catclaw

I have used the guys on Cloud road in QC ( I think it's Southwestern) and they have done an excellent job. They make some really nice pepperoni sticks too. I have used the one in Springerville across from McDonalds and they suck big time. Sorry!

I checked last night and this was there.

Yep, I thought these Covert 1s had a macro feature

Criminal speed starts at 21 mile over the speed limit. Also, there is no obligation to right you a "criminal" speeding ticket just because you were going 21 over. I wrote hundreds if not thousands of citations over the years using a civil traffic statute when I could have used a criminal statute. There was no difference in the fine and the burden of proof was much higher! The only advantage was that if someone failed to appear, they could conceivably have a warrant and technically, they weren't supposed to be able to go to traffic school for criminal speed. I have gone both ways but generally wrote civil up to about 30 over. Like I said, wear a mask.

To rub the velvet and polish those antlers! While scouting yesterday, I walked past this tree early in the morning. When I came back past about noon- this is what I found! We had see three nice bulls early and were getting closer to photograph them when they decided to come to water in a different place than we guess and just missed them! This is the earliest that I have seen one rub out. This mountain mahogany was freshly worked over I found these scraps on the tree!

Ditto that! I still don't trust the cameras and in Phx- the speed fluctuates form 55-65 and back. They always seem to put the cameras where it drops down to 55. They need to leave the speed limits alone and all the same so folks aren't constantly slowing and speeding up.

I think rattlesnake tastes terrible- I wouldn't bother unless a survival situation. My buddy stepped within 6" of this one Friday afternoon. Never made a peep. It was right by the barn so we couldn't give him a lucky dog pass. One well placed rock later...

I took those photos on July 17th- that is the earliest for me. I have seen 390 class bulls still in velvet on Aug 4th. I guess it's regional or up to each individual bull.

I have a Panasonic Lumix camera. And yes, I format them in the Panasonic and they work fine in the Covert unless you forget and stick a4 gig card in which really causes problems!

Are they considered "non game"?

It must have sneaked in behind the camera ( which means climbing over a dead tree with lots of branches) and took a peek then split! I moved the camera and poured some sardine juice in the trail to see if it comes back.

I have a night shot- it is HUGE. I had the camera set up for deer- not elk. i can get the deer perfect. I moved the camera back about 5' and we will see what happens now. I didn't get the deer I was hoping for so I almost pulled the camera. I want to try and get some more photos of the big bull before I pull it. There is an old fence there and the bottom 2 wires are still up. They have to step over or hop the wires which makes the spot good for setting a camera at 90 degrees to a trail (normally not a good plan) Dennis a couple of WT photos to show the height.

I would say generally you can take the SD card out and use it in your camera to view photos. That's what I do for both the Covert 1 and 2. However, RedRabbit just informed me he wasn't able to preview images from his Covert SD card in his high end digital SLR. I don't know if all SLRs are like that or just the one he has. I use the SD card in my little point and shoot digital and it works great for reviewing photos. I have a Canon Powershot. But you can always see more details on the computer at home, so I take an extra SD card and swap them out so I can view the images larger on my computer. Amanda Not only can I view with my camera, I also format the cards with it before installing. Works great every time. I was impressed with the sensitivity of my Covert 1. I picked up a doe who just barely peeked her head into the photo! I set it up so that I could try and take some photos from further away this week so we will see how far it can reach! Those who can't read the cards with their cameras, try formatting them in the viewing camera before installing in the Covert. They are saved as JPG so if you can't read them, it is a directory issue.

Nice!

I guess if you can get them to ship it to you in flat rate postal boxes it wouldn't be too bad. I had a guy ship me some cast iron slugs that weighed 60# and it cost $12 from Chicago. I am just thinking that they can stick this on their normal order and it won't be as pricey as you think. He didn't get back to me with a price today. I will be setting cameras this weekend. Dennis

I have been using the Claw this summer for a variety of shooting endeavors. I first used it for Prairie dogs and while not a bench rest, it made up for some of the deficiency in the ability to pan at will. We made shots out to 300 yds while standing or sitting on a lawn chair. I made shots to 450 by going lower to get out of the wind. I was dialing about 5 moa of wind into my 450 yd shots so they were hard enough anyway. I used it last week for the scouts. They were shooting a gong at 250 yds and most of them had never shot a rifle before. One had never shot anything but a BB gun before he shot his gong! Really is nice for smaller shooter that haven't developed that seek and destroy mentality yet! I took it out this morning with Schmitty and we shot a gong at 500 yds. I hit the gong with my new load and then we painted it up and I tried the same load but with a different primer. Using my 260 Rem mountain rifle and a 2.5-8x scope with a B&C reticle, I shot a <3" group. I had to use my 450 yd hash as the rifle was dialed in for 130 grain Accubonds. This bullet was lighter and must shoot a little flatter at 500. Schmitty shot his 6.5-06 imp with 130 Bergers. It made a deeper divot in the steel for sure! You can see his deeper holes right below and to the right of my lower right shot. Dennis

Glad you had a good time. It was crowded up there and a lot of folks stayed the whole week. We camped just past Mexican Hay lake and had it mostly to ourselves.

Wouldn't we all! That is an unrealistic expectation for any rifle, especially an over-bore factory rifle! In fact, 1" groups out of a factory rifle are BETTER than what Remington will guarantee. You might be able to get them to shoot a little better than that but then again, maybe not. If you are looking for a truly long range load, try your best load at 200, 300 and 500 yds and see what you get. My 260 Remington will barely break an inch @ 100 but when I shot it at 500 last this week, it shot under 3" which is close to 1/2 MOA. If you want to shoot one-hole groups, start with flat base light bullets. I would suggest a 140 grain or lighter. Not what you want for long range, but what it takes to get really small groups at 100 yds. If you want to go really fast, don't complain when your Corvette gets hung up on a rocky dirt road, If you want to go all over rough country, don't complain when your 4x4 can't do 120! Over bore rifles are VERY hard to get to shoot good. Sorry.

Usually if you don't pay for a ticket, they will put out a bench warrant for arrest. You can call the courthouse and find out, or wait until he ever gets pulled over by the cops, when they ask you to step out of the car and place your hands on it You can only get a bench warrant for a CRIMINAL charge. These photo-radar tickets are civil traffic violations; they carry only monetary penalties and the risk of your driving privileges being suspended. IF you don't acknowledge the letter and don't get served in person, there is nothing they can do. I don't know what the current law is on the amount of time the State has to serve you for a civil traffic violation but it is 6 months if you are involved in an accident and I THINK it is 90 days if not. Under Arizona law, ANY adult can be served at your last known address. If someone else is driving your vehicle and they send you the notice, you can fill out the back and tell them it wasn't you and include a photo of your driver's license- do NOT identify the driver, even though they want you too. If you get your license suspended, MVD will mail you a notice of suspension. Make sure the address that MVD has on file for you is a valid mailing address. You can use a PO box but most of the process servers will use Nexus-Lexus or similar data base to find a REAL address for you where they can serve you. If you are really worried about it, wear a mask when you drive like I do. No face, No ID.

Tim, mine is just 1018 CR steel. It won't stand up to a 300 at close range but will last quite a while at 500. Bill at Prescott Welding is supposed to call me back tomorrow with a price on AR plate- it is far better for standing up to bullets but is almost impossible to weld. I just welded rebar to the side of mine and I can hang it on a barb wire fence about anywhere I go. The smaller one I have is 9 1/4" round. A 223 at 130 yds is a lot harder on it than a 6.5-06@ 500! I spent all day fabricating stuff today. Bill has a new 50 ton break and can handle up to 1/4" steel. I made a bear box for one of my trail cams and fixed my gong set up. Going out tomorrow for the weekend. Dennis

Well- you never gave us a follow-up. Where did you camp? Fish? Dennis

I did one there 10 years ago and had 40 boys. I rode a horse for the first 25 of that one for logistic reasons. After the first 25. most of them wanted to call it good. Only 5 of them wanted to finish up. I took those 5 and hiked into the Blue from the highway! All I can say is DON'T do a 25 mile hike in cowboy boots! I should have taken the horse again! I won't be forgetting either of them myself!

I have been using 3 different ones. In the photo it is a bogen aluminum tripod (I can't remember the number) and the head is the take-off from my Velbon El Carmange. I have used my Bogen ball head and the Bogen 701HDV. The only way to go is with the 701; it has a much better plate system and in my mind, makes the whole system. I think the little flimsy tripods like the Bogen 190 are too light duty for a rifle rest. With a good tripod, the 701 head and setting it up low- prone height- I can feel as steady as a prone Harris bi-pod but can pan so much easier. It is amazing how much of the recoil it takes out too!

It is going to depend on what powder you can get. Most in the good burning ranges for 30-06 are in short supply. I have had great luck using Ramshot Hunter and Ramshot Big game in 30-06. Two other great powders are H414 and H4350. You will be able to find 414 but I doubt you will find 4350. If you already have those, all the better. The 150 Accubond is a good bullet as is the 150 Partition if you want to stay in those ranges. If you like the 165s and I do, I can recommend the 165 Hornady flat base spitzer as a do-it-all bullet. I have killed elk, deer and coyotes with this bullet and got great accuracy. The Accubond has an edge in shots longer than 400 yds but closer in than that, it's just sexy looking and costs a lot more. If you can decide on a powder, I can give you some combinations that have worked well for me.

I got back from a week with the scouts and told my son to go pull the card on the camera. He came running in and said it was full. We had only been gone a week. I told him there was no way it could be full. He handed me the card and it was a 32 meg card How did that get in there?? I told him to look at the photos and then throw it away!!! I got one lousy coyote and the rest were birds. Sure easy to fill up one of those old, tiny cards! Anyone ever done that?