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hey tom/7x57:

if i ever move out of alabama, it'll be to new mexico, probably south of you down around the mountainaire/belin/socorro area. we have friends there. visited over spring break. absolutely love the high desert. doesn't appear to be a whole lot of game around the area we know, but our friends aren't hunter types and so don't keep up with such. they have a 7,000-acre horse and cattle ranch. i know they've got mountain goats (or is it sheep?) in the mesas and arroyos and some mule deer down low. mule deer up on the nearby manzano mountains. don't know about p-dogs or elk or cougars. i've seen antelope about 50-100 miles east of there in the flatlands.

LSU, yep..but we are now called ConocoPhillups. Located at Lake Charles

lucky guess. We do a lot of work in Conoco-Phillips in Belle Chase. We're usually in the Lake Charles plant a few times a year. I've done a lot of work in that area but its all been at Citgo and Citgo Lubes. Always make it a point to stop and eat at Pats when we're finished.

Real Estate Broker, Central Coast of California...

Fish280: In that area there are some antelope, p-dogs, coyotes, rabbits, mule deer and waterfowl. Just 60 miles west, southwest of there are more antelope, elk, bigger mulies, bear and cougars in the Gila National Forest and the bottom edges of the Cibola National Forest. New Mexico in general has elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, ibex, turkey, javelina, oryx, cougar, blackbear, quail, pheasants, ducks and geese, a few Thar and some barbary sheep. Go west out of Soccorro on New Meixco 60 and you run smack dab into the VLA radio telescopes where the movie Contact was filmed in part. I live in Grants, about 150 miles from where you are talking about. It is pretty here and the hunting is good. As far as journalism goes, government corruption is worse than in Hugo, Okla., in the mid 1980s, so there is plenty to write about. We also have other things to write about. I did three stories for Thursday's rag ... on on a BLM wild mustang auction in Belen, one on the game and fish department stocking Bluewater Lake with Tiger Muskie and one about a salute to the US Troops. Gotta go and watch the boob-tube a bit more. Have a nice moment! Tom Purdom <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Yes Sir, and if you want to head north on the Rio Grande there is some good Northern Pike fishing up by Taos and north!

Computer Programmer. been doing it since 78. tom

Aviation hound for the last 12 or so years...actually just changed jobs to a new company and start this Monday!!!

I'm a retired Vermont state trooper have been now since '90.Now I just find things to do I like, like working at the golf course part-time. We are presently trying to sell our condo, and are going to be moving to Silver City, New Mexico. Thought I might like to try a little less winter and better hunting.

Research associate in plant genetics. -al

I'm doing my best to ensure that there are people able to pay for my retirement - I'm a school principal.

Before that I was a fish and wildlife biologist, construction worker, sports photographer, counsellor for emotionally disturbed kids, and a couple of other things that I can't remember right now. It's been a long road ... retirement is about 5 years away. Somehow I think that retirement will be my most challenging and rewarding career.

I am a Director of Pharmacy for two local hospitals.

joes

Just finishing college (exams week) and will graduate as mining technologist. Have and will be employed as an underground coal miner.

miner luke,

I feel for you, I guess it runs in the family to want to mine underground. That is something I doubt that I could ever do for a living. Some of my family members do it for a living and have done it for years. I have went underground once and found out that coal mining would never be my bag. It has to be in your blood I guess since the cousins and uncles etc. don't even think about it. We have lost a couple of cousins in the mines so be careful in your endeavors.

Research Assistant at Texas A&M University (WHOOP!). Working on my PhD in Chemistry.

Union Carpenter in Southern Kalifornia for one of the largest Acoustical (t- Bar) Contractors in the state.

7400Hunter

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I dont exactly know how i ended up as a miner, since my family members are mostly loggers, carpenters or farmers. I guess you could say i sort of fell into it. It is hard to describe the experience of working in a dark, muddy, hole 1000' underground everday. But i guess that sort of grew on me too. I must say that the feeling of coming off of shift back to surface and seeing the sunlight is one that never grows old, I still crack a smile everytime. You feel like you have won. But i have had some close calls working under scabby roof. That is an experience i could do without! Why men will go and work under those conditions im still not sure, it sure isnt for riches and glory. I wish the best of luck to your family members, we have a few refuges from the eastern coalfields working at our mine here in British Columbia.

Luke

Miner Luke,
I can certainly appreciate what you are saying! I worked in the coal mines in West Virginia until I was finally able to get out. I have worked in coal seams from 24" high to 72" high and believe me, it's a tough life. I really appreciate the job I have now. Are you working in a coal mine or some other type of mine?

pointer,

I retired from Chrysler after 37 years in Feb 2001. I picked up a couple of clients and opened a manufacturer's rep company at that time. Now I work 3 or 4 days per week. At Chrysler I was a Supplier Quality Specialist for the last eleven years.

In a past life I was a reserve deputy sheriff for 20 years (1968 to 1988). I did everything: jail guard, road patrol, radio dispatcher, juvenile officer, narcotics enforcement, warrant detective, and public relations.

I owned a couple of guns but didn't shoot much until I became a deputy. Found out that I had a natural propensity to hit the "X" and never looked back.

Model70man

I work at an underground coal mine here in British Columbia. Our seam is 10+ feet thick and we mine it by room and pillar so thankfully i have never had displeasure of working in a 3' narrow seam mine. I would assume that those were longwall mines that you worked at? What are you doing now by the way?

Luke