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with the season not very far off, is anyone else have a hard time concentrating at work/school? i sure as heck am! my mind is on 2 things : this lovely young blonde girl i am trying to make my girlfriend, and the upcoming elk and deer seasons! i keep seeing about a 85" in my sights opening morning! man i cant wait!

well, i invited her on my elk h unt and she wants to go, shes gonna have her grandpad from AK send out her camos. but then we had "the talk" basically she said i am like every other guy ( you know like lark and @$$hole) i told her i wasnt and she said what ever, so im keepin my distance from her until she comes to me and realizes what a hunk of a man shes missin,n i mean who else knows how to play the banjo, and has a dad grandpa uncle out there i mean come on??? and John, i would NEVER sell my rifles, not even to take your college age beautiful daughter on a date dont get me wrong i would take her, but not at the expense of my rifles..... im gonna take the advice of Kaffer now and put my elk hunt number 1

cook? skin a critter? shes from alaska, the animals we have out here are babies compared to what she has killed and skinned (caribou, moose) come on! her and i are going scouting tongiht, i will let her carry my zeiss and see how she does with that and give yall a report. shes a awesome girl and i like her alot!

i have october 36b. i think we will be in bear grass tank area. not 100% sure yet, wish my dad would go do some scouting like i have done for our elk hunt!

i am trying to talk her into going elk hunting with me. tomorrow we are going scouting together and then thursday we are going to take a hike in an area i plan on hunting, it is gonna be a date and i thinkshe will be impressed with what i have planned now i just hope she doesnt read this thread :X

thats what im talking about! the hippies freakin out! yeah! the best part of the blonde, shes from AK and has killed moose and hopefully will take me caribou and moose hunting! woohoo!!!

sorry. but no, shes all mine i will however, send ya'll pictures of my buck when he is on the ground.

dang those are some toads! i am so signing up for next year! how did that tripod and those brand new swarovski 15x56 bad boys work out? post a pic with that bad butt tripod you got! man thats sweet!

i just got into reloading this summer. i bought a RCBS rock chucker supreme kit and it has been going well. it does take a lot of time to get a load tuned but it is also amazing to see how .5 of a grain can send a group from 1 inch to under a half an inch and so on. good luck!

my dad has the 4.5-14x40 leupold with the B&C on it and it seems to be a really god scope.

yeah mine also!i am pumped for this year more than ever and way more than my elk hunt!

diamondbackaz, they put it in even a worse place for me, its about a mile, if that from my house, i live right there on horizon hills. i am thinking about working there next summer because my dad and i know the store manager. if they will meet or beat what i make at home depot i will work there. if not, i will work at Home depot in tucson and spend all of my lunch time in SW.

36b. hunted a place a few years back that used to be LOADED with them, saw 1 bout 60" whitetail, some fresh javelina sign, and a group of 83 illegals.

yeah i do not think the bobos are in 36b, i have never hunted there but i have seen sheds and skulls from there from our long time hunting partner and there are some big ones taken out of there.

for sure go to the area where ath 90" are, if there there theres gonna be bigger ones

the rifle i had was the exact model you are looking at i belieb. wood stock and heavy barrel. it shot OK but thats it. i shot cci and federal out of it and it did like the federal better but not up to my standards, that is why i dont have it anymore. but my 22-250 i couldne be more happy with!

i had a savage 17hmr and it did not shoot well. as far as my 22-250, i shot 2 jakcs with it, one took the head clean off and the other field dressed it for me, i love my 22-250!`

22-250, reach out there and touch and if all else fails, it can be used on coues. i have a sendero and loaded with the right bullets, i would not hesitate on carrying it for coues ( well maybe i would, it weighs like 9 or 10 pounds if not more!)

my dad, grandpa and i ran in to this guy elk hunting in unit 1 about 7 or8 years ago. man we felt for poor guy. he looked like he had hiked about 15 miles that day he was exhausted. he told us how he had wounded a spike the night before and had been looking for it all day ( it was around 12 or 1) and we could honestyly tell he had tried his best to find it. we gave him some warm burros and some water and dropped him off at his truck. on another note, Scottyboy and i got lost and came out on a road just intime to catch a suburban. this "hunter" zoomed bye us with out everng acknowliding our waves!

very nice, how big are they?

i still am yet to see one,. cant wait until i do cause i buy a tag the 1st of the year every year.

it is really sad to hear that. it is hard to say good bye to a pet no matter what. especially a dog. dogs become part of the family and are looked upon like a human in regards to as much love as they are given. i am really sorry to hear that.

Mike, the above mentioned rifle is also a custom built rifle chambered in 270wsm. it pushes 140 accubonds at about 3200. my smallest 3 shot whole form 100 is .336" it is an accurate rifle and i have a good leupold scope on it.

wade, i agree with you, get me within 300 and its lights out. but the thing is, i also want something to take home for my efforts. if i have a buck i want to shoot at 300 yards, or any distance i know i can make with a good rest no wind and him standing not moving,what is the point of trying to sneak up for a closer shot? i am not going to let a good chance slip through my hands just because i want to get close, that is what archery and muzzleloader hunting is for. i carry a high power rifle, with a high dollar scope and hour upon hours of hand tuning loads and shooting them at the range so i can make those long shots if need be.

Mike, i really wish i could shoot far like 500 yards but have now where to do it at. or atleast where i know i can go. if i can hit a 6" circle at 400 yards i am happy with that. now that i think about it, i shot my 30-06 at 300 yards with a laying down rest. the group i produced was about 2.5 inches. not bad for a 30-06 with a 16 y/o shootin (this was a few years ago) also took out a jack rabbit that day from about 315 yards.