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The Devils finally lived up to their #53 ranking...

Anyone make it to the meeting and can give us a update on the baiting ban vote?

So is this Legal? It is labeled as a Salt Block. Is this a Salt Block or a Mineral Lick?

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We the people are the ultimate checks and balances...

Brian - as a former govt. official who helped craft legislation, I think you guys did a heck of a job. I don't know what isn't clear - that wording is some of the clearest language I have seen. Some people read what they want into it - and that will never change. There is no question in my mind after reading that what I can and can't do. maybe this explains the "former"

Not AZ tax dollars, but federal tax dollars!

654321, arnt you supposed to be out patroling your unit, looking for poachers? Get back to work, quit wasting our tax dollars posting on the site!

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Very nice, Congrats!

Manning= Overrated

Coues'N'Sheep and I almost never agree, but on this we do. I am NOT a guide and I opposed the bait ban. I also talked to 20+ other hunters and didn't find one of them that supported the ban, and none of these guys use corn. The only people who supported the ban at the Game and Fish meeting were department employees or affiliated somehow with the G & F. And just for the record, I have never killed anything over bait.

TheRealStory, How long have you worked with Game and Fish? Also if you listened to the commission meeting yesterday, most of the people who opposed the bait ban were NOT guides.

Guided hunt or do it your self?

"C,-Place any substance, device, or object in, on, or by any water source to prevent wildlife from using that water source." Does this mean no more blinds at waterholes? I'm sure they could say that a blind scares wildlife away from water.

I got aout 400 pounds of corn in the shed, I guess I will be dumping it out in unit 33 in the next few days to get rid of it.

A lot of hunters just became criminals in the eyes of Game and Fish. Catch me if you can....

No, they said July 1st was the effective date.

This commission and department are a Joke!

A friend of mine got harassed by USFS just recently in 33 for setting up a blind and camera and a feeder. They came and took pictures, marked the area with flagging tape, brought laptops and were doing who knows what. They spent hours documenting the site. Know what they might have been looking for or doing? Tell your friend to contact me, I can help him.

Bill, so if salt has been placed, and you can't hunt over it, how long after the salt is placed can you begin hunting that area again? I would guess that salt will stay in the soil for many years. And if this is the case that means almost every waterhole in the state would be off limits, as someone at some time has put a salt lick there. And then the question, of how far away from the salt do you have to be to legally hunt? Just picture this, you are sitting up on a ridge, and a G&F officer walks up to you and cites you for hunting over salt. You ask what the heck, I'm not hunting over salt. And then he begins to tell you that down in the canyon below you there is a old salt lick that still attracts deer, and therefore you are hunting over salt. And with some of our current G&F officers, I wouldn't put this past them. Then think about this. You work your tail off scouting a spring or saddle, only to show up on opening day to find a pile of salt under your stand. You didn't put it there, but now you are prohibited from hunting that area. Who put the salt there? Maybe another jealous hunter who wanted to hunt there, but found you had beat him to the spot, or maybe a outfitter who has located a big deer and doesn't want anyone else hunting the area, or maybe a Animal rights wacko who doesn't want anyone hunting. Lots of Grey areas, where hunters get screwed! Let's not go down this path.

Spent all day refreshing my salt licks in unit 33 today. Went thru 600 pounds of salt today. That should last me a while if they decided to ban the placing of salt and minerals.

http://www.azgfd.gov/inside_azgfd/commission_members.shtml Here is the link to the commissioners email addresses... Get going guys!

Just sent email to all of them, come on guys, now is the time!

I'm still in shock after seeing 3 different herds in a matter of a hour. That was a first for me. Good job Casey!