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Re: What to carry in the Desert Dillonbuck #16641613 11/21/21
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 15,289 Wyoming and Arizona jnyork Campfire Ranger
jnyork Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 15,289 Wyoming and Arizona	Originally Posted by Dillonbuck Then another SxS, now we can pack like women going on a trip! Ha, Ha. For a moment I thought you said "another SxS so you can pack in women." Might not be a bad idea for some of the younger crowd. Last edited by jnyork; 11/21/21.

Re: What to carry in the Desert Daverageguy #16641636 11/21/21
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,397 Likes: 4 Idaho Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter
Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,397 Likes: 4 Idaho	Originally Posted by Daverageguy It's the desert why would you go there? To look for gold. Everyone knows there is lots of gold out in the desert and all one has to do is go out there with a sack and pick it up. Of course it is awfully hot out there but no matter, the gold makes it worthwhile to go. L.W. "Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)

Re: What to carry in the Desert Leanwolf #16641649 11/21/21
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,308 Likes: 16 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna
chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,308 Likes: 16 TX	Originally Posted by Leanwolf Originally Posted by Daverageguy It's the desert why would you go there? Too look for gold. Everyone knows there is lots of gold out in the desert and all one has to do is go out there with a sack and pick it up. Of course it is awfully hot out there but no matter, the gold makes it worthwhile to go. L.W. LOL. I saw a TV show once where Gold Hunters in AZ had big metal detectors mounted to the front of their 4-wheelers for driving through the desert to search for gold. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: What to carry in the Desert chlinstructor #16641712 11/21/21
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,606 Likes: 1 SW WA bcp Campfire Tracker
bcp Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,606 Likes: 1 SW WA	Originally Posted by chlinstructor LOL. I saw a TV show once where Gold Hunters in AZ had big metal detectors mounted to the front of their 4-wheelers for driving through the desert to search for gold. That might have found these, if true: https://www.desertusa.com/desert-prospecting/pegleg2.html Bruce

Re: What to carry in the Desert RoninPhx #16641811 11/21/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,284 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,284 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by RoninPhx [quote=TrueGrit]Garmin InReach, I'd sure like someone to know that I need assistance if something goes sideways.[/quote thats assuming you have radio contact Satellite-based, are they not? If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

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Re: What to carry in the Desert Kaiser #16641892 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA	endless miles of exploring whatever trips your trigger as this pic......cowboys way back when...tried to damn this crevice up to catch stock water This metal is 1/4" thick & was riveted together onsite... First August T/storm took it out pretty fast.. Nice try guys.... T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: What to carry in the Desert tikkanut #16641910 11/21/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,284 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,284 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by tikkanut Utah desert.....high elevation 7K' on my turf always have sidearm......ammo.......water........fuel.....food.....clothing Resque Link.....PLB.....no contract/no fees cell towers are far & few in between https://www.acrartex.com/products/resqlink-410-rls/ The link says: Quote This product is not available in the USA. ACR Electronics strongly believes that RLS technology is a benefit to the worldwide search and rescue system. ACR encourages your support in facilitating the approval of RLS in the USA by contacting the United States Coast Guard* and NOAA** (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for the latest information on RLS approval in the country. Is that old info? Coast Guard and NOAA onboard? If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: What to carry in the Desert ironbender #16641939 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by ironbender Originally Posted by RoninPhx [quote=TrueGrit]Garmin InReach, I'd sure like someone to know that I need assistance if something goes sideways.[/quote thats assuming you have radio contact Satellite-based, are they not? ResQLink devices hit the SAR satellite systems Battery life is a one time use...but remain ready to use for 5-6 yrs IIRC unit was $260 with no contract....only have to register unit with SARSAT Every avid outdoorsman should carry one.... Could save you or someone else in dire need http://mountainjourney.com/acr-resqlink-406-personal-locator-beacon-review/ T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: What to carry in the Desert tikkanut #16641950 11/21/21
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,606 Likes: 1 SW WA bcp Campfire Tracker
bcp Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,606 Likes: 1 SW WA	Originally Posted by tikkanut endless miles of exploring whatever trips your trigger as this pic......cowboys way back when...tried to damn this crevice up to catch stock water This metal is 1/4" thick & was riveted together onsite... First August T/storm took it out pretty fast.. Nice try guys.... Reminds me of another desert dam. Concrete, about 2 feet thick and 10-12 feet high. All it did was slow down the water. Rocks around it were too leaky. Bruce Attached Images dam.jpg (32.93 KB, 228 downloads)

Re: What to carry in the Desert Kaiser #16641956 11/21/21
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,198 down home in Dixie D Daverageguy Campfire Regular
Daverageguy Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,198 down home in Dixie	Still an easy no for me. Solitudes easy for me. Just because you can ok. Bangflop! another skinning job due to .260 and proper shot placement.

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Re: What to carry in the Desert Kaiser #16642042 11/21/21
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,082 Likes: 1 Willamette Valley S SS336 Campfire Regular
SS336 Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,082 Likes: 1 Willamette Valley	tikkanut, great pictures and information. Enjoy your pictures a lot. Thanks.

Re: What to carry in the Desert krp #16642085 11/21/21
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 16,000 arizona R RoninPhx Campfire Ranger
RoninPhx Campfire Ranger R Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 16,000 arizona	Originally Posted by krp Originally Posted by flintlocke Originally Posted by RoninPhx a discussion at the dinner table last nightl a young guy we all know assigned as a deputy working out of the dysart division, which is edge of phoenix on the north west sidel this includes over to aquila some distance away, ain't a ten minute ridel which explains the 8ft chainlink around some of the storesl agricultural area lots of illegals and stash spotsl there is no immediate lawl i have found any number of stashspots littered with beer cans and cacal I have also crested a ridge to fin 30 or so illegals switching vehiclesls Aguila...my relatives have to go through it once a week to go to Wickenburg for the weekly grocery run. Speed limit may be 45 or something...they roll through no less than 75 mph for safety reasons. No eye contact, foot down firmly. You see Border Patrol everywhere else, but never in Aguila. Aguila isn't close to the border, there's not a border patrol presence in general that far north anywhere. Kent not true kent, i have ran into b.p. on 95 up to kingman, and from quartzsite up to parker. one of the main funnel points is from tonopah up to aquila following the dry washl sheriff found a couple hundred of them in the river bottom across from what is called flat iron, a place people like to go to shoot. I have a half dozen packpacks i found at one encampment just north of there, and similar by aquila. THE BIRTH PLACE OF GERONIMO

Re: What to carry in the Desert SS336 #16642114 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by SS336 tikkanut, great pictures and information. Enjoy your pictures a lot. Thanks. thx always can find stuff to take pics of Desert Sheep are prob my fav.... T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: What to carry in the Desert RoninPhx #16642187 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,070 Likes: 1 arizona K krp Campfire Ranger
krp Campfire Ranger K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,070 Likes: 1 arizona	Originally Posted by RoninPhx Originally Posted by krp Originally Posted by flintlocke Originally Posted by RoninPhx a discussion at the dinner table last nightl a young guy we all know assigned as a deputy working out of the dysart division, which is edge of phoenix on the north west sidel this includes over to aquila some distance away, ain't a ten minute ridel which explains the 8ft chainlink around some of the storesl agricultural area lots of illegals and stash spotsl there is no immediate lawl i have found any number of stashspots littered with beer cans and cacal I have also crested a ridge to fin 30 or so illegals switching vehiclesls Aguila...my relatives have to go through it once a week to go to Wickenburg for the weekly grocery run. Speed limit may be 45 or something...they roll through no less than 75 mph for safety reasons. No eye contact, foot down firmly. You see Border Patrol everywhere else, but never in Aguila. Aguila isn't close to the border, there's not a border patrol presence in general that far north anywhere. Kent not true kent, i have ran into b.p. on 95 up to kingman, and from quartzsite up to parker. one of the main funnel points is from tonopah up to aquila following the dry washl sheriff found a couple hundred of them in the river bottom across from what is called flat iron, a place people like to go to shoot. I have a half dozen packpacks i found at one encampment just north of there, and similar by aquila. I know BP is called sometimes up there and other places, coming from Yuma and Lukeville there is a funnel up there, including Congress, Prescott, up to I40. I was responding that there is no permanent BP presence 130 miles north of the border. Driving the 60 from Wickenburg to Salome isn't a big deal. Kent

Re: What to carry in the Desert jnyork #16642297 11/21/21
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,865 Likes: 5 Clinging to our God and Guns Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger
Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,865 Likes: 5 Clinging to our God and Guns	Originally Posted by jnyork Originally Posted by Dillonbuck Then another SxS, now we can pack like women going on a trip! Ha, Ha. For a moment I thought you said "another SxS so you can pack in women." Might not be a bad idea for some of the younger crowd. At 52, not real young, my wife would be an enjoyable companion. But chicks have no place on a guys trip. Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!

Re: What to carry in the Desert Kaiser #16642477 11/21/21
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,940 Likes: 16 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,940 Likes: 16 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	unless ya stay gone long enuff to need sammiches.....

Re: What to carry in the Desert Kaiser #16642486 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA	no sammwiccches on my watch....... Kielbassa & kraut........ or Rib Eye's T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: What to carry in the Desert tikkanut #16642544 11/21/21
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,143 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,143 Okanagan Falls, BC	Originally Posted by tikkanut no sammwiccches on my watch....... Kielbassa & kraut........ or Rib Eye's tikkanut; Good afternoon sir, I hope the weekend has been a good one for you all. Thanks for the photos you put up, while I don't always comment I do always appreciate and very much enjoy them. If this world ever settles down, the desert of Utah is on my bucket list to see. Regarding the kielbassa and sauerkraut, my initial thought was "Зачекай, Зачекай".... or phonetically zachekay, zachekay.... Although we're of Teutonic origin, enough neighbors were Ukrainian that I became quite familiar/addicted to their fine, fine cooking. Thanks again for the photos and all the best. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: What to carry in the Desert GRIZZ #16642735 11/21/21
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,736 Likes: 1 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger
Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,736 Likes: 1 Palmer, Alaska	Originally Posted by GRIZZ Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad Originally Posted by GRIZZ Vaquero 3 3/4 inch barrel in 44 Mag loaded with 44 special. Pics! I do believe I need one of those. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: What to carry in the Desert BC30cal #16642746 11/21/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,874 Likes: 20 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by BC30cal Originally Posted by tikkanut no sammwiccches on my watch....... Kielbassa & kraut........ or Rib Eye's tikkanut; Good afternoon sir, I hope the weekend has been a good one for you all. Thanks for the photos you put up, while I don't always comment I do always appreciate and very much enjoy them. If this world ever settles down, the desert of Utah is on my bucket list to see. Regarding the kielbassa and sauerkraut, my initial thought was "Зачекай, Зачекай".... or phonetically zachekay, zachekay.... Although we're of Teutonic origin, enough neighbors were Ukrainian that I became quite familiar/addicted to their fine, fine cooking. Thanks again for the photos and all the best. Dwayne my ancestors are from Lithawania & Poland.... Thus the Kraut........... T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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