LOL. "I've been told." I believe this was taken off an internet post that I recall...Is OP for real? I don't get the shtick.
I also scrounged up a Palisades archery tag this year. Never hunted it before.
I think we have our work cut out for us.
"Hating" is your spin.
Apparently it is constructive, hence the point of the thread; Arizona took actual concrete action. It's a conversation worth continuing to have if we want to make things better and preserve our hunting heritage. If you are "tired" of it, that's on you. You aren't the...
You ever hear the Iris Dement song, "Our Town?"
Your story sounds exactly like my hometown, albeit a bit larger. We were 2,000 but still a well-rounded little town. When I go back now, I am overwhelmed with sadness to the point of tears. Not to mention the substance abuse and broken...
This bill isn't passing. Read past the headlines. In fact, it will get crushed.
Folks see "bill introduced" and assume it is a done deal, and get worked into a lather. This stinker doesn't have the support.
I agree wholeheartedly (said as an AZ resident). This news comes as a bit of a surprise to me given the clout that those able to purchase said-tags obviously carry.
Increase tag or application fees, expand 'bonus' raffle programs, etc. We've got 350,000 license-buying hunters in AZ. The...
What are you basing your opinions on? There is actually an excellent book done by a former Arizona biologist, David E, Brown, called "Borderland Jaguars." I can't recommend it (or any of his other books on Southwest wildlife) enough. It is the definitive word on the subject.
Jaguars have been...
In John McPhee's "Irons in the Fire" he does a vignette on a Nevada brand inspector. The inspector tells a story of breaking up a particularly difficult cattle rustling ring. Two rustlers were stealing hundreds of cattle, then trucking them to a remove canyon that they had fenced and filled with...
Pigs are very easy (and cheap to raise). I stopped raising them after realizing the "smarter than a dog" cliche was true. It's hard to eat something that excitedly greets you at the gate every day when you get home from work.
You mention being retired. With a little extra work, you could pry...
I worked around John Day a lot during my fire career. If I had to guess beforehand one spot where this situation would arise, it would be John Day.
My take: Prescribed fire is inherently risky. As the adage go, "If you are going to make an omelette, you are going to need to break a few eggs."...
Glad to see other folks share my gardening hobby! It complements hunting nicely.
We won't be planting here until late May (7,000 feet) but I am getting everything ready for starting seeds. I am also putting in 4 new fruit trees this year (Cherry and apples, late-blooming varieties to beat the...
Interesting thread.
I fought a lot of fire in California, never did see an elk there, and have never been hunting in CA.
Out of all the places in North America I would have liked to see before development, California is top of the list. What a remarkable place it must have been.
What a hoss, and looks like a dedicated, deserving hunter. The article says he has several Roosevelt's in the books...Aren't those northern CA elk tags darn near impossible to get?