Welcome to the Jay Scott Outdoors podcast.

Today we have my friend Phil Kramer, the Coos-Dear killer, Phil, how are you?

I'm doing real good, Jay. I'm doing real good. How about yourself?

Good, it's that time of year again where we really start looking forward to our coosier hunts.

I know down in Mexico, I know you've already been down for one round and put out a bunch of cameras.

I'm curious to get your take on how things looked down there on this last trip so maybe you could

walk us through it. You bet. That's right. We have been down. I myself have been down once.

My partner Tim's been down twice actually,

which was kind of neat so we had some cameras to check

when we went down after Thanksgiving. The conditions of Mexico of

Sonora this year are unlike any that I've ever seen. The vegetation is lush. There's a real deep green to the grass, to the

leaves on the trees. More water than I've ever seen, which is good and it's also going to make things different and a little

interesting this year to try and cover all the water sources but overall the condition of

the countryside is just unbelievable.

So, as you left Arizona and headed into Mexico,

did you feel that way the whole way driving down?

I mean, you're down in the Hermosseo general area.

You know, was it widespread or was it not until you got to where your ranches were

that you noticed that conditions looked

outstanding.

You know, for the most part it was widespread.

Even as soon as you cross the border, even before you cross the border going down through southern Arizona,

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