units where the azgfd don't want them they move them back or have a hunt to get rid of them. I don't think they could live in the desert in large numbers, but in years like this one with plenty of water and food the only obstacle they would have would be the heat.

Paint ballers, kids with paintball guns shooting at the aclu people, wouldn't that be grounds to lock those kids up for life, I mean you can have a drive by shooting, rob a liquor store, and carjack someone and the aclu would fight for those peoples rights, but paintballs at them, come on that just isn't right. P.S. does lazzeroni make a paintball gun.

There are a lot of areas in the state that look like that, you may be right ARIZONA GUIDE, if somebody could identify the mountains in the background, we would have a better idea, until then we won't know unless somebody catches him or can talk to those cows. Where's Lark when you need him.

In the e-mail that was sent to me, it said another elk near casa grande. I don't know where the e-mail originated from, it was sent to me from a friend and he didn't know either.