Titanium700

No, illinois is a draw state for nonresidents, be it archery, shotgun or muzzleloader. Usually the archery draw is a guaranteed tag, leftovers are otc until gone. shotgun and muzzleloader is a draw for specific county's and depending on the county could be easy to draw or next to impossible. Either way its a great state to hunt and giants fall every year in public land. I have a 200" buck on video I took back in '08 on public land and seen him 4 times from my treestand but could not close the deal. also I saw a 240+" on a different piece of public land but he was elusive and never seen him again. ......I need to go back but my son keeps drawing coues tags.. lol

My avatar bull is a 3B representative. But it was my second choice unit at the time. id hunt that unit again in a heartbeat.

I suspected a loose scope base as well, when I install all of mine I use loctite, never had one come loose. the other thought was plastic buildup from the sabots, I had a buddy that his gun shot great the previous sesson but during the summer he went and put a few hundred rounds through it all the while complaining it was shooting worse and worse . he cleaned it.....or thought he did and it still shot like crap, that it when we discovered plastic buildup in the rifling near the muzzle, so we scoured it out with a stiff brush and gun cleaning solvent and pulled lots of plastic out. that fixed his problem. but to me I feel confident your front base was your issue, good luck.

I use the tree spider micro harness. I love it, simple to use and lightweight.

Don't skimp on putting thousands of dollars worth on valuables on a few hundred dollar safe. Two words.... "Fort Knox" Never look back or regret.

My son drew a coues tag with my fil, I put him in for a youth hunt last year for his first time and he got drawn, this year he put in with my fil and they both drew....that lucky kid is 2 for 2, me I'm like 1 for 16 or 17 or something like that. Lol Hope he tags like he did last year. Woohoo, I'm going coues hunting.....er....glassing.

Last year my son drew that same tag, I called AZGFD and asked them about your question #1, they said it was ok for me to carry as long as HE makes the shot. I would suggest carrying on an empty chamber just in case someone wants to give you a hard time. We always carry on an empty chamber anyway. As far as your #2 question, he ended up shooting his buck at 400 yds on the nose and was using 80 grain Barnes TTSX's. I'd have no issue with a 80 grain as long as it was of good construction. #3, your choice...we ended up doing the boneless method. Good luck on your hunt, it will be fun.

That plane crash hits pretty close to home for me and my family as our family knows the family of the two young men, and quite possibly one of the young women, which is from Canada. the 4th young woman we dont know but she was visiting from germany, how sad for their family's but they are in a much better place. just praying for their families right now.

Hey, the could always call me. I always put my draws on a credit card with a $4500 limit. It's at $0 now......just saying. You hear that AZGFD? Lol how bout that sheep tag.

Sweet. Lol

Always has to be one in the bunch..

Looking for leftovers here...

Looking forward to leftover list. *shrug*

Can it sing?

lol

I open another forum that I frequent and start a thread and use photobucket, when im finished with everythjng including photos I do a mass copy and come over to here and paste everything, has worked so far. probably faster ways but that's what I found works.

I should have made myself more clear, I wish mine would open in the full version rather than having to scroll down to the bottom to click the "full" icon.

I use the mobile version that opens up automatically but hate it, I wish it would open in the full version.

Im gonna try reverse psychology..... hope I dont draw a tag,....there I said it. lets see what happens. Lol

I run Swarovski, 8x32 el's around my neck and 15x56 slc's for my tripod, dont skimp on the tripod either, I use an ultralight (Sirui) that folds up to about 12" but extends to like 60". love this combo.

My only complaint is I never seem to draw a tag.

ok now, thats funny..lol but like others said I like the first 2 options too but I wonder how often it would be utilized?

Yeah, can we get a score?

Im a 33 (yep, wherever that is) hunter too, there are lots of problems with that unit many already mentioned but there are areas you can get to if you dont mind hiking a ways to get away from everybody and find the big deer.

120" even.