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not big 105-110???? i would give my left nut for me to shoot a 110 and my right one for my dad to shoot a 105, with them standin side by side casey

Josh, i know wht you mean about Jim Reynolds sheds he has some monsters!!! he is a lucky man gettin to spend so much time out there. casey

there he is, a monster 120" 1,000 yards away. as you close the distance down to a mere 400 yards, you think to yourself, can he hear me? can he smell me? so which is more important here from 300-400 yards, is it better to be quiet or to not have any stench?

110orbust, i would agree with ya, my grandfather bout stepped on a big ole bastard a few years ago, the next day my dad made a 250 yard shot on a runnin coues dropped him with one shot.havent seen one since, and dad hasnt killed a buck since, but i have killed 2. he has had chances but missd they were loooooonng shots. casey

what my dad and i usually do, and what ill be doing when i hunt a lone, is i/we will walk for about a hour and a half, two hours then sit on a big hill and glass our buts off then if we do find some deer we will watch and see what they do. and if not, we will move to a different spot and repeat. casey

the reason i asked this is because it is a good question. myself, i am not a very quiet hiker(people 6'2 275 tend to be a bit clumsy) but my dad and i always put on cover scent, and when possible run cow poop on our boots and cedar trees on our clothes. i know sometimes that noise can work in your favor ie. jumping deer from their beds or from a canyon gettin a quick shot. casey

Tucson John, do you know anything about the BP, do you know that they have shifts working at night? i bet you didnt even know that. as for Scottyboy, he is a buddy of mine and i know he works his butt off in the field. Scott, dont be given ou any spots for 36b, (especially the one u called me about the other day) cause thats my unit. when is your 33 tag??? its in nivember isnt it?? casey

i didnt get one, send agian please Ccrider4t4@aol.com casey

This weekend i was at home and my dad and i went shooting. i was shooting federal vital shock in 165 grain. the bullet is a trophy bonded bear claw. my gun shot it VERY well and seems to like 165 grain bullest the best. federal claims this load to reach speeds of 3,000 fps, what i wanna know is a 165 grain bullet that fast too much bullet for a coues? will the bullet open up at all or is a coues too light for that bullet? casey

My truck is a 88 ford f-150 white with a blue camper shell and there will probably be a old jeep truck there. the chances of my dad and i being seen where we hunt is kinda unlikely, we camp waaaay back there, near bear grass tank, thats where i killed my 80 incher. there will be atleast two 130 inchers in camp hanging so if you see them stop on by, heck even if there outta view stop on by, well always offer a beer and talk hunting casey

you shouldnt hunt in 36b theres 1000 hunters and 0 deer, put in for 36c or a, but not 36b worst unit in the world dont hunt there its bad! Casey

how did the elk walk if both of his front shoulders were broken? seems impossible to me casey

i agree with there being no 30-06 why not? casey

Doesnt it cose somewhere around 500 to get a gun into mexico? casey

Arizona Guide, what the heck gives u the right to assume that the person that shot this bear didnt put forth the time and effort to look for it? because it was lost and not found that makes it ok to assume that the hunter is lazy not sickened by not finding this bear? that pisses me off that you think you have the right to assume something about a hunter who you have no idea who it is. casey

i shoot a 30-06, this gun is my baby so i know it and shoot it well. my grandpa and i hand load my bullets 2 grains hot which gives me about 100-150 more fps withouth causing damage to the gun. i shoot 125 grain ballastic tips. my first deer, i shot through the shoulder at 400+yards and it totally blew out the frnt shoulder and dropped him(it wasnt the first shot). this load is what i shoot for coues no mater what. im my opnion, besides lots of practice, good glass is the most important part of shoting well, if u cant see it you cant shoot it casey

got the usual, the 36b november hunt and i am very happy. didnt draw my 6a cow tag but hey im happy i get to chase my favorite with my dad. casey

i agree with everyone. i also think that the bullet is to light, maybe if the grain of bullet got into the 100 + catergory, but then it would be like shotting a 243. i was just kind of curius as to what everyone had to say about this cartridge. looks intresting but not like its gonna be for a hunter at all. casey

have you seen the ballistics on this gun! 4,225 FPS!!! has anyone thought about using this for coues? the only thing thats not good is it shoots a 32 grain bullet at that speed. i dont think that this is enough to take out a coues, but what if you shot a 50-70 grain bullet? would anyone think about using this for a coues gun?just curoius casey

i personally use a remington 30-06. this gun topped with a good scope(leupold 3.5-10x50) shooting handloaded hot 125 grain bullets by my grandpa and i. this gun has taken the lives of 2 coues deer, one at 400 yards, one at less than 100. if you practice a lot with your gun and know where it shoots at what ranges then u will be ok. i reccomend not only shooting a lot from a bench but also taking your rifle out in the field and shoot at targets at both known and un known(guesstimated) ranges.as far as a magnum being over kill, like ernesto said theres no such thing. my dad shoots a 7mm ULTRA mag, this is a great gun for coues because it shoots so flat and carries knock down power so well and far. casey

we usually use a motorolla when we hunt, we need to get the ear pieces because they are loud when buttons accidently get pushed or when the other guy calls at the wrong time. last year(03) when my hunting partner and myself knocked down our bucks, we called my dad back at camp and told him to get up the ridge and help us pack out the guns and backpacks, when we hunt and someone stays at camp, we use the gun shots as a sign to turn them on. its a good thing that we had them because we would have had a hard time carryin out the deer and our packs, docters, tripods, and rifles. casey

after the trip that i just got back from(school trip) 5 days backpacking in utah rainbow bridge. we hiked over 40 miles in 5 days and it was either straight up or straight down three miles aint shoot with that little weight on, my pack was over 80 pounds. but it would be nice to pack out a non typ. casey

i would be more than happy to help ya out with the guide business. i am 18 and could be the work horse. this is of course if it doenst interfear with my own hunts and school. casey

southpaw, i sent ya a pm casey

my dad and i usually leave the campsite around 15-30 mins before good light, this way we can atleast see if we spook anything, used to leave realy early but could hear to much game running away with no idea what it was. we usually only stay out till about 12 and come home get lunch and then go out around 2. my '03 "weener" buck was killed at 145 in the after noon, we went out earlier and they were up feeding when we spooked them, during the night hunt we either come home about a half hour before pitch back or leave where we are at sundown depending where we are. i know that we have packed out 3 elk shot right at the end of legal shooting hours and that is a pain to have to do. i would rather hunt hard in the morning and then use the evening to locate a buck and out him to bed. i tink that this year with all my newly acquired backpacking and camping gear that we are going to set up a spike camp in the back country and stay out for a few days at a time. that should be fun. casey