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Had a great weekend despite the rain and mud. (Yeah...I really need new tires on my truck!) Met a few CWT folks too. Just wanted to throw out a big THANKS to the Y.O.U. folks and if you have kids aging up for Hunters Ed next year, I'd highly recommend this camp. My son said it was his best camping trip yet, and now he wants a shotgun and an AR. :D

Taking my son to the Youth Outdoors Unlimited hunter ed camp this weekend near Happy Jack. Anyone else going to be there? I'll probably be the only one there with a TN hat on, so pretty easy to spot.

AZbowhntr is spot on...focus on your deer hunt. If you happen to see a lion, you've got a tag so it's fair game too. I've never seen a lion in the wild, but I always have a tag in my pocket.

Barney Fife style...someone please take away his single bullet in his shirt pocket.

+1 What muley224 said...I buy a lion tag every year along with my OTC archery deer tag. Have yet to see one, but I'll have a tag when I do!

Texted you...I was just thinking about upgrading my pseudo-offroad tires that came on my truck. Right tire/right size.

Try this one... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Extreme-Fabrications/329791937186843

The more I think about it, the more I'm on the fence. I drew a "big mulie" tag, but the right coues in August would make me really consider donating that tag. It would be my first of 3... First coues, first with a bow, first in velvet...pretty tough to pass up. Hope I have to make that decision in a couple weeks! Interesting discussion though. Thanks for starting the thread.

Cool story. Thanks for sharing and rememberin that bird!

Steve does good work...have a couple of his cam boxes.

Heading south enjoying the new road...you turned east on Valencia and I turned west. Also had a Bull Basin sticker. Almost honked but we were in traffic...

That's funny right there! I can't tell you what I did last week, but I think I can remember every little detail of every hunt since I was a kid...

+1 good glass for the money

Nice first bull and first post...but yeah we need a story! I'd never pass on that bull...but then again I wish I hadn't passed on the first bull (5x5) I had in range a couple years ago...didn't have another in range the rest of the hunt.

It's a fake...but still funny.

Posting from my phone. Not sure the link will work. http://m.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/07/28/george-takei-shares-fake-tucson-streetcar-clitt-headline-city-unfazed

I saw what appeared to be a doctored copy on FB...was that actually the printed version too? Couldn't get to an electronic copy to verify...

I'm with TJ...both meet my criteria of "any antlered deer"

Maybe 15 min of rain here in east Tucson, but not much. Was hoping for a good rain to drown the fire on the Rincons but still a lot of smoke this morning...

That's exactly what I've done too. Doesn't seem to dull the chisel blade on the outside either, so you can take the tape off and use for hunting. Inner blade still razor sharp.

Not that I see listed...that would be a huge surprise. 35B is a pretty good whitetail unit like the other border units.

I'd be after Sonoran moose in 46F if I were you. Once in a lifetime hunt there.

Had that tag last year. Tough hunt. Good luck.

What if you donate to one of the charities? Can you then pick up a leftover? I assume the answer would be yes...just not sure.

Leftover tags are for whatever is on the leftover list. Sorry I can't post a link for some reason, but this year the leftover deer are all General, Muzzleloader, and Youth Muzzleloader hunts. Yes you can get an OTC archery tag and any draw tag in the same year. (I always buy OTC archery tag in January...if I don't tag out in Jan then I put in for draw tag too.) The key thing is you can only kill one deer per year. So if you tag out during archery in August, then any draw tag is no longer legal. Or if you tag out on a draw tag, then your OTC archery tag isn't legal the rest of the year.