I worked for NPS for 8 years. It was fun work and I got to do things I'll never get to do the rest of my career, like work with brown bears and wolves. I worked in a park with few visitors. In the park service, if you don't have visitors you tend not to have issues. So you get to do fun stuff...
Every fire in 16a, 16d, and most fires in 16b got dumped on with rain the past two days. I looked at most of them yesterday. Very little smoke visible. Turkey Fire in south of of Gila Wilderness is only one that's probably still expanding a bit.
Get a K pump from NRS for your top off pump.
Last time, I used a 5 gal bucket with one of those sealing Gamma screw on lids in combination with the WAG bags. Then put the used bags in a short (2 ft) piece of PVC tube sealed at one end and capped on the other.
One of the screw in yard dog run...
Here's a rosey picture for the Southwest. The attached map is based on precipitation totals for this summer from June 15th through July 31st - first six weeks of what would traditionally be the monsoon season. Based on 131 year record. #1 would be the wettest out of 131 years. #131 would be the...
Just spent several days working in unit 16A. It's greening up some but not like you'd expect this time of year. The tanks I looked at still have plenty of water from last year. Scattered storms seem very isolated and not producing much rain. West side of unit 16B is still fairly dry. Unit 23 is...
On this week's episode of Gettin' Learnt with Ricky - converting your regular smoker into a cold smoker. I'm trying my hand at fermented/dry cured meats. I wanted to add some smoke before the drying process so I embraced my inner trailer park roots and gave it a full send. Several good wind...
I'm not familiar with trail cameras with such a feature but the newer GoPros can be programmed to turn on at a set time and start recording. The downside is they're quite a bit more expensive than a trail camera.
You pay actual shipping costs and it's yours. I'd prefer it to go to a teen but first message in my inbox gets it.
Mathews Q2. 28" draw, 60-70 lb limbs. Bow only, does not include rest, sight, wrist sling, stabilizer, etc. Riser has some paint wear. I replaced the string in 2016. I replaced the...
I tried and tried, never could get the right technique down or figure out the correct weight needed without snagging them. Luckily AK was full of other opportunities to put salmon in the freezer.
2008 Diamond Liberty bow. If you know a kid who wants to get into archery, it's yours. You just pay shipping. I bought this for my wife years ago, she never shot it much. I used it bowfishing a few times but overall I'm sure it has less than 400 shots through it. You might want to replace the...
A buddy and I did something similar over an open fire. We used lump charcoal to be able to manage the heat a little easier. I tied up the ham portion of the quarter with butcher string just to give it a more uniform shape to cook evenly. We didn't wrap in bacon but did baste with melted butter...