Sounds like you got coated paper. Do not use it for smoking. For smoking you must have uncoated paper. A paper grocery bag has worked for me in the past. Nothing wrong with foil either
Might be a little early for migrating deer. But If it were me and I wanted to gameplan for a migration hunt; I'd look at the cdow hunt atlas and find the migration route data for the deer heading down toward New Mexico. Then I'd plot those routes in Earth and use them to determine the land...
Don't get discouraged. Stay mobile and adaptable. Still hunting and glassing into canyons is a good tactic that time of the year. Do not be afraid to hang a treestand or sit in a blind if you find water that has bull sign. Just be prepared for weather, have maps (I like Game Planner Maps)...
Should be a good year for stripers. The chains is a good spot to fish without traffic. Small mouth abound on points and structured shorelines. If the stripers are boiling...fish the boils.
We have one and it works if you need to cook something fast. However they will not develope the same depth of flavor when preparing a braise. I also have found the texture of meat is more succulent with a good ol'fashioned Dutch oven. Time is often your friend when preparing dishes that are...
A few years ago i helped a buddy kill his first buck in a neighboring unit that had twice the tags. He shot a buck opening morning. We glassed him from camp and killed him that afternoon. Only other hunters we saw were on the road. I don't think you'll have too much competition if you hike to...
I lived in Mesa for ~ 6 years. It was in a nice middle class neighborhood. It's true there are some shady areas, but any city with a population over 500k is going to have that. I live in Chandler now, we moved here because the schools are better. The whole PHX metro area has pockets of 'bad'...