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Post by azranger on Dec 3, 2016 14:39:29 GMT
I work in a lot of areas where cell phones and radios don't work and it a huge difference on what you can do and not do. It should be taken into account. Both sides had the same lack of communication abilities but the Indians worked without direct orders so they constantly had to adapt. I think the basic skills for them were honed from hunting.
You don't compare something to a buffalo hunt unless you have hunted the buffalo. At first the buffalo stand still then they go into tunnel vision and follow the lead cow(s) wherever she goes.
At Raymond Ranch we take the hunters out. We attempt to have the best shot shoot first. If they are successful the buffalo will stick around paying attention to the wounded/dead buffalo. This allows others to get a shot. A miss results in buffalo on a dead run.
Just so we all know a buffalo can run faster than a horse and they are more maneuverable. Their weight is on their front and they can swing their rear end to change directions on a dime. My horse Apache was gored by a buffalo in his hind quarter. A wound channel of 7" was filled with three rolls of gauze soaked in Betadine to keep it open and draining. As it healed a roll was removed. Finally after the last roll was removed surgical tubing was inserted and the skin was stitched close.
Apache was a horse owned by the Game and Fish Department. I had him at my place for 14 months. He is was somewhat famous when a lady in our information branch adopted him for his retirement years. She called him the Apache Kid.
On patrol in Unit 7 2001. You can get a lot closer and see more if you're not wearing a uniform. By the time someone sees the badge on the belt its to late.
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Post by azranger on Dec 3, 2016 14:46:10 GMT
Apache passed away but he had a great retirement.
Notice his name on his halter.
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 3, 2016 19:20:57 GMT
Nice to know that horses that give a long and dedicated life to serving the county, get the love they need in retirement.
By the way Steve, none of the photos you post look nothing like the Arizona we know over here, if you look at the High Chaparral then that is how we see AZ.
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Post by azranger on Dec 3, 2016 19:51:51 GMT
I know. Region I Pinetop and Region II Flagstaff are located in pine trees. Our elevation is over 7,000 feet. Region III Kingman and IV Yuma are along the Colorado River and real desert. Region V Tucson has a variety of elevations with a quite a few mountainous islands.
Region VI Mesa has our inland lakes and lots of people including Phoenix.
Region V includes Old Tucson where a lot of movies have been made. I like Tombstone but it has turned to the tourist industry.
When you head south of here it takes awhile to run into saguaros, chollas, mesquite, prickly pear, and other plants that try to stick you.
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 3, 2016 20:05:07 GMT
I think I would require a month and around $10.000 to see all the places I would want to see in the USA.
I also would like to eat and drink what the locals consume, as there is nothing worse than traveling thousands of miles and eating and drinking the same stuff you can get over here.
Tombstone would be on my list, but I would be classed as a tourist after all, but you should see whats the sights they serve up in London to the Americans and Japanese, tourism brings in the cash, when we go to Liverpool we see plenty of foreign visitors all visiting the places associated with the Beatles.
I would like to see more of the west coast of the USA, and catch a few gigs maybe.
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Post by quincannon on Dec 3, 2016 20:24:23 GMT
Ian: Arizona is a place like no other on earth. You are indeed a man with no inner soul if you do not fall in love with it from the moment you get there.
My particular favorite part of the state is south and a little west of where Steve is, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Cottonwood, and Prescott, the whole Sierra Peaks region. Up in the far north east of the state is Monument Valley, which spills into Utah, a favorite place for the John Ford movies, although he shot part of them in the Bryce Canyon area of Utah as well.
It is a beautiful place, and the desert has a charm that once you see it, it is very hard to get enough of.
I am very glad this discussion touched on what is seen from the Google Maps. As stated the high ground depicted on them I think quite distorted. My impression of the LBH area is, except for the abruptness of the bluffs themselves as the touch the east side of the river, is that the area is rolling, and very deceptive. It is not the place I would like to fight a mobile battle. There are far too many places where it is quite easy for your force to become separated and compartmentalized.
I also hope this discussion finds a way of getting into that Option A. That, as I said would have been my choice if 1) I had a much clearer picture of the total battlefield, 2) there was a ford that was meaningful to my overall objective, and that I could reach and deploy in a timely manner, and 3) I had a sufficient sized force, or could adequately tailor what I had to make any assault I launched decisive.
Tombstone's big draw Ian is the OK Corral, and if you've seen one damned parking lot, you've seen them all.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Dec 4, 2016 12:41:51 GMT
If you go to Tombstone, stay in Bisbee, at the Copper Queen Hotel, if you can. This hit is going out to David in Fort Collins! beastbrewingcompany.com/
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 4, 2016 15:01:00 GMT
I wonder if Clair has Custer going straight to SSR on his option B route.
If you look at the drainage that separates the bluffs from the high ground that Clair has used to mark his route, then I would have thought that this was the route that most of the authors think he used to reach cedar coulee as it goes past 3411.
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 4, 2016 15:05:25 GMT
Tom, me and the missus are going on a Christmas beer run today, as we are entertain on Christmas day. You find at this time of year that all the major super markets have offers on beer and the ones currently running are three for twenty, which means three boxes of beer (around twelve bottles per box) for £20, about 36 bottle or cans in total.
I think that we need about nine boxes as all of our guests drink like fishes.
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Post by Beth on Dec 5, 2016 3:32:12 GMT
I've always noticed that cheese and alcohol are always on sale around Christmas. Our grocery brings all sorts of interesting cheeses but isn't to adventurous with the alcohol.
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 5, 2016 16:36:42 GMT
I have my eye on a nice piece of Stilton with Cranberry, that should go down well will a glass or two of red while I watch Independence Day Resurgence on Christmas day evening. That's my favorite time of the day, when the guests have gone and the presents are all open, dinners done and dusted and the dishes all washed, the house quietens down and the lads will be playing their games in the other rooms. I usually make a huge plate of Turkey sandwiches and cover them with tin foil, and by 10:00pm ever last one of them has been eaten. Me and the missus usually settle down to watch TV together and relax.
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Post by Beth on Dec 5, 2016 19:05:10 GMT
That sounds tasty-at least if I assume it is white Stilton and not blue.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Dec 5, 2016 19:31:25 GMT
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 5, 2016 20:32:41 GMT
White Stilton Beth.
Tom, I don't know if this thread has anymore legs mate, I asked were about the Eshelman ford was and I got many responses, I even added a side bar about which way he took over the bluffs and that too had its moments. But I think it has run its course, which is a pity because many people have debated which route he took and we almost nailed it.
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Post by Beth on Dec 5, 2016 22:05:21 GMT
Which one do you think is the most likely?
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