Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Recent SW Campfire event at Armijo Springs, NM

One of the most enjoyable aspects of the Campfire is that our gang in the SW has been able to cooperate in doing some very good things, and our ongoing summer and winter gatherings have been a very enjoyable outgrowth of that. We meet, camp, eat, shoot a lot, talk about almost everything old and current, and generally enjoy one another. Although held in the SW, quite a number of folks drive long miles – from as far away as Oregon, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.

Recently we had the summer shindig at Armijo Springs up at 8k ft. in the Apache/Gila Nat Forest. It was very successful – great time had by all. In these photos you can see the environs, the camp, many of the regular characters involved – and a couple of excellent newcomers – OSU_Sig (Cliff) from Oklahoma and Miles friend Steve from Arkansas. Various attendees will probably chime in with comments about the event. If you want to know who is who in some of he photos, just ask. (Additional photos to follow)

Paul, thanks for posting the photos. No kids this time around?

I dunno...pretty suspect lookin' group!

Glad you all enjoyed yourselves!

I’m gonna make one of those soon

It looks like a whole lot of fun. I had plans to crash the party this year, come out from NW NV, but I pulled down all my power lines July 1st and had to keep the generators running for a month. So...you all lucked out.

I wouldn't change the looks or demographics any.

Great pictures.
Thanks for sharing!

I'll meet you in Reno and we can drive down together?

Maybe get a few more of the Cali contingent and make it a..........................


convoy!

C's.

great pics.

What resolution?

I had to play a coupla games of solitaire while they loaded.

Some good guys there!

Beautiful area there. I'd love to see it in person.

Hello Kevin - this was not an easy summer for those with kids to get to our event - Covid issues and other factors kept those with youngsters from coming.


Valsdad - resolution mixed - came across the net from many cameras at the event.

Whaddya mean, no kids? I was there!

It was a great time, just far too short, as usual.

Ed

Ed is on the mark.

That's a lot of good experience and skill in one place.

I regret missing it.

I like the gun rack seen in a couple pics, I want one.

Just kidding....................sort of.

Not being much of a geek, I can never understand why sometimes folks' pics load quickly, sometimes it takes forever it seems. Sometimes I wonder if it's on my end, certain days and times of day I know our little ISP is more taxed, bandwidth wise, than others. And I'm on the lowest data plan they have.

Keep posting them, I'd rather have them than not.

One day, I may get there to meet you folks. Sure wish the wife's last assignment had been in AZ as we both enjoyed the White Mountains when we lived there at the start of the millenium.

That is a "Paul (aka CCCC) Special", made from what he called "scrap that he had laying around". In today's lumber market, it's about $150.00 worth of wood.

It's a great rack, for sure and shows his talents.

Ed

Well, I am pretty much a lone wolf, so have little use for it myself. It is intended for moments when other good folks are gathered to shoot.

We almost always get some downpours up at AS and so we try to keep it dry - but don't always succeed - so it has begun to show some blems from having been wet. When I packed it up this time I was thinking that maybe I will paint it with some good waterproof coating - red for the top/rack, white for the post, and blue for the base.

Thoughts?

Sounds like one heck of an idea.