Red Sparky

Yep. First year in there but from what I have been told it won't be hard to find bulls as they should be screaming their heads off at that time.

I am in the same boat as you. If I see anything when scouting I will send you a PM, not sure where I will be yet.

I think you named her well. Good looking dog.

I am with you Phil. Corrective lenses suck but I have worn them since I was 6. For me shooting 60,70 yards I don't even have a bulls eye. My target for field points is 16x16 and broad heads is 18x18. I imagine it is an elk, not that I would shoot that far at an elk, and try to center punch the target. I imagine I am aiming for the lungs, tight behind the front leg on a broadside elk. I try to keep in a 10" circle at 70 yards and it helps my confidence at that range just knowing I can do it. Usually I hit in a 6"-8" circle at 70 yards, really makes you concentrate and builds confidence in yourself. I learned tonight not to shoot groups with my broad heads as I sliced a fletching clean off. I put 9 adhesive dots on my broad head target and out to 50 yards I will pick one dot per arrow. I didn't want to walk to 70 yards and draw out my arrow so shot another broad head, wrong move. Luckily I have time to get it refletched before hunting season.

Waiting for the - - - ... Maybe it is - - - ... - - - for S.O.S

Mine have already posted. Then again everything is in one draw so you are either really happy or disappointed once per year .

Agree but I would add bullet design ( HP,RN,FMJ,SP, etc. ) to the statement as well.

Working on my Jeep and it won't be ready by Sept. so if you see a '91 red/white chevy S-10 pick up with an extra cab that will be me. I may have the camper shell on/ may not it is dark blue. Hey it was in a yard with a free sign on it, it fit, so at least I am patriotic, red, white, blue. Hopefully we will run into each other.

Ask your local law enforcement agency. This is NM and not AZ but I live in the un-incorperated area of the county and not in the city limits. In some cities it is illegal to even shoot BB guns in the city limits. It is illegal to shoot bows in the city parks here, city ordinance. My house is on 2/3 of an acre and the entire back yard is block wall so I have a range in my back yard. No neighbors behind me and an 8 ft. wall to the east as I live on a hill and the rest is 4 ft high on the south and west. I built an 8 ft high x 10 ft wide back stop and can shoot to 70 yards. It is nice to be able to step out the back door and shoot daily. I did shoot out my target one time though. I had the target set up at about 30 yards and when the arrow hit the target I heard a sound like when you hit a watermelon. The arrow went through the target and smacked the block wall 40 yards down range, ruining one of my hunting arrows. I shoot a Hoyt at 70 lbs.

I need 2 non-working game cams. I will pay shipping to get them to me. I have an idea and I don't care what brand or model. If my idea works out I will post what I did so if anybody else is interested. So if you are going to throw them away because they don't work let me know.

Look pretty nice to me.

This will only effect thieves, not somebody trying to fix cameras. It will not intentionally kill or maim anyone, I don't want to spend time in lock up. I will post pictures of what I do and a video of how it works once I get it done so anybody else can do this. I plan on having another camera hidden so if anybody takes the "bait" I will post it here before putting it on youtube.

Better than that. Let's just say if it works there will be less camera thieves out there. I got the other parts I need already.

I have a range in my back yard so I shoot daily in all weather conditions. Wind, rain snow, 100 degree heat to 20 degree cold, you never know the conditions you will be hunting in. When I started, two years ago, I had the bow set at 60 lbs. and worked on form. You need to work on the basics and get your form down. When I got my groups down I started working on distance. Then each week I would crank the draw weight one turn. You won't even notice the increase. Once I had my bow to 70 lbs. I started practicing from one knee, both knees, chair, holding as long as possible, any position I could imagine for hunting. From July 1 to hunting season I only shoot broadheads and hunting arrows. Wear the clothes you will be hunting in if possible. The one thing I know from when I was throwing in a dart league....... if you over practice you will get worse and not better. So once you start getting groups opening up, quit for the day.

Yes but there is a difference between pine nuts and piñon nuts. If it has pine nuts, candy etc., it can't be labeled piñon nuts. Like the difference between green chile and Hatch green chile. The locals know the difference, close but not the same. There is a candy maker in Santa Fe that tried to use pine nuts to make piñon bark, it kind of backfired for them and they now have to label as having "pine nuts".

Roast them like pumpkin seeds. At least they tasted like pine sap rather than grass so you knew they were pinon nuts and not rabbit berries.

Here is the NM secret to gathering piñon nuts. Go where the piñon trees are. One year deer hunting in the northern part of the Gila forest I think I got like 10 pounds off one tree. It was a huge tree but not close to any roads. Growing up in Santa Fe I just use to go out towards where they put by-pass in but that is all houses now.

Here is a business idea for anybody. You know how they make scent killer in spray bottles? How about poison ivy or oak juice? You would have to wear gloves for your cameras but I think you might give a few thieves something to think about until they wised up and took gloves with their bolt cutters.

I bought some from Sports Authority and can't find them to tell you the brand. I think they are Hot Skins or Second Skins. Not Merino wool but very warm and thin. They wick away sweat and stay dry and warm. I like them because when I am hiking I don't get too warm and when I am sitting I don't get too cold. Usually I use them on my daughters elk hunt in November when I think one night my portable weather center measured 15 degrees for the low and 52 for the high.

If you are running it on propane look at the flame. It is the same coil that cools whether it is on electric or propane. What I ran into when I was an RV tech for Holiday Rambler is rust will build up where the burner tube is. If you don't have a good flame take the burner tube out and dump it in your hand. I did that once and ended up with about 1/4 cup of rust that was not allowing the flame to be high enough to actually cool. Look at that first.

I don't know how to respond. When I first draw back I center the sight with the peep and check the level. Then I focus on the pin and the target. I don't know how my body adjust for different pins, never paid attention. I think for my 60 yard pin I am standing straight up and for my 20 yard pin I am bent slightly forward at the waist. I don't raise the bow up and down with my arm, I think I adjust pins by bending. Whatever I do it seems to work. So I guess I would have to say center sight rather than pin.

.270 I would like to ask you a question, not an argument, and not hijack the thread. I tried to send you a PM but board said you can't receive any new messages.

Go to bow site, read the 192 post topic started by an out of stater, and you will find out game management is a state right. It has all the references to the lawsuits and USSC cases. All the lawsuits against the states filed under the 14th amendment, which is what gay rights won under, have supported the states and not out of state hunters. So no you can't transfer licenses across state lines.

Very good write up and good points made. I think it was stated in a very neutral, non-confrontational manner.

Sorry to hear that. I had to put down my 16 year old German Shepherd 17 years ago and at times I will still cry over her to this day.