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The "opportunity" and "trophy" issue is a hard one for an agency to find an equitable compromise for. Myself, I would like to hunt big horn sheep. Is it opportunity or trophy that I desire?

I think the Santa situation from the OP does have some Merit. It needs to be done as an adult cartoon. Get Chris Rock to do the voice of Black Santa, Ron White as the voice of white Santa along with Lewis Black as the lead elf. Get those three to collaborate writing the script and it would have to be a riot.

I thought Brown Santa was UPS bringing me goodies. Did I get confused somewhere?

There are lots of variables in barrel life. One is heat, the hotter you run it the shorter its life. Take a little extra time and let it cool between every shot.

It has been about 25 years since I loaded 7.62x39. I seem to recall using H322. I currently use H322 for 130 & 140 grain bullet loads for 6.8 SPC.

My hunting partner got a bear miles into the wilderness one year. We decided go for broke and skip the double mileage penalty. His pack frame had a bar that telescoped up pretty high. Since I am substantially taller we switched pack frames and I lashed sleeping bags and other light stuff to the top of that bar. I walked under a branch that hung over the trail on the way out. With the extra height I did not fit and got flipped onto my back like an obscenity spewing upside down turtle until I could slip out of the straps. I was rather pissed off at the time but laugh about it now. The pack hunts we did left us with some great memories. Good luck on yours.

When you did the "scoring" who came in to low, her or you?

With pack hunting there is one thing you have to worry about that you don't if you are just pack packing. The weight of the pack coming back out. I used to do wilderness pack hunts and always kept weight to a minimum to make adding an animal to the pack not become such a brutal load. Plan your load right and you can bone out the animal and make it out in one trip. Take to many extras in and it takes two trips to get out.

I have stalked a bear and put an arrow through it. If you can get close enough to a deer to take it with a bow why can't you get close enough to a bear?

I expect it is a low density hunt, similar to the Hopi hunts. If the rancher has basically done the scouting and handed over the information it should greatly improve the odds of success.

6x6? 6x7? Either way I run out of fingers trying to count. Awesome buck.

There is a way to verify scope tracking that completely eliminates any shooter error. Measure the height of the target frame from top to bottom. Place the crosshairs on the bottom edge of the target frame and sandbag the rifle in place. Adjust a turret till the crosshairs are on the top edge of the target frame. Convert the number of clicks used in to inches and compare that to the actual measurement of the target frame. You can now calculate any tracking error as a percentage. I repeat the test several times to verify a consistent result. The same thing can be done for windage in the horizontal plane. I sometimes clamp a one by two to the Target frame so I can cover a longer distance and use the edge of the one by two as stopping point.

I think I will put a McKenzie Target out in the woods and sell the coordinates to it.

Is your scope positioned for proper eye relief? Are you stretching your neck forward a little or compressing it backwards a little to try and get a full view of the reticle in the scope? Doing either of those can lead to inconsistent shooting.

Remember, don't flush it. That might cause a clogg down at the water treatment plant.

This is funny! I normally dont let people pass either but I got passed on a dirt road this year that didnt turn out so good. I was on a really Rough and dusty road when I seen someone up ahead. I kept my distance from the truck ahead of me since it was a long rough road and the chances were we werent going to the same place.I look back and someone has caught up to me somehow and is riding my tailgate. I keep watching the truck tailgating me when he decides hes going to try and pass me. He hits the gas and starts to go around so I floored it and wouldnt let him back on the road. This dudes truck was bouncing like crazy, his truck bed cover went in the air, came down and smashed into pieces Landing in his bed. Then he threw a boulder that smashed my front bumper. I had my wifes dad along to experience his first hunt. (Not his tag) he started getting nervous so I backed down and let him on the road. He got to the truck ahead of us and did the same thing to him. Maybe some will think I was in the wrong. Maybe I shouldnt of got heated when he tried to pass but I think its pretty disrespectful to try and pass someone that isnt offering to let you pass. Not saying the op did anything wrong by passing since they waved you on. It seems to me that he treated you with the same amount of respect as you treated him, absolutely none.300RUM . What respect was he supposed to give? He woke up and got on the road earlier . If someone beats me on to the dirt Rd I slow down and give some distance and in hope you dont stop in the spot I plan on parking and going in on . I dont race passed you and another vehicle to beat you to a spot. The next day I wake up and get moving earlier. “it was a long rough road and the chances were we weren’t going to the same place” “I look back and someone has caught up to me” “I normally don’t let people pass” “He hits the gas and starts to go around so I floored it and wouldn’t let him back on the road” It is admittedly a long road with many places to go. A vehicle closes up from behind moving substantially faster. It is not given the opportunity to pass. When the second driver finds a area to attempt to pass the first driver accelerates in an attempt to force the other vehicle to remain behind him even though he wishes to go much slower than the second driver wants to. why so much determination to keep the 2nd vehicle behind? Could have simply let him pass. It is definitely not nice to veer back in front of another vehicle and spray it with rocks. Would this have happened if the if the first driver had not accelerated in an attempt to forcibly keep the 2nd driver behind him? I Think my view of two drivers not showing respect for each other is correct.

Dead on. I think I might have broke the like button I hit it so hard. You have my vote for CWT driving instructor.

This is funny! I normally dont let people pass either but I got passed on a dirt road this year that didnt turn out so good. I was on a really Rough and dusty road when I seen someone up ahead. I kept my distance from the truck ahead of me since it was a long rough road and the chances were we werent going to the same place. I look back and someone has caught up to me somehow and is riding my tailgate. I keep watching the truck tailgating me when he decides hes going to try and pass me. He hits the gas and starts to go around so I floored it and wouldnt let him back on the road. This dudes truck was bouncing like crazy, his truck bed cover went in the air, came down and smashed into pieces Landing in his bed. Then he threw a boulder that smashed my front bumper. I had my wifes dad along to experience his first hunt. (Not his tag) he started getting nervous so I backed down and let him on the road. He got to the truck ahead of us and did the same thing to him. Maybe some will think I was in the wrong. Maybe I shouldnt of got heated when he tried to pass but I think its pretty disrespectful to try and pass someone that isnt offering to let you pass. Not saying the op did anything wrong by passing since they waved you on. It seems to me that he treated you with the same amount of respect as you treated him, absolutely none.

Well there is a real simple solution. Game and Fish could do it like New Mexico does Antelope hunts and assign each group of hunters to a very small area. You wouldn't have a choice where to go but where you were would be all yours.

There are two sizes of scabbards both in the packs and the add-on scabbards. The smaller Scabbards are designed to handle basic hunting rifles. The large ones are designed to handle tactical rifles and AR's. You probably have the smaller Scabbard. What are you trying to put in it?

I was hunting 37B this year. One day I was perched up on a glassing point and had seen nothing all day. I had an incredible view and the Arizona Trail passed right past my glassing spot. Toward evening a lone hiker came down the trail and kicked up a small heard of deer. Those things had been lying low in a wash 1/4 mile from me me all day long and remained undetected. Only deer I saw that day. Sometimes a little disruption in an area can be a good thing.

Have you considered rather than upgrading all of your scopes this year doing one at a time and getting better quality scopes and rings? I have never regretted the purchase of higher quality scopes or rings. I can not say that about cheaper ones.

Before you try removing it soak it in a light penetrating oil. It will improve your chances of getting a brush or something else to pull it out. If the tricks mentioned above do not work they do make special broken case extractors that are not real expensive. I have them for .233 and .308 and have had good results

Just because two people commit the same basic offense doesn’t mean they should all be punished identically. Varying details of each individual case may dictate harsher or more lenient punishment for the offense. If 5 people each killed another person would you immediately just charge all of them with 1st degree murder or would you consider the possibility a more appropriate charge for some, based on the details, might be 2nd degree murder or manslaughter? When you use the phrase “Throw the book at” to me it means to treat extremely harshly and to show no mercy. I do not feel that type of response was warranted in this case. While the WM did his investigation his questioning was more like a casual conversation than a harsh Interrogation. He announced his decision, filled out the paperwork and then spent some time walking the veteran through the scenario and showing him how he could have done things better. He was very proactive in trying to turn a very bad mistake into a learning experience. In above posts I have very complimentary of the WM and It is not because he issued a warning instead of a citation. I would feel the same had a citation been issued. It is because of how he conducted himself through the whole event. Now I don’t expect he would treat Lance’s character the same way and do expect he would “throw the book at” that guy. It sounds like that guy would deserve it.

You were not an A-hole, just a superior predator.