lancetkenyon

I am a Remington man all the way. But that being said, I have a few suggestions that might be a bit biased. Rem 700 Sendero Rem 700 LR Rem 700 5-R Rem XCR Savage 11/111 LRH

Yep. I was.

The aluminum tripod really weighs the same as the carbon fiber? Wow! Kind of wished I would have known that. My aluminum tripod weighs more than double what my CF tripod weighs.

Meopta Meostar S2 20-70×82 here too. Freaking amazing optic. But no experience with the Meopro. If you can save a bit longer for the Meostar S2, you will not be disappointed. There was one of the Meopro 20-60×80 on here in the classifieds a while back. This was taken with my hand held cell phone from 1370+ yards through the S2. And this is 1560 yards with my hand held cell phone.

My cousin drew his 3rd year in a row late rifle bull tag this year. Just waiting to see what unit. My son-in-law drew his 2nd elk tag in only 2 years of applying, but I am laying odds it is his 2nd choice cow tag, not 1st choice bull. And someone drew a tag here too. I am also laying odds it is Taylor's 4th year in a row tag (bull/bull/cow), not my slump buster early rifle bull tag, even though I have a lot of points too, since I have not had an elk tag....THIS CENTURY!

Need a price range, usage, and intended max yardage to give an informed answer.

95 SMK or 95 TMK.

168 & 175 SMK is what we loaded for my son-in-law's .308 over Varget, WW brass & BR-2 primers. I have used SMKs in various flavors for a lot of game. Never had one go far if I put the bullet in the boiler room. From .224 69gr, to .308 210gr. A bunch in between too. My longest kill ever was a .250AI pushing a 100 SMK on a coyote. 1327 yards. More luck than anything.

Step 1: Drive to unit 1. Step 2: Open your eyes. Step 3: You found elk in unit 1.

I have found out over the last few hours.....I will be helping on up to 3 hunts this fall. Someone in my house drew a tag, my son-in-law and his buddy (my son-in-law is back to back), and my cousin (3 bull tags in a row) all drew.

All of ours still say pending and hunt #00000. But I got a $135 hit on my card, so I know ONE of us drew an elk tag.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I drew a sppedgoat tag....again.....so that takes a lot of pressure off me to buy this. Bump for a smoking good rifle and cartridge.

OP, how many BPs? Doesn't look like I drew a 7 speedgoat tag, and I am sitting on hella points. Always interesting to see how lucky some people can be. And how unlucky others are.

It is on. Got a hit about 45 minutes ago.

Just got a hit!!!

APA Fat Bastard or Badger Thruster.

I use a very similar setup. Manfrotto Carbon 290 with the same 700rc2 head. The quick change plates are great. I keep one on my 10s, 15s, and spotter.

I think I would want to be in a tree stand for that. I had a bobcat sneak up on me during the daylight hours and it just flat appeared like it rose up out of the ground. I couldn't imagine a lion sneaking in on me at night.....

I agree with this one. http://www.reptilesofaz.org/Snakes-Subpages/h-a-elegans.html

Pretty good price for a rifle that has a lot of potential. I shot one of these that put 3 rounds of 210 HVLD @ 2960 into a 2.5" group at 747 yards.

Try it. Nothing says you have to have a certain jump. Your gun will have to tell you. I can say that the 6.5 127 LRX shows amazing accuracy in my .260 Rem and 6.5 SLR. Both easily sub-1/2" 5 shot groups. And they work very well on game. That bullet is what Taylor used on here deer last year at 637 yards. DRT.

300 minimum for me too. 400 shows nodes much better.

BS meter set on high for Thursday when people start the "my card got hit!" Check. Other than that, Greyghost85 is in the exact same boat as me. Except elk too. Haven't had an elk tag since 1999 either.

I can hear the lead up to the reveal now..... "Now, I just shot a forkie, but he is a pretty big forkie."