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well said Ernesto... and the not using a 30-06 because it ruins meat? to me thats not a good excuse. i would rather ruin meat and KILL the deer than take a chance at maybe killing it/maybe not and not loosing any meat IF i kill it. there are too many variables out there to use such a small caliber. by using a larger caliber, you elimaniate one of the variables... nuff said

and ps, i have a box of 130 grain hornady interbonds and 130 TSX i would sell you if interested

alright! Rica girl did well!!! thats awesome! did you go to the same area we were at last year? where scott, penny and i walked about 10 miles LOST!!! only to return to the road that camp was on and go the wrong way!

"Forget them SCUM Devils go Cats!!!!!! HAHAHA Nice sheds" ASWHO??? couldnt have said it better myself!

dont know why you would hunt a small buck like that for so long.......

look at the forum topic called 'our guns wont shoot worth a hoot' the best group of the day ( thats right, i out shot Doug!!) was from my 270 wsm. the load goes as follows: 140 nosler accubond winchester brass F215M primer 63.5 H4831sc start 10% lower and work up as this is 1 grain over max in noslers book 2.892"

Doug, i have a real nice remington 700 bdl 7mm mag that shows under 1" potentail with 120 TSX... make ya sweet deal on it... comes with a Zeiss 3-9x50 conquest already mounted and sighted in. heck, ill even throw in all reloading information, dies, brass, and the TSX i have. just buy me a kimber montana in 300 wsm or 325 wsm and well call it good

on my 12th, 13th or 14th birthday ( dont remember which one) my parents bought me a savage 99e 308. the gun was very nice, had a steel but plate and a tasco 3-9x40. the rifle didnt really fit me and when i shot it, it kicked the snot out of me. i developed very very poor shooting habits back then, i would flinch and jerk the trigger like you wouldnt believe. i killed my first two elk with it.. a spike bull (my first big game animal on my first ever time applying in az) and a cow elk ( the very next year, unit 1 juniors hunt AWESOME HUNT) i never killed a white tail with it but carried it on my firts few hunts. when i was 15 or 16 i saved up and bought myself a new rifle. one that fit me better. i bought a remington 700 bdl mountain LSS. this rifle replaced my 308 and i took my first two coues with it. since then, i have bought and sold many rifles including the 308 i traded the 308 for a 243 for my brother when he said that he wanted to start hunting. i still have the 30-06 and it will not go anywhere ( even though some anomyus member here keeps telling me i should sell it and my 7mag and get a kimber montana) my 30-06 is about to be stripped of its scope and become a safe queen until i can afford to buy a new scope for it. i have a 300wsm coming in that will be taking the place of my 30-06 as my elk/bear rifle.

there is a pretty decently sized difference between the 223 and the 223 wssm. and yes how could i forget the 25-06! maybe since i sold mine ( which i didnt want to do but had NO CASH) i want to forget all about the gun and caliber!! 270wsm is the best coues round... only took my buck 4/5 shots to the shoulder/lung area last year

then dont!

i would say 243 as minimum but something around 260, 270 or 7mag about ideal

hunter education class 11 years ago ( dang that seems like a really long time) said to always leave them as you found them, which i always do. unless it says always keep gate closed which in coues country, i have found very few that say that.

All he kept saying on the way home was how much fun he had. I bet he never forgets it... I know I wont... cant beat that! man, you need to start putting in with your wife or your son! what unit? i have been putting in for i thnk 3-4 years and am yet to draw. then again, i put in for 9 and 1

thats a stud of a buck! please tell me that you drew the tag and signed it over to him not he drew it in his first year!!! either way thats a stud! what caliber rifle and where did he hit the buck?

beautifuil goat, wish i would draw a tag here shortly!

they dont make many 2 stroke 4x4's ( if any) but yes you do not want a 2 stroke, especially with changes in altitude. re jetting them everytime you change elevations is i pain in the cuelo

Jack, good shot. Ballistic tips are not very 'strong' bullets. they are made to expand quickly, and not necesarily controlled. the bonded bullets ( accubond, interbond etc.) are made to expand at a controlled rate. i think that ballistic tips are fine for game around the size of our coues. stay away from shoulder shots as this will cause the bullet to 'explode' (trust me, shot my first dee rin the shoulder with a 125 BT from my 30-06 at 400+ yards and it blew it to heck) if you can manage to get the bullet behind the shoulder, chances are the deer is not going far at all. stay away from bone and i would NEVER use them for elk.

ehh, ive heard better stories on better bucks..... (thats sarcasim)

hey Scot.. me too! that thing is a stud buck for sure a huge congrats!

tyler how does the gas money, new bow, quad, and swarovskis get paid for with no job?

Scott, sure know what ya mean about not realizing how far out there you are looking! even when i look thorugh my 15x60 Zeiss it looks like things are close!

my best day is when i get to be like Elkhunter ( tyler ) and just hunt all the time! this dude spends more time in the field than any one else! tyler, do you have a job man?!?! must be nice!!!!! monday was a pretty good day, saw 8 bucks. i remember in the pat seeing around 30 or more whitetail and about 10 of them being bucks.

dont know if any of you have ever heard of the ragsdales ( Terry and Michelle) but they are both former WORLD champion archers. they are from tucson and shoot PSE> well, i grew up with their kids ( Dan was about the best athelete i have EVER played ANY sport with, and Jill took after her mom and was Prom queenmore than one year) well anyways, in their 'archery room' there had to have been about 30-40 robin hood arrows.... most of them werent one arrom on top of another, they were an arrom on top of an arrow on top of an arrow on top of an arrow. i mean 3-4-5 robin hoods in one! now if thats not a feat i dont know what is! i have broken my own nocks, but never a robin hood.

friday went out and didnt see anything! it was hot! we saw 2 does and a coyote. today a buddy of mine and i went out to the same spot. didnt see a single doe.... THEY WERE ALL BUCKS!!!! we saw 8 deer and all 8 were bucks! 3 mulies ( 3x3,2x2 and spike) and 5 whitetail. 3 of the whiteys were forkies and two were nice, one was REALLY nice... 90+. also shot about 5-6 dove in 20 mins of shooting.

look on ebay, you can get it cheaper than that. reloading is worth it ESPECIALLY for the RUM's