AZLance

first Antelope I have ever seen on a trail cam! Awesome.

I had a spider make his web right on the front of the camera. 3,049 pictures in one week.... I sprinkled some insect dust on the camera this time...

what do you have hanging in the tree above the bear? bait? or some kind of scent?

Found this shed a couple of days ago, scores 51 1/4" typical

a few of my friends...

any more recent reports?? Where is the closest place to camp to Black Canyon Lake?

anyone fish this lately? Haven't been there in a year or two?? wondering if it was any good??

The Pinalenos, and the Gallieros both have elk. there has been a hunt for elk in the Pinalenos (unit31) for several years now (hunt #3182, Unit 28, 31, 32). There was actually a pretty big (400+) elk killed in there a few years back. There has been herds of 50+ elk at Riggs Flat lake up on top of Mount grahm as well. The Gallieros are new to the elk, and there are not many, but they have migrated across the farmland between the Pinalenos and the Galieros. They have been causing a nuisance down in the apple orchards north of Wilcox as well. I don't have the pictures of the sheds, but there were some big sheds found in the orchards a few years back. The Chiricahuas have had a small but growing population of elk for almost going on 10 years now. The big question is if these elk actually migrated down from unit 28 or if they escaped from the few ranchers who used to raise them down by Elfrida. Those ranchers went out of the elk business when the overseas antler trade crashed, and most of the elk disappeared... Now the Whetstones is a whole different story. I have seen video of 4 cows roaming down near Cienaga Creek on the west side of the Whetsotnes, and talked to several people who have seen them in Davidson Canyon at the north end of the Whetstones. This really surprises me as well, as there is little elk habitat down there. But I also talked to a G&F employee who confirmed that they had several report of elk down there as well. And if there are actually elk in the Whetstones (not just some lost souls), it is just a matter of time until they are in the Catalinas and Santa Ritas....

"Buck Jam" got it a Cabelas a few years ago, and thought I would try it... The only thing that even touched the "Buck Jam" was that stupid black cow... I had over 300 pictures of her licking that stuff... The deer and elk were more interested in the mineral salt in front of the log...

3 different bears...

it has rained down there the past 3 days....

what are they eating? That first picture with the turkey almost looks like corn on the ground (something yellow??)

All of the bears I have been seeing are low right now. Eating Mesquite beans, and a little grass... (about 4000')

There are already elk in the sky islands... The Pinalenos, the Chiricahuas, the Gallieros, and the Whetstones all have elk right now. The Catalinas and Rincons are next....

I have seen deer down south hold their antlers until around July 1st before...

It must be a cold day in heck.... Cant believe your wife let you hang that thing....

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/16/close...rder-americans/ About 3,500 acres of southern Arizona have been closed off to U.S. citizens due to increased violence at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The closed off area includes part of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge that stretches along the U.S.-Mexico border. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told Fox News that violence against law enforcement officers and U.S. citizens has increased in the past four months, forcing officers on an 80 mile stretch of Arizona land north of the Mexico border off-limits to Americans. The refuge had been adversely affected by the increase in drug smugglers, illegal activity and surveillance, which made it dangerous for Americans to visit. "The situation in this zone has reached a point where continued public use of the area is not prudent," said refuge manager Mitch Ellis.

http://www.armoredvehiclerental.com/rent.html Armored Car Rentals....

Here is the map they are showing, just along the border....

after killing my buffalo here in AZ eight years ago, I am hooked on buffalo meat. That actually sounds like a good deal.

how much for the buffalo hunt??

The tag holder who signs the tag over to the child does NOT have to accompany the child. Only an adult has to accompany the child. The reason was so that a Adult who could not go on a hunt could sign the tag over to the child. I signed my deer tag over to my son this year and it was actually quite easy. I went to the Tucson G&F office and told them my intentions. They took my tag and tore it up, then issued a new tag with my sons name on it. The tag also said that it had been transferred from me. I asked the question about me being with him at all times, and they said NO, as long as an adult was with him it was fine...

been seeing a bunch of Goulds turkeys in 36B out by Arivaca lake on the trail cams...

Folks, if you haven't noticed, we are being overrun.... Its time to stand up for your country and do something!