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That's too funny. Somewhere I have a big popcorn tin that is full of them. Then I started printing maps off the internet and taping them together at the seams to make by own. Pass them down to your great great grand kids and they may be worth something someday.

The unit price shouldn't be hard to come up with but the installation prices will be all over the place. The high end companies that we see on TV all the time typically charge 3X the amount of the unit cost. So if you get a 5K unit it will cost you about 15k for full installation. My son-in-law works for one of them and me being a home inspector I don't refer them because of the cost and all the up-selling they try to do. Definitely shop around.

It sounds like you are speaking from experience.

Excellent write-up. You did the hunt justice. It brought back memories of all the magazines that I used to get. And you nailed it! Every story followed the same script. Chef here on the site will laugh but I always mention Steven Rinella and Meateater. He often comes home empty handed and will usually shoot something that isn't a trophy as far as antler or horn size. That is part of why I like the show so much. Congrats on your success.

Give me a call. I can help you out. I do water on the side and we can pretty much set you up with whatever it is that you need. Thanks, Orlin 480-294-5673

Good luck on your hunt. Here is a 23a bull from last year. Hopefully this will be a better year for growth.

There are bulls literally from the top of the unit to the bottom. The best thing you can do is spend as much time as you can in the unit. Not so much to find specific bulls as they will move quit a bit in the few weeks before the hunt. But to learn the country and roads. I doubt that you will get any spots from anyone on here but look at OnX and google earth and find the nastiest canyons with water somewhere around and start there. Good luck. I will be up there helping a friend with a tag.

Sweet, thanks!

So I have an opportunity to go up to Alaska this fall for a couple weeks for basically free. The wheels started turning and I have been trying to figure out the Alaska Game and Fish website with little luck. I thought our G&F site was messed up. Theirs is horrible. I am trying to figure out if Sitka blacktail deer tags are over the counter or draw. I will be in their unit 2. Specifically staying in Port Protection on the Prince of Wales island. If anyone has done this in the past I would appreciate any advise or help understanding their system. Thanks

I did Madison gold 1/4 minus for my side and dog run area. I had them compact it and spray it with something that set it up hard as concrete. Water wouldn't even soak in to it. I had to drive nails in with a hammer. But it has lasted for almost 10 years now and is just now starting to wear where my roof drains at the side of my home.

Awesome rangfinder! I have the same one and killed my bull this year at 700 yds thanks to it. Plus we ranged it and dropped the waypoint into OnX and went almost straight it it. Good luck with the sale.

I glanced at it and it looks pretty sweet. But did I miss the ballistics features? Everything that I saw seemed more for navigation than actually for shooting which seems to be the purpose of a rangfinder.

Looks like it is a tough year to be a decent buck. Congrats on a great buck. Would love to hear the story. Given the picture it looks like it was spot and stalk.

I was in Pine yesterday for a home inspection and they were chasing each other around all morning long. And this was right in the middle of cabins that were less than 50 yards from each other. I had bucks and does run by at less than 5 yards a couple different time. It was crazy to watch and made it hard to work.

I am interested in one if you happen to be in the valley.