Why fill up tanks.......

[Hunterdan]

Jim, That is a cool story! Dan

[Gr8 White Jr]

Wow! Thats awesome! That little guy was lucky you came along. Would have been hard to believe without the pics. Thanks for sharing!

[111]

Jim Great Pics!!! I get a kick out of that last one.

[hunt4horns]

Really good work Jim. Why do you look skeered. How long ago was that ?

[COOSEFAN]

in response to the unit 9 water situation and the efforts of many, AES and others, the trick tanks are getting filled up as we speak. people should thank coosefan's brother matt if they see him around for organizing a lot of this. It's the difference bt. life and death for a lot of elk up on the south rim.

 

thanks

 

Thanks SDR.....Matt has grabbed the ball and is still runnin' with it! He had his three little boys up there past couple of days cleaning and fixing tanks!

 

Hey guys, I just got back from CO., and am surprised at the response this post got! Thanks for the reply's! This happened around 6 or 7 years ago , and the video has been shown at several RMEF banquets around the state and at some national conventions I believe. The video was used to promote the RMEF's water hauling projects. These pics just popped back up recently and I thought it would be a good time to share them with you all, because of the water issues being discussed lately. It was an awesome feeling to help a critter out in a time of need.......I was really glad to see he made it to the treeline, it was extremely hot that day....I hope he made it a few more years! Thanks guys, JIM>

[Lance]

He would have died where he lay for sure! Cool pictures! Glad he didn't stomp you!

 

Lance

[COOSEFAN]

I can't remember if I have said this before but if given the chance, people (ie. hunter's, sportsmen, outdoorsmen, etc.) should thank matt mullins of mullins guide service for donating his time with the water hauling project in unit 9. I think several hundred elk were spared life, "literally," due to the efforts of matt. I know he has donated several days if not weeks worth of his time to coordinate, assist, and basically make sure this all took place. Thousands of gallons have been hauled and will cont. to be hauled but we can't stop here. Please people question the game and fish, aes, and rmef about the water situation up there and when you are out in the field and notice a dry and or disfunctional drinker, take the time out of your busy schedules and contact members of the afformentioned organizations. They can't get water to these areas if they aren't aware they are dry, etc.

 

My personal thanks goes out to matt, aes, azgfd, and others. I hope even though the funding from the aes will run out very soon, the g and f can cont. hauling water as the drinkers won't last a wk. w/o assistance.

 

 

Thanks again SDR for your kind words about my bro! He has read your post and is unable to post a reply and asked me to do it for him.

 

Matt wants to say thanks to you SDR for your help as well with the water situation and for your valuable information you provided, it definitely cut down on the reasearch and planning time! He also wants everyone to know that the main person to thank is Steve Clark (rthrbhunting) with AES. Steve had the ball rolling on the planning with AZGFD and the water hauling issues long before this topic came up.....although most people in the general public don't know that. The supporters of AES, RMEF and contrary to popular belief.....the employees of AZGFD, are the main reason there is water being hauled in Arizona right now. The efforts that my brother has put forth is something that everyone can do and he, as well as myself, encourage everyone to help support the AES and the RMEF as much as they can! My brother also says that the WM in Unit 9 ( David Rigo ) is bustin' his butt tryin' to get the unit in shape and he does alot with the unit that most people don't hear about or see, and he has a sincere passion for what he does and for the critters he's responsible for! It's the volunteers and supporters of all the wildlife organizations in this great state that should be thanked for all they do! Thanks guys, JIM>

 

 

If anyone has any questions or concerns about anything related to Unit 9, please call David Rigo (wildlife manager Unit 9).

Mr. Rigo can be reached at his office# 928 - 635 - 5364

 

If anyone has any thoughts or ideas involving anything Elk related within Arizona or would like to become more involved with the AES, please contact Steve Clark.

Steve can be reached by: email - rthrbhntng@cox.net or phone: 602 - 885 - 0835

[Huntn coues]

Thanks Jim.

 

This is a very informative thread and I would like to thank everybody involved in that project. I sure would like to see this

effort and co-operation in alot of other units around this great state. If everybody does their share we could make a

HUGE difference for the wildlife.

 

Thank's again to the AES,RMEF,AZGFD, and to everyone involved.

 

It is awesome seeing the likes of Gamehauler in unit 22 and yourself and others doing what we can do to make it happen.

[lucky2hunt]

Hey Jim,

I was up there this past weekend scouting again, stopped in Tusayan for gas and happened to see the Grand Canyon Newspaper with the picture of you giving the elk a drink, no name was given in the paper. My husband and I laughed and asked each other "who would be crazy enough to go up and give an elk a drink like that"? Now we know!!!! Nice job! And may I add my 'Thank You's' to the list, the unit is still dry, but looking much much better, every catchment I went to was full.....

Ilene