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I never have money when you post awesome stuff like this.

Orvis or Desert Sportsman, both in Scottsdale are the only places I would go.

Dan Bix is great. No experience with Rhonda's.

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Great pics! I leave in a few days for one month in the same area

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Off to Homer, AK for a month in two weeks. Staying inside until then.

I say keep it the way it is and make grandpa proud by shooting a big elk with it. If you had to make something with it, the 1917 has a very beefy action that was popular for big stuff like the 375 h&h.

Yup. The "homeless" people are getting worse. Lots of able minded and bodied people out there with no dignity begging for money. I drove past a Jack in the Box yesterday advertising the windows "NOW ACCEPTING EBT" There should be no monetary handouts and no minimum wage. This would take care of many issues in our society.

dang, that would have been 50 miles of bone for this guy. Nice job.

I do not like the "if hunting stopped tomorrow" angle: it is too us(people) and them(animals) which is the mindset we need to get them away from. I would prefer to make an argument that includes us in the environment, food chain, and ecosystem just as we are, and have always been. Shipping goods around the world (cattle from Texas, wood from South America, rice from S.E. Asia, ect) is what has led us away from living "local" (use buzz words that they can relate to) and to a mass exudes from farm country into cities resulting in the "unsustainable" human population explosion we see today. It is hard for someone who lives in the city and has all the goods from around the world at their fingertips to understand this, but if fossil fuels dried up tomorrow, the only people that will be left are the ones who participate with nature and hunt, fish, gather, and garden for their own food just as we have been doing forever; I do these things because I love them, it is in my blood and it is when I am happiest. You can show them that they are the problem, and you are part of the solution. An excellent book: "Collapse" by Jarred Diamond is what led me to start thinking this way.

Would a project for one of the deer, elk, etc., societies count?

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If it were my elk roast I would either make it into steaks for grilling (depending on which roast it is), slice it and make jerky, or do a combo of what wildwoody and bhuntin suggested for tacos.

I am going to guess he was a road hunter by all the extra weight he was carrying.

I knew this would be a good place to ask. Thanks for all the replies!

My set up is three raised 4'x4' beds. My wife and I get more that we can eat from this small space. Since October I have had fresh salads every day for lunch. I just yanked out some lettuce heads earlier this week to plant my tomatoes and tomatillos. I started the tomatoes from seed about 6 weeks ago. I also planted onion shoots from Dixon Dale Farms in one bed about a month ago. This early warm weather should make for a good spring garden.

Good point.

In my opinion you do not need a guide, and might catch more fish without one. Some of the best fishing is in the walk in area. I am no expert, but have been a few times up river, and a few times just walking. Where the Paria flows in is a good place to start. Small midges under an indicator bubble is the standard technique along with glo bugs and san juan worms. There is a fly shop up there if you end up needing supplies. This should be an excellent time to go. Also, I think you need to have a Colorado River stamp on your license to fish there (someone correct me if I am wrong).

I am very interested. I will be up that way in two weeks. Good luck.

How much for that nicely stacked pile of wood in the back ground?

This company can make anything: nomaralaska.com They make bags that can hold several thousand pounds of fish, so I don't think a canvas tent will be a problem. Some thoughts: a waterproof bag could be useful to prevent mildew. Have several smaller easier to handle bags made, one for tent, one for poles, etc. If your trying to keep it cheap, a wood crate is probably the best route...

B&B Automotive and Machine in Mesa does that kind of work. I know them personally and would highly recommend them.

Awatukee (Phoenix) 85048

Columbus Day sale: $1,900 and then its going on craigslist.